CS373 Fall 2019, Week 6: Nathan Hoang
3 min readOct 6, 2019
- What did you do this past week?
This past week I attended classes as usual and attended training for RDC. Since the software engineering project was due, I spent some time Wednesday finishing up the project with my group. I had some experience in React so mostly worked on the front end for our project. My other classes, virtualization and symbolic programming, also have ongoing projects so I spent a bit of time working on those.
Last Tuesday was my 21st birthday and a handful of my friends threw me a surprise birthday party after I came back from RDC training Tuesday night. I also went to the gym and finished a couple of interviews.
Over the weekend, I attended tryouts for a dance competition called Isang Mahal but didn’t do too great so I probably didn’t make the team. After tryouts, I went and got some Korean barbecue with friends. - What’s in your way?
There’s not too much in my way this week, as I’m wrapping up my internship search so I should have a bit more free time. However, I have to make a decision soon about what to do in the Spring. I know that I want to do a co-op next semester to get more experience and so that I can graduate in four years, and I’ve been fortunate enough to land an offer in the Bay Area for next Spring, but now I’m on the fence about whether I’d like to do a co-op in the Bay or in Austin. It would be amazing to stay in Austin so I could continue dancing and spending time with friends next semester, but I’d also have to give up a great career opportunity.
Another thing in my way is I’ve developed a cyst on my leg which popped recently and is most likely infected. It’s been bothering me while dancing and playing soccer so I’ll definitely have to take care of that. - What will you do next week?
Next week I have a virtualization test so I’ll be spending a good amount of time studying for my exam, especially because I’m not very confident in the material right now. My three CS classes also have ongoing projects which I’m hoping to spend some time on.
I also hope to continue attending classes and RDC training. - What was your experience in learning about the different Python containers, iteration, comprehensions, and
map? (this question will vary, week to week)
I enjoyed learning all the material this week. Comprehensions are one of my favorite tools and possibly my favorite feature of the Python language. I also found some less known objects such as deque and frozen set to be very interesting. - What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
My tip-of-the-week is to look at the AWS billing console to make sure you’re not billed for the services you’re using. The AWS billing console provides a really nice and organized overview of all the services that are being used and the criteria for free usage.
