CS professor: what matters from a CS degree is learning how to think
CSProfKGD · x · 2026-09-27
In the same thread, the professor notes that much of what he learned in university is now obsolete, but his education still matters because it taught critical thinking and lifelong learning — skills that remain relevant as AI reshapes programming.
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