You can learn coding just as well through a online class or even on the internet through yo*tube than an in person class whereas it would be alot easier learning hardware hacking in person because you are given the opportunity to ask and can be corrected for small mistakes due to the task being manual. Coding can be learnt online independently if needed although so can hardware hacking but having a teacher to correct you and teach you handy tricks from their experience will get you further in that sense.
