Courses
A brief summary of what I actually did in these courses: I went to class, skipped class, did problem sets, did more problem sets, did so many problem sets, and did not have the time to go to TA hours. There are no achievements for this semester, because I was in the trenches.
My takeaways from this semester were:
- There is a limit to how much math you do before you start to miss coding. That limit is 16 hours.
- You should not take too many math classes in a semester.
- Not lying to yourself about what you like and dislike is very important. While I had suspected that I was not that passionate about linguistics, AI, or philosophical logic, I did not anticipate how burdensome those courses would be.
- I can work at least 40 hours per week on coursework, but I won't enjoy it, I won't learn as much, and there will be the threat of burnout lurking in the background.
- The difference between magic and boringness is possibly not the content, but the professor.
But now that I look back on it, I didn't have any particularly good alternatives either. I'll just take a better workload next semester.