Hey again,
We are back on an off week this week. By that I mean that there is nothing due or overly pressing this week to be worried about. Now that we have been working on the IDB main project, we have had a biweekly stress meter that runs up and down depending on when the next iteration is due.
So this past week, my team and I took some time to go over the new requirements for this project and try and lay it out a bit more structured in terms of front-end/back-end/mixed teams to get some work done on the project while we all have such different schedules. I think this was a good way to start, though checking in over the course of the week has been less than informative. Nonetheless, I think we are doing ok on time. Of course, this project completes this coming Thursday, so I can expect that as that day grows closer, we will be ramping up with work.
As far as the class goes, this past week we went over some more SQL stuff, and some design patterns. We took a look at the singleton pattern the previous Friday and on Monday we went over Reflection in Java. Still waiting to get to the Python version of this though.
Wednesday we had a guest speaker/lecture about working in the industry. This was probably one of the best talks I have heard in a class since I have been in school here. The main reason for this is that Trung Vu, from The Zebra, went through his slides very quickly and then had a lengthy Q&A section, which turned out to be really informative and helpful. He had worked at three different sized and types of companies since graduating four years previously, which I feel shed some really good light on to what could be expected shortly after graduation. I especially liked the tips and hints he gave about prepping for interviews as well as how to feel about working and timing and estimation. It made the class feel really relevant, and put the Django stuff that we have been working on in perspective. Overall it was a pretty good week.
But, now I have some other things to do.
~Sophie
We are back on an off week this week. By that I mean that there is nothing due or overly pressing this week to be worried about. Now that we have been working on the IDB main project, we have had a biweekly stress meter that runs up and down depending on when the next iteration is due.
So this past week, my team and I took some time to go over the new requirements for this project and try and lay it out a bit more structured in terms of front-end/back-end/mixed teams to get some work done on the project while we all have such different schedules. I think this was a good way to start, though checking in over the course of the week has been less than informative. Nonetheless, I think we are doing ok on time. Of course, this project completes this coming Thursday, so I can expect that as that day grows closer, we will be ramping up with work.
As far as the class goes, this past week we went over some more SQL stuff, and some design patterns. We took a look at the singleton pattern the previous Friday and on Monday we went over Reflection in Java. Still waiting to get to the Python version of this though.
Wednesday we had a guest speaker/lecture about working in the industry. This was probably one of the best talks I have heard in a class since I have been in school here. The main reason for this is that Trung Vu, from The Zebra, went through his slides very quickly and then had a lengthy Q&A section, which turned out to be really informative and helpful. He had worked at three different sized and types of companies since graduating four years previously, which I feel shed some really good light on to what could be expected shortly after graduation. I especially liked the tips and hints he gave about prepping for interviews as well as how to feel about working and timing and estimation. It made the class feel really relevant, and put the Django stuff that we have been working on in perspective. Overall it was a pretty good week.
But, now I have some other things to do.
~Sophie
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