Software Engineer as dream job?

30 Aug 2023

Why am I interested in software engineer

I was introduced to computer science during my sophomore year in high school. After having some hands-on experience, I found out that I like to code programs. I enjoy the process of writing code and find errors in the code. Writing lines of code and making it work the way I wanted to, just make me feel good. Later on, I took AP Computer Science A and AP Computer Science Principles rest of my high school years. Later attended UH Manoa, and I took ICS211, ICS 141, ICS 241, and ICS 311 during my freshmen year. I wanted to become a software engineer because I have used much software and hope to create software that is needed for everyone. These courses only build my coding skills but not the technique of software engineer. So for my sophomore year(2023), I enrolled in ICS 314 wishing to learn more about software engineering.

Skills I wish to develop in the future

I wish to develop the skill that I can quickly have some sort of structure of the code after reading the instructions or listening to the client’s needs. I know this will take lots of time because this depends on own your experience. So it is a long process to gain this skill and I will not give up. Life is learning, there is always something new available for you to learn.

I also want to develop the skill, able to cooperate with different types of software to develop software. I believe AI like GitHub Copilot and Chatgpt would efficiently improve my code and save time. ICS 314 (currently taking) will help me develop the skills I need. After this course, I would also take an advance software engineer course at UH Manoa and find a software engineer internship to gain work experience.