Computer Science: Just the Useful Bits

Noah Gibbs

Are you a professional developer, or do you want to be? Worried that your computer science theory is not enough, or is outdated? We'll talk about which parts are useful, which aren't, and why/where. Every week you'll get an informed opinion from a professional developer about a specific part of computer science and when/where/whether it's useful. We cover algorithms, analysis, data structures and all sorts of theory, here on Comp Sci: Just the Useful Bits.

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Computer Science: Just the Useful Bits

Episodes (26)

Aug 8, 2022 With Larry Orton: Getting Started and Standing Out
Aug 1, 2022 With Tobi Pfeiffer: So Many Languages
Jul 25, 2022 With Ross Kaffenberger: Teaching, WebPacker and Paradigms

Computer Science: Just the Useful Bits

Aug 8, 2022
1½ hours
63 MB

Larry has 15 years' experience in the military under his belt, and is still training as a software developer. We talk about the up-and-coming developer experience, before his first job and what they're looking for. We also talk about social change, and how different the software world is from most of the real world. A little psychology, a little social science, a certain amount of ethics... A great conversation, all told. Larry is also dyslexic, and we talk about how he handles that, and how it's changed all those other things we talk about. ...

Computer Science: Just the Useful Bits

With Larry Orton: Getting Started and Standing Out

Noah Gibbs

00:00 -01:09:36