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Heidi Fryzell
Front End Web Development Treehouse Moderator 25,178 PointsHow do some people accumulate badges and points so quickly?
I know we shouldn't obsess about the leaderboard. A new week just started today and someone already has 15 badges and someone else has over 700 points. I think the time zone is EDT so I think as of right now that is about 6 hours into the new week. That seems very fast. I know some people are in different time zones. But whenever I check the leaderboard I see people with a phenomenal number of badges and points in one week. Are they doing this program 80 hours a week? I would burn out and not retain if I was to do that. I know no one is probably going to answer this but I just want to know how some people are going so fast through the material. Not that I even want to go that fast. But do they have some secret? Perplexed.
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Josh Keenan
20,315 PointsNot always, I blitzed through all the new python content because I don't need to watch the videos so I open them all and mute them, then do the challenges and quizzes. More likely than not they are just already informed on whatever they're covering so they can race through it and collect the points and badges
Heidi Fryzell
Front End Web Development Treehouse Moderator 25,178 PointsHeidi Fryzell
Front End Web Development Treehouse Moderator 25,178 PointsThank you Josh! I guess that must be it. I never thought about that because I am watching every video. Pausing it sometimes. Taking notes some times in Evernote... I see if you already knew it all, how you could just let the videos roll. Thank so much for answering me!