CST 300 Week 3

Time management and study strategy: 

This week has been very challenging, and it reminded of the significance of better time-organizing. My success depends on my mastery and improvement in this habit. Effective time management will enable me split between my academic and full-time job, as well as my personal life.

Insights from "What Every Computer Science Major Should Know":

“What Every Computer Science Major Should Know”, an article, is an elaborate piece of advice to computer science students that stresses the importance of practical learning. Instead of writing resumes, they should create portfolios. Such documents must contain personal blogs and per-project pages with public code which can be browsed on platforms such as GitHub or Google Code. In addition, it is beneficial to have contributions to open-source projects documented in a portfolio.

 

The article also stresses the significance of technical communication where ideas can only be represented clearly and persuasively in modern computer science. Interdisciplinary nature of the field is highlighted through collaboration with engineers and other professionals in most cases. Also, knowledge on various programming languages and paradigms is necessary according to the author who lists Racket, C, JavaScript, Java, Standard ML, Prolog, Scala, Haskell, C++, and Assembly among many others.

This week in a preview: 

The week was challenging yet rewarding, with the essay submissions and getting that final draft polishing along with studying various ethical frameworks made this module an interesting one. An unforgettable framework I used in discussions was the virtue ethics that focuses on a person’s character and virtues. Finally, reading my peers’ points of view in Writing Lab: Scenario-Based Ethics Discussion was fun. 

Code of Integrity:

Code of Integrity has given me a chance to think over the importance of integrity both for my own sake and my classmates who are also in my program. One is that it allows students to trust each other and encourage the rest of them to respect others, leading to an environment that is good for learning. It guarantees justice in any program and keeps its image, which encourages everyone to avoid copying or writing something fake but instead create their personal work. By doing this, we establish credibility and integrity.

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