It's not just prom teaching CS1, it's also from teaching algorithms and OS and every other course I've taught. A willingness and ability to code fast and fail fast is universally applicable and useful.
Hi, Peter! I'd fix my Hacker News headline but the edit link has expired. (Changing the title it to emphasize exploration rather than speed would have been nice too, since it seems like a lot of people are arguing against points you didn't make.)
Hi Matt! No worries. Thanks for posting this to HN! It's always nice to feel like I am not just shouting into the void, but it feels too self-promoting and vaguely spammy to post my own stuff. So I've been very glad that people (both here and on Facebook - I must figure out how to unify comments) have found this interesting.
