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Re:Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation by bikelang on Monday March 02, 2026 @10:07AM (#47218926)
This is such an uncharitable take of your peers.

The issue is not pedigree - it’s that many folks have an incurious mind.

I certainly know many folks with a CS degree that are incurious and frankly terrible engineers. I also know bootcampers that are extremely curious, have a lifelong-learner attitude, and are subsequently great engineers.

There’s nothing special taught in the vaunted halls of a CS undergrad that can’t be trivially learned off YouTube.

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Re:Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation by kid64 on Monday March 02, 2026 @12:31PM (#47221120)
I agree with your first couple of sentences. But the YouTube bit is dangerous misinformation. You cannot match any credible university education by watching YouTube.
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Re:Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation by bikelang on Monday March 02, 2026 @01:04PM (#47221633)
There are many wonderful educational channels on YouTube. Just as in a classroom - you cannot passively absorb material and expect to understand it with any depth. You can absolutely get the same education off YouTube. The only advantage a proper course provides is pre-made structure. But even that is accessible to the motivated learner.
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