Raising The Game on IT

APPLE co-founder the late Steve Jobs once said that computer science is a liberal art. Of course, he was referring to the creation of Apple gadgets which combined aesthetics and technology to achieve its user-friendly interface.

“In my perspective ... science and computer science is a liberal art, it’s something everyone should know how to use, at least, and harness in their life.

“It’s not something that should be relegated to 5% of the population over in the corner. It’s something that everybody should be exposed to and everyone should have mastery of to some extent, and that’s how we viewed computation and these computation devices,” said Jobs.

With his trademark turtleneck and cult following, there was little doubt that Jobs had succeeded in what few computer scientists did — making the profession look cool in the eyes of gadget-loving youth.

Now with the rising popularity of young tech billionaires such as Mark Zuckerberg, will students be flocking to take up computer science studies in droves?

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