What I hope to get out of CS3216

I am interested in programming. I love the feeling that I usually get after solving a programming problem or finishing a programming project. However, I have been away from programming lately (I didn’t do programming last semester. I had enough of programming during 2 months internship during holiday XD). As I tried to explore what I love to do, I decided to take mostly EE modules (electrical engineering modules) last semester. I also liked EE projects. However, I didn’t get the excitement that I got from programming. I felt relieved after finishing EE projects but not the sense of accomplishment or pride that I usually felt after each programming project (Maybe it was because I wasn’t very good at electrical engineering and so didn’t have confidence in the outcome of my projects). This semester, I want to focus my energy on programming related modules and projects and see where I get from there (I am also taking CS2102 and CS2103 this semester). I want to rediscover my desire and thrill for programming and become more interested and more passionate about programming. I am looking forward to draw inspiration from course mates, lecturers and tutors in this module.

I am also interested in techonopreneurship and new product development. During the second semester of year 1, I decided to take a module, TR3001. It is a course about new product development. We had to come out with a proposal for a new product and preferable with a working prototype. It was regrettable that my team didn’t manage to come out with a prototype. During the course, I realized that I had too little technical knowledge and experience to fully make of the module and enjoy its benefits. Nevertheless, I don’t have any regret for taking the module as the lecturer and many of my course mates gave me a lot of inspiration. Most importantly TR3001 made me realize that I have a latent but strong interest in technporeneurship and developing new products. Just thinking or daydreaming about what kind of new product will make a breakthrough in the near future gives me thrill and immerse excitement. I hope to rediscover this feeling during CS3216. Since I have better technical knowledge and more experience now than in year 1, I hope to make better use of CS3216 to improve myself and get valuable experience than I did in TR3001.

In conclusion, from CS3216, I want to pick up lots of technical knowledge, rediscover my thrill for programming and enhance my interest in technopreneurship.