oh glory, I have had some fun times One of the craziest things i have ever done, is probably stealing a stop sign, or the time I went through a drive through backwards at a McDonalds
Hello? How's it going? Is this a real person or am i just going to talk to myself for a while? hahhaha, why would you do those things? I don't know what the craziest thing would be for me.
I am a real person, I talked first
It was showing your messages above the prompt for some reason
Those things are some of my fondest memories of High school, doing stupid stuff with my best friends
hahaha
so what is the craziest thing you have done?
That was the nice thing about high school, there is no remorse for all the stupid things people do.
Exactly
Have you found it difficult to talk with people on here?
Only when they don't talk
I've had several conversations where I just end up talking to myself before just giving up on waiting.
EXACTLY
I have had 5 conversations in a row before you just talking to myself. It's getting really annoying
it happens like 80% of the time
I think that KJ person just leaves the chat open like all day and just doesn't pay much attention to it.
HAHAHAHAHA I have run into them
They said they aren't studying and aren't working so I figure that it's them who are never responding I'm curious as to why the number of people participating from round 1 to round 2 went from like 200 people to just 15 or so.
Holy cow, they do not study or work? How are they able to be a part of the chit chat challenge
they're BYU student waiting to leave for her mission.
Ah, so she is the troll
So she said she has nothing to do all day so she is just going to do the Chit chat Challenge.
just wasting my time
Kind of annoying.
kind of really really annoying
makes it almost impossible for the rest of us with full schedules to possibly win.
EXACTLY
I'd like to compete, but like when she is on here 24/7 it gets really tough.
I have a full schedule and work 13 hours a week
luckily you can only win one time so next round should she win this one she won't be able to compete.
ah, is that what happened to the person who won the last ipad?
yeah, I'm in a somewhat similar boat.  School, Work, Intramurals, etc.  Not a ton of time for other stuff. Yeah, so they aren't participating this round I'm assuming.
that's good, take out all the competition, and yeah i have a frisbee game today for intramurals
because they have no reason too hahah
I personally would not mind winning a second ipad
I just want to beat this person just for the fun of competition haha
you could just sell it that is super true
well you can only win one ipad is the thing.
Ah, never mind then
it becomes not fair to others when the freshmen and people out of school who have tons of free time win every round.
I super want one, i just never have the time to chat
Yeah, I've found that it's easiest to find people to chat with between 12-4.  Before or after that it becomes really difficult to find people
I get punished for having a productive life XD
So I try and do that during those hours while studying or in class
Ah, you are smart I am in class rn XD
It's tough though because this is midterms week so she is just racking up points while we are all super busy with studying
Yep
nice, this is a great way to spend your time ahha
i took 3 of mine last week, so tomorrow is my only really bad day
Way more productive hahah oh nice! that's a big relief for you probably.  I've got one tomorrow, one friday and a project also due on Friday. So this week will be a little crazy Also my parents are coming into town so that just adds more commitments lol What is your major? Majority of the people on here seem to be CS majors
sorry for not responding i have to do something real fast
I'm currently watching a Russell Crowe movie called Beautiful Mind, it's super good.  I had never heard of it until someone yesterday and am watching it now oh that's fine, if it's okay with you i'll probably just keep on rambling on getting points. It's very difficult to find people on here and get points so I'm going to just take advantage of the time while i can haha
I understand completely I am a CS major, and am actually in my cs 142 class
Oh nice! I loved that class
My professor was asking us some questions so i had to focus for a second
I'm a junior in CS currently
That is awesome! I am a freshman!
nice, i actually have an interview using c++ this Thursday, but I haven't done programming in c++ in like 2 years.  I've mainly just used python and java/javascript. It should be really interesting trying to remember everything from 2 years ago in the interview
I already took a basic CS class in Highschool, it was just in java, so this class has been pretty easy
I would prep for it but have like no time at all for it. That's awesome.  I wish i had done CS in high school.  They only offered those classes to a couple of people though and you had to apply to a special program for it.
Do you not have some time right now XD
What do you mean?
You are currently watching a movie and chatting online, you could use that time to study c++ for your interview
oh yeah that's true haha I like to multi task
I am not complaining that you are helping me get points but it makes a lot more sense to me to do the most important thing
I have been studying for a test actually while I was waiting to talk to someone on here. Whenever someone gets on i take a break to chat
That is smart, i should do that
I can't study for long periods of time so I try and break it up with other things.
