Path to a free, self-taught education in Computer Science

Re:Path to a free, self-taught education in Computer Science by Joel_Mckay on Monday February 06, 2023 @03:11AM (#34674652)

The secret is real mathematicians snicker at CS faculty people behind their backs. =)

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Re:Path to a free, self-taught education in Computer Science by zelphirkalt on Monday February 06, 2023 @03:34AM (#34674820)

Who bets against mathematics loses, almost always. While that is true, CS people also snicker at mathematicians, because they usually are not able to write good and readable code, unless they also have significant outside of math coding background, which they usually do not.

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Re:Path to a free, self-taught education in Computer Science by Xeronate on Monday February 06, 2023 @03:28AM (#34674785)

The other secret is CS faculty don't care because if they wanted to study math they'd have gotten a math PhD instead of a CS one. =)

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Re:Path to a free, self-taught education in Computer Science by tomcam on Monday February 06, 2023 @03:29AM (#34674793)

EEs do both, but they’re not laughing at anybody because they’re too busy getting the job done

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Re:Path to a free, self-taught education in Computer Science by Joel_Mckay on Monday February 06, 2023 @03:37AM (#34674846)

but do they do "both" well... generally not. =)

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Re:Path to a free, self-taught education in Computer Science by tomcam on Monday February 06, 2023 @05:38PM (#34685524)

Well the ones I’ve worked with were all pretty damn good…

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Re:Path to a free, self-taught education in Computer Science by Joel_Mckay on Monday February 06, 2023 @05:49PM (#34685640)

Depends... some are like getting software people to build a vehicular bridge. =)

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