Class consisted of a few HW assignments and a Final Project and two exams (Final & midterm) the exams are not difficult except for when they test you on the
very minutia of things... like how the compiler would interpret something that crashes. I think the class and grading was very fair; there are no due dates on work and you have a lot of time to study, it’s just that there is a looooot of minutia in c++ at this level so it becomes difficult to memorize.

try to teach yourself

Wasn't as bad of a class as I was expecting. Salazar is definitely not the most efficient lecturer, as unlike the other PIC professors, he doesn't use slides that are easy to follow. Most of the class is just him punching in console commands to bring up various commits and then trying to show examples among a sea of rather confusing code. He is also difficult to understand at times.

However, he is definitely helpful, posts all of his materials online, and is not a very harsh grader. The assignments are rather easy and he isn't too strict on due dates. The midterm and final were also completely reasonable, though the midterm was somewhat tricky. Thus, while my learning style didn't click with his lecturing style, the course is still very manageable.