My CS Journey

I hope to gain a better understanding of how programmers use logic to create software from the ground up. It will be exciting to see what I can create as the I move through the program and hope I will be able to help my peers if needed. My primary goal is to retain the information I learn as it will be crucial to entering the job market. I would also like to further my education beyond my bachelor's degree. This may be in Cyber Security or another area that can transfer into the criminal justice field.  For as long as I can remember, I have had a desire to work in law enforcement in a role that helps investigate crimes. Taking into account my limitations, I knew I had to be realistic of what role I could have investigating crimes. I would like to become a digital forensics analyst where I could have an exciting career with new challenges every day. I hope to work for a federal agency and with task forces that handle major crime investigations.  The ETS computer science sample ...

This week we learned about what computer science majors should know in terms of their skills with different languages but also about finding jobs and staying relevant. We also learned how ethics plays a role in computer science. A person should write code while avoiding create programs that are inherently bad and take in consideration how certain programs can be used in negative ways. We also learned about ethics, or how we determine right from wrong. This is an especially important topic when it comes to AI and its uses in our daily lives. AI can help create solutions more efficiently and foster a lot of knowledge. It can, however, be used for negative things like displacing workers for robots that don't require healthcare or rights.  One important note learned from the What every computer science major should know  page was that people wanting to gain employment in a computer science role must show that they know how to create software, not just their credentials. It's impor...

Part 1  My most effective strategies for learning include having a schedule for completing assignments, knowing when to study so I don't feel overworked, and having a place where I can study without distractions. However, I could improve on some of the SQ3R skills like creating an agenda of what I will be studying, reading over materials for more than just the answer to a question, and taking the time to revise my work.  Part 2 My activity log for the week: Part 3 Project management is used to create a new product in a given timeframe. There are three given attributes that define a project like time, scope and cost. A change in any one of the attributes will affect the other two. The work breakdown structure (WBS) is a tool in project management used to manage large scale projects. The WBS breaks a project down into deliverables which include any step in the process of project like tests, prototypes and results. It can be presented as tree diagrams. hierarchal lists or WBS dic...

 This week I learned about the history of the School of Computer Design at CSU Monterey Bay and how to be successful in an online learning environment. I also met with my team to discuss how we will be completing team assignments moving forward. Finally, I went over the detail for my Industry Analysis paper which will be due in a few weeks, starting with the outline that is due in a few days. Although I tend to dread writing long essays, I think it will be a good refresher from my English 3 class from a few years back. Here's to the next 100 weeks. I hope it goes by quickly :)