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> really learning computer science outside top well known schools Eh... no. It's not 1975 anymore. This knowledge is widely distributed.
by pnathan 8y ago
> really learning computer science outside top well known schools
Eh... no. It's not 1975 anymore. This knowledge is widely distributed.
- klibertp 8y agoMoreover, the on your own for education bit, even if true is a bit dishonest. Being "on your own" with this in 2018 is absolutely incomparable to how it was 10 years ago, much less 20 or more. The amount of materials accessible for free or extremely cheap is mind-blowing to people who had to learn programming from a single (physical) copy of Stroustrup's "The C++ Programming Language".
- pnathan 8y agowhen I contemplate the available resources for a starting programmer, my mind is always stunned.