{"id":1,"date":"2022-01-03T20:54:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T20:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thelasthoorah\/?p=1"},"modified":"2022-01-03T22:16:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T22:16:45","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thelasthoorah\/2022\/01\/03\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beginning of the End"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Me at a delicious food court in Charlotte, NC called Optimist Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today marks the beginning of my last semester here at Oregon State University. It’s definitely a feeling of mixed emotions. Everything really came and went so fast the past year and a half. This blog will focus on my random shower thoughts and more importantly, my capstone design project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A little about me; I’m from Tallahassee, Florida and attended Purdue University. From there I graduated in December 2019 with a B.S. in civil engineering. I really enjoyed the challenge of Purdue, the concepts, theory, and research really interested me. The day to day life of a civil engineer however… not so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I knew, probably for a while, it wasn’t what I was truly passionate about. I decided to take some programming classes my senior year because I had a hunch I would like it, and of course I ended up loving it. I realized coding was something I could see myself doing for my career, and something I could see myself enjoying most importantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s what lead me to Oregon State. I was graduated, I had a big boy job and bills to pay in a new city. I needed a way to continue working, but also earn another degree. Oregon State was perfect for me in that regard. So I started here in May 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, everything came fast. I completed 2 quarters before landing an internship with Walmart Labs. I was also a TA for our data structures course. Last quarter, Fall of 2021, was possibly the most challenging yet. I was taking 2 hard courses, but also spent every other second preparing for interviews I had with companies like Facebook, Roblox, Google, and Microsoft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going into software engineering certainly can be a grind if you want it to be. It takes a lot out of you if you want to work for a top company. I chose to max myself out in that way. I wanted to, because one day I want to have a family and provide for them the best I can. I also know that once I am settled into a new role, I can take the foot off the gas a bit. Right now I’m fortunate to be in a spot to where I can push myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m taking 3 courses to finish as I have a offer in hand, meaning I must finish these to start. It will be a tough quarter, and honestly I would love to take one class at a time if I could, I really do think that’s the best way to soak the material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m lucky to have found a group, and right now we have our sights set on developing a mobile app; preferably a game. I’m excited because this will allow me to learn new technologies, and end up with a pretty solid resume item. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a software engineer, I definitely have a lot to learn and I think Capstone will be a great step forward for learning some cool new technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other than that, I am truly excited about what the future holds. I am very thankful that Oregon State exists, it really changed my life and allowed me to pursue my dreams. If this was just 10 years ago, I wouldn’t have this option. I will have more blogs to come, some focused on free thoughts, and others specifically for the Capstone project. Excited to share with whomever is reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today marks the beginning of my last semester here at Oregon State University. It’s definitely a feeling of mixed emotions. Everything really came and went so fast the past year and a half. This blog will focus on my random shower thoughts and more importantly, my capstone design project. A little about me; I’m from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11943,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6,4,3,7,5],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thoughts","tag-hobbies","tag-life","tag-school","tag-tech","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thelasthoorah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thelasthoorah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thelasthoorah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thelasthoorah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11943"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thelasthoorah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thelasthoorah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thelasthoorah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thelasthoorah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thelasthoorah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/thelasthoorah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}