CS371p Spring 2021: Debbie Wong

What did you do this past week? This past week my group and I finished our first phase for the SWE project. I was in charge of making the instance pages for the cities and filling out the model page for cities with more information. I also had a couple interviews lined up this past week and funny enough, my Facebook interview happened to be at the same time as the outage on Monday so I had to get it rescheduled for this upcoming Tuesday. I finished working on an iOS UI design document for my iOS class and finished grading 312 assignments. I also finished the first big phase for my video game technology class! What's in your way? The only big thing in my way right now is the sheer workload I have for all my classes. All of my classes are project based classes and while that isn't a bad thing, trying to juggle so many large projects at the same time is a bit overwhelming. What will you do next week? Next week I'll continue to work on the SWE project along with the projects fo...

1. What did you do this past week? This week I applied for many new grad software engineer jobs. I also started grading 312's first exam, which to my surprise lots of people got perfect scores for the question I'm assigned to grade! I held office hours earlier this week to help out with their 5th assignment of the year. I continued to work on the SWE project with my group and I worked with my Game Tech group to create a 3D player that we will soon use to construct a video game. 2. What's in your way? I have 7 interviews/OA's lined up and I am very stressed out about them. I'm going try to knock most of them out this weekend but my Facebook phone screen is on Monday and I've been pretty nervous about it for the last week. 3. What will you do next week? Next week I will continue to work on the SWE project. I'll also need to finish my video game project with my Game Tech group that's due next Friday. I will be finishing grading the 312 homework and exam. I ...

What did you do this past week? This past week I graded the third assignment for 312, which was creating a special optical illusion grid in Java using graphics. I also planned out my iOS project with my group and my SWE group finalized our idea for the website we want to make. I held discussion section on Monday for my 312 students where we did some practice for their upcoming exam next week. What's in your way? I have an online assessment for Cisco and TikTok I need to complete to see if I can move on to the next round of interviews. I also have a phone screen with Facebook that I've been doing nothing but studying for. I've heard that Facebook only asks Leetcode Medium or above difficulties so I'm nervous they may ask me something I don't know how to solve. What will you do next week? Next week I'll continue studying for my online assessments and phone screen. I'll also try to apply to a few more places to see if I can get more interview opportunities. I w...

 1. What did you do this past week? This past week I held discussion section for my 312 students for the first time. I also graded their second assignment last night, which grades were not so great. I had a meeting with my manager from my summer internship yesterday and found out that I did not receive a return offer for a full time position unfortunately, so I've also been practicing Leetcode to prepare for future interviews. 2. What's in your way? I need to finish a Game Technology homework that has been rather puzzling so far. I also need to finish my iOS mobile development homework as well. For Monday, I need to prepare for discussion section and I'll need to finish touching up my resume to send out to recruiters for full time interviews. 3. What will you do next week? This next week will be full of interview prep and project planning. My classes that involve group projects are starting to form groups and project development is starting soon, so I hope those go s...

 1. What did you do this past week? This week I finished the Collatz project. I also held office hours for 312, where I helped students figure out their second assignment. I also finished my first iOS mobile development homework, which was to create an RPG game in Swift. For the class I'm TAing for, I graded their first assignment and updated their grades today. Most students didn't do very well on their first assignment, so I'm hoping with the feedback I provided that they will improve for the next assignment. 2. What's in your way? I have to finish the setup for my Game Technology class's first project, which takes a lot of time. It's rather complex to set up a game engine on your laptop that wasn't meant to be used for heavy processing. I also need to finish the second assignment for my iOS class, where I'll be designing UI in Swift for the first time. 3. What will you do next week? Next week I will finish my iOS homework and turn it in, and hopefully...

What did you do this past week? This week I had my first office hours for the class I TA for, CS 312. I also started the Collatz assignment and managed to pass the HackerRank test cases. I got assigned my first homework assignment for iOS mobile programming and started thinking about how to work that out. What's in your way? I need to finish this blog, then I need to create my acceptance and unit tests for Collatz. I also need to start on my iOS mobile programming assignment which is in Swift, and I need to read up on the syntax for that language. What will you do next week? My goal for this next week is to finish the Collatz assignment, finish my iOS mobile computing homework, and start grading the first homework assignment for CS 312. I'll also need to host my office hours and prepare for the first discussion section for that class. If you read it, what did you think of the Paper #2: Makefile? I always though Makefiles were an interesting concept and I'm glad I get to hav...

Where did you grow up? I grew up in Portland, Oregon and moved to Texas for high school and college. What high school did you attend? Stephen F. Austin High School in Sugar Land, Texas. Why are you in this class? I heard great things about Professor Downing and wanted to learn more about web development. What was your favorite extracurricular activity in high school? Art club! We had a chapter of National Art Honor Society where I was co-president. I was also on the varsity swim team for three years which I quit senior year because we had to wake up at 4:30 every morning for practice and I like sleeping. Why did you come to UT? It's a great school for computer science. Why are you majoring in CS? I've always had an interest for computers and wanted to pursue it further. What are your expectations? I expect to learn about web development and to work with a group I'm not familiar with. I hope to learn more about SQL and Javascript specifically. How much Javascript/Python/SQL/...