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 timberburn on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @02:47PM (#10982546)

Along with all the other reasons why this is terrible, I would despise this because I just can't write as fast as I type. Having to use paper/pencil for the SAT was troublesome enough.

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Re:How I got a CS degree with pen and paper and why I'm doin... by forrestbrazeal on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @02:56PM (#10982667)

At least for me, as I explained in the article, this was a primary benefit of writing out notes. Having less time forced me to summarize and synthesize, rather than transcribe.

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Re:How I got a CS degree with pen and paper and why I'm doin... by timberburn on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @03:09PM (#10982790)

Thanks for the downvote - I was referring to actual coding. And with regard to note taking, I never had the problem of transcribing instead of summarizing because I was typing.

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Re:How I got a CS degree with pen and paper and why I'm doin... by forrestbrazeal on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @03:17PM (#10982873)

I didn't downvote you.

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