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This was exactly my thought too. I knew how to program before studying, but the structural theoretical things I learned made me a much better programmer for my entire career.

Add in the other subjects, statistics, maths, applied maths and so on, and I think I'm better equipped to solve the problems I am solving.

But my biggest take away from my CS degree wasn't the programming part, it was the theory part.

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