Final Week

Class:
This last exam was quite a bit more difficult than the first exam. Regardless, it was a fair exam. I'm super glad that the professor had given us so many hints buried within the test cases. Those were definitely helpful. I wish I would have had more time to study for this exam but regretfully the third class I took this summer had a major presentation due during the week which took away from my study time. I am almost certain that if I had a little more time to study, I would have done better on this exam. I went in hoping for an A and walked out confident I would be in the B range for the course. Hopefully there will be a slight curve that might push me into the A range.

Overall Final Words:
I highly recommend this course for any student wanting to pursue a career in C++. What I have learned over the past year is that if you want to get a software engineering job that involves finance or stocks, you have to know C++ very well. The interesting thing about C++ is that its pretty much built on top of C which happens to be one of the fastest languages out there since its so close to the machine architecture. When it comes to handling money, employers want to see speed and security. A candidate with really good C++ skills is usually sought after. This class is the best way to take your C++ skills to the next level and make sure that your code works in a very modular way. When writing code developers usually must keep performance and memory use in mind. This class adds an additional requirement in which you must write code that is as generic as possible. This means that your code must be modeled like many of the functions within the standard library. Finally, I'd like to say thank you to the professor. Its very evident that you care about the success of your students and I want you to know that we all appreciate it. Thank you and keep it up.