Goals come in all shapes and sizes, some are big some are small. One thing that I have always acknowledge is how life tends to work upon systems; those systems can be then broken up into even smaller systems. Goals are the same thing, you can have a big picture goal and you can have a smaller picture goal. In terms of my educational goals, ultimately, my goal is to finish my computer science degree at California State University Monterey Bay. I am grateful to be able to be doing this program all online. That being said, achieving that ultimate goal of being granted the first bachelors degree in my family has to be built on smaller goals. I am currently taking the first of a few classes in the CS Online program at Monterey Bay. My short term–small goal–is, at the very minimum get a B in the class. I currently have an A, and I plan on doing everything I can to keep that A. School is not a just a letter grade, however, I specially want to to soak in as much information as I can from some of the courses that are in the program; I want to be a well rounded engineering. Ultimately, everything is a process built on smaller goals, and things take time to mature.
Career Goals
My biggest career goal like many other is to reach a level where I have a financial freedom and help other around me with whatever they require. However, reaching that goal of financial freedom is not a straight line path, and I acknowledge that. After completing my computer science degree, I plan looking for employment in the field of software engineering so I can start building experience. I do ambition to one day work at a big tech company, like Facebook or Google, but I think that is more because of the name. I want to have something that I can call my own, and something that I build. So, in conclusion, my career goal is financial freedom, and I hope to accomplish that by ultimately building a business in the software field.
ETS Computer Science Test
After looking at the ETS document page, in 18 months, I think I should be prepared. There is some stuff that I saw on there that I think I may need some reviewed, but I think I should do pretty good. I think in 18 months, everything in the test should be covered. Currently, I think I maybe have about 60% of the stuff there. It is mostly the algorithms, operating systems, and networking aspect of the test that I still have no knowledge of. I think I should be able to comfortably achieve at least an 80% in 18 months.
This Week
Through the week the class has been mostly focused on the second major assignment for this course: the ethics paper. In our class discussion, as a class we discussed different ethical frameworks through the use of scenarios. We also worked on an outline for the ethics paper. Lastly we also look at a preview of the ETS Computer Science test and self evaluated if we would be prepared or not in 18 months. Overall, not a busy week like previous, but plenty of valuable information.
2 comments:
Hi KM,
I share the same dream as yours for the aim of financial freedom just like countless others. I also aim to work in big tech one day and start my own company but if I may suggest some advice, start looking for what that company will do. Such as what kind of product will they make, what service will they provide, what issue do you aim to fix? The reason is if you have an idea of what you want to do, then you can aim to learn skills specially for that company you will create. If you are going to local server company then learn all you can about data management or you are going to create a video editing software then learn how to use all software's out there, what people wish they had in the software, and what languages are needed to make said creation. I asked myself these questions to myself as well and I already are aiming at select internships and start ups to learn the desired experience to create my own company someday. Overall, you have great goals but I would suggest to specify more how will you attain said goal of financial freedom.
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