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Re:No CS Degree – Interviews with self-taught developers by umanwizard on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @02:33PM (#20509055)
I am absolutely confident that you couldn’t tell I’m self-taught if you worked with me.

All the stuff that your CS degree taught you is also possible to learn by reading books.

Re:No CS Degree – Interviews with self-taught developers by cloverich on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @02:48PM (#20509158)
Further, the book on which the curriculum is based. Diligently going through them will often teach you more than the structured class based on them. When coursera first came out I was very excited to take CS classes from top universities. Then... I was surprised at how generally poor quality the lectures and material were. Outside a few standouts, I think you are vastly better off reading quality, well reviewed books / papers than taking a course / watching lectures. (Unsurprisingly this felt true of my actual degree's as well).
Re:No CS Degree – Interviews with self-taught developers by Zaskoda on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @03:21PM (#20568220)
Do you consider yourself the rule or the exception?