And you'll have to figure out race conditions, deadlocks, and other fun challenges.
He had just changed the format, though, and our class was his first of a new wave where he supplied us with no example code, instead making us write it all out by hand.
By the end of the five-day course, virtually no one had a working toy compiler of any kind. Maybe a parser and AST representation, but not the whole shebang.
His style of teaching is not as compelling as his live, on-stage presentations, in my opinion.
If I had paid with my own money, I would've been pissed. Caveat emptor.
https://vikramoberoi.com/compilers-with-david-beazly-a-recur...
But most importantly this thread is about what to do with an educational budget.
And even if he's not a great teacher, spending money to be forced to think about a problem sounds pretty effective.
Like how a paid meetup has a higher percentage of people showing up who RSVP-ed than does a free meetup.
If it were your own money I wouldn't suggest the $1500 fee to everyone so lightly, I agree.
I struggled a bit at the last few days, partially because I was taking the course from the other side of the world (i.e had to stay awake all nights for the course, five days).
However, most of us at least managed the "Function" part. The LLVM and WASM parts, I just watch what David did and didn't attempt them myself.
I also took the SICP course, which I found it to be a better "bang for the bucks". Either way, I have no regret about taking David's courses.