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mhoye Mar 13, 2024

Lazyweb, a question: let's say that you could teach a "cultural anthropology" type of course about computing to first year students, to prepare them for the codebases, communities, patterns and software philosophies of the programming world. You've got about ten weeks to run it. What would you teach in that course and why?

(RTs appreciated for reach.)

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James 🦉 #FBPE

@mhoye Dunning-Kruger, Imposter Syndrome, resulting false self images and their consequences (such as gaslighting and confirmation bias); how to identify this in oneself and one's colleagues, how to protect against it from others, and how to transcend it yourself, and get comfortable with not knowing and with others not knowing.