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today is April 25th 2018 I am ten days
out from my college graduation 17 days
out from my wedding in about two cups of
coffee short of actually being a
functional human being and although I'm
gonna drink these and I'm gonna set them
down for now so I don't spill them you
guys know how I like to talk with my
hands who knows what will happen with
two cups of coffee in my hands I'm just
one anyway
these next three weeks have a lot
planned for them but right now in the
present I'm in the middle of finals week
and I must admit I got kind of lucky so
in one of my classes my computational
methods and software class I have a take
home exam which I've been able to work
on for the past like five days or so and
then I'll have another exam that's
online although it is like time stamps I
can only work on it for three hours it's
better than having to go into class you
know my other two classes I developed
programs instead of taking final exams
which it's very nice I think all these
teachers of semesters actually
understand that it's best to give the
student essentially all the resources at
his disposal like the internet books
what-have-you because that's kind of how
it is in the real world especially when
it comes to someone in computer science
don't get me wrong I understand what
tests are for they're trying to see what
you've learned but one of our biggest
tools is Google as software developers
so why can't I use it especially if
you're able to not just copy and paste
some random exam offline sure then the
answers may be available online you
don't want us to find those but if you
actually as a teacher put in the work to
create your own exam you shouldn't you
shouldn't really have a problem and for
the record all of that schoolwork and
any other work that you see me complete
gets done right here in my new office
Molly and I finally got a house we've
been doing a lot of gardening and I know
I've discussed about kind of trying to
build out this office to be my own
got a little bit of work done all I
really did is I mean you can kind of see
down here how it's like a doorway
because that's like an attic door I
covered it up with this painting and
that painting a few more things that I
need to get done well first off I have
lighting ordered on the way so instead
of just using this this window light and
keeping everything dark in the
background I actually will have some
soft boxes to put around the office in
order to to properly light my studio
because that's what this is it's a
YouTube studio it is a software
development station it is a gaming
station it is my office I do all of my
work in here and since I ordered those
soft boxes like yesterday they should
get here either tomorrow on Thursday or
Friday so my next video will most likely
have their softbox set up I'm going to
play around with them a little bit in
the neck coming few videos until I get
the perfect setup but I'm finally gonna
get proper lighting for the first time
ever I used to just use like a lamp post
without any type of softbox so this is
exciting times exciting times going on
on the forest night channel but also a
few more things it's hard to show you a
few things because well the whole
lighting situation I just mentioned but
right back here I like I like symmetry
so you're can't and this cameras gonna
be over there kind of looking dead on
with this in the background so I like it
to be symmetrical and right along here
there's going to be a shelf that I'm
making I'm waiting on the like on the
some of the parts and then this is also
gonna be a shelf that I'm making it's
gonna be a shelf with some piping as the
mount I'm waiting on the piping to put
it together and in order to mount it on
the wall I guess that makes sense
then as you see all of this wiring down
here will actually be out of the way so
I ordered a surge protector
there's ambulance driving by my house or
if you can hear that okay I think
they're gone
I hope nobody's hurt too bad anyway I'm
also getting a coax cable y'all have
never seen this but uh let me let me
show you this real quick so this right
here is my dog Lucy
good girl Lucy and then this is my coax
cable going to my modem I know it's hard
to see obviously it's dark I just
discussed the whole lighting thing but
uh I want to run my a longer coax cable
that's another thing I ordered
down here and under the carpet kind of
running along the wall so I don't have
to tear back the whole carpet and then
running it down here and then there will
eventually be a shelf right here like a
like a standalone shelf made from Ikea
or something
and this coax cable will hook on to the
modem right here so now if you could
imagine some type of shelf with this
sitting on the shelf then you're you're
good to go that's how it's going to be
hooked onto the cart cable that's hidden
under the carpet over there and yeah
that's probably not the best spot for my
coffee cups but guys I'm recording I I
didn't want to spill it so I put it on
the ground next to all my electronics I
think it makes sense right and then this
is also gonna be on the same shelf as
that and hooked up with of course the
ethernet cable and I also ordered a
longer ethernet cable because this
router will be situated on the Shelf
right around there
and I ordered a 14-foot Ethernet cable
to run under the carpet all the way to
rights here because that is where this
will be alright so to help you visualize
it also to say that my lighting isn't
very good right now and I ordered other
lighting I think I mentioned that once
or twice but to put in more perspective
this computer case is going to be right
here and all of the wires running from
the monitor right now will be able to
run down this monitor arm and then it'll
be run down this portion of the desk yes
I'm not going to be using this as a
standing desk for the time being because
right now the search protector will be
sitting right behind the computer that
was on the ground if I did want to
convert this back into a standing desk
although will have the capability I just
won't use it I will take the PC and
essentially put it on top or mount it
underneath of my desk alongside the
search protector being mounted
underneath my desk that way the only
cable that would be running up and down
is a surge protector cable because
everything will be going up and down
with the desk and hooked on to the surge
