eve
tomorrow, at 11:15am (approximately 11hrs and 15min from now) i will have my last ever university exam.
this thought fills me with equal happiness and sadness. its been 5 and a half years work getting to this point, so im glad that ill have something to show for it soon. on the other hand... i've been doing this for 5 and a half years, so even though i've been stressing out for the last few months about finishing thesis / etc, im going to miss the lifestyle ive had while at uni. its been all ive known for a long time, and my uni years have pretty much been the best of my life (so far). and i have learnt some interesting things along the way.
plus, it means that im going to have to get a real job soon. i know that ill be able to handle the work thats thrown my way when i get one (engineering vacation work has proved this to me, especially my last job where i was essentially a full-on software engineer; i even worked on my own in the brisbane office for the last month or so of that job, communicating occasionally with the rest of the product development team in newcastle via teleconferencing, etc)... its just the process of getting a 'real job' thats the problem. most of my uni friends who are graduating this year have already organised jobs for themselves. i havent, because i honestly couldnt face it while i still had thesis and exams ahead of me. now that theyre almost over, i can't put the search for work off any longer. unfortunately, i really have no idea what sort of software work i want. most of the jobs ive seen advertised dont *really* seem too enticing to me.
i should go to bed now, and get a good 8hrs of sleep so that i can think straight in the exam tomorrow. i feel pretty good about the actual exam, i think i know my stuff moderately well. plus im going into it on 90% (of the 45% done so far), so that's always nice.
wish me luck. by the time you read this i may well be finished.
this thought fills me with equal happiness and sadness. its been 5 and a half years work getting to this point, so im glad that ill have something to show for it soon. on the other hand... i've been doing this for 5 and a half years, so even though i've been stressing out for the last few months about finishing thesis / etc, im going to miss the lifestyle ive had while at uni. its been all ive known for a long time, and my uni years have pretty much been the best of my life (so far). and i have learnt some interesting things along the way.
plus, it means that im going to have to get a real job soon. i know that ill be able to handle the work thats thrown my way when i get one (engineering vacation work has proved this to me, especially my last job where i was essentially a full-on software engineer; i even worked on my own in the brisbane office for the last month or so of that job, communicating occasionally with the rest of the product development team in newcastle via teleconferencing, etc)... its just the process of getting a 'real job' thats the problem. most of my uni friends who are graduating this year have already organised jobs for themselves. i havent, because i honestly couldnt face it while i still had thesis and exams ahead of me. now that theyre almost over, i can't put the search for work off any longer. unfortunately, i really have no idea what sort of software work i want. most of the jobs ive seen advertised dont *really* seem too enticing to me.
i should go to bed now, and get a good 8hrs of sleep so that i can think straight in the exam tomorrow. i feel pretty good about the actual exam, i think i know my stuff moderately well. plus im going into it on 90% (of the 45% done so far), so that's always nice.
wish me luck. by the time you read this i may well be finished.