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Re:Patrick McKenzie (patio11)'s Mixergy Interview on Saturday May 01, 2010 @04:16AM (#1310288)
I teach kindergarten and my solution to the Bingo Card Making Problem is to write the words on the board (at which time we talk about the definition, use them in sentences, etc.), then I hand out paper and have each student draw the grid and write the words down randomly (gets them comfortable with learning spelling and writing). That all takes about 5 minutes. But your solution works, too.
Re:ASK HN: From lit major to Computer Science Masters? on Monday April 05, 2010 @11:29PM (#1243762)
Thanks for the thorough advice. I really appreciate it. I think my main goal is just to get a credible degree for the web development job market. It will be a complete career switch for me. My thought process is that going back and getting another BA is too time consuming. I am motivated right now and I have a lot of free time, so I'm wondering if it is possible to teach myself most of the basics taught in undergrad and get into a grad program, which would be worth much more in the job market anyways.

ASK HN: From lit major to Computer Science Masters?

Is this possible? I'm currently working on learning how to program from the very beginning and completed no coursework related to computers. Is it close to impossible for me to be accepted into a (half-decent) computer science program? What would I need to do to accomplish this?

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