tl;dr: An Australian software engineer with 21 years of industry experience completed a remote BSc in Computer Science through the University of London/Goldsmiths on Coursera, taking 3.5 years part-time while working full-time at a cost of ~A$33,000. The program allows pay-as-you-go modules, performance-based admission without a high school diploma, and RPL credit for certain Coursera certificates, though downsides include 3-month grading delays, buggy Inspera proctoring, and messy group projects. The author started one month before ChatGPT launched and watched the program adapt with stricter proctoring and a formal AI-use policy.