andrewff

Thank you guys for answering my first question. I have (at least) one more.

As a high school student, I took several AP courses resulting in my taking upper level courses during my first semester, and not doing as well as I would have done had I taken the earlier courses in college. What are your opinions of Advanced Placement Courses, specifically in Computer Science and how can they be used effectively?

Here is something I compiled a few months back for /r/cscareerquestions How to get a job in CS without a CS Degree

Go for it and never look back!

I'm moving to a new city in a few months and I'm looking to start a coderdojo or something similar, but I don't know who to ask to be mentors with me. How do you recommend finding mentors that will be both effective and dedicated to this mission?

I don't think websites like these will ever gain enough respect to propel someone into college, by itself. I think sites like coursera will serve to better educate. I think the end goal of organizations like code.org is to inspire and inform. Through inspiring people at a young age with something with as much potential as programming, the hope is that would propel the students excited about the field and excited about learning more, thus increasing the number of students driven towards STEM fields, and decreasing the number of people who are just consumers of computers.