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Re:A computer science study plan to become a software engineer by bcheung on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @02:55PM (#25447675)
This is true for the most part. But having the CS knowledge allows you to create much more efficient solutions once at scale.

I've personally revamped core parts of a product at previous companies to be over 1,000x more efficient just by applying some CS principles. This translates to $100K/mo+ in savings for a company that is at scale.

Re:A computer science study plan to become a software engineer by helloitsian on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @03:05PM (#25447808)
I have to ask though... Was it at scale?
Re:A computer science study plan to become a software engineer by bcheung on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @04:50PM (#25449257)
I guess that's a relative term. But hosting bill was around $250K/mo from what I remember.