When I first started in the Experimental Stats Department at LSU, I was completely unfamiliar with all things coding. This was a very intimidating thing for me and took me quite some time and practice to get comfortable with. One of my favorites and arguably the most beneficial lessons I was a part of at LSU came in Dr. Gentimis’ class. In his Digital Agriculture class, he would generally go over code line by line he’d written that was meant to execute whatever machine learning or statistical concept we’d discussed in class. This alone was a big help for me since we’d discuss some of the small intricacies of the syntax for each language we’d use. However, one day he flipped everything on its head. He’d presented us with an uncommented script, and it was our job as groups to determine what each line did. Immediately I knew I preferred this style. The experience was more hands on, and I found it was more applicable to my past experiences of looking up sample codes and trying to make them fit whatever task I was trying to accomplish. It also allowed students within each group to share their knowledge with the others and clear the air on some things they may have been confused about. Overall, I loved the idea, and I thought it helped better prepare me for future situations I’d find myself in. I believe Dr. Gentimis did an excellent job of introducing new languages and software, and I felt he helped minimize that intimidation I’d felt in my first few semesters.