This is the first post for my Oregon State CS467: Capstone course. This course will be one of my two final courses before graduating this term, Winter 2023. I’m new to blogging, so bear with me as I get use to expressing myself via writing.<\/p>\n
I’ll use this post as an opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Jason, and I enrolled in the OSU CS Post-Bacc program starting in January 2021. When I enrolled, I had been working for five years as an Environmental Scientist regulating drinking water utilities. My first degree was in Biology.<\/p>\n
While working in this capacity I often found myself needing to automate tasks, like extracting data from spreadsheets, or working with GIS files for mapping. I also was introduced to SQL queries and database design. I decided to take on some additional projects that required programming, and I really enjoyed the work.<\/p>\n
Before enrolling at OSU I took a few CS courses at a local community college. I was able to transfer these credits, so I dove right into the heart of OSU’s CS program. I was able to take two classes a term while working. This definitely was not easy, but it is possible!<\/p>\n
This last summer, I had the opportunity to intern with Amazon. This was the first major step in my career change to become a Software Engineer. It was very nerve wracking to accept this opportunity because it required me to quit my full-time job of five years. My internship was challenging, but I learned a lot and it was successful.<\/p>\n
Although I’m graduating this term, I’m still not sure what type of work I’d like to do within Software Engineering. I think it would be cool to find an opportunity that merges my previous Environmental Science experience with development work. My internship was mostly backend work, and I enjoyed it. I’m hoping that this class project will expose me to some new technologies and continue to help me grow as a developer and teammate.<\/p>\n
I’m excited to kick off my final term, and I’m looking forward to reading all of my fellow classmates blog posts. To all those who read mine, good luck this term!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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