CS371p Spring 2021: Erica Martinez
Week of February 1st— 7th
What did you do this past week?
This past week, I got all of my assignments ready to be done. I’ve been working on a variety of assignments little by little in hopes that I can still be caught up.
What’s in your way?
I’ve been having a few issues on prioritizing stuff, especially since I’ve been having quite a few personal things going on (like my sister getting married!) so there’s a lot of things happening soon in my personal life that I have to prioritize my work a bit more tightly.
What will you do next week?
I have to finish collatz and I also have an AI project that I have to finish as well. I’m not too worried yet, but I’m definitely working on those for a while.
If you read it, what did you think of the Continuous Integration?
It’s pretty good. I’m pretty happy that this technology exists to ensure that the code that we push to our repos works by automatically performing the tests.
What was your experience of Collatz?
I already had quite a bit of experience since I took SWE last semester, so I just have to translate my Python code into C++. I’m just a bit anxious since I haven’t worked with C++ before so I’m just a bit scared.
What was your experience of exceptions?
I had some experience before with exceptions, but I have a feeling that I have to rewatch the lecture so that I can understand the exceptions in C++. I understand that the main idea still applies to multiple languages, but I want to revise the C++ examples.
What made you happy this week?
My sister started making plans on getting married in like 2 weeks, so I’m excited for these few weeks to come. I also signed up for a mindfulness class here at UT for the hours but I’ve been having a blast with that class this past week.
What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
If you have not tried it before, I recommend getting a timer and start doing the Pomodoro technique. It boils down to working for 25 minutes, break for 5 minutes, do that 3 more times and take a longer break and repeat until your work is done. It’s easier said than done though but it has helped me getting work started. The Wikipedia article is actually more useful than official site, so I’ll link it here.
