Day 3 - March 5, 2008

Apparently people like to watch me code.

So, I'm sitting in the computer lab with the rest of my CSC 101 class (intro to comp. sci.).
to my right is my girlfriend, and next to her is another friend.

I'm writing this week's lab assignment. just going about my business, managing 2 different terminal windows on my laptop, both of which are connected to the school's server (via SSH).

I'm going in and out of files, updating and modifying an old project to make it fit this week's lab with minimal changes. just doing my normal everyday thing.

as the class comes to a close, my girlfriend makes a comment. "I love to watch him code, he's so fast" she says. "It's like watching someone who's good at Guitar Hero." she adds. Our friend replies, "yeah, and he's so confident about what he's writing."

This surprised me. i'm in 101 cause i failed 108 last quarter (it was 2 courses combined into one, an insane amount of work). I've been writing code for a while now, and am familiar with C and Java. I guess since it's something i do everyday, i don't feel spectacularly special for being able to do it.

Oddly enough, my CSC 101 professor also held me back after lecture today. He told me that he knows someone who recruits students from my university to do work for him, with Amazon. My professor was asking my permission to recommend me to this guy! Of course, i said yes and indicated that i felt honored. My professor said that this guy only hires when he needs people, and likes to take people with promise and give them a real job in the industry. So it's not a guaranteed job, but my name is getting out to people in the industry and one of my professors recognizes my potential.

So if i wasn't in a good enough of a mood already, i am now!!!

NOTE: lab is after lecture, but for some reason i typed this up in reverse chronological order.

So in conclusion today has been great, i also have been invited to a dinner with some of my good friends tonight which is always fun.

they say third time's the charm. i guess it just happened to be so for me today!

^__^

-Brian