Hailing from the heart of Silicon Valley, I have been surrounded by technology for as long as I can remember. With a father in high-tech, I was always encouraged to work with computers - both Mac and PC - and to explore the world of possibilities they made available. By the age of five, I was hooked on video games. By high school, I was actively interested in graphic design and 3D modeling. Now, in college, I have decided to learn more about the more technical side of computing: programming.

Perhaps what most appeals to me about programming is that it doubles as a method through which to approach a wide variety of practical situations and as a tool for developing video games (my passion for them has not - and probably never will - disappear). It is a useful skill to have in just about any career I can think of, especially as more and more aspects of life are integrated into the digital universe. Even now, with my typical freshman cluelessness about where I want to go with my life, I can see computer science complementing any and all of the other fields that are of interest to me - music, foreign language, and finance, to name a few.

That is the beauty of computer science - the absolute lack of limitations. Regardless of where the future takes me, I see computer science playing a substantial role in my day-to-day experiences, be it in respect to graphic art, to the development of some sort of sophisticated translation software, or to figuring out just how to make sure that orc tells you how he feels when you taunt his mother.