It’s been a great day so far. First, I went to the study room to study for my exam for 15 minutes. There, I managed to finally have a good talk with a person that I used to think has a huge negative opinion about me, because she always avoided interacting with me. =)) Typical insecurities of mine because of the new environment and new people.
Then, I studied a little bit of Security and took the exam. Except one specific problem, I didn’t have much problem answering other problems. Even for that problem, my answer might be partially true. I’m not sure about it. According to another student, it’s totally wrong. According to ChatGPT, it’s partially true. Of course, it didn’t say that my answer is partially true. I asked for the answer to the problem, and my answer partially matched the ChatGPT’s.
After the exam, I met a person whom my professor always praised. But I didn’t have much interactions with him before and didn’t know any details about him. As a typical me, I used to compare myself to him, and it really made me nervous. How can someone be better than me? I try a lot, I work my ass off, and therefore I should be better than everyone. =)) Just kidding. (Or not?) So, I met him today and talked to him. I realized that actually he’s not the supernatural creature I imagined. Actually, he’s worse than me in a lot of senses. As the cherry on top of the cake, I even realized he praises (and envies) me in a lot of senses, which of course made me feel good. =))
Afterward, I went to talk about my teammates about the Program Analysis project. The project is so vague, and the professor makes it even more ambiguous. Basically, none of us had a clear idea what we should have done. I don’t know exactly what happened, but suddenly, I started to have some ideas about the projcets and started to share the ideas with those teammates. As a result, we finally could reach a consensus and know what we’re going to talk about tomorrow at our meeting with the professor. It really feels perfect to unify and lead the team, bring everyone to the same page, create the roadmap, and finally, start to lead them. I really really enjoy it. I hope the meeting goes as I currently imagine. If it does, I know exactly what route we have to take. Therefore, I can continue leading the teammates toward the correct direction in order to deliver the final project with an acceptable quality. Maybe even reach it to a point that with a little extra effort would lead to a research paper. But that’s too much imagination. Let’s not talk about it now.
In the rest of the day, I’ll setup my new laptop, and plan for the remaining work of this semester. Other than that, just hope for the best. =)