| Same as shayas above - took his class in school. Some impressions from talking to him and working with him in his coding bootcamp: 1. He is a very, very funny dude. 2. He has no tolerance for bullshit, and will be very quick to shut you up if you are making no sense. 3. Having said that, he is VERY nice, and always points you in the correct direction, even if you are deeply mistaken. 4. He was one of the first people to push for Java in CS schools in Israel, when he was the founding dean at the IDC [0]. This might seem like a weird thing to mention, but in hindsight it cemented the use of modern programming languages in academic curriculums here, which is not a small feat. 5. He has a deep appreciation for the application of Computer Science in the wild, the likes of which I have not seen in many CS professors. He seems like a coder by heart, and that's why - I think - Nand2Tetris speaks to many of us: It is a very theoretical book, presented in a maker-y type fashion: build, build, build. Love it. [0] https://www.idc.ac.il/en/pages/home.aspx P.S. If you have some way of assisting the bootcamp (financially or otherwise), drop them a line over at info@wecode.org.il. Donation of services will probably also be appreciated, if possible. |