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Yan Kozlovskiy
30,427 PointsCan you set your daily goal?
Is it possible to set your daily goal that you see in the end of each lesson?
10 Answers
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,863 PointsHey Yan,
Unfortunately, at this time, that is not an available option. Treehouse auto sets the daily goal to usually 2-3 steps. If you complete this goal, Treehouse will set another goal for you... and so on.
Personally, I usually set my own personal 'Time' goal each day, as well. For example, I don't have much going on today, so I set a goal of 3 hours on Treehouse courses - 1/2 - 1 hour in the Forum - 1 hour of reading.
You do what works best for you, though. Keep Coding!
Diomedes Lajara
2,624 Pointsis 3 hours a day enough to becoming employable in a year or so?
JT Keller
12,731 PointsI think this depends on your comfort level with the material. Do you have a background or any formal education in computer science? What about your real-world or professional experience? If the answer is yes to either of these, I'd say you might be able to get by with an hour or so. However, if you're totally new to software development, I'd encourage you to pace yourself and see what works best. I'd also recommend taking the skills that you learn here and practice as much as possible by coming up with your own applications/projects and/or contributing to open source projects. There's tons of great reading material out there as well.
TL;DR <p>I think a few hours a day and a bit more on the weekends would get you in a comfortable position in about a year.</p>
Christian Tucker
Courses Plus Student 1,987 PointsI know this is an extremely late answer, but the answer here is "It depends". It depends on the knowledge you are able to retain. The topics you study. Your understanding of what you were studying. Everyone is different here.
Now if you're able to retain information and you're studying the right courses, absolutely.
JT Keller
12,731 Points+1, I'd like to see this added as a feature in the near future as well. It would be helpful to be able to set goals based on time or steps (course progress). I would also be helpful to have an email or SMS reminder so that I know if I'm behind or ahead of my daily/weekly goal.
Seth Connell
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 2,116 PointsYeah, me too.
Juan Alberto Martin Diaz
12,991 PointsMe too!
Eric Denton
4,552 PointsAgree! :)
enrika greathouse
20,206 PointsYes me as well! :)
Josh Knapp
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,665 PointsI agree!
Sebastian Scaparro
2,716 PointsYes, I work a lot with personal goals! I would really appreciate a function that allows us to set a personal goal for the day/week/month. A plus would be if you could set the goals attached to lets say: estimated time to first developer job etc. Something that lets you visualize and work towards.
Josh Knapp
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,665 PointsGood ideas Sebastian. I second this. I bet those are things they would confine to the Techdegree though unfortunately.
Joseph Long
10,581 PointsYes, please add user defined daily goals as a feature!
Alexander Back
2,304 PointsI also agree, it would be a really good feature.
Mathew Leland
19,236 PointsMathew Leland
19,236 PointsWhether it is steps or a time goal, this would be very beneficial to users to progress through the videos. Is there any kind of estimate on when we will be able to attach a goal to our profile?