r/cscareerquestions • u/TheGameBoyyy • 5h ago

Student Need Guidance

Hello Guys!!

Needed your help

I am have been told by people to check out the harvard cs50 24 hours video on youtube can you all tell if its still worth watching in 2026 or not pls guide me!!

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u/hawthorne3d 5h ago

For the fundamentals, absolutely. I'm practice, most develops use agents now to write their code. But you need those fundamentals to know what to ask the agent to do and to catch it when it messes up.

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u/TheGameBoyyy 5h ago

watching it will be beneficial right?

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u/hawthorne3d 5h ago

Beneficial to what end? It's a 101 level course. You'll learn quite a bit if you're new to CS but it's really just an intro level course. If it's just for personal projects, Claude/Codex will get the job done. If you're looking to build a career, I'd still recommend it for now but nobody knows what the industry will look like in the future.

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u/TheGameBoyyy 5h ago

oky thnx

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u/lhorie 5h ago

Compared to doing what? Nothing? Then yes.

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u/ImprovementLoose9423 5h ago

For the bare fundamentals yes it is very good. But later along the lines when you need to specialize in a certain niche look for other courses.

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u/CapableHerring 5h ago

It's "worth it" in the sense that you will learn a lot from it if you don't already have an education/experience in this industry. It's still relevant. As long as you're actively participating in it. You can't just hit the play button and expect to learn much, there's problem sets / exercises you do to cement the material.

It's not worth it if you expect to get a job in the industry afterwards. You'll want to pursue a full CS degree if that's your goal. Auditing CS50 won't be something employers take seriously on your resume.