At this point in the term, I am comfortably settled in at Sun Life. I am being assigned tasks as they come up, and I am able to complete them without much trouble. It has been very nice to be able to work on tasks without having to ask for help every 5 minutes (though, I've been doing more Javascript work than AEM related stuff, so that's definitely a factor).
There hasn't been much to report on this week other than that. It's been a straightforward, standard week, without much notable things happening.
I attended a GitHub Copilot workshop on Tuesday, which would have been entirely game changing if I wasn't already familiar with the tool and using it regularly. I also attended the CI Challenge team meeting, where we discussed some possible ideas. We don't have anything concrete yet, but a couple solid ideas have been thrown around.
The campus recruiting team also hosted a Resume Building workshop, which I attended (while flipping back and forth with another meeting, haha). I would encourage anyone who is applying for jobs to attend these types of workshops, as it is helpful to hear what is good from the people who are actually looking at your resume. At the end there was a short "spot the issue" game, which I felt very confident at (which comes at no surprise, considering I spend a bit too much time looking at resumes & feedback in the cscareers.dev and CSMajors discord servers). Felt like a celebrity getting 24 "😂" reactions on a message, lol.
Fall 2024 Goals Update
I'm locked in again and it feels good. Went bouldering 5 times, and swimming once. I've ignored the gym, and have pretty much decided that I won't going or worrying about it anymore.
Personal Life Update
Me and Ruby (girlfriend!) have started going to the drop-in badminton sessions at Brock. We got some rackets and birdies on prime day, and went twice this week. Despite being absolutely horrible at it, it's been fun and I think this should be another good way to stay active. Next week is reading week for current Brock students, so I am hoping that the courts will be less busy and we can get some more games in.
Another exciting thing that happened this week was being able to see the aurora, and get pictures for the first time! On Wednesday night (October 10th), me and Ruby went to a nearby park to try and see the aurora. It unfortunately wasn't visible to the naked eye, but I was able to get some pictures of it using a long exposure on my camera.
Seen in St Catherines, Ontario
I also spent my Saturday helping Dylan (my brother) with his bus. We were working on finishing up the sealing process and patching up all the screw holes in the floor. You can see some of his updates on his Instagram.
Quite the surprisingly lengthy update this week, lol. Have a happy Thanksgiving!