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  • #962
    siblers
    Registered Users Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    Encrypted Pigeon wrote: »
    tell em all the answers for the Java modules are here.

    Or the secrets behind Critical Thinking and Innovation.


  • #963
    JFlah
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭JFlah


    siblers wrote: »
    Or the secrets behind Critical Thinking and Innovation.
    You actually know those??


  • #964
    lukin
    Registered Users Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭lukin


    Former computing student here; I suppose it must be a busy time for all of ye right now with projects etc.?


  • #965
    JFlah
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭JFlah


    lukin wrote: »
    Former computing student here; I suppose it must be a busy time for all of ye right now with projects etc.?

    Not for 3rd years we are all on placements at present


  • #966
    lukin
    Registered Users Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭lukin


    JFlah wrote: »
    Not for 3rd years we are all on placements at present

    Nice to make a few quid. I hope ye are putting some away in the bank for when ye go back to college :)
    I suppose with the recession it was hard for everyone to get a placement? Or maybe not;IT may not have been as badly affected as other areas.


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  • #967
    JFlah
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭JFlah


    lukin wrote: »
    Nice to make a few quid. I hope ye are putting some away in the bank for when ye go back to college :)
    I suppose with the recession it was hard for everyone to get a placement? Or maybe not;IT may not have been as badly affected as other areas.
    Unfortunately not all placements come with payment. I think some people found securing a placement difficult. There was a lot of students all looking for the same jobs.


  • #968
    Opinicus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Opinicus


    If I remember correctly this year they were moving the work placement from fourth year to third year right? Then I suppose you have an overlap of third year and fourth year students looking for placement? Tough.


  • #969
    JFlah
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭JFlah


    Opinicus wrote: »
    If I remember correctly this year they were moving the work placement from fourth year to third year right? Then I suppose you have an overlap of third year and fourth year students looking for placement? Tough.
    Yes both third and fourth years on placement at same time this year .. then 4th year re-structured for what are this years 3rd year students..... but details are sketchy.


  • #970
    lukin
    Registered Users Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭lukin


    JFlah wrote: »
    Unfortunately not all placements come with payment. I think some people found securing a placement difficult. There was a lot of students all looking for the same jobs.

    Can be difficult to work if you are not getting paid. If you have to pay for rent while you are there it would be almost impossible I would say. If you were living at home with your folks you might be able to manage it.
    If there are third and fourth years looking for placement at the same time then it would be hard for everyone to get a placement.
    I actually though the work placement module had been moved to third year some time ago?


  • #971
    JFlah
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭JFlah


    lukin wrote: »
    Can be difficult to work if you are not getting paid. If you have to pay for rent while you are there it would be almost impossible I would say. If you were living at home with your folks you might be able to manage it.
    If there are third and fourth years looking for placement at the same time then it would be hard for everyone to get a placement.
    I actually though the work placement module had been moved to third year some time ago?

    No this is the first year of it so is a bit of a cross over issue ... could make 4th year difficult too ... a lot of modules as well as project.


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  • #972
    JFlah
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭JFlah


    Tearing my hair out for a project idea .. have loads of bits of ideas but really need something concrete now :(


  • #973
    AntiRip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭AntiRip


    JFlah wrote: »
    Tearing my hair out for a project idea .. have loads of bits of ideas but really need something concrete now :(

    Don't think a concrete idea is needed. If you have an idea, your supervisor may expand on it for you. Better to have something you're interested in or at least half interested instead of something being given to you which you may have no interest in. Bit unfair that there's only 2 weeks given from end of WP to think of a major project idea!


  • #974
    JFlah
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭JFlah


    AntiRip wrote: »
    Don't think a concrete idea is needed. If you have an idea, your supervisor may expand on it for you. Better to have something you're interested in or at least half interested instead of something being given to you which you may have no interest in. Bit unfair that there's only 2 weeks given from end of WP to think of a major project idea!

    Crazy stuff , could at least have told us at beginning of placement .


  • #975
    siblers
    Registered Users Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    It's all too vague really, I haven't a clue what to come up with. Feel like i'm just gonna throw something together for the sake of it.


