Why I Am At MATC
When I first began pursuing a degree, I started off at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. It seemed like the best decision for a naive young person, lacking real world financial experience. "Loans? Hah! I'll be making enough money to pay them off within a year of my career!"
I wasn't quite sure what degree I wanted to go for to begin with, so I began knocking out the general education classes. Along the way, I realized I would need to take up a job to cover basic experiences. I, along with many of my fellow US citizens, enjoy living in a house and eating food. I had to cut my classes down to half-time as a result. I quietly ignored the fact that I had extended my college "career" by at least four years.
After a year of classes, I decided I wanted to get a degree in computer science. I enrolled in the intro class, and fell in love. I'd come home at the end of the day and "talk shop" with my fiancé, who is a system administrator for a living (and became the best study partner).
My favorite few weeks of the class was a small glimpse into programming through Python. Programming "made sense" to me. It felt like an artistic expression. When I was younger, I loved to draw and dabbled in crafting. Programming seemed like a way for me to pick that up again - you come up with something to want to create, and you methodically create it! It was tangible to me. I type something into the IDE, and it produced a result. Programming felt like an art.
The semester drew to a close, and a new one started shortly after - this time with an introduction to Java. At this point, my debt had built up and I decided to be a mature adult (HA!). I broke down the expenses of UWM, and evaluated what career I would realistically pursue. Programming is what stood out to me. So I want to be a programmer? Fair, what education is required for programming? I began to learn that many programmers taught themselves how to code, with zero higher education
I didn't want to abandon a college degree, since I felt that would make me a bit more attractive to potential employers, but I felt that there had to be a better option than UWM. Enter MATC! I found out that MATC had a much cheaper tuition, and - gasp! - a Mobile App Development degree. Employer read: the future. Weighing pros and cons eventually lead to my transfer to MATC - and I have been quite satisfied with the school's career-oriented approach.
Currently, I am in my second semester at MATC, and finally getting my hands into real technology-oriented classes (as in, I am sufficiently generally educated). Around the same time that I started at MATC, I also got a job at my finance's company as a support technician. I've been able to integrate much of my education into my job, and vice versa. My plan is to get promoted to one of the programmer positions at my company before graduation.
I wasn't quite sure what degree I wanted to go for to begin with, so I began knocking out the general education classes. Along the way, I realized I would need to take up a job to cover basic experiences. I, along with many of my fellow US citizens, enjoy living in a house and eating food. I had to cut my classes down to half-time as a result. I quietly ignored the fact that I had extended my college "career" by at least four years.
After a year of classes, I decided I wanted to get a degree in computer science. I enrolled in the intro class, and fell in love. I'd come home at the end of the day and "talk shop" with my fiancé, who is a system administrator for a living (and became the best study partner).
My favorite few weeks of the class was a small glimpse into programming through Python. Programming "made sense" to me. It felt like an artistic expression. When I was younger, I loved to draw and dabbled in crafting. Programming seemed like a way for me to pick that up again - you come up with something to want to create, and you methodically create it! It was tangible to me. I type something into the IDE, and it produced a result. Programming felt like an art.
The semester drew to a close, and a new one started shortly after - this time with an introduction to Java. At this point, my debt had built up and I decided to be a mature adult (HA!). I broke down the expenses of UWM, and evaluated what career I would realistically pursue. Programming is what stood out to me. So I want to be a programmer? Fair, what education is required for programming? I began to learn that many programmers taught themselves how to code, with zero higher education
I didn't want to abandon a college degree, since I felt that would make me a bit more attractive to potential employers, but I felt that there had to be a better option than UWM. Enter MATC! I found out that MATC had a much cheaper tuition, and - gasp! - a Mobile App Development degree. Employer read: the future. Weighing pros and cons eventually lead to my transfer to MATC - and I have been quite satisfied with the school's career-oriented approach.
Currently, I am in my second semester at MATC, and finally getting my hands into real technology-oriented classes (as in, I am sufficiently generally educated). Around the same time that I started at MATC, I also got a job at my finance's company as a support technician. I've been able to integrate much of my education into my job, and vice versa. My plan is to get promoted to one of the programmer positions at my company before graduation.
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