Ask HN: How a self-learned programmer learn algorithms/scalable system?

Algorithms: <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-006-introduction-to-algorithms-fall-2011/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ocw.mit.edu&#x2F;courses&#x2F;electrical-engineering-and-comput...</a>

Coursera has both Sedgwick&#x27;s lower division sequence in Java and Roughgarden&#x27;s two class upper division sequence using whatever language the student chooses.<p><a href="https://www.coursera.org/course/algs4partI" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.coursera.org&#x2F;course&#x2F;algs4partI</a><p><a href="https://www.coursera.org/course/algo?from_restricted_preview=1&amp;course_id=971469&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fclass.coursera.org%2Falgo-005" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.coursera.org&#x2F;course&#x2F;algo?from_restricted_preview...</a><p>There are also upper division courses by Sedgewick as well.