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No, but it helps.

I have a technical school specialization in computing and a CS degree.

Many of the things we learned at technical school only made sense afterwards when I got into CS.

Also some of the design problems we had, which were solved by the usual"try something until it works", became basic programming exercises with the right CS information.

Yeah, it isn't a magic solution, but it helps in what concerns designing software in the large.

Most other backgrounds aren't exposed to such issues.




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