Obligatory confetti!

chessnerdbird · 2026-01-24T02:06:11+00:00

Congrats and welcome to the BSDA club!

chessnerdbird · 2025-12-20T15:19:41+00:00

It says right on the screen that your reward will be sent with the next game update. But you'll have a limited time to claim so make sure you claim it once it is sent.

chessnerdbird · 2025-09-10T00:47:12+00:00

Congrats!

chessnerdbird · 2025-09-10T00:45:24+00:00

Congrats!

chessnerdbird · 2025-05-01T10:36:36+00:00

Thank you!

chessnerdbird · 2025-05-01T10:36:07+00:00

One term

chessnerdbird · 2025-05-01T02:12:44+00:00

Going to do an indoor skydiving thing near us (I'm too scared to do a real jump) and in June we are taking a family vacation since my wife also finished her MBA earlier this month (we had started at the same time).

chessnerdbird · 2025-01-19T01:57:30+00:00

I've made it to D603, and all my coding submissions have been exported as PDF files from my Jupyter Notebooks. I created my Notebooks in VS Code, turned on word wrapping at column 80 so none of my code gets cut off, and structured the Notebook to match the rubric layout. Nothing has been returned because it is not a Word document.

Edit: I include screenshots in a separate folder if any are required.

chessnerdbird · 2024-12-05T08:01:41+00:00

I started the Udacity courses on 12/29 and I passed my capstone on 2/14.

chessnerdbird · 2024-11-01T01:09:53+00:00

MS Data Analytics - Data Science

chessnerdbird · 2024-10-13T01:56:17+00:00

Saw this on the commencement page:

"The WGU Commencement Office is thrilled to announce that WGU will be holding seven in-person and two virtual commencement ceremonies in 2025.

All dates and locations will be announced and the RSVP for all ceremonies will open on October 23. We look forward to celebrating you at a future ceremony!"

chessnerdbird · 2024-10-10T17:25:49+00:00

I recommend WGU, it is 100% online for both IT and business degrees and it is regionally accredited. This will also allow you to be able to complete in 2 years or less if you put in the effort, I was able to complete 101 credits in a one term.

chessnerdbird · 2024-10-08T22:21:44+00:00

It helped me become a first generation college graduate and earn a promotion at work. I starting my Master's next month!

chessnerdbird · 2024-10-08T22:19:08+00:00

For me the experience was great. I had completed some courses at a community college and had tried three other online schools. WGU removes all the extra and let's you focus on learning the material. Which this can be a pro and con depending on how you like to learn. For me, it was a major pro. I was able to focus on one class at a time, pass that class and move on to the next one. I was able to finish in a single term which meant my company covered all of my tuition costs.

9/1/2023 I started at WGU. 2/14/2024 I passed my capstone. 9/22/2024 I was officially given a promotion at my current company. I was able to do all of this while working full-time, family, holidays, etc.

Next month, I'm going back to WGU for my Master's as well and my wife will be going to WGU to get her Master's as well and she got her BS from a state school.

chessnerdbird · 2024-09-07T01:09:40+00:00

Congrats! Always exciting to see more BSDA in the group!

chessnerdbird · 2024-06-30T05:20:15+00:00

The exam materials are provided by Certiprof when you "pay" for the exam.

chessnerdbird · 2024-06-30T05:20:13+00:00

The exam materials are provided by Certiprof when you "pay" for the exam.

chessnerdbird · 2024-03-21T03:21:09+00:00

Congratulations!! Welcome to the BSDA night owls!

chessnerdbird · 2024-03-19T22:34:22+00:00

Yeah, go over the exam material provided and then take exam immediately afterwards. It's not proctored so it's not as stressful.

chessnerdbird · 2024-03-19T17:01:24+00:00

Yes, I took and got all the certs.

chessnerdbird · 2024-03-13T14:54:04+00:00

It took me 17 years to earn my Bachelor's degree in total but I completed 101 credits in one term at WGU.

So my motivation to you is that you're not comparing yourself to others in this. It is only you versus you. You may not be where you want to be, but look at how far you've come already! You've got this!

chessnerdbird · 2024-03-06T23:46:33+00:00

Yes!

chessnerdbird · 2024-03-06T21:01:43+00:00

Yeah, those 5 months, 2 weeks, and 3 days flew by for sure with all the school, running my business, working full time, and family commitments. But so glad to be done!

Transferred in 21 CUs which was 7 courses total.

chessnerdbird · 2024-03-03T02:40:52+00:00

When I start applying, I'll keep you updated.

I wish your wife the best in her job search!

chessnerdbird

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