This is one of the most practical questions people ask before enrolling, and it deserves a genuinely honest answer rather than a reflexive yes.
The Short Answer
Yes, it's genuinely possible, and a significant share of VAA Global's student base is doing exactly this. But it does require real weekly commitment, not just passive attendance.
What the Weekly Time Commitment Actually Looks Like
Beyond the live class session itself, expect time for assignments, practice, and reviewing material between sessions. This isn't a course you can complete by attending the live class alone and doing nothing else during the week.
How Scheduling Accounts for Working Students
Live class scheduling is built with the reality that many students have existing jobs, rather than assuming everyone has open daytime availability. This is a deliberate design choice, not an afterthought.
The Internship Adds a Second Layer
It's worth planning specifically for the 2-month internship period as well, since it's genuine, applied work, not a passive add-on. Students balancing full-time employment with the internship generally do best when they've thought through their availability honestly before that phase begins.
What Makes the Difference Between Managing It Well and Struggling
The students who balance this most successfully tend to treat the course like a genuine, non-negotiable commitment, blocking out specific time each week rather than trying to fit it into whatever time happens to be left over. Treating it as optional when things get busy is the most common way people fall behind.
Is It Worth the Trade-Off?
For most people weighing a career change, ten weeks of genuine effort alongside an existing job is a relatively short window compared to the years a full career pivot might otherwise take. According to WFH Research, remote-compatible roles have remained a consistent, sustained share of the job market, which is part of why many working professionals see this trade-off as worthwhile.
What Employers Generally Think About This Kind of Commitment
Many employers view an employee investing in structured upskilling outside of work hours favourably, it signals initiative. That said, it's worth being thoughtful about whether and how much to share with a current employer, depending on your specific situation and plans.
A Realistic Weekly Rhythm to Expect
Balancing full-time work with the course typically means treating certain evenings or weekend blocks as non-negotiable course time, similar to how you'd protect time for any other serious commitment. Students who succeed at this tend to build that rhythm early rather than trying to find time reactively each week.
A Story That Captures This Balance Well
Consider someone working a demanding job during the day who commits every evening for ten weeks to live classes and coursework, then continues that same discipline through a two-month internship. It's genuinely demanding, but it's also a finite, defined period with a clear end point, which makes it considerably more sustainable than an open-ended commitment with no defined finish line.
What Happens During Particularly Demanding Weeks at Work
Even the most disciplined schedule occasionally collides with an unusually demanding week at your day job. Communicating proactively with your instructor during those weeks, rather than disappearing silently, tends to produce a far better outcome than either extreme of pushing through exhausted or missing sessions without explanation.
Why This Trade-Off Tends to Feel Worth It in Hindsight
Students who've balanced VAA Global with full-time work consistently describe the ten weeks as genuinely demanding in the moment, but look back on the finite, clearly bounded nature of that demand as what made it sustainable, a defined sprint rather than an open-ended, indefinite obligation layered on top of an already full schedule.
That perspective, gained only in hindsight, is worth remembering on the harder weeks while you're still in the middle of it.
Reminding yourself of that bounded timeline during a particularly demanding week can genuinely help sustain the motivation needed to see it through.
It's a small mental trick, but a genuinely effective one for anyone juggling a full course load against a full-time job at the same time.
That single framing shift has helped many students push through the toughest stretch of the ten weeks.
Ten weeks with a defined end is a manageable stretch for almost anyone genuinely motivated to get there.
Ready to Start?
If you're ready to commit the time, you can browse VAA Global's courses and apply to find a schedule that fits.
