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Author here ... Yes as pointed out many times not "computer science" and I somewhat regret the name. However, it came out of me being a teaching assistant for people doing computer science degrees. A surprising number of people got to 3rd year operating systems courses without realising things like 2^10 is a kilobyte, 2^20 is a megabyte, etc. Let alone how a program was linked and loaded. I hope for this to be helpfu…
While not technically all of what's covered in CS, in my experience with a PhD in Comp. Eng., 8 years as an AF comm officer, and 3.5 years in the commercial sector as a soft. eng., this is vastly more useful than most of what's covered in a CS curriculum. The CS curriculum probably made more sense back in the day when everyone was essentially an embedded developer. But nowadays, the most useful knowledge I have is th…
While not technically all of what's covered in CS, in my experience with a PhD in Comp. Eng., 8 years as an AF comm officer, and 3.5 years in the commercial sector as a soft. eng., this is vastly more useful than most of what's covered in a CS curriculum. The CS curriculum probably made more sense back in the day when everyone was essentially an embedded developer. But nowadays, the most useful knowledge I have is th…
It is much easier to teach an engineer to make good software than to teach a CSist to do engineering. I have seen the latter happen, but the usual results are... well, we see that every day.
While not technically all of what's covered in CS, in my experience with a PhD in Comp. Eng., 8 years as an AF comm officer, and 3.5 years in the commercial sector as a soft. eng., this is vastly more useful than most of what's covered in a CS curriculum. The CS curriculum probably made more sense back in the day when everyone was essentially an embedded developer. But nowadays, the most useful knowledge I have is th…
Could someone elaborate on what they think a good developer should "learn cold"
Might want to proofread some of this and remove the ... proof-reading notes? Not sure what you thought was crap about this section?
"This site supports a course and a textbook that guide students and self-learners through the construction of a modern, full-scale computer system - hardware and software - from the ground up."
A complement, not really an alternative, to this pdf.
(I fumble fingered this the first time and left out the link! Unfortunately I can't delete the confusing comment but fortunately it is being downvoted away)
> "This bit is crap" ( https://www.bottomupcs.com/chapter02.xhtml under "Reordering") Might want to proofread some of this and remove the ... proof-reading notes? Not sure what you thought was crap about this section?
Over time I have become a bit more realistic :) I've stopped worrying if it's better or worse than anything else. As long as it's factually correct, I think a rising tide floats all boats so the more we all write and read others work, the better off we'll be.
Author here ... Yes as pointed out many times not "computer science" and I somewhat regret the name. However, it came out of me being a teaching assistant for people doing computer science degrees. A surprising number of people got to 3rd year operating systems courses without realising things like 2^10 is a kilobyte, 2^20 is a megabyte, etc. Let alone how a program was linked and loaded. I hope for this to be helpfu…
Isn't it amazing how people pass courses, even perhaps demonstrate mastery at a point in time, but manage to get to later courses without fully understanding things? Students end up with a very strange mental framework by the time they graduate, and it seems like most students actually know shockingly little. I don't know that there's a solution, or even that it's an issue. To me, this is simply a reflection of how p…
I believe that he didn't understand what Computer Science actually is, besides having a degree in it. I'd say it's because of the educational system, where one could attain a degree without actually qualifying in it.
In under developed/developing economies if only qualified people get their degrees, then only a fraction would get their jobs and it would be very bad for that economy and so bad educational systems are by design.
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