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First Programming Class in High School
This was during my senior year of High school when I had no interest in CS prior and was simply looking around. It was a beginner Java Class -
First Programming Class in College
I went into the beginning of college leaning towards a CS major, however, there were other majors I was considering. I took my first programming class in my first semester and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was in Python. -
The Declaration of Major and the truth of CS
I declared my major in CS after my second class, a Java class, and I thought I had everything under control. In my third semester, I took three Cs classes including a class in OOP. Everything I loved about Cs in the first two classes was gone and I was staring at a Java program with 35 files and second thoughts of my major. -
A Break and Branching Out
I had to take a break after that fateful third semester. No Cs classes in the fourth. In the fifth semester, I was introduced to two additional languages: Javascript and C. I disliked both of them in the beginning but grew to understand C and it's similarities to high-level programming (I still don't like JS at all). -
The Best of Times, Worst of Times
The worst was over. In my sixth semester, there were 2 professors with who I took CS classes earlier, and I knew a lot of students from previous classes. One of the professors even had a movie night. Then Covid struck and it was all gone. The rest of the semester was spent in my room. I still miss the face-to-face-interaction. -
The Last Semester
It is now the present and this is my last semester. I'll be graduating in May and hope to find a job sometime then. Throughout my journey, I've had ups and downs, but the college experience (at least up till Covid) was worth all the bad tests, missed assignments, and every speaking presentation ever. I hope to never forget these four years of my life.
