fermi_time_commitment.txt

611 pages in 5 parts, 356 exercises
text at 0.3hr/page: ~185hrs, exercises at 1.5hrs/exercise: 534hrs, exercises at 0.5hr/exercise:356
total project time 719hrs


        pages   read time   probs    prob time(1.5h)  prob time(0.5h)
Part 1:    79          24      46           70               23
Part 2:   138          42      97          145               49
Part 3:   142          43      82          123               62
Part 4:   132          40      79          119               60
Part 5:   120          36      52           78               39
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total:    611         185     356          534              233


10hrs/wk ~71weeks ~1.3 years
15hrs/wk ~48weeks ~1 year <-- this is probably the most reasonable
20hrs/wk ~35weeks ~9 months
30hrs/wk ~24weeks ~5.5 months <-- speedy gonzales

Another potential way to divvy up the project is into subparts.

3 in Part 1
5 in Part 2
5 in Part 3
4 in Part 4
5 in Part 5
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22 total

Moving at 1 subpart/week the project takes ~5 months. That seems pretty reasonable. However, this doesn't take into account that the subparts are of different length/difficulty, so the time-commitment varies week by week. This may be doable, though. Furthermore, I think Part 1 should take only 1 week.


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Community wiki of solutions: http://community.schemewiki.org/?SICP-Solutions, i also have solutions manual
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Lectures:

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-001-structure-and-interpretation-of-computer-programs-spring-2005/video-lectures/
there are 19 lectures, about 1:30 each. this probably fits in the reading time as estimated above. keeping up with lectures finishes the book in 10 weeks.
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Assuming a 11 week pace:

Week 1: Part 1, lectures 1A-2B:6hrs, reading time:18hrs, exercise time: ~10hrs. total time:34hrs
Week 2: Part 2, lectures:3A,3B:3hrs, reading time:18hrs, exercise time: 25-72hrs. total time:43-90hrs
Week 3: Part 2, lectures:4A,4B:3hrs, reading time:18hrs, exercise time: 25-72hrs. total time:43-90hrs
...
need to actually try stuff to see how long it takes