I found them very challenging and interesting. It took me a few weeks to complete them, and I didn't even do the "project" part which was more open-ended.
Re:Software Engineering Grads Lack the Skills Startups Need
by ericd on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @07:38PM
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Right, the labs were the major exception (and by far my favorite part, even though they tended to involve a lot of sleeping on things other than beds).
I did for fun two MIT graduate students labs (operating systems, and distributed system) that complement the lectures.
https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2014/overview.html http://nil.csail.mit.edu/6.824/2015/
I found them very challenging and interesting. It took me a few weeks to complete them, and I didn't even do the "project" part which was more open-ended.