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Re:College Advice I Wish I’d Taken by Alex3917 on Saturday October 21, 2017 @07:56PM (#15524288)
> Books, videos, and websites are a poor substitute to having someone who knows sit down and explain stuff to you.

For subjects like math and CS, these things are great substitutes. For things like mycology or religious studies, less so. I think there is something to be said for using your time in college to focus more on the subjects that are basically unlearnable via other channels.

For things like CS though, just sitting down and spending a weekend watching Tim Roughgarden's YouTube channel will give you more than enough algorithm and data structure knowledge to get a job as a developer or whatever.

Re:College Advice I Wish I’d Taken by ianai on Saturday October 21, 2017 @08:08PM (#15524339)
As my math advisor said, even subjects like math are best conveyed person to person. There are subconscious and nonverbal communication factors that can’t be reproduced in a video or book.
Re:College Advice I Wish I’d Taken by Alex3917 on Saturday October 21, 2017 @09:33PM (#15524642)
Sure, I was mostly referring to calculus and the other subjects you study as an undergrad though, where the trade books you can get on Amazon are generally much better than the textbooks that the university courses use.
Re:College Advice I Wish I’d Taken by pjscott on Saturday October 21, 2017 @10:06PM (#15524757)
If that's true then in my four years of college I never experienced those topics in the way that best conveys them.
Re:College Advice I Wish I’d Taken by melq on Saturday October 21, 2017 @08:42PM (#15524472)
I agree that math/cs can be effectively self-studied by a lot of people, but it takes a lot longer than a weekend.