Timeline for answer to Is it realistic to deal with a huge undocumented code base for master's project? by KMP
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| Oct 24, 2014 at 22:30 | comment | added | KMP | Hmm. Well yes it depends on you but your supervisor should have some idea about how much time it would take for someone with your level expertise. Anyway, going though someone else's undocumented code is never fun unless you are an expert. If you have some confidence to go ahead with the project then you could study the code a little more and come up with a plan to implement the features you are asked to (or maybe fraction of them). If you feel you are making good progress in a few weeks then stick with it till you can. If you feel it is going nowhere, then you could try to change project. | |
| Oct 24, 2014 at 20:26 | comment | added | csx | As for what he means by 'expand the code', he wants me to add a new function/analysis, so that it handles dynamic, not just static, cases. It's not like I'll just fix or add random stuff. BTW, I mentioned in another comment above that it won't be easy for me to move to another research group even though I'd like to | |
| Oct 24, 2014 at 20:24 | comment | added | csx | My advisor knows about C++ and OOP. When I asked him how much effort he thinks it'll take, he just said it depends on me. He thought I'd understand the code well enough by now since I told him before that I have a decent amount of programming experience (I guess I lied by overestimating my coding skills). This is considering the fact that I joined the group a month ago and did not ask about getting documentation/comments from the former postdoc until recently. | |
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