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The premier minister of Singapore is a computer scientist ... (Though that might not be his primary qualification.)
by chvid 6y ago
The premier minister of Singapore is a computer scientist ...
(Though that might not be his primary qualification.)
- heraclius 6y agoThe PM was Senior Wrangler, so at least as much of a mathmo as a computer scientist. Moreover he is odd in two ways: first, he is the product of the scholar-army-politician pipeline in Singapore, which is quite unparalleled; second, he is the son of Lee Kuan Yew.
- chrisseaton 6y agoBut he mainly had a career as a military officer. He gets his social status from that, not from being a computer scientist.