Comments on: FOWA: The Future of Web Startups (Paul Graham) http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/10/04/fowa-the-future-of-web-startups-paul-graham/ More than just a blog. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:07:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Climb to the Stars (Stephanie Booth) http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/10/04/fowa-the-future-of-web-startups-paul-graham/#comment-281359 Climb to the Stars (Stephanie Booth) Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:11:20 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/10/04/fowa-the-future-of-web-startups-paul-graham/#comment-281359 <p><strong>My Notes of FoWA Autumn 2007...</strong></p> <p>Despite lack of power and wifi, I did manage to take a rather insane amount of notes during the Future of Web Apps conference in London.</p> <p>You can help me out by posting links to slideshows, other notes, speaker blog posts on the notes posts I made. I t...</p> My Notes of FoWA Autumn 2007…

Despite lack of power and wifi, I did manage to take a rather insane amount of notes during the Future of Web Apps conference in London.

You can help me out by posting links to slideshows, other notes, speaker blog posts on the notes posts I made. I t…

]]> By: Ace Ventura http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/10/04/fowa-the-future-of-web-startups-paul-graham/#comment-280914 Ace Ventura Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:33:38 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/10/04/fowa-the-future-of-web-startups-paul-graham/#comment-280914 <p>Zak, according to your litmus test, Stanford has a bad cs program because they teach an OO course using Java (it's a great course btw).</p> Zak, according to your litmus test, Stanford has a bad cs program because they teach an OO course using Java (it’s a great course btw).

]]> By: E http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/10/04/fowa-the-future-of-web-startups-paul-graham/#comment-280827 E Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:50:49 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/10/04/fowa-the-future-of-web-startups-paul-graham/#comment-280827 <p>“Shift from getting good grades to impress employers to actually learning stuff because you’ll need it. steph-note: OMG, is US education that broken?!”</p> <p>It's the best in the world, at least in Computer Science. Yet it could be so much better. That's Paul's hope.</p> “Shift from getting good grades to impress employers to actually learning stuff because you’ll need it. steph-note: OMG, is US education that broken?!”

It’s the best in the world, at least in Computer Science. Yet it could be so much better. That’s Paul’s hope.

]]> By: Zak http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/10/04/fowa-the-future-of-web-startups-paul-graham/#comment-280646 Zak Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:24:16 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/10/04/fowa-the-future-of-web-startups-paul-graham/#comment-280646 <p>"Shift from getting good grades to impress employers to actually learning stuff because you’ll need it. steph-note: OMG, is US education that broken?!"</p> <p>Yes, but the US isn't alone in this. A good litmus test of a computer science program seems to be the languages used. If the majority of the coursework is in Java or a similar language, it's probably more career-training than education in computer science.</p> “Shift from getting good grades to impress employers to actually learning stuff because you’ll need it. steph-note: OMG, is US education that broken?!”

Yes, but the US isn’t alone in this. A good litmus test of a computer science program seems to be the languages used. If the majority of the coursework is in Java or a similar language, it’s probably more career-training than education in computer science.

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