Teach Yourself Computer Science
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Teach Yourself Computer Science
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#3I like Algorithms by Robert Sedgewick. It's a great book. He also has free online courses based on the books that are of excellent quality:
- https://www.coursera.org/learn/algorithms-part1
- https://www.coursera.org/learn/algorithms-part2
There's a website for the book as well, that has code that is well organized and commented.
Unfortunately excellent books like "Programming Pearls" have code examples that use weird naming conventions that just make me just want to punch the wall.
For competitive programming and interviews, Antti Laaksonen's books are fantastic: https://www.cses.fi/book/index.php
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#4See also: 2018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17581589 2017 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13862284
not op, but i think it's good enough to warrant reposts so new people can find it.
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#5See also: 2018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17581589 2017 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13862284
> Note: this guide was extensively updated in May 2020.
Prior discussion may not be exactly relevant on some points.
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#6Looks like a decent start, great to put these various sources together. Under algorithms, I found discussions of big o time complexity, one of the real killers for the non-cs majors in terms of interviews and career growth. Under algorithms I found it on the Coursera course by "Tim Roughgarden ... available on Coursera and elsewhere".
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#7As a 30 year old software developer who's now considering going back to school for the next 3-4 years to get a degree, I wonder if I should blame these kinds of resources for making me believe that I could learn everything on my own and that a degree was unnecessary. Having learned this material in school would have made my life so much easier...
For context, I recently received a lot of pressure to get a degree, despite years of experience and good knowledge of CS fundamentals.
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#8As a 30 year old software developer who's now considering going back to school for the next 3-4 years to get a degree, I wonder if I should blame these kinds of resources for making me believe that I could learn everything on my own and that a degree was unnecessary. Having learned this material in school would have made my life so much easier... For context, I recently received a lot of pressure to get a degree, des…
Where is the pressure coming from? Your employer? I’d guess it varies widely between companies.
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#9As a 30 year old software developer who's now considering going back to school for the next 3-4 years to get a degree, I wonder if I should blame these kinds of resources for making me believe that I could learn everything on my own and that a degree was unnecessary. Having learned this material in school would have made my life so much easier... For context, I recently received a lot of pressure to get a degree, des…
Perhaps Western Governors University could be a good fit. https://www.wgu.edu/online-it-degrees/computer-science.html
The philosophy of WGU is that you pass self-paced courses by passing tests, so people that already know the material can complete the courses quickly.
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#10Main updates as of May 2020:
Computer Architecture: added Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective as first recommendation over nand2tetris.
Compilers: Crafting Interpreters added as first recommendation over dragon book.
Distributed Systems: added Designing Data-Intensive Applications as first recommendation over Distributed Systems.
Online availability of some video lectures has changed as well.