I agree not to put too much weight on the end-of-class course evaluations, although some universities use them formally so you might not be able to avoid caring

I agree not to put too much weight on the end-of-class course evaluations, although some universities use them formally so you might not be able to avoid caring about them. I do think student feedback is useful, but end of course feedback is often too myopic, primarily influenced by student perceptions of grading: easy classes without much work tend to get high ratings, even if nobody learns much. I personally had very different opinions about my university courses even 1-2 years after graduation vs. right at the time of taking them. Wish there was some more systematic way of collecting that kind of student feedback with a little more hindsight.