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I wish the following quote was etched in stone, then the stone was loaded into a Trebuchet, and then said Trebuchet was used to lob the stone into the offices o
by braythwayt 7y ago
I wish the following quote was etched in stone, then the stone was loaded into a Trebuchet, and then said Trebuchet was used to lob the stone into the offices of hiring managers worldwide:
“Computer Science is no more about computers, than Astronomy is about telescopes.”
(Djikstra didn’t originate this. A longer and more interesting version of this was said by Hal Abelson, and a shorter version by Mike Fellows, who said it was a rallying cry of the period. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Computer_science https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Computer_science)
If we stop thinking that computer science is about computers, perhaps we’ll stop thinking a computer science degree is a requirement for clerking or practising a trade in the field, and universities will stop trying to provide a trade education with a gown, mortar, and “science” degree.