Career 411

Harvard Mignone Center for Career Success

Please listen in for insider perspectives and insights on the job market, careers, and recruiting. The show is hosted by Manny Contomanolis, Director of Harvard's Mignone Center for Career Success. Follow the instagram page @HarvardMCS for some of the best episode highlights.

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Career 411

Episodes (7)

Mar 27th #7 David Malan on CS50’s Origins, Risk, and Future of Education
Feb 25th #6 Patrick Chung: The Mindset of Successful Entrepreneurs
Dec 4, 2023 #5 Nicky Garcea: Skills-Based Hiring

Career 411

Mar 27, 2026
26½ minutes
23 MB

Harvard Professor, David Malan, recounts how losing a Harvard Undergraduate Council election pushed him to improve his public speaking, leading him to teach Harvard Computer Society seminars and then become a teaching fellow and instructor for an Extension School intro course. He pursued a PhD to keep academic doors open and later stepped into a CS50 teaching vacancy, a role he has continued for 18 years. Malan describes CS50 as an inspiring introduction to technology focused on understanding and problem-solving rather than specific languages, designed for students across disciplines and scaled online for broader access. He discusses making education more...

Career 411

#7 David Malan on CS50’s Origins, Risk, and Future of Education

Harvard Mignone Center for Career Success

00:00 -25:31