Founders of Facebook, Google, Amazon, Twitter… they all did!
If you want to be a solid programmer, I have great news for you: now there’s an easy way to learn computer science. And learning just the basics will dramatically transform your career.
It’s no coincidence many tech founders (like Mark Zuckerberg) were computer science students. Once you master computer science, you’ll have the computational mind that powers rockstar tech entrepreneurs—and you’ll also become a much more interesting hire for elite companies.
Apple, IBM, Twitter and other giants are pouring big bucks to help people learn computer science. In 2016 alone, 100 leading tech companies pledged to invest over 100 million dollars in computer science education. These companies really need more people with computer science skills… and it’s only getting harder to find them.
Computer science demand is exploding
The US Department of Labor predicted there will be 1.4 million computer science jobs by 2020—but only enough people to fill 30% of these jobs. These startling numbers are even being picked up by the mainstream media:
“Tech Companies Work to Combat Computer Science Education Gap”
“Silicon Valley could hire every American with high-tech skills and it would still have hundreds of thousands of unfilled jobs.”
Faced with such alarming news, many are pushing computer science education intoelementary school. In his final State of the Union Address, President Obama set a bold goal—that every American student should learn computer science:
“In the new economy, computer science isn’t an optional skill–it’s a basic skill, right along with the three Rs.”
Why computer science is essential
- Computer science teaches you the solutions to common problems that arise when coding. It’s much easier to deal with a problem if you you’ve seen similar ones before.
- Computer science trains you to capture problems with math. It’ll make you code in smarter ways, and save you from feeling confused when dealing with complex problems.
- The “time complexity” trick will enable you to solve huge problems—by understanding the time your computer takes to crack them down. It tells you how your code will run with inputs of hundreds, millions, or billions of items. No more waiting and wondering.
- Computer science drills you with problem solving strategies. Once you master them, you can tackle most types of computing problems. You’ll feel like a general who’s ready to destroy any opponent. Heck, you’ll even be eager to find tough problems to beat!
- If computer science is really all that great, why don’t more people study it? Well, they try… computer science is within the top 10 most popular degrees. But there’s a catch: it’s really hard to learn computer science in universities. They teach it in a very complicated and rigorous way. It’s good for people who want to become academic researchers—not commercial software developers. That’s why computer science students are some of the most likely to drop out of college. According to The Telegraph, computer science has the highest dropout rate: 11% give up.Moreover, practical books on computer science are rare. You’ll only find lengthy and boring academic textbooks. Non-academics shouldn’t struggle to learn from these sources. Beginners deserve to learn computer science in an easy, fun and straightforward way. That’s where I come in.
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