# 227: Half of Everything Is Wrong

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2017-12-21
- Length: 1h 08m
- Episode: 227
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-12-21-227-half-of-everything-is-wrong
- Listen: https://makingembeddedsystems.libsyn.com/227-half-of-everything-is-wrong

## Summary

Anthony Navarro, Product Lead for Robotics and Self-Driving Car programs at Udacity, discusses the company's pedagogical approach, including the use of the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition to define job readiness. He explains how Udacity balances breadth and depth in its nanodegrees, the importance of paid programs for completion rates, and the value of trunk skills versus leaf skills in engineering education. The conversation also covers the challenges of teaching rapidly evolving fields like deep learning and the unique opportunity for students to deploy code on Udacity's physical self-driving car.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-12-21-227-half-of-everything-is-wrong#t=6) Introduction and Lightning Round
- [2:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-12-21-227-half-of-everything-is-wrong#t=164) Udacity's Model and Completion Rates
- [10:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-12-21-227-half-of-everything-is-wrong#t=607) Curriculum Design and Project-Based Learning
- [23:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-12-21-227-half-of-everything-is-wrong#t=1406) The Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition
- [34:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-12-21-227-half-of-everything-is-wrong#t=2053) Trunk Skills vs. Leaf Skills
- [44:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-12-21-227-half-of-everything-is-wrong#t=2663) Information Half-Life and Learning Motivation
- [51:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-12-21-227-half-of-everything-is-wrong#t=3111) Course Recommendations and Free Previews
- [56:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-12-21-227-half-of-everything-is-wrong#t=3360) Corporate Sponsorship and Scholarships
- [1:00:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-12-21-227-half-of-everything-is-wrong#t=3612) Hiring Educators and Course Feedback
- [1:05:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-12-21-227-half-of-everything-is-wrong#t=3941) Deploying Code on Udacity's Car

## Topics

- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Udacity (company)
- Sebastian Thrun (other)
- Lockheed (company)
- TensorFlow (tool)
- Boldport (company)
- Lyft (company)
- Google (company)
- Stanford (other)
- AI for Robotics (product)
- Self-Driving Car Nanodegree (product)

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