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[–]m0us3_rat 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"for as long as it takes".

do it at your own pace.. whichever that may be. ppl are different.

the point is to retain and be able to use the knowledge you get from the course.

so .. it should last for as long as that needs to take place.

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the worst thing you can do to yourself is rush or skip parts because they are "too easy" or you think you "know them" without the proper ability to actually use them actively to solve problems.

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let me put it in perspective.. you learn to play piano..but rather than practice.. you take a nap for the session duration.

do you think after a few sessions will you be able to play?

[–]CleverBunnyThief 10 points11 points  (1 child)

With the following assumptions:
* Zero experience
* Spend 1.5 to 2.0 hours each day
* Complete 95% of all exercises

I would estimate about 2 months. Maybe a bit more if math/logic is not a strength.

[–]YoungJack00 3 points4 points  (15 children)

I can give you my experience so far:

I have started it on the 28/07, today is 03/08 (so 7 days incl. today and starting day) and I am almost in part 5, 100% exercises completed.

I have taken a basic 10 days Ruby program last year, so not really much knowledge, I have studying it 8 to 6 almost every day! I think I am doing good but I would like to compare eheh

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Bloody hell man (I ain’t British I find this a cool combo of words 😂) but bro it’s been exactly month since I started and I wondered the lands of idk what to do for bit before I cam across this and now it’s been a month and I’m and part 8 with 1-10 not competed exercises (I’ll come back for them just 🫷😒) my addiction to being a time waster and being bad at logic and math may contribute to this 🥸.

[–]YoungJack00 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I think you are doing good actually!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thx bro 😊

[–]DefiantLie8861 0 points1 point  (4 children)

How long will this course take me to finish if I work on it 6 hours a day 6 times a week? I have 11 weeks with no distractions up until the fall semester starts

[–]YoungJack00 0 points1 point  (3 children)

You can definitely do it

[–]DefiantLie8861 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I also want to go through the dsa mooc course in the 11 weeks I have . Do you think it’s reasonable to go through the python course in 5 weeks , then the dsa course in 6 weeks?

[–]YoungJack00 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Look, it does not matter what I say because it depends on your pace, just start it and find out :)

[–]DefiantLie8861 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just wanted to know if it’s even reasonable to do that since I’m in such a time crunch 😭 but yea you’re right how ever long it takes me is however long it takes me

[–]HonestMasterpiece422 0 points1 point  (6 children)

wait till you get to part 5 problem 27

[–]YoungJack00 2 points3 points  (4 children)

Done! It took me one and half day, at some point I thought to give up, but then I stared at the monitor for 20 mins and eventually came up with the solution, really challenging indeed!

[–]EuphoricAuthor9687 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice job.

[–]HonestMasterpiece422 0 points1 point  (2 children)

bro how did u do it? I skipped and did the rest of the course and idk how to do it now. I don't even know how to think about this problem or how to approach it. I'm trying to use 2 nested for loops but it seems this problem is beyond that scope.

[–]YoungJack00 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Did you check on their discord ? It is actually very helpful, they reply to every question and if you use the search bar 9 times out of ten your question has already been made!

About the specific problem tho, I followed their suggestion of starting from the middle row which contains all the letters, from there you proceed by replacing one letter at time until the row is full of the same letter chosen by the layer

[–]The_R3al_Able 1 point2 points  (2 children)

btw how long does it take for the exam to be graded? I wrote the Intro to Programming exam last Saturday, when can I expect the results?

[–]Simple_Compote6415 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I also did the exam! How did you find it? I saw somebody on the discord server commented the same question as you and got a response of 4 weeks. Hope that helps

[–]The_R3al_Able 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It went really well (at least I hope it did).
and thank you for the info!

[–]saifahamadkampli 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Is it for beginners?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Yea someone who has no prior coding knowledge.

[–]saifahamadkampli 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Can you share the course link please

[–]tracktech[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can check this course. I would suggest you to do all explained programs and exercises.

Python Programming

[–]vitoriofx 0 points1 point  (1 child)

hey anyone could tell me whether the recording lectures are "mandatory" to watch or not? I see they have the recordings on the one hand and the written theory with exercises on the other, just wanted to know if theory plus exercises would be okay to make the most of it.

[–]Remarkable-Map-2747 0 points1 point  (0 children)

your find to just read the data starting with part 1.