It is only my first week of school and I love my CS classes already. The Professor for my Java programming class is using the Finch Robot instead of a text book. I am actually surprised that any computer science teacher would use a textbook. I took CAD for 2 years and I don't remember opening a textbook ever. The Professor would work on her computer and we would follow along. Then we would get a sheet of dimensions and draw on our own. I guess the difference is, architecture is objects and programming is mostly text. Also, teaching how to USE a program must be different than teaching how to CREATE a program. I think the Finch will be way more fun to practice programming - instead of just running text programs in that dreary Net Beans.
I have a feeling everyone says this, but I think it's not the actual "programming" that interests me. All this Java, language, detailed, syntax crap kind of makes me feel bored. I feel like I can look at a list of Java syntax and memorize what it's function is. Yay Syntax. Not me - it's those algorithms that fascinate me. I can't believe how much I struggled with the extremely simple problem solving exercises we did in class Wednesday - but it was SO fun! That's what I want to do! I want to help people come up with amazing programs that will make their organizations function more efficiently. I want to design the program and the applications and organize the information and make it all look pretty and be really easy to use. Somehow, I have the feeling that the same job everyone else wants too. :)
I'll post a picture of my finch on my blog next week.
I have a feeling everyone says this, but I think it's not the actual "programming" that interests me. All this Java, language, detailed, syntax crap kind of makes me feel bored. I feel like I can look at a list of Java syntax and memorize what it's function is. Yay Syntax. Not me - it's those algorithms that fascinate me. I can't believe how much I struggled with the extremely simple problem solving exercises we did in class Wednesday - but it was SO fun! That's what I want to do! I want to help people come up with amazing programs that will make their organizations function more efficiently. I want to design the program and the applications and organize the information and make it all look pretty and be really easy to use. Somehow, I have the feeling that the same job everyone else wants too. :)
I'll post a picture of my finch on my blog next week.
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