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Finally got my grades. I'm changing employers so I can't use the tuition reimbursement from my current one, but I did learn that apparently I can write off like $4000 of tuition on my taxes. I need to see about converting my REAP benefits to MGIB so I can resign from the IRR.
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My course this coming semester uses functional programming instead of object oriented programming, which is something I've never done. I'm doing some small classes on functional python ahead of time and it's like trying to learn Chinese.
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Jan 2, 2017 22:13
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I'm doing Khan Academy because I have to learn linear algebra before the 23rd and it makes me question the concept of institutionalized higher education. The courses are so easy to follow and they make the material so easy to understand.
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Jan 5, 2017 03:10
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Soulex posted:Nailed it Only part of Florida I've been to is Tampa. gently caress Tampa.
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Jan 10, 2017 02:52
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My schedule's been too hectic to do in-person courses, although I have a bit more stability now work hour wise so I might take on in-person in the fall.
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Jan 10, 2017 17:22
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Higher education is as much about figuring out how to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to being faced with large amounts of information as it is anything else.
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Jan 11, 2017 15:10
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Deathy McDeath posted:One semester? Not buying it unless he's in a MBA program or doesn't know how tuition works.
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Jan 14, 2017 19:53
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Soulex posted:Yes Most for profit schools cost about that much, so don't pat yourself on the back too hard.
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Jan 14, 2017 22:36
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Vasudus posted:Grad programs always charge the going rate if you take an undergrad course. It's part of your graduate degree plan, then it gets charged that rate. Mine charged them at a lower rate, albeit one that was higher than the normal undergrad rate.
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Jan 15, 2017 04:51
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Soulex posted:22k semester is still a lot. Not that it matters. But an underdeveloped mathematics program, apparently.
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Jan 15, 2017 16:42
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Casimir Radon posted:School has now tweeted a couple of alerts about women being attacked and forcibly fondled tonight by what sounds like the same guy. I didn't know you went to school in DC
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Jan 20, 2017 04:09
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So. Much. Graph Theory. Thank gently caress my roommate got his undergrad in real math.
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Jan 24, 2017 04:49
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Turned in my final project, thus capping off the most difficult semester in my entire academic career. Spent an average of 20 hours a week on one single course on top of working full time and traveling.
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May 8, 2017 03:10
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Just remember that it never hurts to be the best dressed person in the room.
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May 9, 2017 21:46
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Yeah but we're talking about business school, not undergrad. If you're undergrad, go hog wild and wear sweatpants.
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May 9, 2017 23:29
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Sir Lucius posted:This is why I like the computer science community: where dressing up is wearing my dark jeans, and khakis are cargo pants. I mean yeah for normal day to day internal stuff, but if you ever do anything customer-facing (sales, consulting, or management) expect to be throwing on a sport coat over those jeans at a minimum, if not a casual suit with no tie. I never got the IT nerd resistance to dressing up when appropriate. Spend money to buy well fitting clothing and it's just as comfortable as jeans.
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May 10, 2017 04:44
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CHICKEN SHOES posted:i'm liking the net admin over the loving sysadmin bullshit group policy poo poo what should i do Networking tends to pay far better because fewer people focus on it. You end up having to do a fair amount with Linux/BSD and AD anyway no matter where you are in IT. Security and software defined networking are the two most lucrative fields within IT infrastructure services right now, though.
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May 10, 2017 11:59
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Kawasaki Nun posted:Never been to one, what was so Yeah, mine was pretty normal: speech by the president and provost, a guest speaker, and then the reading of everyone's names and the degree they received.
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May 13, 2017 13:40
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I think different schools do it differently, too. Mine was small enough that we did the entire graduating class, including undergrad, grad, law, and MBA students. Larger universities will sometimes do it by program or individual college.
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May 13, 2017 15:13
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Yeah. Our summer semester ends the day before the fall semester begins 
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May 30, 2017 03:55
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TheQuietWilds posted:FWIW I got into actual medical school (mid-tier MD program) with a sociology BA and good grades in all the science pre-reqs (plus a few upper division cancer/cell bio electives to prove I wasn't a chump). The few programs that care about your degree care in the opposite direction you think - there's a nearly endless supply of hard science turbonerds and a lack of applicants with any depth or breadth of experience outside of biology/chemistry, and those people tend to make better doctors/pas/nps. Get good grades so you get an interview; do poo poo you're interested in and can talk about with a degree of passion and engagement so you can nail the interview and get the acceptance. This is the same for a lot of graduate programs. Now granted, if you're going from English to Computer Science you're probably going to have to take a lot of prereqs, but it's certainly doable.
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May 31, 2017 13:49
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milk milk lemonade posted:If you get into management in IT is an MBA worth anything in terms of moving up in bigger organizations, or would you be better off looking at some sort of Comp Sci degree? I got my BS in Business Administration which has helped me get my foot in the management door but I have no clue if masters degrees are worth it or which field is more desired if they are. Either one will help you credentials wise, but an MBA will probably get you farther if you're looking to move into non-engineering roles, since the emphasis for IT management/executives is very much business focused. And that's an area where technical people are usually lacking in knowledge and experience.
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May 31, 2017 14:53
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Yeah. If you find your way into IT consulting, it's basically a golden ticket to making at least $200k/yr without a college degree, so long as you're willing to put in the time to both know your poo poo and understand how businesses work. But if you don't actually like IT or computers, don't bother, because all of the money in the world isn't worth the idiots you'll deal with on a day to day basis if you aren't enjoying what you do.
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Just got a letter today that if you were using REAP that you can now convert to post-9/11 GI bill. I tried to do this about a year and a half ago and was denied; glad to see I can actually do it for real now.
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