/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9931330
What do you have against books, anon?

>Is this series an effective way to learn a little about computer science assuming I know nothing about it, or is it mainly SJW propaganda to push "women in STEM" narrative?
Why don't you try it and find out?

>>9931330
The author is an SJW, which are notorious for never producing anything of value. If you still would like to know what specifically makes her a useless host and writer, let me give you a quick rundown of that crash course.

First half: XDDDDDDDDDDDD LE SCIENCE LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL. Now, I won't go into detail about this because I'd rather just keep XDing at the next topic!
Second half: Now let's look at the WOMEN, that's right I said WOMEN, who, AS WOMEN, did work, AS WOMEN, in this field, AS WOMEN. Did I mention she was a WOMAN? WOMEN CAN DO TECH STUFF TOO HAHA. DID I MENTION IT ALREADY? WOMEN IN TECH. THERE ARE WOMEN IN TECH! Now let's go into the thought bubble to watch more WOMEN IN TECH.

Absolute cancer. If you watch this show odds are it will have a negative impact and just decrease your IQ.

>>9931353
I watched the first episode and it's like the producers are on ADHD, there's a shit ton of mini-distractions and easter eggs. I note that they innocuously bring attention to women in this roles so I get the sense they feel that being "quirky" and ideological is more important than education.
>>9931369
Yeah, I noticed this, it's rather sad because the topic interests me.
>>9931352
That's a financial investment and I have to sit down and actually read. A video series allows me to dip my toes in.

Crash Course is a straight up ideohazard. Maintain a distance of thirty feet and do not make direct eye contract. Breathe through your shirt.
I'm pretty sure khanacademy has an intro to comsci. Never used it but as far as I know they're pretty universally good
Tell you what, let's try it out together, anon

>>9931330
As someone who watched the entire series, I will say it covers primarily the history, development, ideas, and processes behind computer science. It does not tell you how to program anything, if that's what you're looking for, which they are pretty clear about that from the beginning.

>>9931330
Depends;
If you're looking for skills to be employed in the industry, then that's mostly self taught. Skills in basic code etiquette are mostly a function of habit and experience. Don't expect to get much past some sysadmin and code monkey shit.

If you're looking to do HPC, scientific computing, defense, OS development, engineering research, cryptography, high level CS jobs, etc., that usually requires a relevant degree. Jobs like that take understanding of some theory and strong mathematical basis.

If you want to learn real computer science, do at least a masters. ML theory, quantum computation and information theory, automata, computability and complexity, algorithm design, compiler theory and design, even harder crypto, even MORE engineering (controllers, mechatronics/computation robotics, parallel design, etc., communication and internet systems, compiler implementation), OS theory, advanced mathematics, etc., all the super interesting stuff about CS is behind graduate school doors. If you want to do more engineering stuff, it also helps to take classes from multiple departments.

>>9931401
Khan Academy's compsci course teach algorithms and computations, which if you are interested in the science side of CS it's an interesting read with highlights big topics like sorts and Big-O, but in terms of actually programming I don't think you'd be able to effectively learn or replicate this stuff until you are comfortable with a compiler, OOP, and at a level where you can handle data structures. Would not recommend to an absoloute beginner; somewhat like trying to jump into physics by learning mechanical physics without knowledge of differentiation.

Their Computer Programming courses are geared towards webdev but still touches on the basics of programming. The CS course does a lot of call backs to JS which is thankfully what the programming course teaches. Taking this and then taking the CS course would be ideal, and if you are a CS major in college I would recommend taking either in the break before the term you start a data structures class.

Funny enough, the instructors/narrators for these courses are women and don't hamfist any sort of agenda.

>>9931330
Just read books
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