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by bradknowles 2322 days ago
Conversely, I have a CS degree, and I remember Knuth’s books and big O notation, etc....

But I’m not a developer. You could ask me those questions and I would have a decent chance of being able to tell you the right algorithmic answer, but then fail to be able to do anything at all useful in Java.

There’s overlap, but not a causal relationship.