Blog post #1
What will I be when I grow up?
I have had 25 years to think about that question, but I am not sure if I still know. I have tried different paths along the way. I have already completed one specialist vocational qualification and have a few years of work experience. Then I realized that every job I have worked at, I have kind of played the role of a computer monkey. Now I am studying information processing science in university of Oulu, and I feel like I am on the right track. I just have had to look in many directions before I found the right one.
A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. - Doug Linder
I am not a good writer.
Is that a smart thing to say, I am writing a blog post after all. Well at least it is true, and I think many can relate to that.
As a child I used to write a lot. I wrote fantasy novels and read a lot of books. I do not know where that passion vanished, but I want it back. The most helpful advice I have got now that I am starting a blog and waking up the sleeping beauty called inspiration:
You will never become a good writer unless you practice, and
it is important to give yourself permission to be anxious every now and then.
Practice makes perfect, and one of the biggest benefits you get by writing is that you always learn on the side of it. I am an all-over-the-place kind of person and writing will help become a more organized thinker, which I think is a beneficial skill to have especially in this field.
And then there is writing in a whole different language. I think this is the place to set some English learning goals. I get easily pressured by specific goals, so we are doing baby steps here and will not be setting any waypoints. I think the main goal here is that I would feel comfortable writing in English.
In addition, at the end of the semester, I would like to be able to say that I have increased my information technology vocabulary so I can share the things I am learning during my studies. As the African proverb goes:
If you want people to understand you, speak their language.
I am going to be a computer scientist after all.
How about you, how do you feel about being a computer scientist when you grow up?
I think we all leave some hobbies behind on the way, and then we take up others. Some are even more interesting than the past ones. It is great to hear that you found your way! May you succeed with your baby steps and have a blast learning more about programming!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog post and I'm glad that to hear that you might have found the right field for you. I can agree that it's not an easy task. I'm still a bit unsure what I want to be when I grow up. Even though you said that you aren't comfortable with writing, I think you did a great job with it and I'm sure it's definitely going to get better in the future.
ReplyDeleteThis may be the most visually pleasing blog that I've come across so far! I can see the writer in you. As Krisztian said, we all leave some hobbies behind, and I can relate to that feeling of wanting to go back to one of them. It's important to just go for it when you have some spare time, even if it doesn't come naturally at first. The question of how I feel about becoming a computer scientist later really strikes me for some reason. It seems so far away, as I've just started, but it will come sooner than I think.
ReplyDeleteI like honesty in this post. It’s good to hear that it's okay to not have everything figured out and sometimes you need to take different paths.
ReplyDeleteBeing a computer scientist in the future feels like it could be very rewarding. The industry is always growing and with new technologies emerging, there is much to learn.
Also your blog is visually impressive as well!