Sign-Up

Anyone can follow a study group on P2PU. Participating is the next level of engagement. The sign-up is a space where interested individuals can express their interest and background in the topic and commit to working with the rest of the participants. Please answer the following set(s) of questions if you want to become a participant or organizer.

Standard Set

This set of signup questions is common to all study groups, courses, ... in P2PU. The answers to these questions will be public once you get accepted.

Answers

• 
  Dune   June 12, 2011, 4:48 p.m.

  Bio:
  

  Location:

  Standard Set Answer:

  • Want to learn programming, so starting with CL/Scheme.
  • Gain deep understanding of (applied) CS principles. Become a good coder/hacker eventually.
  • Unfortunately, I am time-constrained, so I cannot assist with study group organization.
• 
  Rafik   June 12, 2011, 3:52 p.m.

  Bio:
  

  Location: Canada

  Standard Set Answer:

  I want to get a better grasp on functional programming and computing in general.

  I hope to work through the book along with the other participants.

  I am too busy currently.

• 
  wicknicks   June 12, 2011, 3:38 p.m.

  Bio:

  Graduate student at UCI.

  Languages: Java, Javascript, C/C++

  Location: Irvine, CA

  Standard Set Answer:

  Been trying to learn the SICP for a long time. But not able to follow through. This should be a good place to complete that goal.

• 
  cal5k   June 12, 2011, 3:29 p.m.

  Bio:

  I'm a business development manager for a Canadian software company. 

  Location: Toronto

  Standard Set Answer:

  I did a Hacker News post about this:

  http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2646907

   

  Essentially I want to upgrade my skills and I think everyone is more accountable as a group! :-)

• 
  Jesse Sanford   June 8, 2011, 11:41 a.m.

  Bio:

  Location: New York

  Standard Set Answer:

  I have been re-visiting computer languages lately and want a more formal understanding of their beginings. Scheme is it.

• 
  Zolomon   June 8, 2011, 6:53 a.m.

  Bio:

  Location: Sweden

  Standard Set Answer:

  I just got the book, and now I need to follow it through and through - this will most likely help to motivate me. 

• 
  Paul Millsaps   May 25, 2011, 7:14 p.m.

  Bio:

  I am a programmer for over 20 years, with experience in C#, .NET, PHP and other technologies.  I am always interested in learning more about the fields I choose to pursue.

  Location: Waco, Texas

  Standard Set Answer:

  I am always interested in learning more about programming.  In looking at the books chapters, it appears to be quite advanced, so hopefully I can keep up.  I have an associates in Programming, but I am always looking for more opportunities to increase my knowledge and skills.

• 
  sagarun   May 10, 2011, 6:24 a.m.

  Bio:

  Location:

  Standard Set Answer:

  Answer 1:

   LISP and the desire to learn basics of computer science and functional programming

   

  Answer 2:

  Get more insights about programming and computer science

  Answer 3:

  Yes!

• 
  peterib   April 28, 2011, 7:08 a.m.

  Bio:

  Location:

  Standard Set Answer:

  Tried to read sicp a couple of years ago and failed due to lack of time mostly. So this time with a study group I'm hoping to stick with it a bit more.

  I'll hopefully be watching the videos over the next weekend and doing the blog for the first task.

• 
  Nick Morgan   April 27, 2011, 7:29 a.m.

  Bio:

  http://skilldrick.co.uk/about/

  Location: Stroud, England

  Standard Set Answer:

  I've been attempting to work through SICP for a few years now. This year I set myself a New Year's resolution to complete it by the end of the year. I'm onto chapter 3 now, but I think it would be good to work through some of the material with others. I also hope I could offer advice for the earlier chapters, as I've worked through them multiple times.