Over the next 12 months, I’m going to learn the entire 4-year MIT curriculum for computer science, without taking any classes. Computers have always fascinated me. From finance to Facebook, algorithms are the hidden language that underlies most of our life. The largest transformations of our world are being written in code, and advancements in artificial intelligence allow us to use computers to understand what it means to be human. Beyond the poetry of the machine, computer science is also immensely practical. Fortunes have been made and revolutions sparked on lines of code. I’ve always wanted to speak that language. But, I didn’t want to invest four years of my life and hundreds of thousands of dollars to learn it. I’m embarking on this experiment because I want to show that learning doesn’t require acceptance boards and SAT tests, thousands of dollars in debt, or even the 4-year pace most students assume is necessary to learn a subject.
http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/mit-challenge/
http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/mit-challenge/
http://youtu.be/1F3vmNeyOvU
