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Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by jboggan on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @02:04PM (#15020719)
As a Yellow Jacket myself I am somewhat amused that they managed to translate the stress and fatigue of the Georgia Tech experience into the online course. In a perverse way I think that means the program is as valuable as it purports to be.
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Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by isbellHFh on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @03:35PM (#15021574)
We worked very hard to make that happen.

For my third course, I may create online drown proofing.

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Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by jboggan on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @06:47PM (#15023441)
Thank you sir, that response made my day.

For context, drownproofing was a course once upon a time at Georgia Tech which is now more famously taught in the Navy SEALS. It teaches you not so much how to swim but how to bob just below the surface without drowning or expending too much energy. The "final exam" was having your ankles and wrists bound and being dropped in the pool.

There's a startup metaphor in there somewhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drownproofing

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Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by OkGoDoIt on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @05:19PM (#15022711)
Is this really Charles Isbell or someone pretending to be him? Account created within the last hour.
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Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by tinduck on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @05:31PM (#15022828)
GT is aware of this thread, and emailed all the students in the program about it about an hour ago.

I would assume it is him. He's very active on the unofficial Google Plus group for the program.

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Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by isbellHFh on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @05:38PM (#15022889)
'Tis I.

It gave me an excuse to create an account.

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Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by OkGoDoIt on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @05:54PM (#15023038)
Welcome! It's Roger from '10 (of GTACM and Yahoo HackU and Inventure Prize fun times)
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Re:Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Worth It? by rripken on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @05:09PM (#15022608)
I look forward to it.
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