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Every time I read one of these "what computer science should be" posts, I keep coming back to the old quote, "computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes". I feel there are many computer scientists that wish they had studied engineering instead, but assume the career is the one that needs change. This author IMHO tries to solve that by making sure that CS contains everything, which I think it's a bit too much.

I think I'd cut most of the more technical subjects (robotics, computer graphics, system administration), moving them to an elective basis. I have no issue with a Comp. Scientist that doesn't know Racket or Smalltalk, but if I don't see formal proofs there will be blood.



the first & most important lesson my professor thought me before we start our programming class

'Programming is a self-thought discipline'

that guides me to this day...

Obviously I have apply it to broader IT segments, not just programming




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