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> I have a BS, Bachelor of Science.

Mildly off-topic, but is "BS" the usual shortening of this type of degree where you hail from? If it's United States I would be even more surprised that this would be the case, since who wants a "BS Degree"? In the UK at least we normally refer to them as BSc degrees and there's never really a need to expand.

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"BS" is the simplified American initialism for Baccalaureate Scientate. In most other English-speaking countries the acronym "B.Sc." is used. It's like the way they misspell "colour" and "labour". A cute affectation that we may well snicker about behind their collective backs but in the end it's meaningful and respectable and we move on.

"CS" on the other hand is not short for "computer programmer job training" so I'm confused by the expectation of the original Ask HN question.

Yes, that's the common abbreviation.

If it is, you should stop using it like that because it made even me, a non-english native, giggle.

There are at least a hundred million you would have to convince to stop using that abbreviation before it goes out of fashion in the US.

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