Engineering my Interest in Software Engineering
02 Sep 2019Looking back to my earliest memories of me sitting at the computer and using it, I think about two things.
The first thing that I think about is how far computer hardware has advanced since the late 1990s to present day. The first computer that I used was small Dell tower, powered by an older model of an Intel Pentium processor, a now-long-outdated Nvidia Vanta graphics card, and 20 gigabytes of hard drive storage, running Windows ME. Fast-forwarding to today, I now use a laptop with a 4-core Intel i7 processor clocked at 2.5 gigahertz, AMD Radeon R7 M460 graphics, and 250 gigabytes of solid state drive storage, with an extra 1 terabyte of external storage. In any case, it is apparent how far hardware has advanced since my first exposure to computers.
The computer I use today
The second thing I think about is how far computer software has advanced. The games that I played on that dinosaur of a machine were limited to just flash games found on Real Arcade or on the internet. The games I can play on this bad boy of a laptop is almost unlimited, from the simple flash games found on the internet to the AAA games produced in the present day (albeit at either low to medium settings for a decent framerate). Not just games, but actual applications saw major advancements. For example: Google. It went from being just a web search engine to something a lot more than that (Email servicer (gmail), cloud manager (google drive), and productivity (docs, slides, sheets), and etc.)
The computer similar to the first computer I used ever
Now how does my memories of computers and its rapid advancement relate to an interest in software engineering? The point of my analysis was that I have had a wonderful childhood. It was wonderful because of all the good times and experiences I had and am having when using a computer. I only wish to be apart of the team that will produce the next best piece of software or hardware. That way, children can experience what I once experienced when I was a child and enjoy it as much as I do. To do so, I am studying for a degree in computer engineering, which is the best of both electrical engineering (computer hardware) and software engineering (computer software).