So I have realised that I'm quite a shoddy programmer.
This is what happens when you learn from "Instant" online courses : You skip over the fundamentals.
So to remedy that I"m on a journey.
I am currently following a course of udemy:
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Computer Science 101: Learn Computer Science to become a better Programmer and Software Engineer.
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The course basically teaches you what the Big(0) is and also teaches the various memory models like Arrays and Linked Lists (It's more of a close to the metal approach)
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This course is helping me understand memory, after @design_RG exposed me to drum memory. I got fascinated with the way the register works and everything and now i want to first understand CompSci fundamentals before jumping into languages.
But the problem is that I feel Memory is only part of the equation.
The reason I decided to get into CompSci at 29 was because I was interested in Logic.
I wonder if anyone knows a good cheap online resource to understand the fundamentals of Algorithms.
As I've always known that these courses that teach the rocks of this craft always have the word Data Structures and Algorithms in them,
I have a course that covers Data Structures in a language agnostic way.
Anyone know of a similar cheap course that covers Algorithms too?? Does this even exist or is it a product of my imagination?
https://www.udemy.com/course/computer-science-101-master-the-theory-behind-programming
@tek @kornel @namark @raman @fahrni @mngrif @jump_spider @rodolpho @shibaprasad @Gomario @EdS @freemo
I'm late to the conversation, thanks for the patience!
I agree most of the people who work with programming and/or system development are not academically trained and from this group even a smaller fraction has extensive compsci education. But look it from the other way around, these people are still working in the field - meaning this education isn't necessary for most.
By all means go after it if it interests you, but take some time to look around. There are so many specializations and subfields one can study, I find it difficult to recommend it in generic terms. An analogy would be to compare "I want to study medicine" to "I want to study oncology".
I like to study theory of computation, but it isn't for everyone. Find your niche :)
And good luck with your studies!
@Full_marx @design_RG
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