On: Ask HN: Is Georgia Tech's Online Master in CS Wort...

[isbellHFh]

We worked very hard to make that happen.

For my third course, I may create online drown proofing.

[jboggan → isbellHFh]

Thank you sir, that response made my day.

For context, drownproofing was a course once upon a time at Georgia Tech which is now more famously taught in the Navy SEALS. It teaches you not so much how to swim but how to bob just below the surface without drowning or expending too much energy. The "final exam" was having your ankles and wrists bound and being dropped in the pool.

There's a startup metaphor in there somewhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drownproofing

[OkGoDoIt → isbellHFh]

Is this really Charles Isbell or someone pretending to be him? Account created within the last hour.

[tinduck → OkGoDoIt]

GT is aware of this thread, and emailed all the students in the program about it about an hour ago.

I would assume it is him. He's very active on the unofficial Google Plus group for the program.

[isbellHFh → OkGoDoIt]

'Tis I.

It gave me an excuse to create an account.

[OkGoDoIt → isbellHFh]

Welcome! It's Roger from '10 (of GTACM and Yahoo HackU and Inventure Prize fun times)

[rripken → isbellHFh]

I look forward to it.