On September 11th, 2023 I got my PhD. I finally did it. It took me a long time. I was admitted to the program in 2015, but I actually started classes in fall of 2014, so I was in school for 9 years. It took me longer than anticipated because in 2019 I had to…
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The State of Computer Engineering
I was having a conversation with a few good friends (old college buddies, and fellow nerds) over a couple of beers a little while ago. We mainly reminisced about certain key classes we took while we were at ASU, and also about the state of CS and CSE graduates today. Indeed, the very nature of…
Graduated
I graduated today. I could have finished in 3.5 years if I hadn’t joined the Army. But that’s a decision I don’t regret in the least. Five years at ASU and I have learnt a lot. I can write assembly code, do latin dancing, and field strip an M16A2. Although I didn’t learn the last…
Elite
I got an A in CSE 521. Wooohooo!
Dr. Pheanis’ Surprise Retirement Dinner
Today we had a Surprise Retirement Dinner for Dr. Pheanis at C-Fu Gourmet. I didn’t find out about this until two or three days ago. Apparently this thing had been in place for a while. I was planning something separately for him, when Marc sent me the evite for the dinner. I sent out the…
Dr. Pheanis’ Last Class
Today was Dr. Pheanis’ last day as a professor. We were his very last class. He said he would remember us the most because we were his last class. I think it is very fitting that the CSE 521 class would be his last. We are essentially (in his view – I am not just…
I hate ECE 334
I haven’t written in a while. Let’s see… I HATE ECE334! It is the WORST CLASS EVER! I HATE IT SO MUCH! There. That felt SO much better. STUPID CLASS. Now I have to do these DUMB projects that I don’t really give a CRAP about. Some stupid transistor amplifier stuff. Absolutely ridiculous. These labs…
Comments, Radix Sort, Adam and Eve
Ah finally! Someone made use of the Comments! I feel so special! Thanks Ed! Yeah and life sucks. Radix Sort is an amazing algorithm. Too bad my teammate and I failed our first demo because we made the absolutely dumb mistake of not distinguishing between a BYTE and a LONGWORD. Yeah big difference. Anyway, I…
Discouraged?
I’m used to getting something back when I work hard on something. I got totally destroyed on a CSE 521 shotgun (quiz). And I tried so hard! I bet it’s really stupid mistakes. I don’t know… I feel really dumb right about now. Stupid stupid STUPID.
Crazy Semester
My last semester and SO much to do. It looks like I will be writing code 24-7… not too bad. I need to get a job… a REAL one… citizenship… a house… AAARRGHH SOO MUCH TO DO! And then there’s CSE521 – I am sooo tempted to drop it…