protector it makes sense in my head
sorry if it doesn't make sense to you
guys but that's kind of my plan for now
and speaking of the desk I never
completed it I need to essentially have
another one of these boards put on the
back and I'm also going to take another
one of the boards and kind of put one
right here so it makes it wider and it
makes it longer
that my alarm alright well looks like
we're gonna have to cut that there just
know that the office is getting done I
have to hurry up shower get ready and
leave alright ok here looks fine beard
looks as good as the beard is gonna look
I got my nice my nice but nothing I like
to wear when it's not like too fancy so
like a nice office colored shirt but not
too lazy like you know just wearing like
this t-shirt underneath but I also broke
out my nice thousand my little furry
boots so you know nothing too fancy I
just wanted to make sure I was
presentable now there's a little bit of
a backstory to who I'm meeting over this
lunch and things of that nature but if I
told you now I would be late tonight
really rather not be late for this
meeting so I gotta go
so you when I get back and now I'm back
I mean y'all didn't think I was gonna
take the camera in with me to record
this meeting between myself and the CEO
of a local software company did you I
don't know about you but if I was him or
even if I was me holding the camera
that'd be an awkward experience now if I
was going to be his videographer or he
knew that I did this and this is why I
was meeting him that's a different story
but I was discussing a few things with
him to potentially work with him now a
lot of you may remember many many videos
ago I don't remember the title of it but
I had a phone call at the beginning of
them so throughout my degree I've
learned two main language well you know
this you have a computer science degree
so I've learned two main languages yeah
that's the one the guy I was talking to
on that phone call is the same fella
that I just met with for lunch to
discuss there's a lot of things now
nothing set in stone yet we're just kind
of getting to know each other and
potentially you see if we wanted to work
together or me essentially go work for
his software development company where I
wouldn't just be doing software
development oh and just be sitting in a
in a cubicle being some type of code
monkey or reading documentation all day
I would be more so wearing multiple hats
I'd be working in sales and I'd be
working in software development so kind
of like a full circle type job which
sounds
busy maybe busy but sounds so much more
interesting than sitting in a cubicle
just being some type of code monkey or
reading documentation I still have yet
to decide if I want to go forward with
this but don't worry I'll let you guys
know I mean I mean after all if I do
start working for him or for any other
company for that matter you're going to
see it if you follow me over a LinkedIn
so why not just tell you guys first hand
right here right then on my channel so
yeah it does make sense but overall the
meeting it went very well I got to know
him he got to know me about a lot of my
things when it comes to software
development in sales in my past
experience within well working in life
and I got to know a bit about him and
his company and what they're all about
see the thing is you know my last video
was about job interviews and stuff like
that as much as you're trying to sell
yourself to the company on how why they
should hire you it's only a good
interview and it's only a good
experience when the company is also
trying to sell their company on why you
should come work for them otherwise it's
just like a one-way street and that's
not how it should go you're getting
something out of the deal they're
getting something out of the deal and
that's really how this conversation went
which is very comforting because I have
been to interviews where the company is
just asking what can you do for us we
need you to do this we need you to do
that but they're not trying to sell
themselves or give me a reason to come
work for them other than what I think I
can make working this position at that
company so it just needs to be a two-way
street and with this meeting it was
which is good the best enough business
talk for now I actually have to get
redressed and get going again so let's
go to the gym now normally what I would
do in these videos when I come to the
gym is go inside record myself doing one
push-up or one sit-up coming in to my
car and then leaving because I think
it's kind of funny but today I want to
make a different point because that's
obviously not how I really workout and
most of us being software developers or
what-have-you our job is to sit at a
desk and do work we will sit at a desk
for eight nine ten plus hours many many
days and forget to actually walk around
or do something active in order to get
our blood running so I want to challenge
all of y'all to make sure at least once
a day you do something active I don't
care if that's surfing snowboarding
working out walking around or just doing
whatever sport or activity that you like
besides playing video games I love
playing video games but we need to do
something that gets our blood movie I
just thought I'd mention that
considering I love to take humor into a
lot of things in my life it's just this
is it's too important to make it
humorous every single time
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however I'm not a fitness channel so I'm
gonna show you my whole workout just be
active now that it's dark outside
this lighting really sucks now I'm using
this orange light in my office don't
worry
one day I will change that orange light
probably to like a philips hue light or
a lifx light that changes colors but
until then this is what we're stuck with
and while I have you there is one
negative when it comes to working out
especially working out later in the day
is that if you take a shower early as if
you know you're going to work and go to
school you take a shower freshen up you
got to take another shower after you
workout so that's what I'm going to do
I'm gonna freshen up I gotta finish up
my take home exam and then hop on the
twitch lashing with you guys and then
after that I'll probably call it a night
so till next time guys have a go on
peace
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