>Be highschool graduate >No BS in CS How can I learn CS

>>62270505
Get certs you fucking loser

>>62271703
Not him but I'll take advantage of the situation:
Which certs are a must to get into infosec? I don't mind doing the math grinding and stuff because I'm about to start with EE so that's not a problem.

Kill yourself weeaboo scum

>>62271703

Not OP but what certificates actually are respected by employers?

Why do you want to work there?
Do you even have something you want to specialise in?
Wanting to work at a location or for a specific company because of its branding is the normiest shit ever

>>62270505
Just focus on learning math and than go to university. Seriously most of advanced programming things are connected to mathematical problems and the better you know math the better programmer you are.

>>62270505
bump

>>62270505
>My goal is to get a job in Silicon valley someday.
Drop that goal. If you get a job in Silicon Valley you're going to be dirt poor and unhappy.

Ful time software dev here.

>>62271800
LOL.

>>62271736
This

In all seriousness just work on projects on your spare time or something, make them progressively more comple until companies start to notice you.

>>62270505
Install gentoo asap

>>62271703
>software developer
>certs
Crawl back into your utility closet IT curry.

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write a compiler like a WHITE MAN

>>62271755
You cannot go wrong with CCNP, RHCA, MCSE, VCAP6-DCV Deploy.

Stay away from the Linux+ or any CompTIA shit.

>>62275202
>CompTIA shit
i don't know what those other certs are but the the fact that you said that tells me you probably don't know what you're talking about. one of my past employers (big company) paid us to get CompTIA Security+ certifications

>>62271728

Any sys admin ones, esp around SELinux or AppArmor. Get the CEH(Certified Ethical Hacker),

Though the best thing you could do is research now, and find holes in security(on the application, don't go poking holes in sites as a unnamed person) AND PROPERLY disclose it(send an email to the company and wait 90 days before public disclosure.

>>62275241

Actually, It is pretty common held thought in the industry.

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/107934-is-it-worth-doing-an-a-networking-and-security

https://www.pluralsight.com/blog/career/comptia-certification

https://www.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/2okf4w/comptia_network_what_are_you_thoughts_is_it_worth/

>>62275241
>>62275315

Also I looked up the Security+ study book, holy shit this is a joke. Most tech literate high schoolers knows all this http://www.kingfishersys.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Security-.pdf Hope your company did not spend too much money on this.

>>62270505
>no bullshit in cuckshit

no worry

pick better job

>>62270505
Take math classes at your local community college or equivalent institution. If you can get through Calc 2 then you are probably programmer material.

>>62275315
did you even read your links asshat
first one has mostly "do what seems smart" and a single guy near the top saying to skip them entirely
second one is talking about how USEFUL they are
third one is about Network+, and by redditors at that
you're an incredible idiot

>>62275365
>i looked up the the study book
i'm not confident you were able to read it given your illiteracy. i don't think you even skimmed anything beyond the table of contents.
>most high schoolers knows all this
i get it, you want to be right so bad, but taking extreme stances doesn't make you or even a milder stance right.

i am not even saying that the certification is good or shows knowledge, just that many good companies like it and even pay for their current employees to have it. we're in a thread trying to help the OP, i think, and we could do without absolute morons like yourself talking out of their ass

>>62270505
HS grad, right? Do you remember having to do a research paper in English class? Where part of the assignment was going to the library and looking up periodicals and books on the same subject as your research topic? You had to cite a certain number of sources that support your hypothesis?

Any of this ringing a bell?

Well, guess what? You now have the tools needed to find out everything you ever wanted to know about any subject. Except, it's even easier now in the age of this miraculous invention known as "The Internet". Now, all you have to do is just Google it, idiot. I just saved you the cost of a college education. You're welcome.

tl;dr: www.justfuckinggoogleit.com

>>62270505
It's hard to learn useful CS material by yourself, but if you get started and you don't suddenly quit (which is what happens to most self-learners), you build a stamina/discipline that will get you far.

Certifications are your best bet. It doesn't have to be in IT, but any certification is good. Your best bet is your local community college. If money is an issue, more and more colleges are offering free classes.

You can also try to learn a stack if you want to be a developer. I suggest the MEAN stack or the Django stack based on the languages you mentioned you were learning.

Good luck man

>>62271728
If you're going into infosec, why do EE at all? I could see it if you were wanting to write/fight hardware trojans or work really close to the metal but otherwise, why not CS or skip college altogether?

>>62274897
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