Your CS Degree Is Teaching You the Wrong Things | TheStandup

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[Description]
AI is changing how we write software, but what does that mean for programming languages and computer science education? The crew debates Python vs. C, whether language aesthetics still matter, what CS degrees should actually teach, and whether low-level knowledge will become even more valuable in the age of AI.

[Chapters]
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:30 - CS Degrees Python VS C++
00:02:33 - Monitoring The Situation
00:04:30 - Terminal
00:05:04 - A diplomatic Take
00:08:31 - Two Schools of CS Degrees
00:13:48 - High Level vs Low Level
00:18:42 - Theory vs Practical
00:21:10 - What should you learn?
00:25:03 - Extending down
00:30:14 - Is Python a mistake?
00:33:04 - What about C++ ?
00:35:07 - Perfect Student
00:40:14 - Outro

[Sources]
SF Hot List: https://known.com/hotlist
Blocker Topic Tweet: https://x.com/zack\_overflow/status/2094561759738921007?s=46
Main Topic Tweet: https://x.com/MTSlive/status/2094524974392565997
Vaxry weighs in: https://x.com/vaxryy/status/2094793886291870206
Krazam Makro Excel videos:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xubbVvKbUfY

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