Ask HN: Is it worthy to do a MIT Challenge and how much will I benefit from it?

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11 years ago

In case you don't know (and you probably don't) about the MIT Challenge, it is a challenge where you try to finish the whole MIT curriculum on your own using the free MIT resources (available here [1]). Even though you don't get an official MIT diploma, you actually learn pretty much everything MIT students learn (and you can prove it by doing some projects and putting them online).

It was suggested by Scott Young in a post in his blog [2]. He also gave a TEDx talk about it [3].

I'm wondering, how much will I benefit from it? Should I include it in my resume if I manage to complete it (under the additional education section)? Do you think it is worthy spending a year of doing so? Do you think that job recruiters will appreciate it?

[1] ocw.mit.edu/index.htm [2] www.scotthyoung.com/blog/mit-challenge/ [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piSLobJfZ3c

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