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These things happen when you're just getting starting its normal we live and learn. Just hoping they start a slightly more flexible cohort for people who are w

by amerf1 7y ago

These things happen when you're just getting starting its normal we live and learn. Just hoping they start a slightly more flexible cohort for people who are working and looking for the next promotion

austenallred 7y ago
What would we need to change about our part-time classes to make it accessible to you?
- amerf1 7y ago
  Having shorter weekday hours and longer weekend hours would make it perfect. I was in the process of registering for the March 2019 data science cohort, however I dropped it as I did not want to take someone else's spot. Could not commit to 3 hours a day (on a week day)
  - austenallred 7y ago
    Interesting. So could you give me an example schedule that gets to at least 20 hours/week?
    - amerf1 7y ago
      Monday to Thursday 1 hour each Friday off Saturday 8 hours Sunday 8 hours That’s one example I could think of. The day off could also move around so Monday could be off
      - austenallred 7y ago
        Hmm, very interesting
- tvanantwerp 7y ago
  Something I noticed for part-time classes is that they are mostly 6pm-9pm PST. That becomes 9pm-12am on the East Coast, where I live. That's not feasible if you're also working a 9-5 job; it's signing up to be sleep deprived for 18 months. The science on the negative health effects of chronic sleep deprivation being extremely clear, I'd never sign up for that.
  - austenallred 7y ago
    We alternate time zones, so sometimes it’s e.g. 6-9 Eastern.
    - tvanantwerp 7y ago
      Might be worth mentioning somewhere near the schedules; I only saw one 4-7 PST (so 7-10 EST) full stack part time course in the upcoming courses list after checking all of the current upcoming schedules. Every other upcoming part-time course currently listed is 6-9 PST. It would be easier to come away from that thinking this is really only for West Coast students.

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These things happen when you're just getting starting its normal we live and learn. Just hoping they start a slightly more flexible cohort for people who are w

by amerf1 7y ago

austenallred 7y ago
What would we need to change about our part-time classes to make it accessible to you?
- amerf1 7y ago
  Having shorter weekday hours and longer weekend hours would make it perfect. I was in the process of registering for the March 2019 data science cohort, however I dropped it as I did not want to take someone else's spot. Could not commit to 3 hours a day (on a week day)
  - austenallred 7y ago
    Interesting. So could you give me an example schedule that gets to at least 20 hours/week?
    - amerf1 7y ago
      Monday to Thursday 1 hour each Friday off Saturday 8 hours Sunday 8 hours That’s one example I could think of. The day off could also move around so Monday could be off
      - austenallred 7y ago
        Hmm, very interesting
- tvanantwerp 7y ago
  Something I noticed for part-time classes is that they are mostly 6pm-9pm PST. That becomes 9pm-12am on the East Coast, where I live. That's not feasible if you're also working a 9-5 job; it's signing up to be sleep deprived for 18 months. The science on the negative health effects of chronic sleep deprivation being extremely clear, I'd never sign up for that.
  - austenallred 7y ago
    We alternate time zones, so sometimes it’s e.g. 6-9 Eastern.
    - tvanantwerp 7y ago
      Might be worth mentioning somewhere near the schedules; I only saw one 4-7 PST (so 7-10 EST) full stack part time course in the upcoming courses list after checking all of the current upcoming schedules. Every other upcoming part-time course currently listed is 6-9 PST. It would be easier to come away from that thinking this is really only for West Coast students.