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		cliftonk on June 1, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Let's Not Call It "Computer Science" If We Really ... Contrarian take on the issue: I wrote a Quake 3 mod in C++ (directional damage modification, server/client magazine+reload, and a few other things not-so-difficult things) in high school around age 17. I then did a CS undergrad at a top 6 university. I learned more about programming writing that mod than my combined experiences at school.

jarek on June 2, 2012 [–]

Yep, because programming and computer science don't have a lot of overlap. But I bet you could have written a mean linked list after the CS degree.

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