Friday, February 12, 2016

First Week!

So I'm not going to lie, I thought that not only would I not be able to catch on since I just started learning C#, but I thought that working 5-7 hours a day doing the same thing would get monotonous and boring. But my experience this week shook all those negative perceptions away. I was able to completely script my first working test this week!
The capabilities of software and technology today are just mind boggling. My first test-- a very small part of it at least-- involved the computer automatically signing in to Google and typing my password automatically; it just amazed me! On top of that, this technology, allows software startups with so little resources-- not just this one, there are thousands-- to rapidly evolve and sustain success in the long run, and it is mainly due to the capability of the software in today's day and age. Another thing I realized is computer science is very, very easy to learn. And not just C#, this extends to Python, Java, and C+, and probably most of the languages being utilized the most. I found this out because on my quest to learn C#, I found other tutorials; A majority of these taught the entire language within a day or two of learning. The best part is, that simply learning a language that is actually used by software companies, like C# which is used for basically all Windows applications, you can actually secure a job, even without a degree!
Another cool part of the job is the 'aha moment'. I was working on that test three days-- thirteen hours-- in a row trying to figure out that one test, and it was definitely frustrating seeing the error message again and again and again. But after I finally figured out the last error, I had the aha moment; seeing the test run successfully, and the green check mark by the project in the run manager, really gave me a sense of relief and joy.

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