I think your concerns are not only valid for someone starting a course leading to a bachelor's in comp science. It seems to me that everyone in a similar situation as you (trying to fit in a formal education in a busy life) will meet the same problems. I can still remember when I was a student (still living with my parents then) that going to University was a big change and all I had to take care of was studying, my parents providing everything else. How much more you have to organize your life if you have a family to take care of yourself, I can only guess?

What I mean is, you cannot do things by halves: be "half" a student and "half" a mother/wife. You will fail miserably at both. You have to be 100% in all and that will be tough, but to me you look someone who will rise to the occasion. In a few years we will tell other Monks: take for example KoolGirl, she was 100% a student and 100% a dedicated family person and 100% a PerlMonk and made a success of it all.

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

In reply to Re: Structured Learning of Perl, Important or Not? by CountZero
in thread Structured Learning of Perl, Important or Not? by koolgirl

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