I really want to say this course was easy. I want to tell you how much confidence I have now after a successful completion of the course and required projects. Have you heard of the imposter syndrome?
At what level does one begin to apply one's skills meaningfully in gainful employment? When is one ready to give back to the world?
Right now, feeling the surface of my mind, I don't feel like I have a working knowledge of anything that I completed over the past fifteen weeks. Python, C++, rotor physics, PID controllers, probability, path planning, Gaussians, Kalman filters, Jacobians, Quaternions, what is this stuff? I get it, all of the details of the more advanced math and physics are fresh and new to me. Struggling is a part of learning. One must learn to crawl before learning to walk. Einstein also needed to learn to crawl. Etcetera, etcetera.. insert your favourite inspirational quote here.
I guess what I am searching for is that feeling I once had standing on the quarterdeck of a well tuned full rigger in a fresh breeze and knowing deep in my existence exactly where the wind is, when to toss off her tacks, brace about, and be gracefully on her way.
For now, I must quite simply, push on.
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What well-tuned full-rigger do you speak of?
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"You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I Just kept pushing"
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