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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 Apr 2017

      Technical debt is bad, but (more often than not) optimal.

      28 replies 262 retweets 606 likes
    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 Apr 2017
      Replying to @paulg

      Interestingly, incurring technical debt tends to be the optimal strategy for individuals as well as for startups.

      6 replies 37 retweets 156 likes
    3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 Apr 2017
      Replying to @paulg

      Young programmers are better off not starting with the theoretical foundations of CS, but by eagerly writing crappy programs.

      54 replies 323 retweets 675 likes
    4. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 Apr 2017
      Replying to @paulg

      That sounds obvious, doesn't it? And yet few if any schools and universities can bring themselves to teach programming this way.

      21 replies 29 retweets 107 likes
    5. Chris Barchak  🇫🇮 🇺🇸 🇬🇧‏ @cbarchak 21 Apr 2017
      Replying to @paulg

      Are there really computer science majors who haven’t already been programmers for 10+ years?

      10 replies 1 retweet 14 likes
      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 21 Apr 2017
      Replying to @cbarchak

      Oh dude. You have no idea how many angry people there are on Twitter who are eager to answer that for you.

      2:00 AM - 21 Apr 2017
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        2. Chris Barchak  🇫🇮 🇺🇸 🇬🇧‏ @cbarchak 21 Apr 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          I’m sure you’re right. But how many art majors made their first pencil sketch at 18?

          5 replies 1 retweet 22 likes
        3. Coba Weel‏ @weel 21 Apr 2017
          Replying to @cbarchak @paulg

          For context, one reason people have strong feelings is bc men are more likely to have learned programming before college than women.

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        2. Natalie Serrino‏ @nserrino 22 Apr 2017
          Replying to @paulg @cbarchak

          Didn't take CS until college. Been a sw engineer for 5 years now. As a teen thought computers were for nerds. Turns out I was a nerd too

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        3. Natalie Serrino‏ @nserrino 22 Apr 2017
          Replying to @nserrino @paulg @cbarchak

          I don't see why it's angry to say it! Not everyone knows how awesome CS is until they try it

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. Chris Barchak  🇫🇮 🇺🇸 🇬🇧‏ @cbarchak 22 Apr 2017
          Replying to @paulg

          On Day 1 of this thread, I got interesting challenges and learned something. It’s Day 2 when the angry repetitive waves really show up.

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