Programming History

My first introduction to programming was learning to make simple games in Scratch. It wasn’t until the ninth grade when my older brother taught me some basic java, which I used to make a little text based game inspired by ‘Zork’. In the tenth grade, I started taking Computer Science courses and graduated high school having completed IB Computer Science in 2020. Shortly after, I started university. The transition from high school to university during the pandemic, with everything online, was very challenging. I learned a lot in my first year, about how to deal with stress, isolation and failure. After this, I took a year doing part time classes, and changed my plan from being a biochem major to being a computer science major. Since then, my grades have been on a steady incline and I’ve been working hard towards my degree. Throughout all of this, I’ve gained experience in C#, Java, Processing, Python, R, C, HTML, CSS, and some C++. I am motivated and excited to push myself further, take on new projects, and learn the skills to become a better programmer.