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I'd echo the other reply. Do as much as you can using online sources (Coursera, edX, plenty of CS and Algorithm courses etc) but just make sure the problem sets and any 'academic' programming is on your Github.

FWIW, I started a Maths degree with OU, and the material was excellent. Then my life took over...

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I second the Maths degree with the OU. I just finished a masters in maths with them and they really didn't pull any punches. I am a far better mathematician now than I was five years ago (or rather, five years ago I wasn't any kind of mathematician, but now I can blitz through a post-graduate level textbook and bootstrap myself to competency). I'm getting a bit old for serious exams, though. I genuinely started to feel light-headed in the final one.

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