I'd like to go back to school
Oct. 24th, 2005 10:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pseydtonneEverybody's doing it these days: you sign up for classes, you hand over cash, you camp out at office hours and beat up random TAs because they show neither T nor A. "Look, I've got coffee and you're getting a B- at best, you freak!" I can hear a man yell to me. Ah, sure sounds like fun with puns...
A few years ago I did some research on local schools and their programs for part-time computer science certificates and sundry. MIT had nothing: full time or fuck off. Northeastern seemed logical because it had a satellite campus a couple blocks from my old apartment in Woburn. However, they didn't have any interesting schemes. The only place that caught my eye was Tufts: they have a post-bac minor in computer science where you take five or six courses. Upon completion, you have a minor you can add to your existing bachelor of arts. You can then tell future employers "I have a thingy that's shiny and proves I can suck dick about geek things" instead of hoping your tales of years doing this or that will be enough.
I had wanted to do this back in 2003 but I got screwed by AT&T Broadband. They would pay $1500 per year but they refused to let me shuffle a couple hours from one day a week just to accommodate me. I got bitter. I felt dejected and started to understand they did not have my interests at heart. Over time, I saw they had run out of use for a geek like me.
Now I'm in a much better situation. It's look like I may date plenty but I'll be single for a while. Why not use my spare time to focus on advancing myself academically? Okay.
I'm pulling some ideas together about doing this. Anyone have stories to share?
-it's all about discrete math for indiscreet people, Dante
A few years ago I did some research on local schools and their programs for part-time computer science certificates and sundry. MIT had nothing: full time or fuck off. Northeastern seemed logical because it had a satellite campus a couple blocks from my old apartment in Woburn. However, they didn't have any interesting schemes. The only place that caught my eye was Tufts: they have a post-bac minor in computer science where you take five or six courses. Upon completion, you have a minor you can add to your existing bachelor of arts. You can then tell future employers "I have a thingy that's shiny and proves I can suck dick about geek things" instead of hoping your tales of years doing this or that will be enough.
I had wanted to do this back in 2003 but I got screwed by AT&T Broadband. They would pay $1500 per year but they refused to let me shuffle a couple hours from one day a week just to accommodate me. I got bitter. I felt dejected and started to understand they did not have my interests at heart. Over time, I saw they had run out of use for a geek like me.
Now I'm in a much better situation. It's look like I may date plenty but I'll be single for a while. Why not use my spare time to focus on advancing myself academically? Okay.
I'm pulling some ideas together about doing this. Anyone have stories to share?
-it's all about discrete math for indiscreet people, Dante
