What did you do this past week?
I had my first mid-term this week which went pretty well. I turned in all of my assignments for my classes, so this weekend was relaxing; however, I know starting next week that my classes are going to get hectic again so I’m just trying to take in and appreciate this brief moment of reprieve before I get super busy again.
What’s in your way?
The biggest upcoming thing is first phase of the website project. Our group has decided on an idea and we’ve created a slack, but we have yet to delegate individual responsibilities, and I’m not sure when we are all going to meet yet. I don’t have much experience with web development so I’m hoping I won’t be dead-weight to my team. I’ll have to pick things up quickly in order to help my group out and put a lot of time in to learn these tool sets separately.
What will you do next week?
I will get a head start on all of my assignments so I’m not super stressed when all of the deadlines start piling up. Also, I’ll probably look for some reeds since all of my reeds have been acting up in rehearsals and I haven’t been sounding great. Basically, just another week of doing homework, studying, practicing clarinet, and working out!
What was your experience of Project #1: Collatz?
The Collatz project went relatively smoothly, but since I was doing everything locally (instead of using the Docker image or being SSH’d in), I had some trouble with pydoc and some other things on the workflow. That was a little frustrating, so I ended up just transferring over all of my files to a CS machine and finishing the project there. Getting everything to work honestly took me longer than getting the working solution on Hackerrank amusingly enough, but I think the overkill-nature of the assignment helped me get a sense of the workflow I should implement going forward with the website project in order to efficiently work with my group members.
What made you happy this week?
Turning in all of my assignments! I’ve been coasting along since none of my assignments are due for a while, but I’m ready to get back on the grind tomorrow and get everything done in advance so I have time to relax.
What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
Get out of your comfort zone! It’s really easy to get comfortable with how things are currently, but it is so rewarding when you take a risk and it pays off. Whether that means talking to someone you don’t know or trying a new food, there’s so many things to explore and not nearly enough time.
CS373 Spring 2020: Sooyong Lee 