In addition this is maybe a good option (haven't looked into it) for people (like me, actually) who are just not interested in the formal aspects. I profesionally have nothing to do with electronics whatsoever, but am still naturally interested in it. Learning stuff with formal literature takes away all that natural interest for me and makes it work, so I would eventually stop doing it. Learning it in a practical way though would work way better and keep me interested and motivated.
I agree options are good as no single solution fits everyone, but I feel I too often hear the sentiment that school/uni/courses is useless. And that is just not true.
