Jimmy Shedlick
Introduction
I currently live in Morrisville,
NC but am originally from Ashburn, VA. I am a Junior
majoring in ECE and CPS.
Introduction
I grew up in a
technology-oriented family, so we’ve owned computers since before I was
born. I first started using computers when I was very young, and it typically
was for basic kids games on DOS. Since then I have
primarily used Windows computers. On a daily basis, I use computers constantly
– from doing work to keeping in touch with friends to playing music or
games. In 10th grade, I wrote a “march madness” program which was
hosted from my computer and allowed my friends to fill out their brackets
online and tabulated the results. This was both my best programming experience
and made me interested in computer science because it showed me how code could
be used for a real (and fun) application. My least favorite programming
assignment was my first attempt at recursion in 9th grade. I simply could not
wrap my mind around using the same method to call itself and build a tree.
Fortunately, I later understood how it worked and would probably enjoy the
assignment nowadays. On a daily basis, I feel like most computer scientists
write specialized pieces of code for a larger project, but hope to advance to
be more of a planner. In the future I see computers being an even larger part
of my life, although I am unsure whether I will focus on the hardware or
software side in my field of study.
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