I ran my class like a job (senior level interactive media). We had assignments with deadlines and I did PR reviews.
Deadlines are deadlines. Cut scope, features, etc but absolutely no late work.
You can guess how it went.
Deadlines are deadlines. Cut scope, features, etc but absolutely no late work.
You can guess how it went.
We were having a conversation at my college about deadlines at some training thing and someone pointed out that almost no job is like that. That movie scenario where the guy has a big presentation, but it's also his daughter's dressage recital or whatever, and if he misses the presentation he'll lose his job? That doesn't happen. In the real world, you just say "I can't do it that day, let's reschedule for next week." and that's fine. Most real world deadlines are soft.
My partner is a corporate lawyer, though, and deadlines are a _big deal_ for them.
Sure it does. If you are scheduled to present to a major client you can't easily reschedule for next week. Especially if it's presenting something that will have impact. Now you probably won't lose your job if you tell your team why you can't make it and it's legit but frankly you may if you no-show.
They didn't like it, though. And unlike CS courses (this was in a media dept) none of the homework was very hard or required more than a few hours of effort.