Back to life
I promised myself that when I finally finished my MSc one of the first things I'd do is write a couple of blog posts and try and get back to sorting this out.
I finished about 6 weeks ago... so that went well.
My current abiding memory is one of irritation with the organisation of it all, which is doubly annoying as there were parts of it I enjoyed. Ultimately, what it gave me was a requirement to put time aside and do something constructive. I've learnt a lot, particularly coding wise both in theory and in practice and the reality is I would not have spent that time learning without it... But if I had, if I'd found the will to spend that time could I have done more? I think that has to be answered with a yes.
But the fact is I wouldn't have. I'd have played games or gone down geek cul-de-sacs or branched out the beer and cheese making or even, and this may be a stretch, spent time with my friends, wife or even my daughter who appeared 5 months from the end.
- So am I happy to have had the time to learn? - yes
- Do I feel I could and probably should have got more from it? - yes
- Am I ever doing that again? - no
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