My Future with 1s and 0s

N. A. Piette

Mrs. ksobiech

Advanced Composition

14 october 2013

My future with 1’s and 0’s

Recently I realized that computer programing is the job for me. Completing programs that can carry out things has always given me a feeling that I am doing the right thing. I plan to go to college to become certified in programing. To learn more on computer programing i will conduct library research, Interview Jeremy Taylor, and shadow Jason Ganos. By learning more about being a Computer programmer through research, an interview, and a shadow day, I will reassure that this is the right career for me.

Section I: Library Research

Computer programmers are people who create software that allows computers to do what they do, without computer programmers a computer would be worthless, it would not be able to do anything.“ computer programmers write code to create software programs.”(US Dept. of Labor 214). These programs make the computer run, a computer would not even show the startup screen without a program. Computer programmers are told by their employers what they want the program to be able to do and the programmers make it happen. “They turn the program designs created by the software developers and engineers into instructions that a computer can follow.”(214) Game companies will tell the coders what they want the game to look like, what they want it to be able to do, and how to control it. Then the programmers start to work on such a game. They write in many languages, but not like english or spanish. they write in specialized languages like C++ or Java that then gets compiled into 1’s and 0’s so that the computer can understand, a computer only has two switches, on and off, so the 1’s and the 0’s were chos...

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...cts of the IT. field. different advancement paths and the knowledge of how to follow them has given me insight to how my future will be. With all the information i have received in research, interview, and a shadow i am confident with my choice of becoming a programmer and will follow this path.

Works Cited

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“Computer Programmers” Encyclopedia of careers and vocational guidance, ed. Ferguson. 15th

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Ferguson. Computers. 5th ed. New York: Ferguson-infobase, 2008 Print.careers in focus.

Jason Ganos Shadow day 12-14-13

Jeremy Taylor Personal Interview 11-09-13

Us dept. of labor. “Computer Programmer.” Occupational outlook Handbook. 2013-2014 ed. Indianapolis: Jist. 2013. Print.