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Computer Science: Why I Did It, Why I Love It
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Pamela Fox
June 18, 2014
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Computer Science: Why I Did It, Why I Love It
A talk for high schoolers about my journey in CS.
Pamela Fox
June 18, 2014
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Transcript
! COMPUTER SCIENCE: ! WHY I DID IT, AND WHY
I LOVE IT by pamela fox
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN....
MY DAD
MY MUM
WE WERE SURROUNDED.
WINDOWS DOS, FTW
AND THUS IT BEGINS...
HOW I SPENT MY NEW YEARS VACATION
THE POWER OF THE WEB
DIGITIZE ALL THE THINGS!
SCHOOL PROJECTS
CYBERCLUB
COLLEGE PICKING TIME! 11TH GRADE.
A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS... - Event Planning (+
Computers) - Graphic Design (+ Computers) - Language learning (+ Computers) - Newspaper layout (+ Computers) - Computer Programming - Website Development ! COMPUTERS, COMPUTERS, COMPUTERS.
WHERE? 3D Animation Linguistics Computer Science
COMPUTER SCIENCE + LINGUISTICS
COMPUTER SCIENCE + ANIMATION
COMPUTER SCIENCE + GAMES
SIDE PROJECTS!
IT’S JOB FINDING TIME! SUMMER AFTER SENIOR YEAR.
“DEVELOPER ADVOCATE” THE YEARS
THE YEARS
20% TIME THE YEARS
THE YEARS Japan Australia Singapore France Brazil Philippines
THE HACKING YEAR
THE YEAR
THE YEARS
THE YEARS
THE YEARS http://life.khanacademy.org/
THE YEARS http://life.khanacademy.org/