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I wouldn’t have a career in computer science if I didn’t take an early college computer science course my senior year of high school. I had no idea about the wo
by Jcowell 3y ago
I wouldn’t have a career in computer science if I didn’t take an early college computer science course my senior year of high school. I had no idea about the world of programming the same way the a classroom setting would gave me and my high school was so poor it didn’t have AP classes to introduce me earlier.
I’m in my early 20s. it’s absolutely about access/support.
- throwawayadvsec 3y agoYou didn't have a computer until your senior year of high school?
- Jcowell 3y agoNothing spurred me on to do computer science until I took an actual programming course. I was like the rest of the population that had no idea or interest of the things going on underneath until it was showed for me. And no I didn’t get a personal computer until my freshman year of college. Up until then I used my Family’s computer to write essays and did everything else on the web via my phone. a lot of things are really about opportunity