CS373 Fall 2018: David Vu
Week of 27 Aug — 2 Sep

- What did you do this past week?
This past week went through pretty quick for me. I just arrived the States this past Sunday, the 28th. Other than moving into my new apartment and getting ready for school, I did not do much this past week outside of classes. I did make a few changes to my schedule semester. I just recently decided to drop Algorithm to take SWE instead. As the result, I missed the first 2 classes of SWE. Hopefully, I didn’t miss out much.
2. What’s in your way?
I have to figure out my plan for this semester. I am attempting sixteen hours this semester. All of my classes this semester happen to fall on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, which is great.
It is not the worst thing in the world, however, I am working remotely 15 hours a week for the company I interned at this summer. It is going to be a very busy schedule, but I am not worried too much. I actually enjoy working hard on my CS classes and any CS related subjects, but i am a bit stressed/worried about the hiring season around the corner.
3. What will you do next week?
Like i mentioned above, the hiring season and career fairs have already started. I am planning to practice interview-type of problems as soon as possible, so I guess the first thing that I would want to accomplish next week is to start working on some leetcode and hackerank problems. I want to prepare myself to secure an internship this summer.
4. What are your expectations of the class?
As a third-year CS student, CS has been a wild ride for me so far. I really enjoyed the classes I have taken in the past. However, despite the strong foundation that the CS core curriculum has provided, I feel like I’m still lacking skills to be a competent software engineer in the real world. I’m expecting to learn more the software engineering tools that weren’t taught in other classes. Additionally, all of the projects require you to work in a team, which will definitely help me to improve on my teamwork skills.
5. What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
I feel like this semester would be as time demanding as the one I had OS. My tip-of-the-week for everyone at this time is to start early on your assignments. You will finish your work early and stress less. Of course, you can invest any extra time you might have available on your hand later on in learning new subjects.