I didn't learn anything useful from my CS degree. Literally nothing. Even things like compiler design and operating system concepts were more basic than I had already studied. However if you go into a purely academic area, like AI, it might be useful to you (particularly the high level maths).
As far as resources: Really depends on the topic.
You can watch lectures for an entire CS degree for free online via places like UC Berkeley. There are also paid video stuff at places like Pluralsight (coding), CBTNuggets (server management), and as you said even YouTube has the good video now and again.
I just google whatever I need as I need it. It isn't a very formal way of learning but it is an effective one. The only trick is not to skip doing things because you don't already know how to do them.
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I didn't learn anything useful from my CS degree. Literally nothing. Even things like compiler design and operating system concepts were more basic than I had already studied. However if you go into a purely academic area, like AI, it might be useful to you (particularly the high level maths).
As far as resources: Really depends on the topic.
You can watch lectures for an entire CS degree for free online via places like UC Berkeley. There are also paid video stuff at places like Pluralsight (coding), CBTNuggets (server management), and as you said even YouTube has the good video now and again.
I just google whatever I need as I need it. It isn't a very formal way of learning but it is an effective one. The only trick is not to skip doing things because you don't already know how to do them.