The past week was pretty terrible. My computer crashed over the weekend, so I was trying to get that working again, and then I ended up procrastinating way too much with my homework. I ended up doing calculus until 1 in the morning a couple days in a row, and then was up late again last night with a communications report. Anyways, I guess thats over now.
One of the highly touted aspects of my university is the co-op program, and its job application time. I’m sure its a great system for later-year students, but for us 4-stream first years its a pain. Since we have only two months schooling by the time applications roll around (with absolutely nothing practical), we are reduced to jobs like Assistant Computer Administrator, where one of our main tasks is to compile “a repository of documentation”. While the vast majority really suck, I did apply for some interesting jobs. AMD had a position for working on the Linux drivers for ATI cards, but I’ve already been turned down for that (it was a senior position). Most of the other jobs I applied to were more in the computer science category, but whatever.
On a somewhat related topic, I’ve joined the robotics team. The first project for all first years is to fabricate a mini-sumo bot, which is apparently pretty easy. I’ve also joined a more advanced project that plans to build a mars rover to compete in competitions somewhere around Ontario. In conclusion, I have to hand in a report now.
