nicksaiz65 Odyssey

[nicksaiz65]

Guys idk what to do. I've been running on 4 hours of sleep a night lately but I just can't solve this damned program for the life of me. It's late now. If I don't turn it in I lose a whole letter grade in OOP.

I do have an excused absence. Maybe I can just use that?????

Fvck everything idk how I'm gonna dig myself out of this hole. I don't wanna drop this class and have to take it again.... But if I make a D I can't get into Software Engineering I. I'm not gonna cheat on the program either. That'll be a great way to get me thrown out of school.

IDK what to do. I should've at least tried it over Spring Break instead of waiting for tutoring once I got back in school...

I'm still fvcking up...

I'm not whining I just honestly need advice. Will they take this excuse? I would've done it way earlier but I had 3 tests. I've been working on it for a while and I'm just stuck. I started like a week and a half ago but I'm still stuck. I need to learn to work faster.

I'm gonna have to just go in with my excuse. I have to turn this program in.

What should I do, guys?

 

[nicksaiz65]

Also I've noticed I'm so damn tired half the time I can barely function. I need more Red Bull in my life.

And being always on and starting early of course.

 

[Papa_smu]

Guys idk what to do. I've been running on 4 hours of sleep a night lately but I just can't solve this damned program for the life of me. It's late now. If I don't turn it in I lose a whole letter grade in OOP.

I do have an excused absence. Maybe I can just use that?????

Fvck everything idk how I'm gonna dig myself out of this hole. I don't wanna drop this class and have to take it again.... But if I make a D I can't get into Software Engineering I. I'm not gonna cheat on the program either. That'll be a great way to get me thrown out of school.

IDK what to do. I should've at least tried it over Spring Break instead of waiting for tutoring once I got back in school...

I'm still fvcking up...

I'm not whining I just honestly need advice. Will they take this excuse? I would've done it way earlier but I had 3 tests. I've been working on it for a while and I'm just stuck. I started like a week and a half ago but I'm still stuck. I need to learn to work faster.

I'm gonna have to just go in with my excuse. I have to turn this program in.

What should I do, guys?

congratulations welcome to the life of a programmer. Expect tight deadlines as you get into the workforce.

 

[nicksaiz65]

congratulations welcome to the life of a programmer. Expect tight deadlines as you get into the workforce.

I just kept hacking at it and fiddling with it and I made some progress.

I know that this might sound dumb, but moral of the story is believe in myself and the fact that I can fix it without much help(because then I'm on someone else's schedule. Plus I have Google and StackExchange.) And of course, starting as early as possible. Had I done that, I wouldnt have been in this situation.

 

[nicksaiz65]

I'm fvcked. I'll update you guys soon

 

[nicksaiz65]

@Papa_smu
@marmel75

Do you guys have any programming strategies that I could use? Tying into the post I'm gonna make in a minute, I've found my programming is very inefficient.

Some Improvements I Could Do:

1.) I need to write out, in English, exactly what I'm trying to do. Not just throwing down code and praying it works. That's like trying to build a house without a blueprint. Drawing pictures.

2.) Google and StackExchange

3.) Don't try to run all the code at the end. Build it in little pieces and write a driver to run each piece to make sure they all work first.

 

[GrowingPains]

Keep working on it.

If you really believe you can make the most of this extension and you gave it a decent effort go to them and explain your situation. If they take it, they take it. If they don't, then tough luck you've got another decision to make and that's life.

You need more sleep in your life

 

[marmel75]

@Papa_smu
@marmel75

Do you guys have any programming strategies that I could use? Tying into the post I'm gonna make in a minute, I've found my programming is very inefficient.

Some Improvements I Could Do:

1.) I need to write out, in English, exactly what I'm trying to do. Not just throwing down code and praying it works. That's like trying to build a house without a blueprint. Drawing pictures.

2.) Google and StackExchange

3.) Don't try to run all the code at the end. Build it in little pieces and write a driver to run each piece

Get a notepad or legal pad and use it for mapping out what you want to do logically before you start to do it. Think about what it is you are actually trying to do and why.

You cannot write code when you don't understand exactly what it is you are trying to accomplish and why.

What assignment is it you are struggling with right now?

 

[nicksaiz65]

Keep working on it.

If you really believe you can make the most of this extension and you gave it a decent effort go to them and explain your situation. If they take it, they take it. If they don't, then tough luck you've got another decision to make and that's life.

You need more sleep in your life

I hope man. Ironically I thought this was my best class lol

 

[nicksaiz65]

Get a notepad or legal pad and use it for mapping out what you want to do logically before you start to do it. Think about what it is you are actually trying to do and why.

You cannot write code when you don't understand exactly what it is you are trying to accomplish and why.

What assignment is it you are struggling with right now?

That's the issue I ran into. I was just winging it and my data structure collapsed around its ears. It just doesn't work.

