[sudoroom] Higher Ed Hacking

[Max B]

The compilers class (164) is Tuesday Thursday 9:30-11:00am with a 
discussion section later in the day on Thursdays. It does seem to have 
become "full", but the lecture itself is in 306 Soda, which is "Hewlett 
Packard Auditorium":

http://california.eecs.berkeley.edu/iesg/rooms/306Soda/photos.asp

I think there would be plenty of room there to sit in without being 
burdensome. One of the classes I took last semester was "full" and 
although there were supposed to be maybe 70 people in the class, there 
couldn't have been more than 30 in class every day. I've definitely 
been trying not to add to the TAs work load because I know how 
difficult it is for them already, so I was kind of expecting to play it 
by ear in terms of how much more integrated I could get into the rest 
of the class. My experience last semester was that the TA's were really 
excited to have someone in their discussion sections/class who wanted 
to be there and was excited instead of just fulfilling a requirement. 
They were all really accommodating and super generous. In the end, 
though, all that I was doing was sitting in on lectures, sitting in on 
discussions, occasionally raising my hand to answer a question, and 
doing the homeworks on my own time. There wasn't much that I really 
needed from anybody, so I felt like one more body in the room wasn't 
really adversely affecting anyone. I suppose we can show up and see how 
it feels?

On Thursday, January 10, 2013 5:06:55 PM, J.D. Zamfirescu wrote:
> I would totally be up for CS 164 - but it looks full. Max, was that a
> problem in the past when you attended?
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Garrett Robinson
> <garrett.f.robinson at gmail.com <mailto:garrett.f.robinson at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
>     Nice one, Max! I've always wanted to take a compilers class. When
>     are the class sessions?
>
>     On Jan 10, 2013 12:30 PM, "Max B" <maxb.personal at gmail.com
>     <mailto:maxb.personal at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hey all,
>
>         Most of you probably don't really know me--I've only been by
>         sudoroom on occasion, but I wanted to put this out there and
>         see if anyone else would be interested:
>
>         Last fall I sat in on a few CS classes at UC Berkeley. I've
>         always been kind of a half-assed programmer and I realized
>         that if I ever wanted to be more serious about it, there were
>         some gaps in my knowledge base that needed filling in. So last
>         semester I sat in on "EE 122 Networking", "CS 61C Machine
>         Structures", and "CS 161 Computer Security". It turns out that
>         without actually ever really having to come into contact with
>         any professor, I was able to coordinate with TAs in these
>         classes and participate in all of the labs, do all of the
>         homeworks, and do all of the projects (albeit they were group
>         projects I was doing by myself....). I never had to apply,
>         register, pay or deal with any of the other administrative BS
>         that normally accompanies higher ed.
>
>         I'm planning on sitting in on a few more classes this semester
>         and wanted to see if anyone else was interested. So far I'm
>         thinking "CS 162 Operating Systems and System Programming",
>         and "CS 164 Programming Languages and Compilers." The full
>         class schedule is available here:
>
>         http://schedule.berkeley.edu/
>
>         I would also be super excited if anyone was interested in the
>         classes I took last semester and I could help guide them
>         through the process of coordinating with TAs and also
>         potentially be a tutor. Also, UCB offers classes in all sorts
>         of fields, so perhaps that
>         sociology/chemistry/physics/__anthropology/dance class you've
>         always been thinking about getting around to?
>
>         Max
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