Just in case someone has missed this XKCD comic
Computer Science Canada 11th Grade activities most useful to career success |
| Author: | Tony [ Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 11th Grade activities most useful to career success |
Just in case someone has missed this XKCD comic |
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| Author: | wtd [ Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:11th Grade activities most useful to career success |
I can vouch for this. In the late 90's I took an introductory programming class that used C++. 15 weeks of C++. I took a snowed-in weekend and installed irb. I learned more about programming from that weekend than 15 weeks of classes taught me. For what it's worth, the next weekend I installed the O'Caml tools andtook on functional programming after hitting a mental wall with Haskell. At the end of the weekend, I "got" functional programming. Success is empowering. |
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| Author: | Insectoid [ Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:11th Grade activities most useful to career success |
I actually did this. I was really far ahead in my programing course, so my teacher said to learn Perl. So, that weekend I messed with Perl. I learned far more Perl in that time than Java in an equal amount of class time. |
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| Author: | chili5 [ Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:11th Grade activities most useful to career success |
I disagree for the most part, I've learned quite a bit of programming in my grade 11 class. I would have never been able to teach myself any of the things that help myself in contests. I've learned more from my grade 11 instructor than anything I've read on my own. I still work at learning on my own, but I learn more in my grade 11 class.  |
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| Author: | Insectoid [ Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:11th Grade activities most useful to career success |
If I didn't do things on my own, I wouldn't get even 1 question done in the contests. The vast majority of my CS knowledge comes from learning on my own time. EDIT: Also, in the real world, you may have to learn a new language. Nobody is going to teach it to you; it is done on your own time. |
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| Author: | dc116 [ Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:11th Grade activities most useful to career success |
Huh? I don't really get it. |
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| Author: | syntax_error [ Sun Dec 21, 2008 11:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | RE:11th Grade activities most useful to career success |
Its not meant for all types of people. "Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors)." |
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