{"id":216593,"date":"2022-10-12T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/acd22-0070-001-1.jpg"},"modified":"2023-04-25T13:02:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T17:02:16","slug":"senior-research-scientist-dr-ivan-perez-dominguez","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/senior-research-scientist-dr-ivan-perez-dominguez\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Research Scientist Dr. Ivan Perez Dominguez"},"author":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_video_cc_file_id":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_audio_cc_file_id":""},"media-tags":[11533],"read_time":2,"video_cc_url":"","audio_cc_url":"","credits":"","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/acd22-0070-001-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/acd22-0070-001-1.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Ivan Perez Dominguez stands in front of a building with a slight smile. He is wearing a grey shirt and a leather jacket.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/acd22-0070-001-1.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/acd22-0070-001-1.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/acd22-0070-001-1.jpg?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/acd22-0070-001-1.jpg?resize=1024,680 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/acd22-0070-001-1.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/acd22-0070-001-1.jpg?resize=600,398 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/acd22-0070-001-1.jpg?resize=900,597 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Lee esta historia en espa\u00f1ol <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/caras-de-la-nasa\/ivan-perez-dominguez\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>“My parents had an old computer at home [in Spain]. It was called a Commodore 64. <\/p>\n<p>“It was one of those computers that used cassette tapes to load programs and games, and my brother and I used to play with that computer. He was older than me. As he entered the commands, I would just sit by his side watching him. I was very curious about why those were the commands and not something else. Why did he have to write specifically that and what would happen if I changed a number? <\/p>\n<p>“When I was around seven years old, I found the manual for the computer at home. I started reading it, and it just made sense. So I just devoured that manual and I learned to program the computer. <\/p>\n<p>“When I was nine, I joined a different school and they had programming classes in the curriculum. They taught a different programming language from the one that I had learned. <\/p>\n<p>“It just made sense to me. I understood how the computer worked and it was magical that I could just tell the computer exactly what to do. <\/p>\n<p>“And [my career] all came from that. The last time I was home, I found a little note that I had written when I was a thirteen-year-old kid. It said, \u2018My dream job in the future is to be a programmer.'” <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Ivan Perez Dominguez, Senior Research Scientist, KBR Wyle Services, LLC, NASA’s Ames Research Center<br \/>\n<em>Image Credit: NASA \/ Dominic Hart<br \/>\nInterviewer: NASA \/ Thalia Patrinos<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/faces-of-nasa\">Check out some of our other Faces of NASA.<\/a><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>“It was magical that I could just tell the computer exactly what to do. And [my career] all came from that. The last time I was home, I found a little note that I had written when I was a thirteen-year-old kid. It said, \u2018My dream job in the future is to be a programmer.\u2019” \u2014 Ivan Perez Dominguez, Senior Research Scientist<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"Ivan Perez Dominguez stands in front of a building with a slight smile. He is wearing a grey shirt and a leather jacket. 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