Why I Chose to Study Software Engineering after all these years.
At a very young age I was introduced to computers and video games and was fascinated with them ever since. I learned the hardware of computers and began building or modifying computers around the age of 10. When I reached a certain age, probably around middle school, I learned about what each part of a computer did in detail, but never about how programs or applications worked(the languages or software that ran them).
I wasn’t particularly interested in the software side of computers and devices until an idea popped into my head: “How do I build my own video game or program?” This thought just sat in the back of my head as I went through high school and some college. After losing interest in the college route. I worked run-of-the-mill jobs to work and save money until I figured out what I wanted to do with my life. Fast-foward to 2020, when the pandemic hit, a lot of jobs were lost, and I gave my job to someone at my work who I felt needed it more than myself. Without a job. I looked to find something to do in the meantime until my work was able to have me back.
During this period where I had lots of time, I found Flatiron School and their programs. After looking through their website and seeing the programs they offer and what they are about, I thought: “This is the perfect opportunity for me to learn about software engineering.” I contacted an admissions lead, and they sent me to their boot camp prep course material. After going through, some of it(and loving it), I applied for enrollment and was accepted a few days later. I signed up for the Full-Time Software Engineering boot camp. With this boot camp, I will be learning the languages of Ruby and JavaScript as a foundation for the future start of my software engineering career. I chose to study software engineering because technology is a lifelong passion that I know I will never lose and I want to get involved in creating or developing applications to run on said technology. One of my goals has been to not always be a consumer, but a creator or producer as well at some point. I hope with this boot camp I can go on to develop software, learn more languages, and ultimately learn to develop software/applications either for myself or for someone who needs it.
Along the way of my journey through the boot camp, I will be creating projects and sharing them, as well as my thoughts/methods behind them in future blog posts. I am super excited to finally learn software engineering and where it can take me. Why didn’t I do it sooner?! I am a little new to blogging, so bare with me. Excited for what the future holds, and stay tuned for posts of my projects!
