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A CS program is not a business school, it's supposed to be teaching a science: that is, a set of tools for exploring and explaining the laws of the universe. Th
by vannevar 16y ago
A CS program is not a business school, it's supposed to be teaching a science: that is, a set of tools for exploring and explaining the laws of the universe. There's no more reason to promote startups in CS than any other scientific field.
CS departments have relationships with large corporations because they have money and sponsor research. Startups don't. This influx of money has warped the field. It's better to ask why there isn't more science in computer science than to ask why there isn't more business.
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- TheBiv 16y agoI completely agree with your second point, however the value of promoting startups is that it is exciting and provides real world applications for what you are learning about. I am a biologist, and the truly great and respected biologists are those that don't simply use the tools given to them. They tinker, they screw stuff up, they see what happens...and that is exactly what a startup should be doing!
- vannevar 16y agoI would argue that it's also what a scientist should be doing. A startup is trying to find money, a scientist is trying to find truth.