demanding grading procedures. I stood amongst the top 10 in my class. Though my major had opened up a wide variety of courses,I was aware of the fact that the world today runs on computers and thus programming knowhow is a requisite, I completed courses which have made me proficient in the eonian programming languages like C and C++. Besides my academic pursuits, I participated in extra-curricular activities with great…
I enjoyed learning the basics of programming, which gave me insight on how a computer operates. I performed well in this class, but at the same time, I was taking a physics class, a calculus course, and other general studies courses. This was really my first rigorous semester, and I was struggling…
What is the job you researched? The job that was researched was computer systems analyst. What pay range did you find? The pay range that was found on both Indeed.ca and Jobbanks.gc.ca was approximately $50,000 to $90,000. Approximately how many jobs do you see? Editorialize. Both Indeed and Jobbanks displays 20 search results per page. Were there differences in the job sites? The difference between the job sites are that the user interface is different. Jobbanks has a more simplistic and…
People of color could be at risk of extinction. The subtle influences of television and media programming and a lack of direct interaction, with people of color creates a false sense of reality about people of color. The result leads some to view people of color as people with low intelligence, and low moral standards. This sad perception discounts…
field relating to computers. By reading every book I could find about computers, I propelled my knowledge much beyond the scope of our basic computer classes. I learned commands in MS-DOS and quickly became a proficient DOS user. I learned the C programming language and, by the time I was in sixth grade, I could already write sophisticated programs…
to believe, but programming is used in almost every occupation and device in the world. Even farmers use programming in their jobs. Today 's farmers use tractors that automate the harvesting process. This process functions by having a computer in the tractor that…
Unit 2 – Written Assignment University of the People…
My passion for technology and computers began in childhood when I was amazed by a personal computer which was awarded to me by my parents. My first experience in using a real computer encouraged me more to try much harder in school years to become a computer specialist. Consequently, I successfully passed school years by always ranking first among my classmates and received my high school diploma with 19.05 out of 20 GPA on the Iranian scale. In addition, my genuine enthusiasm which was followed…
“As a young boy, I was taught in high school, hacking was cool.” - Kevin Mitnick Tell me what is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the term ‘hacking’? Brighten up your imagination a bit more and tell me how do you portray a ‘hacker’? Well, I am sure most of the will imagine a hacker as a geek, who is mysteriously attractive and is surrounded by many computers with codes running in them. One term that is used by the majority of the population to describe a hacker is ‘cool’.…
“Don’t just play on your phone, program it.” This quote by President Obama, which hung in my AP Computer Science classroom, resonated with me from the first day. The class introduced me to the world of coding, but also inspired me to create and learn beyond the classroom. Most importantly, this class bonded a group of my classmates who shared a passion for computer science. At first we helped each other with labs and debugging in the Java based class; but as our knowledge grew of computer…