[Air-l] Informal programming learning?

<lurk mode=off> Everyone, I'm looking for references to the informal (trans. extracurricular) learning of programming. We all know (or may be) geeks of great prowess who never took a CS course. These people frequently relied on the Internet to receive help, get feedback, etc. Anyone know of any research pieces that detail (or at least reference) this phenomenon? Thanks in advance. /me recedes into shadow... <lurk mode=on> -- http://wiley.ed.usu.edu/ "I'm much more interested in being right today than I am in maintaining that I was right yesterday."