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>> If you were to judge me just by my reading list you'd think I was university-trained but I'm not.

Outside of the valley a non-degree is a non-starter for many employers. Does the author even consider this?

>>And only twice have I made it past the first technical interview.

Maybe there is C-S theory the author never picked up from school and is lacking. He talks about practising programming; however, maybe his problem is not the code he knows how to write, but the code he doesn't.



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