Chat with SR about some marketing possibilities:
[16:16] CS: pulling the plug on what should be a foundational part of the school is ludicruous in my book
[16:16] CS: I mean, nothing will exist that isn't tied to CS in just 10 more years
[16:17] CS: they should be looking at it like "whoa...no one is going into cs -- that is counter to the trends we see everywhere else -- let's fix what is broken"
[16:18] CS: by everywhere else, I mean, technology driving everything
[16:18] SR: I think that perspective escapes a lot of people
[16:18] SR: as if the world is run by magic
[16:19] CS: for some reason, there are a lot of folks that are dead set on solutions that only have the most immediate effect without thinking long term strategy
[16:19] SR: I agree. The time for duct tape is over.
[16:22] SR: I think part of it is when a scarcity mentality replaced an abundance mentality.
[16:33] CS: there is a solution to the cs dept problem...just have to find it
[16:34] SR: I'm down with that
[16:38] CS: or rather, we have to collectively find it
[16:39] SR: Yes
[16:40] SR: It seems to me one way to help the program is to increase awareness of it's existence so future students can sign up for it
[16:40] SR: another way is to help the school realize how integral CS is to everything
[16:40] SR: I'm not sure what that looks like though
[16:41] CS: exactly....the school needs to get behind the program -- acknowledge the central role it should be playing
[16:41] SR: yep
[16:42] CS: well...for starters, it would be to fashion how tightly integrated cs is with every existing department
[16:42] CS: how everything relies and is built upon cs
[16:43] CS: something like..."what do all of the next generation astronauts, biologists, business specialists, physicists have in common?"
[16:44] SR: yes
[16:45] CS: "they will be using computers to solve problems that we don't even know exist today -- who will supplying them with the systems they need to succeed? CS majors"
[16:48] SR: I'm pretty sure we need to make a commercial for the CS dept.
[16:50] CS: CS majors "get it done"
[16:50] CS: CS majors "bridge the gap between humanity and the machine"
[16:51] CS: CS majors "form the perfect synergy between the power of human creativity and the ruthless efficiency of the machine"
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