It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants. It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.
So, I've taken and taught this class (as a TA, that is), and the one thing I need to emphasize to anyone that wants to really go through this class through OCW... the bulk of the learning in this class is in the problem sets. They are hard. They are very hard. They normally took a good 8+ hours each for a solid group of 2-4 MIT CS students.
I haven't looked at the OCW versions, but don't waste the material by looking at the solutions before you have a good struggle with them. As a student, and as a teacher, they were by far the most important aspect of the class.
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So, I've taken and taught this class (as a TA, that is), and the one thing I need to emphasize to anyone that wants to really go through this class through OCW... the bulk of the learning in this class is in the problem sets. They are hard. They are very hard. They normally took a good 8+ hours each for a solid group of 2-4 MIT CS students.
I haven't looked at the OCW versions, but don't waste the material by looking at the solutions before you have a good struggle with them. As a student, and as a teacher, they were by far the most important aspect of the class.
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