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2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 13, 2017 by Des Traynor · across every show →

Everything said about computer science education, oldest first

Dec 13, 2017 negative
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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…”
Des Traynor Dec 13, 2017 ▶ 0:41 Be Wary of Solving a Small, Rare Problem - Des Traynor of Intercom · Y Combinator
Apr 3, 2019 neutral
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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.”
Austen Allred Apr 3, 2019 ▶ 47:13 A CS Education That's Free Until You Get a Job - Austen Allred of Lambda School · Y Combinator
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