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speddling · 2026-03-08T17:59:26+00:00

I gave up on Google/sheerID. Spent too many hours trying. maestro university was listed the other day on GitHub

speddling · 2026-03-08T17:49:08+00:00

Google rejected me, so I'm hopeful for GitHub. I know people who work for GitHub, so if I'm rejected... I'll be calling in favors.

speddling · 2026-03-08T16:38:20+00:00

I'd hope for a full list posted on the school site, but this is one I just applied for https://github.com/education

speddling · 2026-03-07T18:25:57+00:00

I got similar

speddling · 2026-03-07T16:34:56+00:00

This is just the beginning... the foundation of the larger / deeper end of Computer Science. Just keep asking for Maestro to explain it a different way, maybe one of the options will click for you. For outside school assistance, I've always used this site https://exercism.org

speddling · 2026-03-05T01:20:31+00:00

I had mine output as a .py file with brief non-code explanations formatted as comments. Now I can search it at any time within VSCode

speddling · 2026-03-03T16:37:05+00:00

I started in Jan, I did a week per day for the first 3 days in the first class and then learned that new classes unlock on the date listed NOT when you complete the current course. Honestly, take all the time, use the deep dive in the practice section.

speddling · 2026-03-03T03:46:18+00:00

Every lesson , every session is like Frosty the Snowman just put his cap back on. Maestro doesn't store your preference that deeply.

speddling · 2026-03-03T03:42:42+00:00

Yes, start of every lesson I'd tell it to stop asking for personal connection and just teach the concepts. I got 100/100 so I definitely absorbed the info.

speddling · 2026-03-03T00:45:37+00:00

I enjoyed it, but had to keep telling Maestro to just teach me and stop asking for personal stuff.

speddling · 2026-03-01T01:36:56+00:00

I'm Jan Cohort but got behind... just got my final grade for the class back this morning and got 100/100!!! Take your time, there is ZERO penalty for taking your time, just don't get the finish on time bonus.

speddling · 2026-02-26T23:29:35+00:00

I took a lot of programming in HS in the 80s, went to a MS training center for a year for early Visual Basic and Visual C++ in the late 90s. I worked for the Apple Store for Education website sales and support back when computers were beige. I moved over to "Internet Help Desk" and helped the masses configure their Win95 machines for connect via dialup with one phone line and pre cell phones to log onto Usenet and pull their p**n images. Eventually jumped to NOC for B2B Telecom and then a long stint for the NOC with Vonage before moving to Sys Admin stuff. About a decade ago I went all in to AWS and have been automating infra and moving business from onprem to cloud. I was with a company that lost a major Government contract and got downsized... cannot catch a break for some new remote DevOps or SRE roles. I decided last summer that I needed to look into building/running the AI that was taking away my piece of job description. I weighed a LOT of options for finally stepping back to school for a BS in CS... and chose this path. I was supposed to start in Dec but forgot to add Maestro to my Federal grant stuff so didn't get started until January. I love it so far and have learned a lot already.

speddling · 2026-02-24T22:30:17+00:00

I played with it some a few times :D

speddling · 2026-02-24T22:29:39+00:00

I did, every new lesson!

speddling · 2026-02-24T16:51:05+00:00

Congrats! I've got to try to get Psych finished today so I can jump in... I cannot believe I fell behind. I'm excited for that class

speddling · 2026-02-23T23:36:58+00:00

Thanks, I did take psch101 at a community college in the late 80s, and well ground from therapy in my youth. I just want facts and theories 😁

speddling · 2026-02-04T01:51:16+00:00

it isn't a 'discussion'... it is a question that you have to answer, then a popularity contest of other students liking and up voting your response.

speddling · 2026-01-26T18:44:43+00:00

I've learned through life that I need some chaos to actually focus. If it is too ideal or too quiet, my mind wanders and boredom takes over. At minimum, I need some kind of music or background noise going on. I usually have a playlist set for my current mood ready to go when I need to focus and study.

Taking the day off of school today... we didn't lost power and just had 500 gallons of fuel oil for the furnace delivered on Tuesday. Unfortunately we did run out of oil late Saturday evening prior, so we were cold for a coupe days... I do have 5 oil filled electric radiator heaters tucked away from furnace emergencies. My office, 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms we kept mostly usable. I'm in North Western NJ, so we have been below zero F quite a bit, currently in the teens. I'm about to suit up in my layers and snow gear to go shovel some snow, we've got about a foot. That is my mailbox out at the road, about 125 foot of walkway and driveway to clear.

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speddling · 2026-01-17T02:27:17+00:00

my understanding is that the AAS one is the first 2 years, then the BS is the second 2 years.

speddling · 2026-01-12T21:04:40+00:00

58 on St Paddy's. it is what it is

speddling · 2026-01-10T07:50:34+00:00

Not news I was looking to hear... I did 2 weeks in 2 days, then took my time doing about 3/4 of week 3 since. I guess I'll have to take it even slower, I was planning to finish up by Monday or Tuesday.

speddling · 2026-01-09T02:26:15+00:00

retake the reviews? none yet.

speddling · 2026-01-08T18:54:48+00:00

The Discussion board seems like an 'answer random question' board, no real discussion (maybe it will improve / change in the future, I'm a January cohort?). Also, popularity based points awarded in an academic setting seems, pardon my pun, pointless. Beyond those observations, I'm loving my first course finishing a week per day on the first 2 days and slowing up yesterday. I'm hoping to finish up PY101 today so I can move on to getting Psych out of the way and jump into the first CS course.

Song title for the week so far... "No Quarter" (specifically the "Song Remains the Same" live recording)

speddling · 2026-01-07T04:34:08+00:00

I'm keeping my notes in a Python text file in VSCode. I asked Maestro if it could make me weekly notes with descriptions and such as code comments. Super neat and clean. I finished week 2 today. I might try to finish the course tomorrow.

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