  • #976
    JFlah
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭JFlah


    siblers wrote: »
    It's all too vague really, I haven't a clue what to come up with. Feel like i'm just gonna throw something together for the sake of it.
    I don't understand why like other institutions there is not a list of topics to pick from if you are struggling to come up with an idea


  • #977
    Encrypted Pigeon
    Registered Users Posts: 12,753 ✭✭✭✭Encrypted Pigeon


    Ball of stuff here that might be project worthy ??

    http://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/#/


  • #978
    gbro800
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭gbro800


    How's the final project ideas going everyone? I've just thrown a few slides together. No idea of judging the scope or difficulty level, I'm going very wide scope and hopefully they can narrow it down for me...or point an exact direction... or something :)


  • #979
    JFlah
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭JFlah


    gbro800 wrote: »
    How's the final project ideas going everyone? I've just thrown a few slides together. No idea of judging the scope or difficulty level, I'm going very wide scope and hopefully they can narrow it down for me...or point an exact direction... or something :)

    I am literally tearing my hair out .. no idea of what I should be aiming for .. no slides as yet just a crappy word document.

    I crave a little guidance!!


  • #980
    gbro800
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭gbro800


    JFlah wrote: »
    I am literally tearing my hair out .. no idea of what I should be aiming for .. no slides as yet just a crappy word document.

    I crave a little guidance!!


    I was going to do a Word doc but then they said slides so went with that, hopefully things will be clearer after Thursday, it'd be good to have an idea going early


  • #981
    JFlah
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭JFlah


    gbro800 wrote: »
    I was going to do a Word doc but then they said slides so went with that, hopefully things will be clearer after Thursday, it'd be good to have an idea going early

    Yeah would be good to get approval .. be able to tip away at research over the summer


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  • #982
    siblers
    Registered Users Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    Haven't a clue what to do. Seen some fairly cool ideas from other colleges but I don't want to pitch for something that is gonna be crazy hard to do.


  • #983
    Encrypted Pigeon
    Registered Users Posts: 12,753 ✭✭✭✭Encrypted Pigeon


    My project is due tomorrow and I still have no clue what I'm doing :D I just follow the road where ever it leads me, hate pinning down ideas at the start because they will always change.

    Also I hate turnitin, hurry the fck up will ya!!


  • #984
    JFlah
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭JFlah


    This 4th year project pitching session is killing me at this stage.

    I have an idea but no clue if it is appropriate has the right scope has too big a scope --- is even doable in the time frame.

    I,m not even sure if ANY supervisor will have even a little expertise in my area which is worrying to say the least.

    Also 3 minutes to pitch an idea that is going to take half a year of work !!

    Seriously stressed out !


  • #985
    siblers
    Registered Users Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    Finally found an idea to pitch but I've absolutely no idea what to put in the presentation slides . Not a hope will I be able to speak for 3 minutes either.


  • #986
    JFlah
    Registered Users Posts: 752 ✭✭✭JFlah


    siblers wrote: »
    Finally found an idea to pitch but I've absolutely no idea what to put in the presentation slides . Not a hope will I be able to speak for 3 minutes either.


    Wing it 3 minutes is'nt too long ---- I think


  • #987
    gbro800
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭gbro800


    I'm similar, I know the area I want to study, and I've a project idea, but no clue about scope or difficulty level, I'm just going to tell them the direction I want to go and what I want to do and hopefully they can adjust the scope/difficulty levels to what they want... it mightn't be too bad, once you have an idea going they might guide us the right level


  • #988
    siblers
    Registered Users Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    FITNESS APP!


  • #989
    AntiRip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭AntiRip


    siblers wrote: »
    FITNESS APP!

    You're very excited about that app :)

    How did it go for ye?


  • #990
    siblers
    Registered Users Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    AntiRip wrote: »
    You're very excited about that app :)

    How did it go for ye?

    Was grand, was pretty relaxed. Only 13 of us (presuming everyone passes repeats) coming back for 4th year. 3 of the 13 pitched for a fitness app, was funny.


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  • #991
    AntiRip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,244 ✭✭✭AntiRip


    siblers wrote: »
    Was grand, was pretty relaxed. Only 13 of us (presuming everyone passes repeats) coming back for 4th year. 3 of the 13 pitched for a fitness app, was funny.

    Any problems with 3 of you doing fitness apps? I suppose if you are all using different technologies it shouldn't be a problem.

    Thinking of an algorithm I suppose is the key issue?


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