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by nicolethenerd 4576 days ago
Can't speak to this particular book, as I haven't read it, but the best starting point for you depends what you want to learn CS for - do you want to build apps, or do research, or dabble in a bunch of topics just for the sake of learning, or something else entirely? The basics of CS "theory" (ie. Big O notation, searching/sorting algorithms, etc) are useful for any programmer - but beyond that, there are many directions you can take.