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Tom Hennigan

Tom Hennigan

MEng Computer Science (second year)

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Long Abscence

It's been an awful long time since my last entry in here, so I thought I should explain what I've been doing with myself since last January. Whilst I've been very lucky to have my parents support me throughout my course (so far!), I've also had a job pretty much since I started at Southampton. My first job involved cleaning lecture theatres after hours. Continue reading →

Its All Go. Job, Exams and Coursework

Okay, it's 00:34, and I've just finished revising for a module test tomorrow. Suddenly the nice slow paced start to life at university has sped up to a run, and things are starting to take off. I've got a job (that was advertised through an email to ECS students), and I've just applied for another job as well. Exams are just around the corner, and coursework marks from last term are imminent. Continue reading →

Im Finally a University Student

Hello, world! (or should that be System.out.println("Hello, world!");) It's only in writing this blog, that it's finally hit me that I'm a university student!? I know this may seem strange.. I've shopped for myself and cooked for myself, done my own laundry, gone to lectures, done lab work.. The list goes on, but still, it's only now that I've realized that I'm a real university student. Continue reading →

How to Decide Where to Study

System.out.println(ā€œHello Worldā€); * And thatā€™s how you start your career in software engineering! Among the many good decision that I have made in my life, l would rather say ā€“ short life ;) one was to join software engineering and the other was to choose ECS for my MSc! I have an odd habit to delay an important decision unless I have gained all the essential knowledge needed to make that decision. Continue reading →