About 5 minutes ago, I turned in my second project for operating systems, 10 minutes ahead of the deadline. Was it complete? I’m sorry…you must have had this confused with an undergraduate project.
We were given two weeks to do this thing. While juggling other projects/tests/homework, I still worked on this thing for who knows how many hours. Total lines of code written: 2,666. Total number of Java classes: 20. And most of it still doesn’t work correctly, even after about 7 hours spent doing nothing but debugging.
I got up this morning at 8:10 a.m., and save the time eating breakfast and attending the one class that I had today, I have spent every second in front of my computer screen today attempting to get this thing done. I succeeded somewhat. It compiles, it even does some of the things it’s supposed to correctly. But it’s not complete.
While at class, a colleague informed me that some of the people in my class had just given up and turned whatever they had in. It was just another reminder that we’re all in the same boat, for the most part.
The professor let us know that he was unsure of the scope of the project and that it was difficult to walk the fine line between interesting and overwhelming. Let’s just say that the line is a dot to him, as far as this project is concerned. If you gave me another week, with absolutely nothing else on my plate, maybe, just maybe, I could have it done by then.
And, of course, the next project builds off of this one. Gales of laughter come from our collective weary souls here. It’s the laughter of the downtrodden.
Yep, EE 480 was hard, when I took it. The MBA coursework was difficult, when I took it. Yet the bar still has the ability to be raised even further, and it has been here. I don’t know if I can take too many more days like this. The scary thing is, this upcoming month looks to be fraught with them.
EE 480 was AA-ball. The MBA was AAA. This, kids, is staring down Randy Johnson.
I realize that this isn’t exactly uplifting news, but please understand. I just spent the past 16 hours either staring at a computer screen or in class. I’m amazed my brain is still functioning properly.
You’re clearly in need of a little comic relief. Just so you know, last night I had a dream in which you and I were having a prank war with a large group of people (I can’t remember if they were BCM people or people from high school). The only part I remember is where we were throwing a lot of shrimp at them from a balcony, and for some reason they weren’t smart enough to just move out of the way. I woke up as they were planning their retalitation.
Keep your chin up! What I wouldn’t give to be in class right now instead of at work. Thanks for giving us an occasional post so we know how things are going…Birmingham just isn’t the same without ya. 🙂
Projects or not, I hope you sat down and watched this past weekend as we humiliated the tigers of LSU, and I’m sure you’ll find a few more this weekend to see “Destroy the Tigers II”. Roll Tide.