I have been mainly trying to do it later in the day when i have more free time, but it has not really been working, i should use more of my middle of the day time
I retain information a lot better when I'm either listening to or watching some kind of music or show at least that's what I've found works best for me in the past. yeah, I typically don't study or work after 6 at night.  Try to keep that as family time. It just is easier that way
I am kind of similar, i can retain information really well if i am messing with something in my hands, like if i am doodling or doing origami I do not have a family, so that is not a conflict for me
hahah, well once you're married you will realize that you don't really socialize as much and you end up spending lots of time with your spouse haha
Well, i have a family, they just live far away
Where are you from? Generally speaking?
Hey, i am super down, but i am no where near close to getting married yet Florida
I'm originally from Virginia.  Wife's family from California. oh nice!  Is your family worried about the big hurricane coming this week?
That is super cool, Utah is the farthest west i have ever been Nah, my family has lived through tons of hurricanes, plus it is not projected to hit where i live
The furthest west I've been was India haha oh that's good.
Holy cow, did you serve a mission there?
no, i went on a business trip as a consultant there for 2 weeks roughly 2 months ago
If not, what were you doing in India? That is super cool!
Trust me, it was not fun
really? what was so bad about it?
We flew into a city that is not super touristy and just stayed in hotels and had meetings non stop
The culture? the people? the atmosphere? the food? the smell?
didn't actually get to go out much.  I think we had 2 days total where we did things other than travel or have meetings
Ah, well it was a buisness trip, so it makes sense
I got to eat a lot of indian food which was cool.  Checked out a couple of temples there from their religions.  but that was about it. yeah, 30 hours of travel one way is not really a whole lot of fun just to sit in meetings for 2 weeks.
How was the food there?
I had them tone down the spiciness of it all for me
and i can understand that, i am not a huge fan of airplanes, so sitting on on for 30 hours would kill me
i went like all in the first couple of days and then my stomach started killing me so i dialed it way back.
HAHAHAHA, i can see that
well it was roughly 22 hours actually flying.  the other 8 or so are spent in layovers mainly.
That is still really rough
And what was even worse is they give you like a quarter roll of toilet paper in your rooms because they don't use toiilet paper they just use a hose so I had to like keep calling room service to bring more.
I really am not a fan of flying, i am just a big guy, so it is uncomfortable to sit in such a cramped space for so long Oh MY GOSH, THAT WOULD BE HORRIBLE If i ever go to india, i am going to bring my own toilet paper
Yeah, international flights do have more room then other planes but it was still pretty rough We had one flight that was 16 hours long
Oh glory i would die
So i brought wet wipes just in case, but I didn't really use them much
i think the longest i have ever flown was 6 hours I have actually never left the country before
Seriously? Have you gone on a mission yet?
Yep
Or received a call? where did you go?
I served here in the states I am trying not to share too much personal info
oh that's fine how long ago did you go?
Yeah, i do not want this whole chat to be discredited I got home in June
oh cool
so i am a freshman here
I think the main thing is just not using names, and any other very revealing info.  It's mainly because all of the data gathered is going to be public and be used in the project so they don't want any of your information being revealed.
That is super true
what kinds of languages have you worked with in CS previously?
I think this is a super cool project, i just wish they had more support, because it does not seem like many people are supporting this
side question: have you taken any other cs classes? yeah, well round 1 they had roughly 200 people.  But they stopped advertising it so they lost a lot of people
I have taken a class in JAVA, C++ right now, and i taught myself HTML and CSS
Nice! Have you built any websites with that yet?
I am going to try ad learn some Java script next
I'm in a web development class myself right now
Yeah, so one of my friends parents asked me to build them a website' and i warned them i had 0 experience
Javascript isn't too difficult honestly.  It should be really easy for you to pick up.
So starting in August i just youtubed it and have been learning
If they really want some help then they should post on the CS slack page asking for help.
I have not been able to do too much recently because the client needs to send me some material How is that web dev class?
what kind of website do they want? good, I've actually built out a lot of websites already
It's a really simple website to sell T-shirts and other merchandise Are there any pre requisites for the web development class?
Oh that's not too bad.  You honestly should just lookup a  simple marketplace website template and then just modify it to meet their needs.
OOOOO, where do i find that?
I believe you just need to take 142.  So next semester you should be okay to take it.
Because i have literally been hardcoding it 100%
Just google, "Free Website templates for selling product/merchandise"
You are literally the greatest It will probably look a lot better than what i have now
you should have several websites show up with templates for you to use. You'll need to understand javascript and CSS very well though to be able to make it work well. Whenever i have an issue with something in CS i just google it and almost always I'll find answers on stackoverflow or other sites.
