Not a counter to what you said, but just adding a point that might be worth thinking: This way of telling may give impression you are inplying that CS graduate

Not a counter to what you said, but just adding a point that might be worth thinking: This way of telling may give impression you are inplying that CS graduates know patterns and self-taughts don't. You will certainly find self-taught who know Finite-state Machine very well, and CS graduates that might have heard but can't identify where to use nor how to implement.