[clue] Budding SW Engineers

[jacob]

Check out:
http://see.stanford.edu/see/courses.aspx
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/

The new hotness is:
https://www.coursera.org/

--jacob

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 4:05 PM, edv <ezedtheamerican at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply to my solicitation.
> I might google "free high quality learning resources" + "mit" +
> "standford", but you may already know the websites or online information
> about such initiatives if you do not then oh well...
> And yes I have contacted attorneys, dentists, masons, landscapers,
> prostitutes and just about every other type of professional with a cold
> call similar to "hey can you help?"
> but seriously I would like a link to these resources you speak of if one
> is available.
> On Wed, 2012-05-09 at 14:12 -0600, jacob wrote:
> > First, there are lots of places that are willing to teach you in exchange
> > for a fee. These are schools.
> >
> > Second, there are a plethora of free high quality learning resources out
> > there. MIT and Stanford both have initiatives for putting courses online.
> > The awesome Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs is
> available
> > online for free. I hear that the Khan Academy has some great learning
> > resources available.
> >
> > Third, there are many programming language/methodology user groups that
> > would be a better place to get this type of help or at least find
> resources.
> >
> > Finally in response to to Ed, getting mad because a programmer/software
> > engineer doesn't step up to teach you in exchange for beer money is
> > childish. Would you ask a lawyer, mason, teacher, or other professional
> to
> > volunteer to teach you and get mad if they didn't jump at the chance?
> >
> > Just my 2 cents.
> >
> > -jacob
>
>
>
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