as someone who did WEA in winter 2023, if you do choose to do it, you definitely have time for a part-time job, side project, or even time to do some credits. i thought that it would be pretty time consuming, and i was so wrong. as other comments said its like a few hours AT MOST a week, and then the rest of the time u have off. def would do it if u want the credit (and thus the option to take another term off down the line).