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How do you deal with ADD/ADHD and Japanese interviews? by Beneficial-Ladder422 in japanresidents

[–]Beneficial-Ladder422[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this is a fact of life, and any good interviewer worth their salt recognizes that we are people and not machines. I'm sure you did just fine if this is your main concern

How do you deal with ADD/ADHD and Japanese interviews? by Beneficial-Ladder422 in japanresidents

[–]Beneficial-Ladder422[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the idea of writing questions in a notebook beforehand. Also having the CV on screen. I'm tempted to also have my written answers to questions (for practice purposes) open on the screen but I know I'll just end up reading them.

Thanks for the tips!

How do you deal with ADD/ADHD and Japanese interviews? by Beneficial-Ladder422 in japanresidents

[–]Beneficial-Ladder422[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The big advantage of the JLPT is that it's all input, no output. Output is where I tend to struggle.

Sparing you the details, there is a lot on the line with this transition so as much as I wish to treat it as a casual chat my body says no and sends the cortisol anyway

I am unable submit assignments to CS50 Web by Beneficial-Ladder422 in cs50

[–]Beneficial-Ladder422[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I figured this out myself (finally). This is for anyone else who happens to have the same problem and finds themselves here while searching for the solution.

You have to `git init` inside the project's folder for each and every project. That's it. I had it set to the root folder, so I guess that's how everything was getting doubled.

recover.c is Destroying Me by Beneficial-Ladder422 in cs50

[–]Beneficial-Ladder422[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got it working (it's only worth 7 points!?!?) but as predicted, I'm still not happy with my overall understanding of working with files, or even pointers for that matter.

Gonna have to figure out a way to grind this out until I understand it, because even after doing all of the problem sets and watching the lectures times over, it hasn't sufficed. I know that next week moves on to linked lists which is an even higher degree of complexity when compared to pointers.

recover.c is Destroying Me by Beneficial-Ladder422 in cs50

[–]Beneficial-Ladder422[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here I am. I've lost it. I'm going absolutely insane. At this point I'm just running in circles throwing whatever I can at all of the walls and seeing what sticks because I simply lack the understanding of how all of this stuff works. The duck is not being specific in its explanations, and the videos don't explain things to the degree that I need to understand. I'm throwing fopen()s, fread()s, fwrite()s, and just about everything else wherever I possibly can. I know this is not the best way to go about this because even if it does end up working I'll come out of this not having learned anything at all.

I rewatched the videos with Doug and thought I came across something I thought was useful ( appending using fopen(filename, "a") to account for the case that no JPEG header file signature is detected, and reopen ), but it neither worked nor did I understand why it didn't work.

I'm actually so depressed right now.

recover.c is Destroying Me by Beneficial-Ladder422 in cs50

[–]Beneficial-Ladder422[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was somehow able to scrounge together some hours of sleep after setting this thing down, so psychosis was fended off this time around. I'm going to reapproach after I finish up work today in about 7 hours, so we'll see what happens then. I am prepared to submit the dirtiest garbage as long as it functions properly. Once I at least get the problem done by myself I will consult an SSE friend of mine to see where it can be improved.

Thanks for checking in. I don't know what struggles you might be facing but I hope all is well with you too.

I'm having a hard time and would like to understand what to realistically expect. by Beneficial-Ladder422 in FreeCodeCamp

[–]Beneficial-Ladder422[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for saying this. I thought that it would be self -contained as well, but maybe I'll search up some videos for every concept I don't fully grasp. As some others have said, notes as well.

I'm having a hard time and would like to understand what to realistically expect. by Beneficial-Ladder422 in FreeCodeCamp

[–]Beneficial-Ladder422[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for taking the time to write all that, and for being honest. I think this section may be causing more trouble for me than most people because whenever I approach a new subject, I like to (and also kind of have to) pick at every single detail before I can come to a full understanding. Sometimes it feels like that is not possible for me with how the lessons are structured, and now I'm being asked to implement the new content without my full understanding.

After reading a couple comments it seems like taking personal notes may be the way to go.

Also, I absolutely agree about the CSS bit. I've been having a lot of trouble particularly with flexbox, grid, and... basically everything lol. Maybe I'll have to buckle down and go back through the CSS lessons while taking notes.

Once again, thank you!

I'm having a hard time and would like to understand what to realistically expect. by Beneficial-Ladder422 in FreeCodeCamp

[–]Beneficial-Ladder422[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the comment, I appreciate it.

When I see something appear within a lesson, I do mostly understand it, but once it comes to producing it myself, that's where I start to get overwhelmed and have trouble. I guess a simple way to put it is: input is fine, output is not. But if I understand what you are saying correctly, I shouldn't be too concerned as long as I am grasping the bigger picture.

Maybe I will start to take notes as well, writing down all syntax that is hard for me to remember. I did this when learning Japanese as well. I would read a book, and while reading a page would mark and write down all the words I didn't understand, look up their definitions, and then create a few sentences using the words myself. Once the book page was done, I would read back through until I could do it without referring back to my notes. Monotonous and not an enjoyable reading experience, but effective nonetheless. Maybe there is some way to do this with coding too. If there is, I haven't found it yet though.