Back to School

Ξ October 12th, 2008 | → 0 Comments |
∇ Introspection | ∇ , , , |

Tomorrow is school day, again. This does not mean that I’ll be starting to attend the SEE program at Stantford University, it just means that my days has a PhD student are about to start.

Two years of working as a software engineer made me realize that experience is very important, and that I have a lot to learn and do before I can call myself a experienced software engineer. I’m working on that issues, trying to read about new methodologies and techniques by myself and learning to apply them in the everyday job.

But there is also some other fields I’d like to improve, a lot more close to research new knowledge than to applied engineering. This is one thing that is seems to be missing from the current job. Let’s see if the ‘part-time’ PhD provides some new insights on other fields of knowledge.

 

Initial import

Ξ February 16th, 2008 | → Comments Off |
∇ Friends, Introspection | ∇ |

This is the first post (of many I hope)…

Yesterday, I was talking with a good friend who asked me: … are you thinking about starting a PhD course because you want to, or just because you need an hobbie?

For a couple of months now, I wonder what is (or should be) my true motivation to start a PhD course. This friend also suggested that some kind of personal project would make me think things through and help me decide what to do in a near future.

And this is how this blog was born… as a personal project, of someone who is (still) thinking about starting a PhD.

Best of luck (hoping!…)