CS371g Summer 2021: Varun Nayak Blog 1

• Where did you grow up?

I grew up in Sugar Land, Texas.

• What high school did you attend?

Tams

• What was your favorite extracurricular activity in high school?

My favorite extracurricular was Science Olympiad.

• Why did you come to UT?

My brother went to UT Austin and it is a top school for Computer Science my major of choice.

• Why are you majoring in CS?

Above all other subjects I have a knack for coding and desire to be a SWE.

• Why are you in this class?

It will help me in software design and getting more experience in C++.

• What are your expectations of this class?

I expect to leave with the knowledge necessary to solve complex problems by using C++.

• How much C++ do you already know?

I have 3+ years of C++ experience..

• How did you like the first lecture?

It was great and I really like Profesor Downing’s style of teaching.

• How did you feel about the cold calling?

It is useful and keeps me engaged.

• What made you happy this week?

I learned Vanilla Javascript and made a to do list project.

• What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?

My tip-of-the-week is to use the tabnine extions in VS Code.