courses for yourses
Oct. 3rd, 2023 09:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jazzfishAlright, this is the start of week 4 of classes.
After a rocky start I am keeping up in GISComp (Unix and making computers talk to each other) and Python. This instructor (same for both classes) is so far the most frustrating: I've had trouble following his instructions to get up and running, and he's neglected to explain a few things. But so far anything I've needed to learn I've been able to figure out. Both of those have an exam next week.
ArcGIS 1 and Mapping are going fine. No surprise; Arc is "learn how to use ArcGIS [the standard GIS software for which I bought a Windows laptop] through a series of lectures and carefully explicated projects" and Mapping is unit conversion and trig. Mapping might get more interesting/tricky this week with introductory surveying. There's an Arc quiz due this week which will provide a useful benchmark. (Update: 18/20; one error (forgot that degrees west are negative) and one that I maintain was a gotcha. I'll take it.)
Intro to GIS is, surprisingly, giving me the most heartburn, mostly because it's requiring significant actual effort (weekly papers). So today and tomorrow are mostly for getting caught up on that. I hope. With breaks for the Arc quiz and this week's Arc assignments, since Arc rolls over on Tuesdays.
In other fun news I just got off the phone with the doctor who was supposed to write me an ADHD referral. I made the rookie mistake of admitting to having been diagnosed with depression and got the line of "treat that first and if it's still a problem someone will write you an ADHD referral." So now I have to deal with another telehealth provider, which will probably be Telus, which will require me to a) install their stupid app and b) give personal information to a giant telecom company. Dammit.
(Steph suggested I see if I can get a referral from my counselor. I am not optimistic but may as well try, since I've an appointment this afternoon anyway.)
After a rocky start I am keeping up in GISComp (Unix and making computers talk to each other) and Python. This instructor (same for both classes) is so far the most frustrating: I've had trouble following his instructions to get up and running, and he's neglected to explain a few things. But so far anything I've needed to learn I've been able to figure out. Both of those have an exam next week.
ArcGIS 1 and Mapping are going fine. No surprise; Arc is "learn how to use ArcGIS [the standard GIS software for which I bought a Windows laptop] through a series of lectures and carefully explicated projects" and Mapping is unit conversion and trig. Mapping might get more interesting/tricky this week with introductory surveying. There's an Arc quiz due this week which will provide a useful benchmark. (Update: 18/20; one error (forgot that degrees west are negative) and one that I maintain was a gotcha. I'll take it.)
Intro to GIS is, surprisingly, giving me the most heartburn, mostly because it's requiring significant actual effort (weekly papers). So today and tomorrow are mostly for getting caught up on that. I hope. With breaks for the Arc quiz and this week's Arc assignments, since Arc rolls over on Tuesdays.
In other fun news I just got off the phone with the doctor who was supposed to write me an ADHD referral. I made the rookie mistake of admitting to having been diagnosed with depression and got the line of "treat that first and if it's still a problem someone will write you an ADHD referral." So now I have to deal with another telehealth provider, which will probably be Telus, which will require me to a) install their stupid app and b) give personal information to a giant telecom company. Dammit.
(Steph suggested I see if I can get a referral from my counselor. I am not optimistic but may as well try, since I've an appointment this afternoon anyway.)