Computer Science Autodidact

documenting my self-education journey in Computer Science

learning path

generally following MIT's 6-3 degree chart and utilizing OCW to help guide/track my first few "semesters"

semester 1

• review and optimize my tools
  • The Missing Semester of Your CS Education
• 6.001 - Structure And Interpretation Of Computer Programs
  • OCW 2005 6.001
  • [alternate] 6.100A - Introduction to Computer Science Programming in Python
    • OCW 2016 6.0001
    • OCW 2016 6.0002
• 18.01 - Calculus 1
  • OCW 2020 18.01
• 8.011 - Physics 1
  • OCW 2016 8.01SC

semester 2

• 6.19
  • 6.1900 - Introduction to Low-level Programming in C and Assembly
    • OCW 2010 6.087IAP
  • 6.1910 - Computation Structures
    • OCW 2017 6.004
• 6.1200 - Mathematics for Computer Science
  • OCW 2015 6.042J
• 18.02 - Calculus 2
  • OCW 2010 18.02SC
• 8.021 - Physics 2
  • OCW 2019 8.02

semester 3

• CS61C - Machine Structures
  • UC Berkeley semester archives
• 6.1010 - Fundamentals of Programming
  • https://py.mit.edu/
• 6.1020 - Software Construction
  • OCW 2016 6.005
• 18.06 - Linear Algebra
  • OCW 2011 18.06SC

semester 4+

• 6.1210 - Introduction to Algorithms
  • OCW 2011 6.006
  • OCW 2020 6.006
• 6.1220 - Design and Analysis of Algorithms
• 6.1800 - Computer Systems Engineering
• 6.1400 - Computability and Complexity Theory
• 6.5250 - Distributed Algorithms
• 6.5820 - Computer Networks
• 6.5840 - Distributed Computer Systems Engineering

references and inspiration

• An Autodidact's Degree in Computer Science
• Teach Yourself Computer Science
• What every computer science major should know
• A Self-learning, Modern Computer Science Curriculum
• OSSU computer science curriculum
• 10 Books for the Self-Taught Computer Scientist

textbooks

• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
• Composing Programs
• Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective
• Mathematics for Computer Science
• Introduction to Algorithms