Updates on the Computer Science Plan
Bumps along the way
It’s been about a year and a half since my last update. A lot has changed in that time but I’m progressing with my Computer Science work. With 21 credits now out of the way, I’m 47% complete and inching closer towards a CS degree.
With work and life commitments, the plan is extended a bit. But I was able to adjust my planned courses to take Natural Language Processing (NLP) which is an important course for understanding Large Language Models (LLMs). I built a workflow to automate construction costing using n8n and an OpenAI GPT model which was fun and enriching.
In the Spring, I’ll start the Intensive Programming Workshop which is going to be a deep dive into Object Oriented Programming while working on a number of gaming projects.
Finally, the program cost breakdown is spread out now over 5 years. It’s difficult to register for more than one course per semester if I want to maintain a 4.0 GPA while being committed to my work and teaching.
In a previous post, I talked about automating the grading and feedback process in my teaching gig at the MIT professional education program. I successfully built my own AI grader and will be talking about that next.