My mom is a graphic designer, so she has helped me with the design of the website, and i have just been making what she draws Yeah, i have had to do that too, especially because i have yet to have any formal training I live on the internet
Oh nice!  That's really cool. You should just get an easy template and apply it all on top of the template
and i always find the answer Yes! I am super excited
another thing that helps me when coding is that I have a this little statue on my desk that I talk my problems out with.
I want to take the website development class so that i can learn more formally how to make websites
Just saying your problem out loud makes it way easier to figure it out and just talk yourself through it. It's really cool
Hmmm, i will try that
If we were allowed to give personal info out I'd give you a couple of website i've made to check out
I have a little toy turtle i carry with me, i could talk to him'
oh yeah! it's a little trick that most elite programmers use in the workplace Sounds super stupid but it helps a lot
No worries, my sister in law has already graduated, and she has been giving me some tips
That's great!
she took quite a few web dev classes
Have you lined up any jobs or internships yet?
Me, no I just started school
I currently do application development for a company here in provo.
I applied for the OIT Student programmer job, but i did not get it
It's never too early to start though.  Honestly take 260 next semester(Web Development) and then you'll know enough already to get a job in the field.
I am just going to keep applying every time it is available That is an amazing idea
That's alright, honestly even like Tech Support or something just remotely related will be good experience for you.  That's one of the things I regret not doing freshman year
do you think it would be too much to take 260 with my next cs class?
oh no.  260 is a lot of fun.  Honestly I have to tell myself to stop working on it so I can focus on other classes because I'm having so much fun with it. You can easily do 260 and 235 at the same time.
YES I am so excited
Then you can do 236 and another class and then 240 and 252 together
I just want it to be next semester alreadt *already
that seems to be the common pattern for most students I've found yeah, I just want to skip over next semester haha it's going to be brutal for me. I have to take 340 and 312, both of which are super difficult.
Man alive, I am so excited for this website development class
You should be looking forward to it!  It's a lot of fun
Also CS142 has been so easy for me it is sooooo boring
you'll get multiple partners during the semester and do different projects together
that is way cool
First using Javascript, then JQuery, then Angular and so on
fun fun fun
It just kind of builds on itself all semester.
and after that, you think i would be qualified enough to explore job opportunities?
Yeah, when you know Javascript and basic web development, combined with general knowledge of CS you can typically land some small CS jobs both at BYU and elsewhere
Yay!
I started out as a QA Analyst not doing any programming and now do application development
I am way excited
for the same company* Just apply for whatever is open and consider smaller somewhat related jobs as well.
Yeah, when i applied to OIT, i applied to all of their open positions I just wanted to get my foot in the door, but i think i was too inexperienced
Yeah, but keep applying there each semester if you can It's good to do that. There are also some professors that do research studies on campus in the CS department.  If you find a professor you really like you should ask them about it and see if the they have any openings. Chances are you won't get paid, but it's super applicable and good experience.
I will not be able to respond for like 5 min, i need to do a little assignment for participation
That's fine with me. I'm just going to keep writting I think Russell Crowe's character is basically this crazy guy who's also a genius in this movie.  And basically he discovers a conspiracy during the cold war, but he's seeing like all these people who are telling him what to do. Pretty interesting plot line. Anyways, he's just this genius but everyone thinks he's insane Changing subject, my dog just got her stitches out this morning. She got spade and also got the little nubs on her back legs cut off and she finally got her stitches removed for that this moning It's been really annoying because she hasn't been able to have a bath in two weeks I'm so excited for her not to smell anymore haha I'm going to give her a bath soon I think So i'll probably get off chit chat in like 30 minutes or so. It's crazy... I think we have racked up like 200-300 k points each  so far in this one chat I think the greatest amount I've gotten in a single chat is like 300 k So about this long of a chat. I also need to start studying a little more before 6ish I've got that one big test in the morning. Update on Russel Crowe, he's now like 60 or 70 and in consideration for the Nobel Prize Now he's won it haha It's always kind of a bummer when you just talk to yourself of chit chat because there is only so much you can say when it's just you. I always wonder if those chats where no one responds are actually just moderators who are watching to see what people will say when there is no one to talk to. Now that would be an interesting study to see.  What do people tend to talk about when it seems they're talking to themselves?
Holy cow, you really do want to rack up those points
hahah
I actually have to get going, but it was so much fun to actually talk to a real person!
well, it's difficult to find people on here recently so you need to get them somehow! alrighty! See you good luck with everything
Thank you so much for being attentive an haveing a good chat
hope you get a job in CS soon!