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I was really worried about not finishing this program. I have so much going on in my life. It would be really easy to justify, taking another semester off, and then another, and so on. but getting a masters degree is one of my big life goals. & I have to say my last two classes at Georgia Tech were exceptionally good and changed how I practice computer science and software development.

I put a lot of work into making a graduate program fit into my personal schedule. Instead of listening to podcasts, I started listening to textbooks and academic papers. Read out to me on my phone. instead of watching television, I watched video lectures from my classes. I fit my coursework around my regular day, and I made it work. Even though I had a full-time job and a family and household to take care of.

I hope I can remember all my tricks to keep my time and focus in check. Currently, I have my full-time job of course, my family, of course, my work on the social Web community group at W3C maintaining the activitypub spec & on top of it all my work on end to end encrypted activitypub DMs, part of the summer of protocols program. It feels like there's not enough time in the day, but I guess it's important to prioritize the things that matter to me.

I finished my MA last year after many false starts. Stick with it and see it through!

@jtauber.com what did you get your degree in?

Corpus Linguistics

@jtauber.com cool!