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

A talk for high schoolers about my journey in CS.

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/