Robert’s blog

Today I’ve been giving shape to the academic path I’m striving to take.

I’ve been doing the math on how much would each single course cost me, and it’s quite a bit. Luckily I’ve found a series of online courses (four professional certificates to be more precise) that are eligible for credit once completed. If possible, I would like to complete all of them since that would mean huge savings on the long run.

The four certifications are:

• Google IT Support Professional *
• IBM Data Science Professional
• IBM Applied AI Professional
• IBM AI Engineering Professional

Each of them would give me enough credits (15) to avoid taking some courses. In particular, two level 4 compulsory modules, and two level 6 modules. To put you into context, to be awarded the BSc you need to reach a minimum of 360 credit hours, and earning all these certificates would mean 60 credits already on my favour, or in other words, a whole semesters’ worth of credits. It’s a lot, isn’t it?

You may have noticed that I placed an asterisk next to Google IT Support Professional, that is because I’ve completed it earlier this year while I was still defining my career path. Here is the certificate on Coursera if you want to take a look at it! And here is the badge that has been issued to me!

During the past few weeks, I’ve been building this blog from the ground up, using Hugo, and the knowledge I have acquired since I started writing software, to help me keep track of the goals I’ve set for myself for this year. These are:

• Prepare and sit for the C1 Advanced (Cambridge English: Advanced) Exam.
• Save as much money as I can for the B.Sc. in CS offered by the University of London.
• Do some exercise at least 3 times a week.
• Take a cold shower every day for at least 30 days.
• Reduce caffeine consumption.
• Read one chapter from a book each day.
• Sleep 8 hours a day

I’ll be posting frequently on the progress I’m making towards earning that degree I pursuit.