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Re:Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying the workplace on Sunday April 19, 2015 @03:45PM (#9404553)
Very true. There are both positives and negatives. What we really need is choice. Sometimes I want to code in peace, some times I want to stand and hear what everyone is doing.
Re:The next tech bubble is about to burst on Sunday April 19, 2015 @03:41PM (#9404538)
Fred Wilson is dead on; we must produce value. I think Facebook was brilliant for buying Oculus. Not so sure about Whatsapp. In my next life, I might try farming.
Re:Why Not to Try to Learn Everything on Sunday April 19, 2015 @03:21PM (#9404428)
Can confirm. In the last 8 years I specialized in 2 major things: all source analysis and specific tool engineering. This greatly simplified my life.
Re:The Computer “Scientist” as a Toolsmith [pdf] on Sunday April 19, 2015 @03:17PM (#9404410)
Neat find. Interesting that it "First appeared in ... 1977".

Furthermore: "Computer scientists are in fact engineers of abstract objects ... we are toolsmiths building for others to use."

I along with several friends and family holding degrees in CS consistently run into misunderstandings about what we do, can do, and are capable of doing. Dijkstra is fabled to have said it best as "Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."