CS373 Fall 2020: Anshuman Kumar
2 min readAug 30, 2020
- Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Houston, TX. - What high school did you attend?
I graduated from Clear Lake High School in 2017. - What was your favorite extracurricular activity in high school?
I enjoyed playing in the school orchestra for all four years. - Why did you come to UT?
I came to UT to stay relatively close to my family, but far enough that I could grow as a person. I was also impressed by the strength of the CS program here. - Why are you majoring in CS?
I’m majoring in CS because I’ve had an interest in this field since I was in middle school, and I knew I could do well in it. - Why are you in this class?
I’m in this class to pick up Python knowledge, as well as to satisfy my writing flag. - What are your expectations of this class?
I’m expecting it to be similar in structure to OOP, so I’m familiar with the way Professor Downing teaches. He taught me a lot of technical details about C++ in that class that I used during interviews, so I’m hoping to gain a similar understanding of Python this semester. - How much Javascript/Python/Web programming do you already know?
I’ve never used Python, but I have built a React/NodeJS frontend for my internship this last summer, so I’m very comfortable in doing that. - How did you like the two lectures?
They were a good introduction to the concept of this class, but again, I’ve taken OOP and thus knew quite a bit of what Professor Downing was telling us about. - How did you feel about the cold calling?
I feel it forces everyone to keep a handle on the topic of the lecture, which is more important than ever during an online semester, and thus I’m satisfied with it. - What made you happy this week?
I accepted a return offer from Amazon this week to start full time in the spring, so I’m pretty happy about that. - What’s your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?
My pick has to be Visual Studio Code, and its integration with Windows WSL. Using a Linux terminal is pretty helpful in dealing with all the different tools that software engineers use, and WSL makes doing that on Windows simple. VS Code can also be set to run directly off of WSL, which ensures that nothing weird happens when running commands directly from the built-in terminal.
