A few short answers as to why I decided to become a computer scientist and what I do and do not like about it.
- I long ago decided that I would follow in my parent’s footsteps and become a computer scientist. Back then it was a much safer career choice and wasn’t so flooded as it is now. I began coding early in highschool, I might’ve been 16 or so, and suffice to say I hated it much more than I do now.
- These days I actually enjoy coding, there is a certain thrill to seeing a program work more or less perfectly after being built up from nothing. There is never a clear cut way to achive the desired output, that sure there might be common factors between me and my peer’s work, but my thought process and code works just as well as anyone else’s regardless of form.
- What I cannot stand about coding is actually starting to code. I will drag my feet for days before even thinking about how I will put together a program, much less actually sit down and begin putting my thoughts into code.