in reply to OT: Computer Science for (a couple steps up from) Dummies
Furthermore I doubt that even 10% of the colleagues I met on job (or monks I met here - sorry ) had more than a basic grasp of what I learned in the first 2 years at uni.*
And some things I already studied in high-school like combinatorics, algebra and probability theory are only part of undergraduate studies in other countries.
Saying so, I don't think it was the content which mattered, but rather the methodology to cleanly define a problem, to find proper names for the "things" involved and the ability to look-up available research /tutorials on the field.
In the end I have to look-up the details again after years not using them.
But at least I know where to look and that they exist.
Keep in mind that things are evolving far too fast in CS to still be valid after a few years.
Now I could start dropping names like
(My professors where all from two groups, either a degree in Math or Electrical Engineering. CS as a faculty was too young for "real" CS profs)
So my advice is
Finally: a little search led me to this MIT stuff https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/, but there are certainly also other sources.
I'd browse thru it and pick the stuff that motivate you.
One major obstacle though ... they require you to learn some Python! ;-P
HTH! :)
Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery
FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice
*) which is also biased b/c my profs used to push their research fields. And being at a technical universities meant plenty of research fields.
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