{"id":5,"date":"2023-10-01T17:13:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T17:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/anthonysfinalcapstone\/?p=5"},"modified":"2023-10-01T17:13:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T17:13:25","slug":"from-there-to-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/anthonysfinalcapstone\/2023\/10\/01\/from-there-to-here\/","title":{"rendered":"From There to Here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What got you started with computers or software?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I first started with programming in 2017 when I bought a book (Intro to C Programming) and basically coded along with the examples. The book ended with a program for playing a card game, which kinda blew me away at the time. It wasn\u2019t a large program, and it was all via the terminal, but it still held the logic properly for playing the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current job or internship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am currently a full-time student. This past summer I interned as a SDE at Amazon in the Alexa org. I wrote a couple APIs from scratch in Java using the REST framework. I am currently applying for new grad roles and hoping to get an offer before the end of this course (this is my last quarter at OSU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journey with OSU<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My journey with Oregon State University started in January 2022. I took CS161 and CS225 at the time. It was definitely an adjustment having to find 15 – 25 hours a week for coursework, but I realized how much I needed the structure of the program. Before joining OSU, I went to a coding bootcamp (the now closed 42 Silicon Valley<\/a>) and worked on self teaching web development using the Odin Project. I would have bursts of productivity followed by weeks of stagnation. When I would inevitably come back and open my code editor I would be incredibly rusty, kinda like going back to the gym after a year off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the majority of the program I worked full-time as a valuations analyst at a fintech startup in Seattle, WA. It was nice learning in the evenings and then finding small things I could do at work to improve my efficiency. I wrote a script to help create a note doc and organize it in the correct subdirectory using Python, saving myself many clicks and a non-trivial amount of time. At this position I was able to work with our engineers and get my first exposure to a company codebase. It was very difficult to get the environment setup and get to the point where I could start to make changes to the code, but I had the basics down from my coursework at OSU that with a little help things turned out okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am currently in my final quarter at OSU. I am taking capstone (CS467) and Intro to Programming Languages (CS381). This upcoming week our projects will be assigned, so I will have more to say next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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