Week 4

 Part One: Set Your Educational Goals

    I have always told myself that I want to continuously develop my skills as a developer. There is always more to learn and new avenues to explore. As far as a set in stone goal to achieve, completing my Bachelor's is first and foremost. Once I achieve that I can start focusing on other certifications that may be beneficial to my career.

Part Two: Set Your Career Goals

    For my career goal, I hope to one day be in the position to design software systems. I enjoy writing code, but its always been building more than just producing that has fascinated me the most. My ideal role would be as a Software Architect. As an architect more of my responsibilities would revolve around developing the overall structure and project design rather than just working on coding tasks.

    Even beyond that, it is a dream of mine to open a game development studio. Much of my spare time is spent working on small personal projects in the form of games. Being able to one day establish a small studio and turn my projects into a full time job has always been the dream.

Part Three: Take a guess of your percentile of the ETS Computer Science Test

    I believe the ETS Computer Science Test will prove to be a challenge, but I hope to aim for above average. Many of the topics I have familiarity with already, but as I had said before there is always more to learn and room to grow. I have confidence that when the time comes I will be well prepared for the exam.

Part Four: Keep Up With Your Learning Journal

    This week focused a lot around goal setting and team building. I got the opportunity to connect more with my team. We shared our strengths and weaknesses and what all we could bring to the team. Getting a glimpse at the ETS Computer Science Test filled me with confidence seeing what I already knew, and excitement for the things I have yet to learn. I love forward to next week and the challenges that it may present.

Comments

  1. BrandonFebruary 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM

    Hey Austin,
    From reading your post it looks like you have a strong vision and foundation for the future. Developing your skills as a developer is a great start in setting your educational goals. Utilizing the courses and knowledge from this CSUMB program will really bolster your skills and provide a greater outlook to the field of software engineering and software architect. It looks like your educational goal is similar to mine as the highest priority right now is achieving the Bachelors degree; being able to get this will be a major milestone in our lives. As for your career goals it looks as though you are very ambitious about being a Software Architect. It already looks like you are doing this but enhancing your skills everyday will definitely help you to achieve that goal. Also opening your own game development studio would be very exciting. In order to achieve this definitely seek out opportunities in internships and bolster skills in leadership, communication and group projects. Keep at it and keep on grinding!

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