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I find it hard to reconcile the incredible generousity of making this material available for free on the internet with the cringeworthiness of Andy Pavlo's styl
by calpaterson 7y ago
I find it hard to reconcile the incredible generousity of making this material available for free on the internet with the cringeworthiness of Andy Pavlo's style. I love the material but the "6th form humour" is really off-putting and he doesn't need it.
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m72mt4VN9ik&t=781 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m72mt4VN9ik&t=781 for an example of what I mean
- har777 7y agoI disagree. I thought it was hilarious :P
- thelastbender12 7y agoHa! It really comes down to personal preferences. Distinctive style of presenting material is what really makes a lecture engaging to me. Also, as a selection filter given the abundance of content online.
- james_s_tayler 7y agoI love his style. He makes it fun.
- ahmedalsudani 7y agoPersonally, I enjoy the material on databases—but if I’m being honest, the main reason I watch the first lecture is to find out what sort of trouble Andy Pavlo has gotten into.
- balfirevic 7y ago> he doesn't need it. Nobody needs anything. You didn't need to write your comment. And neither did I have to write this one. That's terrible criteria to judge anything, if it even means anything sensible at all.
- rgoulter 7y agoI'm fine with "it's down to taste". "This course video doesn't need juvenile jokes" is an expression of taste. And some people enjoy the jokes.
- rumanator 7y agoI have to agree with the parent poster: the skits do take away from the content. I'm grateful the author was so generous to share his knowledge with the world, but the skits are distracting and off-putting.
- ripley12 7y agoAndy’s gags are a tiny, tiny fraction of the material. Like, ~5min out of 10+ hours of lectures in a given class. They’re really easy to skip over if you don’t like them.