Example Of Personal Statement On Coding - My Lifestyle And Profession

I am applying to the University of Texas at Austin, as a transfer student to Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department. I accept as true that human intellect flourishes in a period of relaxation, following strenuous thinking. That is why I decided to pursue the double major of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Programming is not just about making a machine to do something, but it is about bringing together a cluster of technologies to work in marvelous ways. I realized that, just like a painter with its brush and canvas, a programmer is more limited by its skill and imagination, than by its tools. When I had received a robotics kit for my fifteenth birthday, a couple of months later I ventured for the IEEE Robotics Competition. I had named my robot Frankenstein 1, and he was coded with Easy-C programming language that I myself learned through the online tutorials. On the day of the competition, I proudly stood among the crowd of shoulders, surrounding the track. My heart pumped, when it was my turn, and Frankenstein 1 sprung to life and clumsily made his way along the itinerary. Unfortunately, I was no match against the college kids that time, when my robot got beaten to a pulp.
Losing my first robotics competition, awarded me a valuable realization, and seeing other superior robots elegantly maneuver themselves, taught me that computer science is more of an art and talent, than just a discipline. From that day on, I took it upon myself to hone my coding skills to perfection, and, to start with, I bought C++ Programming for Beginners. As I looked for innovative ways to implement my thirsty knowledge, I made resolution to start with a couple of easy features, such as coding scripts for Tibia, and the MMORPG fads. Another competition brought my team the 2nd Place IEEE Robotics, when our robot passed through a series of tests nearly flawlessly. When my skills improved, my ego grew as well, and I believed there was not much left for me to gain knowledge of but the mathematics and a jargon code, thereby, my passionate interest in programming diminished. I had almost left it completely, when an acquaintance invited me to volunteer at a live digital platform - Coding Mexico. We were assigned into teams, and our task was to come up with a digital project and implement it by doing-it-ourselves, with the general purpose of aiding the population. Such guidelines led to days of brainstorming and heated arguments, but, as the team gained harmony, the ideas improved. We settled on creating a webpage that centralized all the government data in order to promote transparency.
Before volunteering, I had thought of programming as a solo deal, but the project taught me that collaborating was a professional way of joining perspectives to complete the mission. Working with those highly skilled teammates, rekindled the awareness of my ignorance and with it my passion for programming. To understand the digital age, I believe there are vast possibilities and areas for improvement, waiting to be discovered by a creative and curious mind. Best of all, I think we have all the tools necessary to turn those possibilities into reality. “Once you label me, you negate me,” said Søren Kierkegaard, and these days I am sure there is nothing I would do better, than express myself through the code. If I patiently learn and collaborate, I might see my code come to life quite soon. What characterizes me the best, is what defines the geeks and nerds: my insatiable fervor for the subjects and the hobby I love.