Graduate / "Pursuit of knowledge" - My SOP for Software Engineering [8]

My SOP is given below. any comments, suggestions as well as advise to make it more realistic and appealing would be highly appreciated.

Pursuit of knowledge has always been my obsession and the propelling force behind all of my achievements. My decision to pursue graduate study blends harmoniously with my eventual objective of taking up research-oriented career in Software Engineering.

The days of my undergraduate study helped me to get sound knowledge and a firm grasps over the principles underlying the course of Information and Communication Engineering and has equipped me with the necessary prerequisites for a formal graduate course. Take stock of the fluidity and the fast rate of obsolescence of the developments in this field, I have always strive hard to keep myself abreast of the latest trends by going through the journals of IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering.

As it is absolutely necessary for everyone to be acquainted with computers, I have learnt 'C' and 'C++' then my interest grows on programming language. After then I have learnt Visual Basic and developed library management software with the help of another two friends. After successfully completion of that software I have decided to build my career on software engineering. After that I have developed different kinds of software using different languages. And presently I am working with php. I have also worked with Java, Visual Basic, C and C++. Also I have little experience on Prolog and Haskell.

My present job has helped me to develop different types of live services for different mobile phone operators. The industry environments that I am currently in do not support my desire for research. I possess industry-hardened skills in Computer Languages, but I must build on these to achieve my goal of undertaking cutting-edge research in Software Engineering. I therefore believe that I must return to the academic world for further growth.

As the Software Engineering talk about software, I would say that system specification, writing programs, testing and integrating code, creating maintainable code and documentation should be the major aspects. Missing any of them even workable software can hardly be used. Documentation can help to make software visible and quality assurance which is also an aspect of Software Engineering concerns the quality of software. Tools, the aspect of Software Engineering help to gear up software development. I am interested to do my research on the above aspects.

I believe that my perseverance, originality, talents and enthusiasm will distinguish me from other students and would help my success as a graduate student. I am confident that I will be able to meet the demands and requirements of the research in your university.