Alan Kay on Computer Science Degree

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A short clip of Alan Kay answering a question about whether to get a computer science degree. It was posted by Kenneth Friedman, who has collected many Kay talks and interviews. Kay gives his view on university computing education and what it fails to teach.

HN people use it as Alan Kay's counterpoint when the value of a CS degree comes up, and it was also submitted on its own twice.

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@li4ick2020 · in “Alan Kay on Computer Science Degree”
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@kennethfriedman2015 · in “Alan Kay on Getting a CS Degree [video]”
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@noblethrasher2015 · in “Problems with Computer Science Education”
On the other hand: ▶ this video (The article begs the question that undergraduate computer science programs are a good idea in the first place)