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> There's nothing magical about the 4 walls of a college campus that bestows special compsci knowledge. There's a few things that make them good — most notabl
by gsnedders 12y ago
> There's nothing magical about the 4 walls of a college campus that bestows special compsci knowledge.
There's a few things that make them good — most notably, the support available if you don't understand something well. While certainly there's a fair amount of support available (esp. online, and depending upon your corporate culture possibly at work as well), I'm yet to find a community that's as willing to help people understand material as many teaching staff are, especially when it comes to more obscure material.
- zanny 12y agoIt may just be the present college generation, but future generations will not hesitate or have issues getting into communal learning groups online to study similar topics without the need for a centralized instructor, especially when that instructor leaves them a hundred grand in debt. Today, there is everything from IRC channels to mailing lists to forums to subreddits to facebook / g+ groups to linkedin groups to get involved with other students of the same topic, maybe even with a few veterans to provide guidance, to learn these subjects. You won't find people that lecture you, but you will find people that will answer questions. I'm surprised there isn't an SO for that yet...