There’s never been a better time to study Computer Science
- May 25
- 1 min read
THE ATLANTIC — Geoffrey Challen, a computer scientist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, plans to offer a new course this fall in which he will teach students to develop software “without writing, reading, debugging, or viewing a single line of code,” he told me. Northwestern is also slated to offer an “entry-level creative coding” class for students without technical backgrounds.
The days of computer-science grads being all but guaranteed cushy tech jobs may be coming to an end, and the next few years will almost certainly be tumultuous as the job market continues to adjust.
But we’re on the precipice of a new era when learning to develop software will be easier than ever, opening the door to students who might not otherwise have chosen to study computing. Perhaps a new golden age of CS education has only just begun.
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