Figuring Out Your Computing Personality

Many of my students know they want to be in computing but aren't sure which sub-discipline to go into: computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, information technology, information science, data science, or cybersecurity. This video may not answer that question, but it offers a resource that might help. Using the problem space presented in one of the ACM/IEEE-CS Computing Curricula Overview reports - https://www.acm.org/education/curricu... we discuss some of the traits of the different fields.

Timestamps
00:00 | Intro
02:49 | The Computer Science (CS) Personality
04:36 | The Computer Engineering (CE) Personality
05:37 | The Software Engineering (SE) Personality
06:34 | The Information Science (IS) Personality
07:33 | The Information Technology (IT) Personality
08:23 | The Data Science (DS) Personality
09:39 | The Cybersecurity (CSEC) Personality
11:40 | Final Thoughts

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