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* If you come from a developers' bootcamp / didn't-study-Computer-Science-in-school background....., a big mistake many people like yourselves make is diving into a college-level Algorithms class first. I think it's much wiser to obtain a 500-900 page basic Data Structures Computer Science book, watch an online course on Coursera, and then augment that with the more comprehensive Algorithms course available on MIT.
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* It is extremely easy to forget this stuff unless you find a way to involve it in your everyday life (context) - always, always try to find some kind of relationship between these concepts and your every day code, no matter how obscure!
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* Memorization is '''very''' important - do not believe otherwise!
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* Memorization is very important - do not believe otherwise!
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* It is extremely easy to forget this stuff unless you find a way to involve it in your everyday life (context) - '''always always''' try to find some kind of relationship between these concepts and your every day code, no matter how obscure!
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* If you come from a developer bootcamp / didn't study computer science in school background - a big mistake many people make is diving into a college level algorithms class first. I think it's wise to get a 500-900 page basic Data Structures computer science book, watch an online course on Coursera, then augment that with the more comprehensive algorithms course available on MIT.  
  
 
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