Thursday, 28 July 2016

What I hope to learn in CS3216

When I first heard of CS3216, I just vaguely knew it as part of 'that pair of insanely hardcore programming project mods you can take to fulfil project mod requirements'.

After I took CS3217, I heard that CS3216 had a similar workload and mentally prepared myself. After I took CS3226, I was like, okay CS3216 can't be as bad as CS3226 was.

Thanks to prof's introductory email, I now know that the workload for CS3216... could possibly be worse than CS3217 and CS3226. What have I gotten myself into in my last sem...

Anyway, while in CS3216, I want to make connections with other people who actually willingly apply for and get into hardcore mods. I think that they would have both the ability and the attitude to excel in what they do, and I would love to learn from them or have some of that attitude rub off from diffusion. Surround yourself with people better than you are.

Secondly, I want to improve my current software development skills and be pushed by the structure of the module to surpass my laziness-induced limitations.

Thirdly, I want to see if there is more about software development to learn. I don't know what I don't know, but this module seems promising.

There's about a week to go until the first lecture. Hope I survive this sem mentally intact.