I’ve spent my last 7 weeks trying to follow Martin Odersky’s Scala courses on the Coursera platform. In doing so, my intent was to widen my approach on Functional Programming in general, and Scala in particular. This article sums up my personal thoughts about this experience. Time, time and time First, the courses are quite time-consuming! The course card advises for 5 to 7 hours of personal work a week and that’s the least.