{"id":1,"date":"2022-03-31T20:07:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T20:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/theramblerepo\/?p=1"},"modified":"2022-04-01T06:50:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T06:50:21","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/theramblerepo\/2022\/03\/31\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 1: the final stretch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\">Hello and thanks for checking out my first blog post for this course! My name is Rachel Wozniak and this week I&#8217;ll be introducing myself and what my programming journey so far. Throughout the quarter, I&#8217;ll be selecting various programming topics to dive into, so stay tuned for weekly posts.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\" style=\"border-radius:25px\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5533\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG_5E7CB264DA0A-1-1024x1007.jpeg\" alt=\"Two bees holding tea and a croissant\" class=\"wp-image-30\" width=\"312\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5533\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG_5E7CB264DA0A-1-1024x1007.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5533\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG_5E7CB264DA0A-1-300x295.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5533\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG_5E7CB264DA0A-1-768x755.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5533\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG_5E7CB264DA0A-1.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><figcaption>Here is a doodle created by my friend Hannah (@artizahnstudio), depicting us as bees discussing the finer things in life.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A little bit about me&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before I get into my experience with coding, here&#8217;s a few fun facts about me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I am an avid tea consumer! As a close friend once said &#8220;most people are about 60% water but Rachel is 100% tea.&#8221; I even managed a bubble tea store for a while.<\/li><li>My top film &amp; tv genres are satire, dark comedy, and serial killer dramas based off of true stories. Most recently, I watched\u00a0<em>The Serpent<\/em> on Netflix. As I&#8217;m always running out of shows to watch, recommendations are welcome!<\/li><li>My most prized possession is my childhood cat&#8217;s skull, which I had cleaned by dermestid beetles (much to my parents&#8217; horror) after she passed away last year.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\" style=\"border-radius:0px\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5533\/files\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-31-at-4.57.25-PM.png\" alt=\"Sketch of two figures, one labelled 'Me', the other labelled 'My fleeting youth'\" class=\"wp-image-32\" width=\"366\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5533\/files\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-31-at-4.57.25-PM.png 980w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5533\/files\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-31-at-4.57.25-PM-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5533\/files\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-31-at-4.57.25-PM-768x506.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><figcaption>Again, sketch courtesy of @artizahnstudio \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My path to programming<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I received my first undergraduate degree from Santa Clara University in Philosophy. During my time there, I had the chance to explore a bit of the computer science world, both through philosophy courses (ex: &#8216;Philosophy in Science Fiction&#8217; and &#8216;Ethics &amp; Emerging Technology&#8217;) and CS electives like cryptography. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating into the midst of the pandemic and struggling to find a satisfying job or career path, I decided to return to school and  learn more than just the theory behind computer science. (The comic to the left is a pretty good depiction of how I felt searching for jobs as a recent philosophy grad during the peak of the pandemic.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time has flown by, and it&#8217;s hard to believe I&#8217;m entering my final quarter of the program. Along with finishing up my coursework this quarter, I will be continuing to work as an intern developer at my current company and spending a lot of time applying to full time positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m anticipating a busy few months with the many projects I&#8217;ll be working on this quarter, but I&#8217;m excited to get started. See you next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and thanks for checking out my first blog post for this course! My name is Rachel Wozniak and this week I&#8217;ll be introducing myself and what my programming journey so far. Throughout the quarter, I&#8217;ll be selecting various programming topics to dive into, so stay tuned for weekly posts. 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