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"If you can't answer the majority of the questions on these four papers, and you're working or intend to work as a software developer, you should ask yourself why — most likely you're either you're missing something you really should know, or you're lucky enough to be working within a narrow area where your deficit doesn't matter."[1]

I'm a self-taught front end web developer who didn't have a traditional computer science education. I'm looking to move into general software development, and I can't answer any of the questions on the first paper without cheating.

Can anyone recommend specific online courses or books for the four proposed papers[2] to fill the gaps in my knowledge without spending three years at Oxford?

[1]: From the original post at http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2012-10-08-software-developm...

[2]:

    1. Algorithms and Data Structures
    2. Computer Architecture and Operating Systems
    3. Mathematics
    4. Networking and Systems

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