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Re:Ask HN: What cool development languages/tools changed you... by votr on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @09:51AM (#12787941)
I'd say non-programming fundamentals took about two months at about 4-6 hours a day, with the majority of that dedicated to algorithms and data structures.

I took these two OCW courses: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-compu...

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-compu...

And worked my way through these two books: https://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena...

https://www.amazon.com/Algorithms-Robert-Sedgewick-ebook/dp/...

I wrote out my solutions on a whiteboard or pen and paper before typing them into a computer.

Outside of A & DS, I spent some time on operating systems and networking in general. A little bit of probability, but no hardcore discrete math.

There are swaths of areas which I now cover at a slower pace as time allows; compilers, AI, etc.

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Re:Ask HN: What cool development languages/tools changed you... by questionr on Saturday November 05, 2016 @06:52AM (#12879132)
just to confirm, you completed BOTH MIT algorithm courses and BOTH algorithm books, in the span of 2-months, including completing all the exercises/algorithms?

that seems like an incredibly short amount of time given the content. But if true, congrats! and please let me know your secret!

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Re:Ask HN: What cool development languages/tools changed you... by slinger on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @04:20PM (#12791309)
Thank you for your reply. I'm currently studying CS fundamentals as well. I'm taking an excellent operating system class from https://www.ops-class.org and I recommend to everyone that wants to learn this stuff.
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Re:Ask HN: What cool development languages/tools changed you... by fsloth on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @12:29PM (#12789290)
What makes you categorize algorithms as non-programming? Isn't it like saying rhythm and melody are non-musical concepts?
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Re:Ask HN: What cool development languages/tools changed you... by mpwoz on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:53PM (#12790009)
Not OP, but maybe "coding" is a better term: they are language-agnostic fundamentals that don't change as quickly as the tools and frameworks we use daily as "programmers"
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