This week was a definite challenge. We got to learn more about ethics, goal setting, and career planning as well as collaborate with our teams and figure out how we can work better, which was cool. Researching for my ethics paper is difficult but it will pay off since I believe this can be a great end product.
My educational goals in the CS program are: to establish a strong foundation of programming for a future career and to gain teamwork and leadership skills. I want to be able to program a basic 2D game by the end of the program, which I think should be easy to accomplish. I think I will go ahead and take on this project next year when I am a college senior. Beyond this, the learning never ends technically speaking so I am certain to learn far more after graduation.
My career goals are to first get some internship experience and then get some more experience at an official full time programming job. I am unsure exactly which route I will take but it will be either in data science, game development, or software engineering. The important part to get there is to build a strong portfolio and gain certifications. Afterwards, I will be starting my own company.
After viewing the ETS page, I believe I will earn a grade in the top 10 percentile at least. This is because I am going to apply myself rigorously not only to the programming aspect of the programming but also study on my own time to boost my mastery of computer science.
We were able to learn more about goal setting and thinking about our future. I particularly liked creating my personal mission statement, since I already had a clear set of core values when coming into the program. I am staying true to my personal mission statement until the day I die, and perhaps beyond.
Great to hear you're interested ins tarting your own company Luis. I'm actually interested in doing that someday as well, but don't have an idea yet. I would recommend you keep networking on LinkedIn while you're a student. It will definitely come in handy as you look for internships and entry-level jobs right now. And then later when you're ready to build a business, you'll have a good network to connect with others who can help you advance as an entrepreneur.
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