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OSU has quite a bit to offer that can jumpstart a CS career, like the OSU Open Source Lab: http://osuosl.org http://osuosl.org Meanwhile, not really sure I thi

OSU has quite a bit to offer that can jumpstart a CS career, like the OSU Open Source Lab: http://osuosl.org http://osuosl.org Meanwhile, not really sure I think of Stanford as a CS school, unlike MIT & similar.

akhilcacharya 7y ago
Stanford CS is tied for #1 with Berkeley CMU and MIT
- metildaa 7y ago
  Berkely (BSD), MIT (of MIT license fame) & CMU (Sphinx) have a history of notable software that has enabled computing for decades, most HN users can name software developed by either institution. Stanford doesn't have that cache, despite what US News & World might say. US News & World rankings tend to be fairly subjective, look at their top 15 cities. Edit: CS School Rankings for those interested: https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-sch...
  - hellocs1 7y ago
    Are you seriously saying Stanford doesn't have the same cache as Berkeley, MIT, or CMU in CS because you couldn't name something invented from Stanford? How about number of Turing laureates? Stanford has the most for alumni + faculty, and comes second if you only count alumni (to Berkeley), and comes second if you just count long-term faculty (to MIT), and comes first for short-term faculty.[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Turing_Award_laureates_by_university_affiliation#Top_15_universities_worldwide_since_1966 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Turing_Award_laureates...
    - nostrademons 7y ago
      I mean, you could look at Google, Yahoo, SnapChat, VMWare, Sun, and Cisco as "interesting software invented at Stanford". Not to mention TAOCP and TeX. Only difference is that Stanford alums tend to get rich off their inventions because they don't bother to share the source code (usually; Knuth is an exception) while Berkeley & MIT have more of a history of public-domain contributions.
jacobsenscott 7y ago
"Top tier CS" school is pure marketing. Data structures and algorithms don't change based on geography or the amount of money you pay a school.
- tuesdayrain 7y ago
  The quality of professors, lectures, and general atmosphere definitely do.

akhilcacharya 7y ago

Stanford CS is tied for #1 with Berkeley CMU and MIT

metildaa 7y ago
Berkely (BSD), MIT (of MIT license fame) & CMU (Sphinx) have a history of notable software that has enabled computing for decades, most HN users can name software developed by either institution. Stanford doesn't have that cache, despite what US News & World might say. US News & World rankings tend to be fairly subjective, look at their top 15 cities. Edit: CS School Rankings for those interested: https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-sch...
- hellocs1 7y ago
  Are you seriously saying Stanford doesn't have the same cache as Berkeley, MIT, or CMU in CS because you couldn't name something invented from Stanford? How about number of Turing laureates? Stanford has the most for alumni + faculty, and comes second if you only count alumni (to Berkeley), and comes second if you just count long-term faculty (to MIT), and comes first for short-term faculty.[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Turing_Award_laureates_by_university_affiliation#Top_15_universities_worldwide_since_1966 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Turing_Award_laureates...
  - nostrademons 7y ago
    I mean, you could look at Google, Yahoo, SnapChat, VMWare, Sun, and Cisco as "interesting software invented at Stanford". Not to mention TAOCP and TeX. Only difference is that Stanford alums tend to get rich off their inventions because they don't bother to share the source code (usually; Knuth is an exception) while Berkeley & MIT have more of a history of public-domain contributions.

jacobsenscott 7y ago

"Top tier CS" school is pure marketing. Data structures and algorithms don't change based on geography or the amount of money you pay a school.

tuesdayrain 7y ago
The quality of professors, lectures, and general atmosphere definitely do.