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Why aren't we trying to get analytical individuals from other fields who already do train their students to think analytically? Probably because trainability o
by swolchok 17y ago
Why aren't we trying to get analytical individuals from other fields who already do train their students to think analytically?
Probably because trainability of those folks would cause more "anyone can do it" sentiment, devaluing our skills.
As to the pipeline, now you're calling for outright altruistic activism, not a change in day-to-day behavior at work. Also, if I set out to "encourage women in computer science", it would probably be perceived as "creepy".
- knowtheory 17y ago"now you're calling for outright altruistic activism, not a change in day-to-day behavior at work" That makes me want to facepalm a bit. Do you work with open source software? Also, if I set out to "encourage women in computer science", it would probably be perceived as "creepy". Then don't. Set out to encourage students who are good at analytical thinking to get into programming, and keep an eye on equal promotion of the utility of programming (note, that programming is not the same as computer science. I've got a linguistics degree, and i am a perfectly competent programmer [okay, so yes, i 've got a minor in computer science too]).
- swolchok 17y agoThat makes me want to facepalm a bit. Do you work with open source software? Yes, but for ego boost and/or personal bugfix reasons.