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by rada 4185 days ago
Torvalds graduated from college with a Master's in Comp Sci.
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Pxtl 4185 days ago
Yeah, but I think he was still an undergrad student when he started working on Linux, wasn't he?
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astrodust 4185 days ago
Although I'm sure Torvalds was an exception, I've met several people that that level that still can't code to save their life. Being a Comp Sci. major and being a programmer are often orthogonal.
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