Office Hours with David and Brian - 25 March 2020

"Office hours" are an opportunity for students online to ask questions about any of CS50's courses, questions about computer science, questions about programming, and the like. All of CS50's courses https://www.edx.org/cs50 A course taught with Python https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-7 A course on algorithms https://www.coursera.org/learn/algorithms-part1 A book on interviewing for tech companies http://www.crackingthepminterview.com/ Scratch for young children https://www.scratchjr.org Among today's questions: * What are the typical conventions of basic security management for development online? * What are some of the insights you've had in putting together materials for CS50? * What courses or lecturers do you watch on YouTube? * How do you decide which psets to keep and which psets to change? * Has CS50 changed in difficulty this year? * On what basis do you decide how much code to provide students with for each pset? * To what extent are MOOCs more effective than those taught in person? * What other courses do you recommend for someone studying computer science? * When taking a course like CS50x online, do you think it's best to aim for completion or for a passing grade? * If I complete CS50x online, does it count towards my courses at Harvard? * Should I dig deeper into concepts taught in CS50? * What courses should I take after taking CS50? * How does what we learn in CS50 relate to fields outside computer science? * Is it possible to get college credits from taking CS50x online? * What career paths combine computer science and business development? * What resources do you recommend to get kids engaged in computer science? * Have you heard of people going straight into the field after taking a course like CS50? *** This is CS50, Harvard University's introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming. *** HOW TO SUBSCRIBE http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center