hmmm I feel like the semester is flying by so fast but not fast enough because we're really only on our 8th week out of 16-17 weeks. Lol The feeling and excitement just died.. RIP. We're literally half way. 50%. 1/2. lol we have another 1/2 another 50%. another 8ish weeks left. danggg.
Anyways my future career. Jeez. I honestly do not know what to expect. But I'm eager to learn. I want to pursue a career in software developing. I want to design and develop new software for companies, test and modify existing software, I want to be the annoying update you always get on your iphone (that you always ignore). LOL well at least i ignore it.
What will I have to do in order to adapt to this career... SELF CONTROL.
A whole lot of brain power, an enormous amount of patience, meticulous attention to detail, and communication/planning skills. In order for me to work efficiently and not have to take my work home, I'd have to actually know what I'm doing AKA background knowledge AKA in the process of getting a degree in computer science. Like some jobs you learn how to do your job within the first weeks of getting hired. This job you have to already know your $h!t. Some of my friends that have graduated with degrees in computer science are struggling to find jobs because employers actually test you on whether or not you can program. I was like WAHHH. But it's understandable, you're going to get paid 40-50 dollars an hour.. You better know how to program and do the tasks your employer is hiring you to do.
Hmm i say patience and paying close attention to detail because if i have to write thousands and thousands of lines code, an extra space somewhere or a capitalized letter or a random character in my code could be the reason why my entire program doesn't work. And the first thing I would think is not that i mistyped somewhere but my logic is wrong.Lastly (not really lastly but lastly on my list) communication and planning skills. There is going to be a lot of team work involved in this job. We are going to have to plan efficiently in order to have a well developed program and be able to meet deadlines. Talking to one another about what works and what doesn't work, helping each other solve problems, communicating altogether keeps everybody on the same page moving forward as a collective.
As for my identity kit... being professional is key. I can't talk to my coworkers or my boss like how i would talk to my friends. I want to show them that I am respectable, dependable, hard working and most importantly competent in programming. For me, first impressions are SOO important. If I dont enunciate and slur my words or if i casually talk to my boss I feel like i'm disrespecting their position of authority. If that makes sense... Though it would be cool to BE COOL with my boss there will always be that fine line between employee and employer that i don't want to cross. Unless im being promoted then wassuhhhhhhh C:
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