nellyspageli
Sep 8, 2009
Undergraduate / "My love for Computers" - U of I #1 [4]
Thanks Maretta. I deleted the first paragraph entirely and then sort of rewrote some of it at the end of my essay. I think it flows a lot nicer and helps it relate to the topic, tell me what you think.
As a young kid, I fell in love with computers. Their inner workings fascinate me, so much so, that I built my own fully working desktop computer by the time I was 10. I planned out my computer and bought each piece separately. I carefully weighed each company's product against the other. Even with careful assembly, when I first put it together, it didn't work. That didn't stop me, I racked my brain, going over each individual wire to make sure it was connected properly. My determination and problem solving skills paid off when I found a critical cable was disconnected inside. My computer taught me about myself as much as it taught me about itself. In order to put the computer together I had to learn what each individual piece goes and how it fits together with all the rest of the pieces. This may seem boring to some, but I loved it. The computer taught me determination. I stuck with my project even though it didn't work. When my computer broke, I diagnosed it and fixed it. When it grew old, I upgraded several internal components, instead of simply getting a newer one.
Since that moment, I have wanted to learn more about the complex circuitry deep inside a processor's core. Every day, I read about new breakthroughs in processor technology. I think to myself that years down the road, I want to be that guy. I want to be the one that comes up with some great new idea that revolutionizes how they are built or even how they function.
Thanks Maretta. I deleted the first paragraph entirely and then sort of rewrote some of it at the end of my essay. I think it flows a lot nicer and helps it relate to the topic, tell me what you think.
As a young kid, I fell in love with computers. Their inner workings fascinate me, so much so, that I built my own fully working desktop computer by the time I was 10. I planned out my computer and bought each piece separately. I carefully weighed each company's product against the other. Even with careful assembly, when I first put it together, it didn't work. That didn't stop me, I racked my brain, going over each individual wire to make sure it was connected properly. My determination and problem solving skills paid off when I found a critical cable was disconnected inside. My computer taught me about myself as much as it taught me about itself. In order to put the computer together I had to learn what each individual piece goes and how it fits together with all the rest of the pieces. This may seem boring to some, but I loved it. The computer taught me determination. I stuck with my project even though it didn't work. When my computer broke, I diagnosed it and fixed it. When it grew old, I upgraded several internal components, instead of simply getting a newer one.
Since that moment, I have wanted to learn more about the complex circuitry deep inside a processor's core. Every day, I read about new breakthroughs in processor technology. I think to myself that years down the road, I want to be that guy. I want to be the one that comes up with some great new idea that revolutionizes how they are built or even how they function.
