How I got a CS degree with pen and paper and why I'm doing it again

Re:How I got a CS degree with pen and paper and why I'm doin... by vvanders on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @02:09PM (#10982251)

We're talking about high school here though. Seems to me it would be like running a chemistry class without doing any lab work.

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Re:How I got a CS degree with pen and paper and why I'm doin... by blt on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @02:22PM (#10982333)

I agree. One of the most magic moments when you start programming is when you write your first program that does a truly significant amount of work. You run it, you're still kind of on human time scale and think it's going to take a few seconds, but it finishes instantly. That was the moment that really hooked me into programming.

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Re:How I got a CS degree with pen and paper and why I'm doin... by rondsquare on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @02:19PM (#10982316)

Not trying to be argumentative or anything, but that's how chemistry is taught in 3rd world countries. Labs are a luxury :)

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Re:How I got a CS degree with pen and paper and why I'm doin... by vvanders on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @02:21PM (#10982326)

Eh fair, although RPi Zeros are pretty cheap these days :).

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Re:How I got a CS degree with pen and paper and why I'm doin... by lfowles on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @06:01PM (#10984292)

And rural America :)

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