CS371p Fall 2018: Bohan Zhang
Aug 27 — Sep 2

What did you do this past week?
As of this past Wednesday, summer break has officially been over. I, like most of my reluctant peers, said goodbye to families back at home and flew into Austin on Monday, August 27th. Because I was gone for most of the summer, my apartment has been quite messy when I returned, nor were there any food left in the refrigerator. As a result, the main bulk of my past week, aside from going to class and finishing assignments, was spent on cleaning my apartment and shopping for food.
What’s in your way?
I am taking three CS classes this semester, including the infamous CS 439. Therefore, I am still trying to figure out an efficient schedule to cope with the corresponding workload. Furthermore, as it is only the beginning of the semester, I am still transitioning myself from summer mode into school mode, particularly from the perspective of fixing my sleeping schedule.
What will you do next week?
Aside from the life necessities, going to class, and completing my assignments, I am planning on updating my resume and applying for potential internship positions regarding the summer of 2019. Likewise, the McCombs Career Expo is occurring next Wednesday, and I am planning on attending if I can produce a presentable resume before then.
What are your expectations of the class? (this question will vary, week to week)
Because this class is titled “Object-Orientated Programming,” I expect it to be heavily focused on programming languages. Before attending the first lecture, I was under the impression that I was going to be exposed to multiple languages, particularly how their similarities and differences amalgamate into the revolutionizing paradigm that is Object-Orientated Programming. After reading the syllabus, however, it came to my understanding that we will be closely working in C++. Therefore, I expect this class to be similar to the Java courses I took during my first year of college, in which we will be presented the syntax, style, techniques, functions, characteristics, and specialties of the C++ language.
What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
It is always beneficial to publish your projects, regardless if it is your best work or not. For instance, if you have built websites, mobile apps, or even chrome extensions in the past, openly publish them instead of merely posting the source code on Github. This not only sheds a light of sophistication to your projects, but it enables the option of physically showing potential employers your work during an interview. What is more, on top of building your credentials, there is also a prideful sense of accomplishment of actually applying what you learned in class into real-world scenarios.
