John Knowles - Development Blog

Heavy work load

Post by: John Knowles On 2008-02-13 14:38:38

It's flat out here at the moment with work hitting me from all directions and no sign of it slowing down. The store build for Golddigga is slowly coming together but still an uphill race until the payment system and stock management system integration is complete.

I have spent most of today replying to emails and organizing my time for the next 6-8 weeks to ensure all my clients work is complete before deadline and to the high standard I expect of myself within all of my work.

University deadlines have been added to the iCal after getting an email through informing everyone on my course that the deadlines are set at 10th April for the Dissertation and 1st May for our final project. This is a lot earlier than previous years due to examination board restrictions which puts a great amount of pressure on all of us to juggle all of our work.

From speaking to my tutor, with the grades I got from last semester I am on track to get a 1st as long as I put the work into my assignments and ensure they all get 75% or greater. Easier said than done though as I found out for my final project planning document that weighed in at 60%.

The annoying thing was before I looked at the comments I knew where I had lost pretty much every mark and it's not a mistake I'm prepared to make again. From now on it is going to be complete commitment to getting the best possible grade.

A few months work for a piece of paper that will help me my whole life is a small price to pay. (Well a few months and the £10,000+ dept this degree has put me into)