The problems that everyone must have had when they were writing graduation stuff.
- What to write about?
- How do I find time to write a dissertations?
- What is the format for writing a dissertations?
- And how can I even protect it?
Background
Graduating from a bachelor's degree program at the Polytechnic University of my city, I decided to get a job and a specialty. I did it successfully, and the work became a priority, but still I passed my diploma for an excellent one - it was quite simple. After the bachelor's degree I didn't want to say goodbye to my student life, and my parents insisted on the phrase "in the household will be useful". Of course, I chose a different university, but my specialty was similar to the previous one.
1. What to write about?
I was lucky.
It is so arranged in university that all students should choose the scientific adviser at the first year, and I did not know anybody there and about what to write (even approximately) did not know. As a result, I chose a teacher at random, who helped me with the choice of the topic.
A couple of tips on choosing a teacher:
- Choose a teacher who works as a teacher;
- Preferably a person under 50 years old;
- Ask for senior courses;
- Or, before choosing, talk to a few teachers.
It will also be great if you are offered a thesis topic at work, especially since IT companies have a lot of tasks to do. You will be able to kill two birds at once - and at work to solve the problem, and write a thesis.
There are some bad examples in my group. Teachers do not help with the choice of the topic, or offer topics that have long been outdated, and when you work in IT, you want to be cool and advanced. I hope this will not happen to you.
2. How to find time to write a dissertations?
That's what everyone working with, what's wrong with it, and the students who aren't working have problems with it.
The first problem is laziness! It's almost impossible to turn it around, but you need to get together because you're doing all this for yourself.
The second problem is that the work does not let go. Sometimes it is your own passion for work, and sometimes deadlines, meetings, boss - a monster, the customer does not let go. Here you will have to sacrifice and talk to your boss about what you need to do and your personal affairs. In general, it is great to take a vacation for this time.
The third problem is that there is no plan. Make a work plan, think through each chapter and write down everything. This will make it easier to write your thesis. It is possible and necessary to correct the plan, because not all your plans are implemented.
I wrote at night, but it's bad. I had to think at work and at home, which was very stressful and often in the morning at work for a long time to concentrate on.
3. What is the format of writing a dissertations?
After reading the articles on the hub, I also want to write a dissertation easily and understandably. But there are limitations here, usually a whole method. Personally, I was tense, the volume limit is not less than 75 pages. And at work analysts are taught to write briefly and clearly.
To increase the volume and add a good "water", I inserted several definitions, analyzed them and the like. Also, I inserted some code from Python into the main part. It seems to me that this is more convenient for the reader not only to see the description of the work done but also to see the implementation itself, but this should not be abused. Insert the most complicated and interesting points of the code.
And remember about antiplagiarism, I advise you to honestly achieve the necessary uniqueness yourself and not to insert between lines or over text (I hope teachers will not read the article).
4. How to protect it at all?
Nobody reads the diploma on protection! The main attention to you and your speech. Tell us what was really interesting in your work, what difficulties you met and how you solved them. Everyone likes successful stories. That's why I built my speeches from problems to solutions. This also makes the topic of the dissertation look more relevant.
And do not be afraid, even if you are not ready and did not sleep all night, it is not a reason to worry. Teachers are ordinary people and most often they do not try to fail. Of course, there are especially harmful teachers, but I hope they will not be called to the commission.
Good luck to everyone!