Hi again,
So, Project 1 was due on Thursday. This project was one of the problems from Sphere Online Judge, spoj.com. This online oracle takes submissions for solutions to the huge project set they have, and "grades" your submission based on its ability to solve the problem as well as timing the solution. For the purposes of this project we wrote code in Python, and had to implement a cache in order to speed up our solution in addition to being one of the base requirements for getting a non-zero grade.
Dr. Downing gave us examples of the different types of caches available for us to use, and I found that with some tweaking and changing of my code, the fastest iteration that submitted was one with the simplest solution, a lazy cache. I later realized that had I not used recursion I probably could have sped up my code, but I did not go back to adjust it. I decided this time that the solution I turned in was good enough. And, because I know that the semester will ramp up pretty quickly with multiple deadlines and exams in the same week, I thought it would be better to use any extra time I had to be sure to be caught up in my classes for now.
Then, I was reminded that the career fair was on the same day that the project was due, and felt really glad that I got my project ready to be turned in ahead of time. The career fair was exhausting. I spent a lot of time talking to a bunch of different people about some of my past projects, what I like to do, why I would like to work for their company, or be a good fit, all while standing for hours, and feeling overly hot in that building. Even though the conditions can be overwhelming, I did enjoy talking with all of the recruiters and engineers, and know it was well worth it. I have some interviews coming up, and those require some study time too.
The next day in class we talked about Z scores, standard deviation and a root-mean-square (RMSE) problem. We went through some of the code for solving this problem in class, and we will be using this information for our next project, Netflix, which we will be learning about this coming week. I'm looking forward to hearing the specs on this one.
Reading this blog post over, it reads a bit disjointed to me, and I feel like I must be extra tired right now. The weather has been fluctuating between 30 degree ranges nearly every two days, and my allergies have been kicking my butt. I have been trying to keep from getting a cold, and stress is not a good agent for keeping the immune system high. So, I think I had better rest up, and stay on top of my studying.
I'll be back to write some more next week.
~Sophie
So, Project 1 was due on Thursday. This project was one of the problems from Sphere Online Judge, spoj.com. This online oracle takes submissions for solutions to the huge project set they have, and "grades" your submission based on its ability to solve the problem as well as timing the solution. For the purposes of this project we wrote code in Python, and had to implement a cache in order to speed up our solution in addition to being one of the base requirements for getting a non-zero grade.
Dr. Downing gave us examples of the different types of caches available for us to use, and I found that with some tweaking and changing of my code, the fastest iteration that submitted was one with the simplest solution, a lazy cache. I later realized that had I not used recursion I probably could have sped up my code, but I did not go back to adjust it. I decided this time that the solution I turned in was good enough. And, because I know that the semester will ramp up pretty quickly with multiple deadlines and exams in the same week, I thought it would be better to use any extra time I had to be sure to be caught up in my classes for now.
Then, I was reminded that the career fair was on the same day that the project was due, and felt really glad that I got my project ready to be turned in ahead of time. The career fair was exhausting. I spent a lot of time talking to a bunch of different people about some of my past projects, what I like to do, why I would like to work for their company, or be a good fit, all while standing for hours, and feeling overly hot in that building. Even though the conditions can be overwhelming, I did enjoy talking with all of the recruiters and engineers, and know it was well worth it. I have some interviews coming up, and those require some study time too.
The next day in class we talked about Z scores, standard deviation and a root-mean-square (RMSE) problem. We went through some of the code for solving this problem in class, and we will be using this information for our next project, Netflix, which we will be learning about this coming week. I'm looking forward to hearing the specs on this one.
Reading this blog post over, it reads a bit disjointed to me, and I feel like I must be extra tired right now. The weather has been fluctuating between 30 degree ranges nearly every two days, and my allergies have been kicking my butt. I have been trying to keep from getting a cold, and stress is not a good agent for keeping the immune system high. So, I think I had better rest up, and stay on top of my studying.
I'll be back to write some more next week.
~Sophie
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