Do you really need to take classes in CS to learn how to program?

Thomas_1
Mon, 01 Jul 2013 08:18:34 +0000

Also (sorry for the double post), above all, top companies are looking for smart people that are able to pick up new concepts quickly. If you have done well in your classes at Berkeley there is a good chance that you are pretty smart. Both the material and the competition can be though. There isn’t really a way to prove the same using self-study. The only exception to that are extraordinary cases, for example if you have written a widely used software, started a famous company, etc.