Re:A hacker's guide to college
by shazow on Thursday August 25, 2011 @03:27PM
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A programmer and a computer scientist may not be 1-1 but there is significant overlap. Correlation may not directly imply causation but you can't discount it.
Whereas being a "hacker" has very little overlap with either programming or Computer Science. You can be a "hacker" in any number of disciplines.
If you want to be a great Computer Scientist, learn Computer Science but you'll also most likely have to learn some programming.
If you want to be a great programmer, do a lot of programming but you'll also most likely have to learn computer science.
If you want to be a great hacker, figure out what that means to you.
Whereas being a "hacker" has very little overlap with either programming or Computer Science. You can be a "hacker" in any number of disciplines.
If you want to be a great Computer Scientist, learn Computer Science but you'll also most likely have to learn some programming.
If you want to be a great programmer, do a lot of programming but you'll also most likely have to learn computer science.
If you want to be a great hacker, figure out what that means to you.