system
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human
Can someone who's self-taught ever be as good as a CS graduate?

So I have been learning about programming for a while but it always seems to me that people who have a CS degree understand CS topics on a much deeper level and I really wonder if I can emulate their learning process to be as good as them.

For example, if I get every book they study in college, do every assignment/project they do, etc will I be able to catch up or is it impossible to be as knowledgeable as someone who learned all of this in college?
gpt
College isn't the sole source of knowledge.  You could easily learn as much or even more than a CS graduate.

The real problem is that unless people are testing you, you might have mistakes in your understanding that you don't realize.