SEC-S20W1: Programming is easy
Hi! I wanted to write an entry for this lesson...
The homework:
Write your essay highlighting the following basic questions in it:
- Who are programmers,
- The profession of a programmer,
- What do programmers do
- What should have been learned (done) earlier in order to go, study and become a good programmer.
- Your thoughts on programmers and programming.
I think programmers are often people who like to create solutions to problems, they can think of ways of breaking down the issue to solve it in different ways.
In the UK, programmers are often associated with having a high salary. However, recently, because so many students decided, "well I want that too!", there are fewer vacancies for programmers. However, despite how competitive the job industry can be for programmers can be, many programmers sometimes just use their skills for themselves. I used to know a friend from university that would randomly create a program just to track the progress of their character building in games.
Programmers have a wide range of tasks, and I'm sure some may specialise in something more than another. I know that there are various programming languages, like C++, JavaScript, Python, and HTML. Programmers use these languages (sometimes a mixture) to create various things. These things could be a website, some sort of software, or a database !
When I was younger and thinking of a career path, I did want to get into programming. But unfortunately, in the UK to get a career in programming, you often need a really strong academic qualification to back it up, like a university degree. Then, to get that degree, you would need a high grade in the pre-university qualifications.
In the UK, the pre-university qualifications are called A-levels. Typically, a secondary student (about 17 or 18 years old) takes 3 A-level exams, and if you are aiming to be a programmer, you would aim to have Mathematics, Computer Science, and maybe Physics.
I mention Physics as it's one of the subjects that will really show off your maths skills haha.
Unfortunately for me, I have never been the best at maths. So I didn't take maths or physics as part of my pre-university exams. I did, however, do Computer Science. I wasn't the best but I really enjoyed it.
But universities that offer Computing degrees can be really competitive, and I just didn't meet the requirements.
If I could do it all again, I would probably have tried to do Maths and Physics as part of my A-levels in order to go and study to become a programmer. But I don't think I would have passed the exams haha.
Just like the professor says, I feel like anyone can become a programmer. My maths is quite weak, but I think that you don't need math skills to program. I know a lot of people in the UK think that programmers must be really good at maths to get started, on top of that, a lot of academic courses for programming often have the requirement for you to have a certain high grade in your secondary school maths in order to take part in it. Programming is a way to communicate with a computer in order to create something, ranging from a game to just a program that will do mathematic calculations for you.
An invite to participate
I know that the deadline for this is tomorrow so I am not giving you enough time to write a post haha, but I would like to ask you to think about the questions in the homework 😅
Really nice job! I don't know much about programming but it was nice to read your post to learn more. It's a shame that there are less vacancies for programming jobs! I definitely related to you with maths, lol!
It's good that you selected 5 questions from my text, that's good!!! At least no one else made such a conclusion. So you see the main thing and can set yourself a task like a programmer)))) But in fact there were four points that you did not describe at all, well, maybe you barely touched on them.
I was interested in reading your post, but I did not see the answers to my questions.
Thank you for the feedback teacher. I wanted to try the work again so I've made another post. However, I know you may not check it or give it a mark, which is fine! I just wanted to improve 😊
Here is the link to it if you would like to look, thank you again!
https://steemit.com/sec20w1sergeyk/@jen0revision/trying-it-again-sec-s20w1-programming-is-easy
Hello @jen0revision
The questions posed and your answers made me think of the 'stereotypes' I personally have when it comes to programmers.
I think of programmers as 'geeks' or 'boffins'. I don't use these terms in a bad way, on the contrary, I admire people who have a passion for a topic, and who have the perseverance to follow through their objectives and concentrate hard enough to solve tricky problems while strategically planning and anticipating what may or may not happen.
Just like you, alas, my maths skills are not good enough so I totally take my (virtual) hat off to you for taking this course !
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Haha yeah the stereotypes of certain professions really guides what you think about them! They are definitely admirable, thank you for your comment, you always make such great posts too!
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