{"id":1,"date":"2023-09-26T00:52:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T00:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/codeloco\/?p=1"},"modified":"2023-09-27T12:24:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T12:24:44","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/codeloco\/2023\/09\/26\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction – Bryshon Sweeney"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone! I am currently in my last semester here at OSU. It has definitely been a journey, but I am super grateful for this program that allowed me to change my career and have a job doing what I love. Here’s a little bit about me.<\/p>\n

What got you started with software development?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

My first degree I received was a BA in Psychology from Penn State in 2019. I initially had plans to be a Marriage and Family therapist, but I realized that I enjoy helping people out with their relationships and problems as a hobby not as a job. Towards the end of receiving my first degree I started doing a lot of research on jobs that I could have for someone who really enjoys math and physics (Yes, I am that guy). I came across software development which I had never heard of prior. I started learning on my own and realized that I actually enjoyed it so I decided to enroll in this program!<\/p>\n

Current Job\/Internship<\/strong><\/h4>\n

I currently work as a Software Engineer in Bethesda, Maryland for a cybersecurity\/AI company. It has been fun and tough at the same time. I didn’t really have much experience prior to this, but just in the little time I’ve been here I was able to build a simple dashboard, use AWS Cognito for authentication, and even built a backend service to integrate with Stripe.<\/p>\n

Future Career<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Since I am so early in my career I am not exactly sure what I want to do. It definitely gets me down at times because when I talk with others it seems like all of them know exactly what they want to do and what jobs they want to pursue. I know that I truly enjoy streaming Netflix and watching Anime on Crunchyroll so I feel like it would be pretty cool to work for a streaming service such as Netflix, Crunchyroll, Hulu etc. I am pretty into traveling too so it could also be fun to work for a company such as Expedia, Kayak, Airbnb. As if that wasn’t already enough I have been learning Spanish for the past 5 years and that is something very near and dear to my heart so I wouldn’t mind working for a company such as Duolingo and Babel. As you can see I have a few interests so it’s hard to just pick one! I feel like they are all so different that they would require different expertise and so I am not sure where to start specializing or if I even should so early on.<\/p>\n

Favorite Listed Projects<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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  1. Crowd Sources Travel App – As you read above, you can see why this is my first choice<\/li>\n
  2. Personal Training App<\/li>\n
  3. Bike Kollective<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Kids, Pets, Hobbies, Sports, Games, Activities, etc.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    I just married the love of my life so that was very fun! I enjoy being a husband! Fun fact – I actually met her 5 years ago when I went to Costa Rica to study Spanish and as you can see it turned out pretty well! When I am not working and doing school work I enjoy watching sports(as well as playing) football\/basketball\/soccer, watching TV, traveling, and practicing Spanish trying to reach a native fluency (It’s so tough!), traveling, and just spending some quality time with friends and family.<\/p>\n

    Thanks for reading! Good luck to everyone on the semester! We’re almost there you got this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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