This is superb. I've been trying to talk people out if getting MS degrees in CS as a way to learn to program for a while and have always recommended self-study

This is superb. I've been trying to talk people out if getting MS degrees in CS as a way to learn to program for a while and have always recommended self-study like this if they have the stomach for the whole autodidactic thing. Going to add this list to my arsenal of resources. Really well done!