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Take UCB CS61A (at https://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs61a/sp22/ ) and CS61B (at https://sp21.datastructur.es/ ). You can now go build whatever you want, but if you want to dive deep…

Not a berkeley student. Because I tried a lot of courses and before finding this https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/ortnef/a_... , it should be self explanatory. No…

Not MOOCs but college courses open to audit. Hands down the 3 introduction courses at UC Berkeley: CS61A, CS61B, CS61C. It's CS50 on steroids, spread across 3 courses. Tried a lot …

Prep for LeetCode in order to pass interviews (self-taught).

I'm also learning on my own, I don't have a particular book but a course to suggest: https://sp21.datastructur.es/ . It's pretty good for a first encounter.

I'm learning Computer Science by auditing University of California, Berkeley CS61A, CS61B, CS61C. Later I will be learning web developement through Full Stack Open.

Do you know where someone can find other such stories? In more details if possible.

I'm just a random dude from a poor African country. I'm currently living in France, working in management, and attempting to switch career, going into the tech world. Since then, m…

Can get my hands on the 2nd edition for cheap, or is the 3rd edition required? It's quite expensive.

> I'm willing to pay top money for top work How much is top money for you? Maybe that's where the problem is.

Are you hiring?

I'm looking to work for a US/EU company, from where I live. I'll take a look at the reddit thread, thanks. For now, I target small companies from AngelList + the who is hiring thre…

Not strictly FAANG related. How do I get my resume past HR or even noticed a little bit? I'm self taught, from a third world country. In the US knowing HTML/CSS/JS Framework gets y…

Scams aren't supposed to last long, no surprise.

Well done mate, you're an inspiration. In a few years you'll get that FAANG job if you want it, finger crossed. The problem for me in getting a local job, is I have to go back home…

Fine by me. My first question is about salary. I don't know if you OK talking about that publicly or even privately, and if not can you give a ballpark compared to a US dev living …

Do you mind sharing your story and how you did it in more details? So I can copy and do the same later.

Hey, can we chat about this in more details? I'm in a situation where I'm looking for a job from a US or EU company, would be really helpful to have your input as you already did i…

The Foundations of Mathematics - Ian Stewart. I wouldn't say it taught me the most, but more like it opened the door so I could learn the most out of everything after it.

A part-time remote job from a developed country. It would enable me to do what a I really want, it's just a step towards my real goal. So what do I really want? Well: taking care o…