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Guide to CS Engineering and Interview Prep
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# CS Prep Guide



This guide aims to help you scale from zero to infinity for a career in domains related to Computer Science in general and Software Development in particular. I'd highly encourage you to read [this](https://captnemo.in/blog/2015/10/12/get-better-at-software-development/) as well - as an introduction to getting better.



>Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity - Aaron Swartz



## Table of Contents  



- [1. Computer Science Curriculum](#1-computer-science-curriculum)

  * [Stuff for the curious](#stuff-for-the-curious)

- [2. Technical Books to Read](#2-technical-books-to-read)

  * [The essentials](#the-essentials)

  * [Optional Alternative](#optional-alternative)

- [3. Programming/Interview](#3-programming-interview)

- [4. Free Side Project Ideas](#4-free-side-project-ideas)

  * [Open Source Projects](#open-source-projects)

- [5. Building Profile/Knowledge](#5-building-profile-knowledge)

- [Similar Guides](#similar-guides)

- [LICENSE](#license)



## 1. Computer Science Curriculum



Courses below helps you cover the very basics of CS.



* [Google's CS Career and Technical Developement Guide](https://www.google.com/about/careers/students/guide-to-technical-development.html)

  Consists list of MOOC Courses and Resources for a career in CS

* [Open University](https://github.com/open-source-society/computer-science)

  List of free online MOOC courses that you might take up to gain your free education in Computer Science

* [TeachYourSelfCS](https://teachyourselfcs.com/) **[RECOMMENDED]**

  Best CS curriculum to start ground up.



### Stuff for the curious



* [Computer Science Field Guide](http://csfieldguide.org.nz/)

* [CS Handbook](http://www.thecshandbook.com/)

* [Computer Science from the Bottom Up](http://www.bottomupcs.com/)

* [Open Data Structures](http://opendatastructures.org/)

* [List of Awesome Courses](https://github.com/prakhar1989/awesome-courses)



## 2. Technical Books to Read



### The essentials



* [Fred Brooks' The Mythical Man-Month](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13629.The_Mythical_Man_Month)

* [Donald Knuth's The Art of Computer Programming](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9410434-the-art-of-computer-programming-volumes-1-4a-boxed-set)

* [Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43713.Structure_and_Interpretation_of_Computer_Program)



### Optional Alternative

You can also cover a list as given here. Thanks to [Abhay Rana](https://captnemo.in/).



* [List by CodingHorror](https://blog.codinghorror.com/recommended-reading-for-developers/)

* [Find some here as well](http://hackershelf.com/browse/)

* [A LONG LIST OF FREE EBOOKS](https://github.com/vhf/free-programming-books/blob/master/free-programming-books.md)

* [blog.dwarak.in - CS Book List](https://blog.dwarak.in/2018/11/24/CS-Book-List/)

* [blog.dwarak.in - Recommended Readings for CS Graduate](https://blog.dwarak.in/2020/12/13/Recommended-Readings-For-CS-Graduate/)



## 3. Programming/Interview



Reference for [Interview Prep Guide](./INTERVIEW_PREP.md)



## 4. Read CS Papers



1. [The Morning Paper](https://blog.acolyer.org/) - This is no longer active. But contains a good repo of papers though.

2. [Micah Lerner](https://www.micahlerner.com/)

3. [Metadata - Murat Demirbas](https://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/)

3. [Arxiv.org](https://arxiv.org/)



## 5. Free Side Project Ideas



* [From @karan](https://github.com/karan/Projects)

* [My own side project list](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QEdIOuvvJN5LIQapNcEIXhGLUGrgfFQp585wu33I5oQ/edit?usp=sharing)

* [Side project list from HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23290536)



### Open Source Projects



Some Open Source projects where you can start contributing. How to start? [Read this](https://blog.newrelic.com/2014/05/05/open-source_gettingstarted/).



* [From Github](https://github.com/explore)

* [A list of organizations from GSOC](https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/2016/organizations)



## 6. Building Profile/Knowledge



Here is a list of [best engineering blogs](http://www.nicolabortignon.com/startup-reading-list/) that you may want to follow.



Some great engineering channels that you can follow



* ![Youtube Icon](assets/youtube.png) [Hussein Nasser](https://www.youtube.com/@hnasr) **[Great Podcast About Systems Design & Backend Engineering]**

* ![Youtube Icon](assets/youtube.png) [Asli Engineering by Arpit Bhayani](https://www.youtube.com/@AsliEngineering)

* ![Youtube Icon](assets/youtube.png) [The Geek Narrator](https://www.youtube.com/@TheGeekNarrator)



Aside from the above,



* Create a Twitter account and follow good lists.

* Create a StackOverFlow account and answer as many questions as possible - explore and learn.

* Listen to podcasts. Some of my personal favourites [here](https://blog.dwarak.in/2015/07/13/Best-Podcasts-On-Web/).

* You might also want to follow [HackerNews](https://news.ycombinator.com), [Lobsters](https://lobste.rs) for explosure. Or get everything at [Coven](http://www.coven.link).

* Talk and present in meetups/conferences. A list of best developer conferences [here](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10831730).

* **Stay Humble. Don't be an ass!**



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## Similar Guides



[Interview](https://github.com/andreis/interview) by [@andreis](https://github.com/andreis/)



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## LICENSE



Content licensed under [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).