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This is hardly computer science, it's only programming. Calling this computer science is similar to saying that a course in grammar and spelling is a course in
by Fargren 15y ago
This is hardly computer science, it's only programming. Calling this computer science is similar to saying that a course in grammar and spelling is a course in literature. Programming, while vital to most forms of computer science, and the most marketable skill of a computer scientist nowadays, is just a tool.
- jQueryIsAwesome 15y agoIt is a "marketing tool" so to speak; is much cooler to say "I am a self-taught computer scientist" than "I am a self-taught programmer". And like you may know, with kids, coolness matters.