The Competitive Mindset in CS Education

A look at the pros and cons of incentivizing a competitive mindset in Computer Science students.

Alberto Gonzalez

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Alejandro Piad Morffis

Mar 12, 2025

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Alejandro Piad Morffis

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He talks about Computer Science, AI, Education, and Philosophy in his Substack publication, The Computist Journal.

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A guest post by

Alejandro Piad Morffis

Democratizing knowledge one post at a time. I talk about Computer Science, AI, Education, Philosophy, you know, mostly harmless stuff. Building a community of tech writers on Substack. And now also venturing into creative writing.