The History of the CompSci Degree

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The History of the CompSci Degree

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @11:30AM from the oldest-school dept.

Esther Schindler writes "Young whippersnappers might imagine that Computer Science degrees — and the term "computer science" — have been around forever. But they were invented, after all, and early programmers couldn't earn a college degree in something that hadn't been created yet. In The Evolution of the Computer Science Degree, Karen Heyman traces the history of the term and the degree, and challenges you on a geek trivia question: Which U.S. college offered the first CS degree? (It's not an obvious answer.)"

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Go Go CompSci! by TaoPhoenix · 2012-06-13 11:33 · Score: 3, Funny

I want to see how long it takes a site specializing in guys good at CompSci in the age of Google to find that answer!

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1. Re:Go Go CompSci! by jhoegl · 2012-06-13 11:40 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Article Click... Perdue.
2. Re:Go Go CompSci! by lightknight · 2012-06-13 18:01 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  About six months ago, I was overexerting myself removing 'MyCleanPC' from a customer's computer. Apparently, the client in question was unaware that it was a piece of malware, written by Russian programmers whose only experience with computer programming involved a copy of Visual Basic 3.0 and MS BOB, and was responsible for Windows crashing all the time.
  After removing 'MyCleanPC,' my client's computer ran 1000 times faster than before, and their credit card numbers were no longer mysteriously getting stolen.
  
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Re:When I graduated ... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-13 11:42 · Score: 5, Funny

Well you certainly didn't graduate with an English degree!
Re:In the NASA job column Nov 1968 by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-13 12:10 · Score: 5, Funny

It's funny but the Indian Space agency was looking for astronauts to go on a Mars mission and they wanted folks who had experience on Mars.
They got 100 qualified applicants.
Re:In the NASA job column Nov 1968 by RabidReindeer · 2012-06-13 12:44 · Score: 5, Funny

WANTED:
Astronaut. Must have experience with moon landing.

early programmers couldn't earn a college degree in something that hadn't been created yet.
And yet, recruiters would still think so.
Wrong:
Astronaut. Must have 5 years experience moon landings with LM Model 35 Rev.7 Rocket engine repair experience preferred. Must be able to prep launch gantries, maintain ground-tracking antennas, and operate crawler-transporter units.
That (briefly) is how a corporate HR position advertisement reads.
I did see a help desk job with masters preferred by Joe_Dragon · 2012-06-13 12:59 · Score: 4, Funny

I did see a help desk job with masters preferred listed.
Re:In the NASA job column Nov 1968 by locopuyo · 2012-06-13 14:44 · Score: 2, Funny

or vagina

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Re:In the NASA job column Nov 1968 by davester666 · 2012-06-13 15:59 · Score: 5, Funny

> They got 100 qualified applicants.
None of which could pass the drug test.

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