Lowkey class was a joke. The professor taught this course as if we were bill gates. His lectures were flat out useless and it did not help on the hw's. The only benefit this class had for me was being exposed to coding before actually taking cs31.
His homeworks were far too lengthy and his graders graded harshly with little explanation as to why points would be taken off. He would take days to respond to emails so communication lacked. The lectures simply did not help on the hw at all
He gave no preparation for the midterm, only three multiple choice questions bruh. His midterm and finals were extremely conceptual and worded in the most complicated way possible. If you do not know how to code, or you want to learn, do not take PIC bruh just do cs.
Overall, Professor Murray is a nice guy but the way he taught was an L

Toughest introductory class you will take if you have this professor. Seems like the average on every homework is around 70 or 75, and mind you homework is worth 50% of your overall grade. Midterm was horrible as well. Midway through the day before the midterm he FINALLY posted practice questions. Except there were only THREE.

Our homeworks are much lengthier and more difficult than the other PIC classes. My friend has typically two problems for week, meanwhile we usually have 3 and sometimes even 4. He is flexible in extending the homework, usually by a day, but it is still very stressful.

The class is extremely disorganized and all over the place. The syllabus is a joke, with barely anything on it so for many things you go in blind.

Class uses campuswire to communicate with TAs and Prof instead of email for the most part.
This I actually liked as it was much easier to get questions answered and also see the questions other classmates had asked.

In lecture, clarity is very hit or miss. Often I feel he gets ahead of himself and will use terms before explaining what they are. In addition, lecture notes, while helpfully very detailed, are disorganized and can be hard to read.

tldr; don't take this class if you have never coded before, prof is disorganized, grades harshly, assigns a lot, lacks clarity.

This class was my second attempt at trying 10A (dropped some other prof's class Week 2 Fall 2021) and it still wasn't easy, but I got through with it with an A. Definitely needed tons of help and I attended most office hours, both my TA's and the Prof's. This was his first time teaching this course so we gave him a lot of feedback, and I think the class will be more doable in other quarters. The midterm and final were fine, but the homeworks were sort of awful. Most of us had no idea where to start with the homeworks until we went to office hours; he gave us more hints at the end of the quarter for the homeworks, but I still struggled a bit. He adjusted homework due dates and hints according to how much we struggled, which was pretty nice. He's a nice person and was super helpful during in-person office hours!