Learning on your own != learning as a college CS student, it seems. I'd be curious to compare and contrast "Hacker's Paths" for students versus people trying to

Learning on your own != learning as a college CS student, it seems. I'd be curious to compare and contrast "Hacker's Paths" for students versus people trying to squeeze in a few hours a day. (My intuition is that the theory-first approach makes more sense for students than for the self-taught.)