{"id":7348,"date":"2016-04-08T12:58:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T16:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=7348"},"modified":"2016-04-08T18:47:43","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T22:47:43","slug":"cs-183d-thoughts-april-8-2016-computer-science-183-d-cs183d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/cs-183d-thoughts-april-8-2016-computer-science-183-d-cs183d\/","title":{"rendered":"CS 183d Thoughts April 8, 2016 (Computer Science 183 D #CS183D)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Larry Chiang<\/div>\n
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Imagine being a student athlete where you must go to four years of lectures before you are allowed on the field to even PRACTICE. Imagine having to sit through 65 lectures without being able to sniff the playing field. Well, as a student athlete, that does not sit well with me (double entendre, intended because I sat a lot).<\/div>\n
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Problem: Too many lectures. Not enough doing.<\/div>\n
Too many distraction that keep us from practicing “Doing Things That Don’t Scale”. {Someone link to PG’s blog post in the comments below}<\/div>\n
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Case, in point…<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/span><\/td>\nSam Altman (@sama<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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9\/14\/15, 10:36 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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\nHow many famous billionaires do we need to hear lecture on campus, before we start and Do Something?<\/span><\/div>\n

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Idea that I’m executing\u00a0<\/span>#cs183D<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/span><\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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9\/24\/14, 9:58 PM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
#cs183D<\/a>\u00a0= class that no one teaches. No one talks. You just secretly *DO*.\u00a0#cs183B<\/a>‘s sequel class to the prequel\u00a0#CS183<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\n<\/span>#cs183B<\/a>,\u00a0#CS183<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0#cs183C<\/a>\u00a0were an avalanche of ideas. VCs hark on the fact that ideas are worthless. So, do we need a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cs183D<\/a>\u00a0that is going to be more ideas and more guest lectures!?<\/span><\/div>\n


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\"\"<\/span><\/td>\nCEO of Duck9, Larry (@6502838008<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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9\/25\/14, 7:48 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
In the spirit of Cal-Do-Something.
\nI present:\u00a0#CS183<\/a>(Do)<\/p>\n

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\nThe “Do” that I recommend is do-things-that-don’t-scale<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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\"\"<\/span><\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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9\/25\/14, 10:33 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
While you’re in\u00a0#CS183B<\/a>, I rec you execute the business-subroutine\u00a0#CS183D<\/a>\u00a0cc\u00a0@bmenell<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u2026tteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/2\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\nBryan <\/span>Menell<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and I are friends from SXSW<\/span><\/div>\n

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Fashion Week works in lieu of sxsw<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/jaWvdJBVBSc<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

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Okay, we as CS majors need to practice doing-things-that-don’t-scale by promoting things that we did not code. As CS majors, we need to promote apps that we did not co-found.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Why!?!<\/span><\/div>\n
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Promotion exercise grinds to a halt when strangers say “No” to an app we coded. Professor Blank cites on page 99, Four Steps to The Epiphany<\/b><\/i>, that the super majority of tech founders first attempt<\/i> at selling something is their own product. Steve Blank then concludes that this sales virgin may very well experience “Startup Death Spiral<\/i>“.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Solution: We practice selling housing, and practice arbitraging simple stuff<\/span><\/div>\n
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Solution: We practice DOING<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/span><\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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10\/2\/14, 11:42 AM<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
Launch tech product w\u00a0#LarryChiang<\/a>\u00a0@Miami<\/a>\u00a0Fashion. Arbitrage-Airbnb 4 rooms\u00a0#CS183D<\/a>\u00a0youtu.be\/jaWvdJBVBSc<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\nSOLUTION: we promote HP at a Fashion Show or Film festival.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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Photo courtesy Getty at New York Fashion Week. Yup, it’s a new HP<\/div>\n
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\"\"<\/td>\nLarry Chiang (@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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10\/2\/14, 11:50 AM<\/a><\/div>\n
Launch tech product w #LarryChiang<\/a> @Miami<\/a> Fashion. Arbitrage-Airbnb 4 rooms, pay for flight
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Do and\u00a0CS183D<\/a>\u00a0are based on my work inside ENGR145<\/span><\/div>\n

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In staying with the HP (Enterprise) example, “distributed computing” needs to be promoted. HP is spending a lot of money to woo developers to come to Las Vegas June 5-6 (Sands)<\/span><\/div>\n
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HPE Discover. #HPEDiscover needs CS majors familiar with\u00a0<\/span>#CS183D<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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CS183Do<\/a>\u00a0involves Crossing the Chasm From The Right by helping a product that you did not co-found gain Main Street adoption.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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