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Re: Ask HN: Programming 101 online course recommendations?

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In addition to what most other people said here about how to improve communication in a team, I'd say that if you do want to learn some programming and how to think like a computer scientist, you can't go wrong with the MIT's Computational Thinking using Python series on edX.

https://courses.edx.org/dashboard/programs/a4453798-ffc2-4f5...

I'm from a non-tech background and these two classes completely changed my world.

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If you’re looking more to be able to intelligently communicate rather than program independently, I’d recommend the Harvard CS50 for Business Professionals. https://www.edx.org/course/cs50s-computer-science-for-busine...

I can’t recommend this enough for anyone looking to dive into Computer Science. I did it 7 years ago while in music school for no particular reason, and now have a computer science degree and am a software engineer at a well known company. CS50 quite literally changed my life.

There was a terrific article on Techcrunch this weekend about Rivers Cuomos' experience using CS50 to manage his creative output. Migrating his music spreadsheets to dedicated database-backed Python apps: "Hey, show me all the ideas I have at 126 BPM in the key of A flat that start with a third degree of the scale and the melody and are in Dorian mode and that my manager has given three stars or more to." ;)

https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/25/rock-star-programmer-river...

Re: Ask HN: Programming 101 online course recommendations?

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I can’t recommend this enough for anyone looking to dive into Computer Science. I did it 7 years ago while in music school for no particular reason, and now have a computer science degree and am a software engineer at a well known company. CS50 quite literally changed my life.

There was a terrific article on Techcrunch this weekend about Rivers Cuomos' experience using CS50 to manage his creative output. Migrating his music spreadsheets to dedicated database-backed Python apps: "Hey, show me all the ideas I have at 126 BPM in the key of A flat that start with a third degree of the scale and the melody and are in Dorian mode and that my manager has given three stars or more to." ;) https://…

I read that! How does that search query work, just based on his organization scheme?

Re: Ask HN: Programming 101 online course recommendations?

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In addition to what most other people said here about how to improve communication in a team, I'd say that if you do want to learn some programming and how to think like a computer scientist, you can't go wrong with the MIT's Computational Thinking using Python series on edX. https://courses.edx.org/dashboard/programs/a4453798-ffc2-4f5... I'm from a non-tech background and these two classes completely changed my worl…

Yess! Exactly what I'm looking for!
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