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Re:As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check by _Codemonkeyism on Friday August 25, 2017 @10:50AM (#15098836)
Funny, I also studied CS and philosophy and always though it an execellent combination, most people I talk to find it odd.
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Re:As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check by victor___ on Friday August 25, 2017 @12:08PM (#15099510)
I agree. Turns out being able to understand, evaluate and communicate about multiple perspectives on abstract concepts is a generally useful skill.
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Re:As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check by therealdrag0 on Friday August 25, 2017 @11:43AM (#15099272)
I have English and CS majors, French and Philosophy minors. Always been into computers and always been a big reader. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Re:As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check by harwoodjp on Friday August 25, 2017 @11:35AM (#15099189)
Nothing to add but I did CS/Phil also. I think they complement each other nicely.
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Re:As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check by JBlue42 on Friday August 25, 2017 @11:48AM (#15099322)
I think it's also why I have friends that did Philosophy before going to Law School. Despite what was said above, good philosophy papers do take some rigor of thought.
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Re:As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check by rdiddly on Saturday August 26, 2017 @05:30PM (#15107587)
What do you work with in both? Language, or languages. Reasoning. Logic.
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Re:As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check by ma2rten on Friday August 25, 2017 @11:07AM (#15098957)
PG also did that. Maybe that's why he's so good at writing essays.
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Re:As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check by fundabulousrIII on Friday August 25, 2017 @12:56PM (#15100066)
Same here. Philosophy and coding much later. All through my twenties Aristotle to Sartre, read every page twice and reduce to comprehensibility in context.
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