I think if I listened to anyone my age when deciding how to become a software whatever I am, that I would not be anywhere near here. My expertise in the current world should be taken with a very large grain of salt.
-- rec -- On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 7:29 PM, Barry MacKichan < [email protected]> wrote: > Frank, May the 4th be with you. > > --Barry > > On 5 May 2018, at 14:42, Grant Holland wrote: > > That was one of the first Java books I read, too, Frank. It was before Sun > published any Java programming books, and before I went to work for Sun. > > BTW, I believe your b'day is today, Frank. If so, have a great one! > > Grant > > On 5/5/18 12:52 AM, Frank Wimberly wrote: > > I assume a good Python book costs less than the course. In 1996 I got a > job re-implementing a large statistical causal reasoning library from > Pascal to Java. I bought a book called “Teach yourself Java in 21 days”. > Within less than that time I had several large programs converted. I > barely looked at the Pascal but at pseudocode descriptions of the > algorithms instead. > > > > Frank > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Marcus Daniels > *Sent:* Friday, May 04, 2018 2:02 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Transforming the Postsecondary Professional > Education Experience -- Campus Technology > > > > “As a measure of the magnitude of impact of MOOCs so far, one of our MOOC > specializations in the Python programming language is among the most > popular offerings on Coursera — I believe that it has reached more than a > million learners at this point. A significant fraction of those learners > have opted to sit for an exam to get a certificate in Python programming.” > > > > <Huff> A person that seeks a Coursera class to learn Python is not > destined for a career in software development. > > > > “Also, we introduced an Applied Data Science specialization about a year > ago. That one, though not receiving enrollments at quite the same level as > the Python specialization, is generating tens of thousands of learners per > quarter.” > > > > Thousands of learners or thousands of people who create a filtering > problem for recruiting departments? > > > > Marcus > > > > *From: *Friam <[email protected]> <[email protected]> on > behalf of Tom Johnson <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Reply-To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Date: *Friday, May 4, 2018 at 1:47 PM > *To: *"Friam@redfish. com" <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > *Subject: *[FRIAM] Transforming the Postsecondary Professional Education > Experience -- Campus Technology > > > > [image: Image removed by sender.] > > Perhaps of interest.... > > > > Transforming the Postsecondary Professional Education Experience > A Q&A with Thomas A. Finholt > https://campustechnology.com/Articles/2018/04/16/Transforming-the- > Postsecondary-Professional-Education-Experience.aspx?s= > ct_in_040518&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTVRFeE1EVTVPRFJtTWpSaS > IsInQiOiJCOGhlK2U2d3l5R3BodGpScFQrUk5MNlNGWnh5Y3EreWtYVnhtWm > 1MY01DcXkwTWN2OTBxa25oVFdMa3Y0RDd2NklUNGtFMTFWU2ZnM3g0SCtQUE > 05VWlaaWM1MXRzSld0UWg5WmZVM1prV2hKSWZ3N3RvTTBoTWlVMFJQYlJiZiJ9&Page=1 > <https://www.cloudhq.io/mail_track/link/7986e443446b1e001024a94023e95373?uid=226430&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcampustechnology.com%2FArticles%2F2018%2F04%2F16%2FTransforming-the-Postsecondary-Professional-Education-Experience.aspx%3Fs%3Dct_in_040518%26mkt_tok%3DeyJpIjoiTVRFeE1EVTVPRFJtTWpSaSIsInQiOiJCOGhlK2U2d3l5R3BodGpScFQrUk5MNlNGWnh5Y3EreWtYVnhtWm1MY01DcXkwTWN2OTBxa25oVFdMa3Y0RDd2NklUNGtFMTFWU2ZnM3g0SCtQUE05VWlaaWM1MXRzSld0UWg5WmZVM1prV2hKSWZ3N3RvTTBoTWlVMFJQYlJiZiJ9%26Page%3D1> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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