Users without a CS degree, what aspects of SWE or IT do you feel like you are missing by not having studied CS (discuss.online)

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What talking with a friend who transitioned from marketing into cloud (AWS) and then into security, and he spends a lot of time studying to ensure he understands all the concepts required for technical discussions.

Curious to see what the community opinions are. Feel free to share your initial background as well.

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[-] Blaze@discuss.online 1 points 9 months ago

Thank you for your detailed answer. I also had to deal with Prolog, UML and other seldom stuff, and my experience reflects yours

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