In the Reading I see the path that I had put myself on when I originally switched to Computer science, I found myself not only lost, but hopeless for a long time but I persevered through the years while making at-least some progress in understanding concepts as well as learned basic coding languages. the Biggest thing I took away from the reading was Dave’s story, I seen myself in Dave’s shoes as he didn’t get the hand of learning computers and learning perl with little to no luck until he found himself people to learn under, who showed him a better way of learning and better resources to follow rather than the ordinary path.
The biggest thing I have learned while studying computer science is that essentially like in most classes you must teach yourself and take the time to understand the concepts and practice on your own. Much like how Dave did when he started out, in my case I began to understand the coding much more when I finally got to my first class with Professor Wurst. It seemed like the shift to more practical use of Coding as well as system designs it finally clicked in my mind how all of the concepts began to flow together. While I don’t consider to be a Direct Apprentice in this example but being a pupal of someone who is actively developing an working on their own projects and someone I can actually contact and study under.
One other individual I have been learning under is one of my Sisters Friends who actually is a Engineer over at staples that I have been trying to learn under and get guidance from, he began to show me the ins and outs of what actual Software engineering work looks like as well as what steps to undertake in order to better prepare for when I gradate and begin my job search, one of the first things I started was converting my resume into a more project and software oriented template rather than the Business one I have.
This aspect of learning what I can from people in Positions that I would want to be in is a important as rather than going through the setbacks I can see the tricks of the trade directly from people who were in my shoes in the past, sending me directly to where I want to be faster and more informed.
From the blog cs@worcester – Marels Blog by mbeqo and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.
