Re:Attention Comp Sci Majors:
by clyfe on Monday August 29, 2011 @03:45PM
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True innovation requires hard math and CS.
Take Shazaam for example, who built an empire on audio data indexing/search, sound recognition = numerical analysis + probabilities + statistics + search algorithms + a lot of knowledge about systems architecture, distributed systems, databases etc.
Of course you can build products a la 37signals but is a lot more to software than that (and also note that 37 guys are not code monkeys/script kiddies/you-name-it, they actually know lots about CS - sample here: https://github.com/rails/acts_as_nested_set/blob/master /lib/active_record/acts/nested_set.rb )
At some point in your career you'll want to: write a parser, search a graph, optimize some storage thingie ...
Re:Attention Comp Sci Majors:
by connorlee on Monday August 29, 2011 @06:39PM
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yeah, I probably wouldn't call "the 37signals guys" script kiddies, David Hannson created Ruby on Rails. I agree with your take on innovation, Pandora would be in the same boat.
Re:Attention Comp Sci Majors:
by clyfe on Tuesday August 30, 2011 @04:34AM
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I said the exact opposite: 37signals are not script kiddies, they are really smart, educated people, that make use of CS knowledge in building their products.
Take Shazaam for example, who built an empire on audio data indexing/search, sound recognition = numerical analysis + probabilities + statistics + search algorithms + a lot of knowledge about systems architecture, distributed systems, databases etc.
Of course you can build products a la 37signals but is a lot more to software than that (and also note that 37 guys are not code monkeys/script kiddies/you-name-it, they actually know lots about CS - sample here: https://github.com/rails/acts_as_nested_set/blob/master /lib/active_record/acts/nested_set.rb )
At some point in your career you'll want to: write a parser, search a graph, optimize some storage thingie ...
Epilogue:
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2007/06/rich-programmer-food...