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PhD student life stuff, as well as the occasional project post. Sometimes progress updates.
It’s now been about a week since my CS8903 (special projects research) paper has been turned in, which means that technically, my first year of the PhD is finished. Which is difficult to believe, in all honesty. I wasn’t ready for the absolute whirlwind that this year was, even if everyone in my life kept telling me it would be rough. I can’t quite describe the shock of going from eating meals at a dining hall surrounded by people your age, seeing 4-5 professors regularly every week, and having a set class schedule, to learning to be an adult while working 60-80 hour weeks whose two touchpoints are 30 minute meetings with your advisor.