That same Decorated Pizzas assignment with the design patterns and linked lists.

They're trying to show us code that is Closed for Modification, Open for Extension

 

[nicksaiz65]

Keep working on it.

If you really believe you can make the most of this extension and you gave it a decent effort go to them and explain your situation. If they take it, they take it. If they don't, then tough luck you've got another decision to make and that's life.

You need more sleep in your life

I really wish I had been using Google Calendars and Android up to this point. I would've seen these deadlines coming up more easily that way. Then I would've started even early.

Hell, I wish I had been using SS since Day 1 of college. Y'all would've gotten me straight with both school and women

 

[nicksaiz65]

Also, I'm gonna start listening to more rap/mainstream music to "normalize" myself. Gonna get back to dancing soon too

 

[marmel75]

That's the issue I ran into. I was just winging it and my data structure collapsed around its ears. It just doesn't work.

That same Decorated Pizzas assignment with the design patterns and linked lists.

They're trying to show us code that is Closed for Modification, Open for Extension

Yes thats the O in SOLID.

1. S - Single Responsibility Principle
2. O - Open/Closed Principle
3. L - Liskov's Substitution Principle
4. I - Interface Segregation Principle
5. D - Dependency Inversion Principle

Winging it in the beginning is tough to do. I still map things out at least on a rudimentary basis a lot of the time on my Whiteboard.

Decorated Pizza...I cant remember that one. Where are you running into a problem? Maybe I can point you in the right direction.

 

[nicksaiz65]

Yes thats the O in SOLID.

1. S - Single Responsibility Principle
2. O - Open/Closed Principle
3. L - Liskov's Substitution Principle
4. I - Interface Segregation Principle
5. D - Dependency Inversion Principle

Winging it in the beginning is tough to do. I still map things out at least on a rudimentary basis a lot of the time on my Whiteboard.

Decorated Pizza...I cant remember that one. Where are you running into a problem? Maybe I can point you in the right direction.

That's because it's a program specifically made by the professors at our University lol. I'll DM you the instructions so you can see what I'm working with. It's too late to turn it in but I still need to understand this stuff regardless.

To be specific, I'm not sure exactly where certain functions are supposed to get data from. And I'm not exactly sure how the data's shuffled around.

I'll DM you!

 

[nicksaiz65]

Music Composition
Just like I figured out the problem with my programming procedure, I also figured out why my music compositions don't sound good. I can't write cool edgy sounding chord progression. Time to hit the books and analyze classical compositions. Only after school stuff of course.

 

[nicksaiz65]

I have a question for you guys who read this journal, will the study and time management skills that I'm learning in school now carry over to my programming job?

 

[GrowingPains]

I have a question for you guys who read this journal, will the study and time management skills that I'm learning in school now carry over to my programming job?

I believe so.

In this regard, college has two benefits:

1. Very obvious one - to learn fundamentals of a vast knowledge set.
2. Not so obvious but those who catch on are the most rewarded (in many senses) - to learn how to master and apply those fundamentals. To learn to solve problems and to think critically, reasonably and independently. Any job market will reward that, especially a capitalist one. However, benefiting from college in this way takes some initiative. Overcoming personal problems, doing relevant extracurricular projects.

 

[GrowingPains]

Do you have friends in your classes that can help you with your work? By help I mean answer your questions when you get stuck or show you how to do something - not copying their work.

This is something that I need to work on, I was pretty alone in my classes last term until the end. This term I'm going to focus on establishing strong relationships in the beginning.

 

[nicksaiz65]

Do you have friends in your classes that can help you with your work? By help I mean answer your questions when you get stuck or show you how to do something - not copying their work.

This is something that I need to work on, I was pretty alone in my classes last term until the end. This term I'm going to focus on establishing strong relationships in the beginning.

I do. I could use more though. In general and in classes.

The class was granted an extension on our Databases assignment. I've gotta work on that so I'll talk to you more in depth about that later!

 

[nicksaiz65]

Sidenotes on Women that I'm Learning on Tinder

1.) No fvcking compliments. Ever. Just giving out free validation, and I'll get tossed to the side of the road if I do.
2.) The key to getting these hoes is the ability to show indifference(and that you're higher status.) Really, that's what the Game is all about.
3.) I'm not gonna succeed until I really, really play the Numbers Game. And I have to be rejection proof to do that. The only way to be rejection proof is by the Self Improvement
4.) You can't be corny: hold a strong, masculine frame
5.) These lil bitty bytches not cooperating? That's fine. I have to be happy alone and just Self Improve. The bytches will come. I must stay on my purpose and keep grinding
6.) Play these women just like you would play a video game

Speaking of Self Improvement... let's get my money right. Back to Databases!!!!!! I've got 12 hours. I need to learn to set the damned Sonic Boom Alarm Clock that I have.