2015-09-02, 05:56 PM
Haven't posted here in a little while.
I've been settling into work pretty well, doing more interesting projects. I feel like a for real programmer now, which is great and all, but I think of myself more as a computer scientist. I've also applied to Google, so fingers crossed for that, and sent my CV to a friend at Facebook. Paid rent for the first time on my new place. Feeling completely and utterly devastated now that school is starting and I can't attend (I keep getting emails, like all my friends are grad students). I asked a prof if I could sit in on her grad seminar and she agreed, but I haven't checked if it's okay with work, hopefully that works out. Applied as a special student for the winter, I'd be able to take two classes, so I've been thinking maybe Advanced Theory of Computation and Information Structures 1. Dunno if I'd be able to get in next year. I feel like not much has changed, and at McGill, at least, my adviser is heading on a year and a half sabbatical. Hopefully having an absent adviser doesn't kill my chances, lol.
Oh! And the new Nintendo 3DS is coming out in the states, finally! I'm so glad I waited, but at the same time, I am not amused by this clear attempt to unload Happy Home Designer on people who want n3DSes. I didn't get the XL because it wasn't what I wanted, and this one isn't the color I want and it comes with a game I don't really want (nor do I want to buy it such that Nintendo might think it was a success) so I'm torn between settling for it (because I've waited so damn long) or continuing not to buy things that aren't exactly what I want. There's always the chance they'll release them standalone for the holidays, but... I feel like that's less likely if this bundle doesn't sell well, and then people can use this as evidence that no one wants the n3DS here rather than no one wants the n3DS packaged with Happy Home Designer here.
My general thoughts on life at the moment are, "Wow, I'm actually like, a responsible adult now. Weird."
I've been settling into work pretty well, doing more interesting projects. I feel like a for real programmer now, which is great and all, but I think of myself more as a computer scientist. I've also applied to Google, so fingers crossed for that, and sent my CV to a friend at Facebook. Paid rent for the first time on my new place. Feeling completely and utterly devastated now that school is starting and I can't attend (I keep getting emails, like all my friends are grad students). I asked a prof if I could sit in on her grad seminar and she agreed, but I haven't checked if it's okay with work, hopefully that works out. Applied as a special student for the winter, I'd be able to take two classes, so I've been thinking maybe Advanced Theory of Computation and Information Structures 1. Dunno if I'd be able to get in next year. I feel like not much has changed, and at McGill, at least, my adviser is heading on a year and a half sabbatical. Hopefully having an absent adviser doesn't kill my chances, lol.
Oh! And the new Nintendo 3DS is coming out in the states, finally! I'm so glad I waited, but at the same time, I am not amused by this clear attempt to unload Happy Home Designer on people who want n3DSes. I didn't get the XL because it wasn't what I wanted, and this one isn't the color I want and it comes with a game I don't really want (nor do I want to buy it such that Nintendo might think it was a success) so I'm torn between settling for it (because I've waited so damn long) or continuing not to buy things that aren't exactly what I want. There's always the chance they'll release them standalone for the holidays, but... I feel like that's less likely if this bundle doesn't sell well, and then people can use this as evidence that no one wants the n3DS here rather than no one wants the n3DS packaged with Happy Home Designer here.
My general thoughts on life at the moment are, "Wow, I'm actually like, a responsible adult now. Weird."