Week 9: 20 Oct – 27 Oct

What did you do this past week?

This past week, my SWE group worked late nights up until the due date of phase 2 implementing, cleaning, and deploying all of the parts of our website and the project. This phase was very time-consuming and required every member to put in as much effort as they could to succeed. I also worked on my Algorithms homework as well as my Networks project and had a few interviews throughout the week. I also flew out to Seattle Thursday evening and arrived back Saturday afternoon. I am also finally almost recovered from being sick, though the SWE project grind combined with many other responsibilities definitely hampered my ability to recover as quickly as I could have.

What’s in your way?

Right now, I have an upcoming exam in my Networks class that is definitely something I need to be working on and is in my way. I feel that I have been neglecting this course’s content for the sake of SWE and Algorithms. Because of that, this week, my #1 priority is cramming everything we’ve been taught from the first day of school in that class until now into my head in anticipation of the exam on Thursday. In terms of SWE, I think my group and I have collectively decided to take a breather for a few days from working on the project as we did spend an extensive amount of time for the past two weeks (meeting and working nearly every day) to make sure we had all of the necessary parts down on whereyouwannabe.org. Thus, for this course, there’s nothing in my way.

What will you do next week?

This coming week I will intensively study for my Networks exam as well as catch up on a lot of content I feel that I have not been paying close attention to understanding fully. Now that recruiting is winding down, I can focus my full attention on my coursework that I feel that I am neglecting.

What was your experience of the IDB2 project?

My experience with IDB2 was stressful and intense yet fulfilling and successful. My group had a great dynamic and all of us touched multiple parts of the entire project and codebase, minimizing bottlenecks and increasing productivity. I really appreciated how all members were willing to pick up any task that appeared and came up that we had to do. I definitely feel that I’m learning a lot working as a full-stack developer where I touch and work on multiple layers of our project; if I gained one thing from this class, it’s that I really enjoy full stack development and I would be willing to pursue that pathway for my full-time career.

What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?

Postman Learning Center is a great resource for information and tutorials regarding how to run and create particular things using the Postman platform. I was completely unfamiliar with Postman before beginning work on this project, but Postman’s tutorials are pretty helpful and help you hit the ground running.