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Filling My Computer Science Void
My slow meandering back into web development
Exactly one year ago I started a Web Development Intensive course at (the now defunct, R.I.P.) New York Code and Design Academy. One thing I really enjoyed doing during those months was writing about my journey through the course, and my experience as a “career changer”. Since getting a job in July 2017, though, I’ve been spending most of my time getting familiar with troubleshooting Linux related issues. I haven’t mastered it by any means, but I do feel comfortable enough that I now have extra BPU (Brain Processing Unit) to start studying programming again.
I may have jumped back in sooner had I known where to start. Programming is endlessly diverse, and there are so many voices out there telling me what to learn, or what the highest paid programming language is. It became difficult to discern what I wanted — or even needed — to learn. Because I also felt a significant lack of understanding when it came to computer science as a whole, and I’m the kind of person that has a hard time ignoring said lack of understanding in myself.
So on recommendation I recently started reading a book which I hope will help fill this void. It’s titled Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs.
