Week 3

Group work and discussions always get me excited! They seem to be an important part of the class. We read about the different forms or modes of income we could face on medium. It was quite an interesting topic to read and learn about. It talked about the various psychological aspects to pricing as well, that i felt made complete sense. In the class we later split into smaller groups in which half the number of groups discussed the pros and cons of working a freelance job, while the other groups discussed about the pros and cons of a full day job. Our group had to talk about the pros and cons we would face in a full time job in our industry. It proved to be a surprising discussion. At the start of the discussion most of us had a fixed opinion about the topic, but as we started listing the pros and eventually the cons of a fixed job we realized both the sides were quite abnormal. Both the sides had really good pros and some really bad cons. As Yazan put it, “Both sides aint rosy!”. To sum up, both the written material given to us to read on medium and the lecture we had in class were informative, interactive and exhilarating.

Week 2

It was an interesting class we had this Monday with professor Yazan. We spoke about various topics and undertook different interactive group work during the class. One of the topics that spoke to me was about, what our career looked like at the moment and how our future would look like two years, five years and then ten years from the present. I understood why this was important and why we needed to do it. At first I thought up different scenarios of what I would like to be doing in the future, until I stopped and thought of it realistically. It forced me to actually consider my future and come up with a decent plan to follow it. It’s not going to be an easy journey but if I plan it out right, I am sure I will be able to accomplish what I have set out to do. Even the articles that were given to us to read for the lecture were realistic and practical. It showed me how people set out in life on a career but with the proper planing of both play and work managed to accomplish a lot. I have started working on a plan for the next two years at the moment and will do my best to stick to it.