ibragimov

Open Data Challenge will take place in New Uzbekistan University in January. I got the second place in 2020, four years ago. It’s a great opportunity to learn and create something meaningful. I highly recommend you to join if you have a chance.

We got it back! Thank you!

i am finally done with Entrepreneurship course. you cannot imagine how happy I am. i was getting below-average on simple quizzes where I just needed to memorize things. i took this course for fun and yet suffered for no reason 😭

I coded my own multi-threaded concurrent proxy server. I tested it with Firefox browser, and it works!

It took me hell of a time to debug the program. I hate debugging. Who likes it anyways?!

I am going to a winter break in less than a week. Have a lot to tell you, but for now I am focused on passing the finals.

I cannot imagine that this week will be the last of the semester. I cannot wait it to be over. I am so done. Genuinely…

Unpopular opinion: I am sort of disappointed at the kind of courses offered in our university for the next semester. No good electives. And majority of offered electives clash with my core courses. They need to hire more people and fix that problem.

The only courses I am excited to take are Great Theoretical Ideas in Computer Science and Parallel and Sequential Data Structures and Algorithms. I am also doing an independent study with Prof. Khaled on Edge Computing next semester. Probably, I will have to drop it if things don’t go well.

To uphold our traditions in the upcoming winter break, George and I are planning to do the following challenges:
1. Solving 50 Leetcode Medium problems in a day.
2. Create a music album in a day.

P.S. Some of you might know that I am a big fan of rap. Only a few know, though, that George and I actually created a couple of songs back in our freshman year. This might sound as weird and unexpected from me, but I want to try something else than coding. Everything as usual will be streamed on my YT channel.

One advice that I keep hearing from Computer Science seniors and graduates is that school is important, yes, but we need to be smart about our career and future plans.

Since the start of this semester, I have been thinking of what I want to pursue in the future and whether I need to go to the industry in the first place or continue with academia since it feels safer.

For long, I have been prioritizing my studies over any other thing in life. It worked well, but I have come to a realization that this is a losing strategy.

For long, I have been making excuses not to make time for other incredible opportunities and projects that I am able to do if only I have some free time during the semester. I also realized that this is never the case. I would never be actually free if I keep this mindset.

It’s more about setting the right priorities and making the time to focus on them. It’s about removing distractions and focus on what’s actually important.

As of now, I still find myself spending all of my time for courses. This is good in terms of academics, but not smart in the long-term perspective. I have only 5 semesters left till I graduate, and I need to use them more wisely.

Is there anyone planning to do PhD in Computer Science? If yes, what area do you want to pursue?