Blog Post 3
What did you do this past week?
This past week, I worked on project 1 and completed it. I also went to all the lectures and learned more about programming practices, specifically global variables and try/exceptions.
What’s in your way?
Nothing much is currently in my way. Everything is going smoothly. I did have a problem with Docker and the make commands on project 1 though. I was able to solve it by just sshing onto a lab machine. I do have a couple of coding challenges to do from companies which will definitely be rough.
What will you do next week?
One Dr. Downing helps us get situated in our teams, I will work with my team on starting project 2. I will also continue to go to lectures next week and participate when needed.
What was your experience of Collatz, the starter code, the makefile, its optimizations, and exceptions? (this question will vary, week to week)
My experience was fairly smooth. I did not have any serious issues with optimizing the code. I just used the strategies discussed in class. I think the hardest part was getting the make commands to work. In the end, I just ssh’d onto a lab machine and ran the make commands. Despite using the Windows Linux Subsystem, the make commands were still not working on my local machine. I will have to get that figured out.
What made you happy this week?
I was really happy that I got some interviews at some of the companies I wanted to work at. Hopefully I land a sweet internship at one of them. I also got a couple of coding challenges from some nice companies and I was able to pass them. Hopefully I can get next steps from them, too.
What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
My tip-of-the-week is when in doubt, ssh onto a lab machine. I noticed a lot of people on Piazza were having “command not found” or “permission denied” errors with the make commands. I was able to avoid these errors after just using a lab machine since the programs such as black and pydoc are installed on them.