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  • C# and Unity: a beginner’s memoir

    So, our group chose to build a game in Unity for our capstone project. Our game would allow the user to build their own boards with different effects that are allowed on the board tiles. Then, the players can play on their self-designed boards. I just wanted to give a short debrief on how the…

  • what can i do with my computer science degree?

    Other than the most obvious answer like software development, what other jobs can I pursue as I approach graduation? I did a quick Google search and found some examples that I’d be possibly interested in: Business Analyst Data Scientist IT Specialist Software Tester I’m mostly interested in the Business Analyst role, so I delved further.…

  • a day in the life of another computer science student

    I think there’s a misconception that students in computer science spend every waking hour coding. What actually happens, from my experience, is that I allocate a couple days purely for research and watching tutorials. And about a day or two before the deadline, I’ll actually start writing my code. Here’s what my day sort of…

  • learn first, code after

    Personally, I’ve always dealt with “test anxiety.” And I think I kind of deal with this similar feeling in group projects as well. I’m given a task to do within an allotted time to get it done, and I just get this overwhelming sense of “am I smart enough to get this coded?” And I…

  • it’s okay to not be okay, just let your team know ahead of time

    If you didn’t know, viral rhinitis is also known as the common cold. I just thought using the medical term for it might be more eye-catching. I wanted to write this post as a reminder to my future self on how important it is to not only keep my my coding knowledge strong but also…

  • always remember to compartmentalize your code

    When given a programming project, I hone in on the provided requirements. I’m very guilty of writing code from start to finish and clean up my code at the end. This, most often than not, leads to my codebase being filled with a bunch of “spaghetti code.” So, I’m working on my Capstone project with…