What I hope to learn in CS3216
How to make products that people actually want
CS3216 Software Product Engineering for Digital Markets is an undergraduate Computer Science course at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
I have always dreamed of having my own tech startup to make a meaningful impact. But if I want this so much, why don’t I have a startup yet? Well, here are the 3 ̶e̶x̶c̶u̶s̶e̶s̶ challenges that have held me back and my strategies to overcome them through CS3216.
1. No Great Ideas — The Eureka Hunt.
In a world saturated with apps, it is hard to find problems that can be solved with my app development skills. Hence, through CS3216, I hope to uncover problems that are overlooked or underserved by existing solutions. I want to leverage the diverse expertise and perspectives of my wonderful CS3216 classmates to find our “secret sauce” as a team to solve these overlooked problems.
For example, the rise of ChatGPT brought many gimmicky AI-powered apps. I have tried many of these slide-making and video-editing apps that are extremely generic and don’t address real customer needs. In…
