When I clicked the link, I expected a full CS curriculum but a very few courses from CMU. What I see in the page is not a curriculum or am I missing something? Nice copywriting, though.
CMU CS Academy: a free online computer science curriculum by Carnegie Mellon
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Re: CMU CS Academy: a free online computer science curriculum by Carnegie Mellon
#72It's not a "computer science curriculum" but a "graphics-based computer science curricula in Python" https://academy.cs.cmu.edu/course-info
Re: CMU CS Academy: a free online computer science curriculum by Carnegie Mellon
#73Interesting. However, the page appears in (badly translated) German in my browser and there is no way on the page to change the language to English.
I get the German version too, but by clicking on the menu icon in the top left, and then "English", it lets me switch to the English version.
On an unrelated note: I wish HTTP had a language negotiation feature that allowed my browser to default webpages to whichever language isn't a bad translation of the page's original language and doesn't hide any information and features for lack of translation.
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#74How come this or things like https://teachyourselfcs.com/ dont exist for other fields like mechanical engineering?
One reason may be that mechanical engineering degrees really only mean something when they come from accredited universities, if you want to go for your FE or PE licenses in the USA you'll need to have a degree from an accredited university. Most places that consider you for a job as a mechanical, electrical, civil, aeronautical/aerospace, etc engineer only want to see you with a degree that's accredited. The CS job market has always been more accepting to self taught, hence courses to self teach. I say these things working in software development with a bachelor's and master's in mechanical engineering. Good friends with someone with a bachelor's and master's in electrical engineering working in software and brother-in-law to someone with an aerospace degree.
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
One factor may be that mechanical engineering remains dominated by expensive proprietary software, and the field is largely OK with that. Programming is unique in the sense that programmers can create their own tools, and have adopted an expectation that the most advanced tools should be free and easy to obtain. This culture could easily extend to making the training materials free too. Another factor is that "coding…
The lack of formal professional organizations is the biggest boon for computing. I'm glad we don't have an artificially low supply of programmers like we do doctors
Having seen the absolute dire code some programmers put out (some being very well paid for it too); I'm very glad there are far fewer doctors like that and those that turn that way lose their accreditation and get shamed out of the field.
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#76I wonder if soon all elite universities will make all of their curriculum and lectures free online, effectively turning them into content marketing to drive their customer acquisition funnel. The actual product will be a prestigious brand name, networking opportunities, and a laundered IQ test performed by the admissions committee anointing you with the stamp of approval at the gates. In the public's mind one goes to…
Definitely most universities are making their lectures available. For example IITs have this huge collection of all kinds of Engineering courses, https://nptel.ac.in/courses And now they are expanding to medical sciences too! Imagine becoming a self taught doctor :/ https://dth.ac.in/medical/course.php But yes, the value of attending a top university is not at all limited to these study materials. It is so much more.
Fantastic, the fundamentals of electrical engineering is exactly what I've been looking for.
Re: CMU CS Academy: a free online computer science curriculum by Carnegie Mellon
#77When I clicked the link, I expected a full CS curriculum but a very few courses from CMU. What I see in the page is not a curriculum or am I missing something? Nice copywriting, though.
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#78I love the juxtaposition of the title and all commenters experience signing up
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#79I usually just recommended Harvard's CS50 as it is a very high quality introduction course (To be clear I was not a Harvard or any _fancy_ university).
Is there any better course available?
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#80How come this or things like https://teachyourselfcs.com/ dont exist for other fields like mechanical engineering?
Computer Science has become a "programming" farm degree rather than what it was originally back in my day (grumble, grumble). It used to be an off-shoot of mathematics and was so strongly tied at the hip many schools had CS and math in the same department. Cynically programmers are paid better than any other so-called "knowledge worker" field. Naturally, schools paid by large organizations have a vested interest in f…
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