There’s no speed limit (2009)
When I went to college, having already done full-time software work and countless hours of programming in my spare time, I went to a departmental advisor confidently requesting to test out of the introductory CS classes aimed at first-time programmers. I nearly got laughed out of the room. I pushed the department on this, but it was clear: they simply did not do this. Everyone takes intro to CS. Everyone.<p>It sucks, but there are people out there no smarter than you yet more powerful, and sometimes they impose a speed limit.<p>If you get the opportunity though, I&#x27;d still suggest doing what the author did. No harm in learning something twice, particularly from two different perspectives.