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Computer Science: Why I Did It, Why I Love It

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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.
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Pamela Fox

June 18, 2014
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Transcript

  1. ! COMPUTER SCIENCE: ! WHY I DID IT, AND WHY

    I LOVE IT by pamela fox

  2. WHERE IT ALL BEGAN....

  3. MY DAD

  4. MY MUM

  5. WE WERE SURROUNDED.

  6. WINDOWS DOS, FTW

  7. AND THUS IT BEGINS...

  8. HOW I SPENT MY NEW YEARS VACATION

  9. THE POWER OF THE WEB

  10. DIGITIZE ALL THE THINGS!

  11. SCHOOL PROJECTS

  12. CYBERCLUB

  13. COLLEGE PICKING TIME! 11TH GRADE.

  14. 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.

  15. WHERE? 3D Animation Linguistics Computer Science

  16. COMPUTER SCIENCE + LINGUISTICS

  17. COMPUTER SCIENCE + ANIMATION

  18. COMPUTER SCIENCE + GAMES

  19. SIDE PROJECTS!

  20. IT’S JOB FINDING TIME! SUMMER AFTER SENIOR YEAR.

  21. “DEVELOPER ADVOCATE” THE YEARS

  22. THE YEARS

  23. 20% TIME THE YEARS

  24. THE YEARS Japan Australia Singapore France Brazil Philippines

  25. THE HACKING YEAR

  26. THE YEAR

  27. THE YEARS

  28. THE YEARS

  29. THE YEARS http://life.khanacademy.org/

  30. THE YEARS http://life.khanacademy.org/