twovests

twovests wrote

Reply to just left a psych ward AMA by eep

How comfortable are you with questions about your stay there, why you were in it, how you felt about it, etc.?

And also hihihi welcome back friend!!

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twovests OP wrote

Reply to comment by Moonside in I'm doing a big programming group project with four other undergrads by twovests

We're doing a lot of machine learning stuff. I think it's a lot easier for them to write code, play around, and experiment (fluidly) without doing the unfamiliar rigidity of software engineering.

You're spot on with the crappy part of programming. We're using Python, so we have so much less busy-work than other languages.

Maybe I could convince them that growing their software engineering skills will result in a better end-result for them (in terms of professional skill development) and for our sponsor (in terms of a maintainable deliverable), rather than a poorly-documented but fully-functional prototype.

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twovests OP wrote

Reply to comment by musou in I'm doing a big programming group project with four other undergrads by twovests

So the thing with this, the deliverable is only being graded on it's existence.

A corporate sponsor comes in with a project (a Real World Thing), works with students who write the code, and provides resources.

Maybe I should try getting them closer in the loop on our code? They've been trying to steer us towards good software engineering (e.g. weekly pointers like "hey go research devops and tell us about it!") but it hasn't been working.

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