Academia Part Deux

For those of you who haven’t heard, I’m starting a masters program at the University of Washington starting this fall. I’ll be in the Professional Masters Program in the department of Computer Science and Engineering. Last Thursday, I went to campus for orientation. There are about 40 new students starting with me — the program is only about 150 students large.

It’s a pretty sweet gig: I’ll spend 2½ years doing one class and one colloquium credit each quarter, not including summer. That amounts to 40 credits spread over eight quarters. Better yet, Microsoft pays for most of it.

I registered on Friday and will be taking Compiler Construction and Computer Science Colloquium this fall. I’ve already watched one talk online for the colloquium — It was by Vint Cerf, commonly known as the father of the internet. He invented TCP/IP and currently works for Google as their Chief Internet Evangelist. Really good talk — he’s definitely a solid public speaker.

Anyway, I felt like I should mention that here for my loyal and few readers. Now you may carry on with your day.