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Why I Want To Study Computer Science

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Being born into an era of technological revolution and electronic exponentiation, I was fascinated by electronic appliances and computers right from my childhood. The thought of controlling characters in a video game or the ability to perform complex functions with a single click of a button fascinated me beyond imagination. My father’s job required our family to travel to different areas in India frequently and this gave me an exposure to computers right from my childhood as I had the fortunate chance to learn about computers and be immersed with the growing technology right from my elementary and middle school. This also gave me an opportunity to make new friends, meet new people all across India.
I pursued my high school education from a reputed school in India where I had the chance to improve my math and communication skills. It was during this time that I decided that I wanted to be an engineer because I liked solving problems, and I was good at math. However, I was open-minded about choosing a particular field of study. After taking advice from my high school …show more content…

I undertook online courses in web development where I had the chance to learn html, css and JavaScript. It was during this time that I realized that I wanted my career to be in the field of computer science, not just because I had started to like programming but because of the fact that my appreciation for the realm of computer science increased and I found a comfortable level of abstraction that I could work at. Also I liked the fact that computer science would enable one, not only to have an innovative career, but also to have wider career options as it is evolving as a branch of science with roots to different fields of study. Every field ranging from biology to political science, business to fine arts and economics to software engineering, today depends on computers and its related

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