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The only two alumni anyone ever names in the tech world. But Paul calls it "good enough" and Knuth was there long enough ago that it was essentially a different
by stevejohnson 16y ago
The only two alumni anyone ever names in the tech world. But Paul calls it "good enough" and Knuth was there long enough ago that it was essentially a different school.
- kenjackson 16y agoHere's a more complete list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Case_Western_Reserve_University_people http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Case_Western_Reserve_Un... With that said, being able to name two is better than most. Ask your average developer who famous (in CS circles) went to Yale, Columbia, Princeton, UIUC, etc... It's pretty rare that there is any association at all. Off the top of my head I don't know if I can name two of equal prominence from any of those schools (although I'm sure if I searched I could find some).
- poet 16y agoI doubt your average developer knows that Paul and Knuth went to Case Western. You're average developer probably doesn't know that the founder of Paypal and the co-founder of Youtube went to UIUC. I'm not really sure what argument you're trying to make. People in industry typically just don't care about these types of associations.
- kenjackson 16y agoNo offense, but did you read the thread? You kind of reiterated my point. The fact that most people cite, at best, Knuth and Paul says little about CWRU since most people can't cite anyone from virtually any other school. And BTW, UIUC was probably the biggest gimme... although I'm surprised you didn't go with Andreesen and Ozzie. Those are the names I most typically hear thrown out.