How to get superpowers
A career day presentation on computer science
Presented by Jeremy A. Cantu & Joanne N. Bruno
Who are we?
Texas A&M Graduates
Graduated in 2015 with a degree in Computer Science
Software Developers
at Dell in Round Rock, Texas
And above all, coders
What is code?
Answer:
Code is a way to represent information, and it's our job to write code to help a computer understand that information
Where do you think you find code?
Answer: Everywhere!
What does code look like?
Show of hands: who here knows one language?
Who here knows two?
function sayHello(name) {
if(name !== null) {
console.log("Hello, " + name + "!");
}
}
sayHello("Jeremy"); // Outputs: "Hello, Jeremy!"
Languages
Like a hammer or a screwdriver, languages are your tools
How many languages are there?
Thousands!
There are languages for making websites, video games, phone apps, math, art, the list goes on!
Learning a new language is like learning a superpower
What can you do with those superpowers?
Anything
Superpowers
The Power to build Websites
The Power to build Applications
The Power to create data visualizations
Pop Quiz!
What do you think it takes to be a programmer?
- Math smarts
- Science Skills
- English education
Answer: All of the above!
Like a lot of things, it takes a lot of practice to become good at something, including programming
What it takes to make an application
Learning about what the customer wants
Learning about what the customer wants
Designing the application
"Prototyping"
Building
Why Kids Must Learn to Code
What should you expect when you're a programmer?
Robots and Artificial Intelligence
Holographic projections
Cars that drive themselves
More need for programmers
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