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A better alternative imo https://teachyourselfcs.com

I looked into this when I was trying to figure out how to round out my CS education. The lack of community is the primary reason I went with OSSU instead.

Genuine question: why do you believe Teach Yourself CS is superior to OSSU especially in light of the community aspect?

Full disclosure: I’m a “social organizer” for one of the cohorts in OSSU and blog OSSU sometimes

Simple and to the point curriculum.

I think https://csprimer.com/courses/ is a good fit if you also want community. I think Oz Nova who is behind csprimer was one of the authors of teach yourselfcs

I’ve been looking closely at this too. $75/month isn’t bad all things considered.

I’d love to hear more personal anecdotes from people who are active in CSPrimer. Downsides I could see (not having joined):

- Some parts of CSPrimer are not finished yet.

- How active is the community really? It’s hard to tell without joining and seeing for yourself.

- How much access to Oz do you really get (same as above)? - How much mentorship do you really get (again same as above).

He is pretty active and holds regular Q&A sessions.

That is a list of textbooks and videos that might provide some value to people (or not, in a couple of cases), not a computer science curriculum.

This guide hasn't been updated since 2020, does it need or will there be updates in the future?

There will be updates. But imo it doesn't need any.

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