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Re:Saylor Foundation: Computer Science by joshAg on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @02:52PM (#4382486)
i'm only 23, but knowledge gaps I've seen in friends/coworkers without degrees are compilers, what needs to happen to go from c to machine code, and to a lesser extent calculus/linear algebra, discrete math, and the stuff covered in an upper division algorithms class.
Re:Saylor Foundation: Computer Science by keithnoizu on Tuesday August 14, 2012 @04:07PM (#4382834)
I think it depends on the person. I'm self taught but I know the rudiments of compiler design and significantly more mathematics than is covered by a standard comp sci course which tend not to get into topology, analysis, or set theory.