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Not necessarily. Reading this article I actually find it quite obnoxious that Google would come in and tell HBCU computer science departments to redesign their

Not necessarily. Reading this article I actually find it quite obnoxious that Google would come in and tell HBCU computer science departments to redesign their curricula to focus less on "theoretical" concerns and more on like, Python scripting that G needs from its junior engineers. But it's also worth noting what a dishonest dodge it is for these huge companies posturing like "oh we care so deeply about this issue, but it's a pipeline problem we can't fix!" - as though they can't build whatever pipeline they want to get the candidates they want to get.

bko 6y ago
> But it's also worth noting what a dishonest dodge it is for these huge companies posturing like "oh we care so deeply about this issue, They have to say this. The executives of these large internet companies get dragged in front of congress regularly and some politicians built their entire careers on passing punitive targeted legislation against said companies. > as though they can't build whatever pipeline they want to get the candidates they want to get. That's what they're doing when they're trying to influence the curriculum of computer science departments. As an aside, I remember flipping through AP (high school level) computer science tests and got a kick out of how the state education board tested students. Here's an example Consider the following code segment. List<String> animals = new ArrayList<String>(); animals.add("dog"); animals.add("cat"); animals.add("snake"); animals.set(2, "lizard"); animals.set(3, "fish"); animals.remove(3); System.out.println(animals); What is printed as a result of executing the code segment? (a) [dog, fish, cat] (b) [dog, fish, lizard] (c) [dog, lizard, fish] (d) [fish, dog, cat] (e) The code throws an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException exception. https://www.apcsaexam.org/uploads/1/0/7/7/107712547/ap_sample_questions_from_college_board.pdf https://www.apcsaexam.org/uploads/1/0/7/7/107712547/ap_sampl...

bko 6y ago

> But it's also worth noting what a dishonest dodge it is for these huge companies posturing like "oh we care so deeply about this issue, They have to say this. The executives of these large internet companies get dragged in front of congress regularly and some politicians built their entire careers on passing punitive targeted legislation against said companies. > as though they can't build whatever pipeline they want to get the candidates they want to get. That's what they're doing when they're trying to influence the curriculum of computer science departments. As an aside, I remember flipping through AP (high school level) computer science tests and got a kick out of how the state education board tested students. Here's an example Consider the following code segment. List<String> animals = new ArrayList<String>(); animals.add("dog"); animals.add("cat"); animals.add("snake"); animals.set(2, "lizard"); animals.set(3, "fish"); animals.remove(3); System.out.println(animals); What is printed as a result of executing the code segment? (a) [dog, fish, cat] (b) [dog, fish, lizard] (c) [dog, lizard, fish] (d) [fish, dog, cat] (e) The code throws an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException exception. https://www.apcsaexam.org/uploads/1/0/7/7/107712547/ap_sample_questions_from_college_board.pdf https://www.apcsaexam.org/uploads/1/0/7/7/107712547/ap_sampl...