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by MilnerRoute 1079 days ago
CS50. Things I'd always heard about and been intimidated by -- C programming, videogame programming -- pops up in the whirlwind curriculum. They're really trying to teach you that "it's all just code, and you can learn anything."

It was while I was taking CS50 online that a programmer left the company where I'd been working (in a non-technical position). His manager was scrambling to re-distribute his workload, and knew that I'd started taking an online CS class. When he offered me some easy entry-level work, I'm sure I would've said "no" just months before. That was the exact moment when the class made a huge difference.