How did I decide that this is what I wanted to study?
Published: 2022-09-07 05:34:57

First of all let me introduce myself. I am Alondra Sámchez and I am 19 years old. I am originally from Mexico City and since I was little I have always been an animal lover, I wanted to become a veterinarian to be able to help animals when they need it, but as I grew older I realized that there are some pets that I really don't like and on the other hand when something bad happens to the animals my judgment gets cloudy and I just get sad, so I found out I didn't have the skills to act in case of emergency.

So, When I decided to get involved in the world of computing? Well, since elementary school I have had computer classes which have always been very interesting to me and it seemed that they were not difficult to me, even today my relatives and classmates ask me for help when they need something computer related. But I had always had the idea of ​​becoming a doctor, a veterinarian, so I didn't take much interest in this subject in elementary school.

In Mexico when you are at your last year of secondary school you have to pass a very difficult exam in order to be able to enter a good public high school, the test includes everything you learned since you started your academic life until that grade. I was determined to enter a high school that prepares me well enough to later be able to enter university and study veterinary medicine, but after talking with my parents I realized that being a veterinarian was not a profession that completely matched to me as I mentioned before.

In high school I was taught the basics of creating a web page with HTML language. Once in high school they taught us to use SCRATCH, introduction to programming at first it was very difficult for me to understand the logic of programming, because I had to do everything step by step, steps that sometimes looked very simple or that I didn't know you had to tell the program to do it, but I really enjoyed trying and getting it wrong multiple times because that's how I learned the principle of programming logic. At the end of this class I definitely decided that this was what I wanted to do. My school offered the opportunity to take extra classes with the benefit of obtaining a Technician degree upon completion. In my case I took Computer classes for two years. 
The first year I learned, among other things, to program in the c language, but simple exercises like creating a calculator or printing something precise on a store receipt, of course, at that time they did not seem so simple.

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This is an example of a supermarket receipt in language .c.

In my second year, among other things, I also learned to program in VRML, in this programming language you can represent objects in the third dimension. I really enjoyed that course a lot even though it cost me sleepless nights and making a lot of mistakes, but the result was totally worth it. The idea of ​​virtual reality was very attractive to my eyes. 

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(This imagen is an idea about what you can create in VRML, I did a practice like this, it was so complicated but the result was just amazing).

   The idea of ​​being able to design my own app started growing on my mind, so I managed to enter one of the best universities in my country, UNAM, and began studying computer engineering, unfortunately I started my career in the pandemic so it was very difficult for me to concentrate and on the other hand the reality is that in Mexico this career is not very well paid for beginners.

After a few months of entering the university I found the opportunity to study the same but in less time here in Canada, with the high probability of getting a better job when I finish studying. 
My main idea, as previously mentioned, is to create an App, which is why I had decided to study Mobile Development, but it was not possible. In any case, in Canada there are too many job opportunities for web developers, and although web and app have been programmed in different languages ​​in the end you can do the same thing, programming.

To be honest my goals have been changing almost day by day because as you can see I have constantly changed my mind but today my goal is to become a Full stack Developer which will allowed me to develop either a website or an app on my own. However, they say it's recommended to be a Front-end Developer since in this way you can understand better programming because you can immediately see the changes that you are making or need to make for develop your web page and successfully satisfy your users.

But how do I plan to achieve this?
Well the first step has already been taken, now I am studying at Cornerstone where they can help me and guide me by learning what is essential to become a Front-end Developer, once I finish my career here, I would like to get into a good company, one that is recognized or at least where I can take advantage of it, that not only allows me to earn money but also learn new things. While I work I would like to take another course to develop myself in Back-end Developer. This career requires a lot of practice, so my goal is to dedicate every day at least two extra hours to do new exercises that help me get a better understanding or advance in my learning in coding.
After getting the job and becoming a Full stack developer, I would like to learn Mobile development to fulfill my dream of creating my own app.