2021-01-23 - Going around again
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So, yeah, I didn't hold to my attempt to keep writing here. That
shouldn't be a huge surprise in the face of *\<waves hands at state
of planet\>*.
Nonetheless, I haven't forgotten about the world, and smol
internet, and don't intend to give up.
What has changed in the world is that... I've gone back to school,
well, college I guess. Last week, after one last delay die to
Covid, I finally started my course - a postgraduate in software
development. This has proven to be the spur I needed to start
writing here again.
This is an entirely on-line only course, with no in-person element,
and its part-time, so a few evenings a week. Its the first time
I've undertaken a formal course in this area, I've done tangential
things before, and have always had computers as a hobby, so...
I'm nervous as all hell about it, to be frank. Imposter syndrome
running madly in my veins, unable to believe that I earned the
position on the course, waiting for someone to send me an
apologetic email telling me that they made a mistake. So, far, so
usual.
The initial lectures were fine, very introductory, just
familiarisation with the course pedagogy and expectations. The
introduction to Object Oriented Programming course is using Java as
the language of choice, and so I've broken a lifetime of habit and
installed the Ecplipse IDE and Oracle's SDK (as opposed to using
vim and the openJDK).
I was, however, delighted to find the tutor recommended a Creative
Commons Licenced programming book, which he provided in .pdf form,
which wasn't great on my tablet. Happily, thanks to the wonders of
CC, I was able to obtain the .tex source and create an .epub. There
followed the usual anxiety dance when I debated whether to make the
epub available to my classmates, would it be a dick-move &c. My SO
told me to just upload the damn thing, and I received a few thank
yous, so all is well.
I'm hoping to continue this adventure here, where I can express my
feels. I guess its like being in college as a Mature Student and
needing to vent to people I've known along the way, except covid.
That's all I have for now, thanks for reading, please continue to
be excellent.
