Computer Science Education
topic on 1 show · 2 statements across 2 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast
2 statements about Computer Science Education, every show
Allred: Software engineers need C, but shouldn't start with memory management
“Like, you do need to know how to write C to be a good engineer. You do need to know how memory management works, but maybe let's not start with memory management as like an entry level point to software engineering.”
Template-based grading encourages computer science students to memorize without understanding
“The way, and this is true worldwide, I think, the way, like, people in universities would mark a piece of code is they say, all right, we'll give them three points if they have a for loop, and two points if they have an if statement, and people just learned th…”