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And that is only half the job. You also have to practice, a lot.
I think "Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years" is about right http://norvig.com/21-days.html
You can learn academic computer science, or know a lot of trivia about programming and computers, but without years of dedicated practice it doesn't translate into actual productivity.
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And that is only half the job. You also have to practice, a lot.
I think "Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years" is about right http://norvig.com/21-days.html
You can learn academic computer science, or know a lot of trivia about programming and computers, but without years of dedicated practice it doesn't translate into actual productivity.