[scottyah]

If you train at the gym with bad form, you will hurt yourself in the long run. A person with a personal trainer giving feedback at the right time, decreasing the feedback loop from years to seconds will always outperform someone trying to figure it out on their own(assuming the trainer is competent).

[leptons]

If you are trying to teach yourself programming and never read any documentation, you're going to make a mess of it.

If you're trying to work out at the gym on your without reading anythi g about it first, you'll probably make a mess of it.

There's a lot of info out there about how to train at the gym, as well as how to write code. People who know how to read can certainly get a long way by reading a few simple tutorials.