This is a revision from my last text, I have manged to cut it in half in regards to length. Thanks for reading.
My name is Jeremy Wildsmith, and I have been pursuing a career for past 6 years of my life. Little did I know when I started that this pursuit would lead me to BCIT's Electrical & Computer engineering program. My journey, the kick-start for my passion in computer engineering started very young, and perhaps it started more as a passion for computer programming. I started and spent most of my time in C++ and occasionally took a detour in to C.
When I started C++ I became very engaged in the experience. I was inspired, and brought back to it as I grew an interest for the low-level components of a computer system. My interests in this particular field grew and eventually, I attempted to write my own kernel. I used a series of tutorials from osdever.net to research in to this particular field and unintentionally staggered my way in to a very simple introduction of software engineering. I ended up writing a small kernel and boot loader that would simply initialize itself, installing a keyboard listener, Interrupt Service Routines and a simple memory paging system. Later that year, my family got an Xbox (not an Xbox 360). I'd sneak away every night and open it up; trying to understand what part was the desktop computers equivalence. While looking at an Integrated Circuit I'd seen mounted on the Xbox motherboard, what I didn't know then to be the ROM memory unit storing the Xbox's Basic Input\Output System, I came across another book called Hacking the Xbox by Andrew Huang. I learned the very basics of my motherboards design. I found the material both very difficult to comprehend as well as incredibly fascinating. It is here where I picked up my passion for computer & electrical engineering.
In my Grade 12 year I pushed myself to look in to different post-secondary schools. I was initially attracted to BCIT as an option because I'd remembered taking a small summer Java program for kids there. The program was held for younger students (I was about grade 6 or 7 at the time) and even though I was a little beyond the course material at the time, I remember thinking very highly of BCIT for inspiring kids to pursue their ambitions in the computer programming field.
There was one other factor that played when I decided to apply for BCIT. Namely, it was how BCIT was hosting the VEX robotics competitions in 2012. For many hours I volunteered for my High Schools VEX robotics. I took on the responsibility of programming our robot.
In our robot, I began implementing my own independent holonomic driving system in C. I used a polymorphic and modular code design in the process; this was my first time implementing polymorphic design concepts such as interfaces and abstract classes in a relatively serious C project.
Along with my volunteer experience at my school's robotics club, I have also been volunteering with a Guildford Community Volunteer Patrol program. There I do regular patrols around the Guilford area (specifically around the mall and recreational center). Regular duties include seeking stolen cars, well as keep a watchful eye on the community. As a volunteer of GCVP, I also attend large events and work with the RCMP to keep them safe and seek out lost children; such events include Vaisakhi and the Fusion Festival. I chose to volunteer at GCVP because I was very interested in a career relevant to policing - and hope that eventually my career path in computer\electrical engineering may cross paths with a civilian career in policing.
I am taking the Electrical & Computer Engineering program because I believe it will help me grasp the fascinating and vast area of computer engineering; a dream of mine ever since I was 13.
My name is Jeremy Wildsmith, and I have been pursuing a career for past 6 years of my life. Little did I know when I started that this pursuit would lead me to BCIT's Electrical & Computer engineering program. My journey, the kick-start for my passion in computer engineering started very young, and perhaps it started more as a passion for computer programming. I started and spent most of my time in C++ and occasionally took a detour in to C.
When I started C++ I became very engaged in the experience. I was inspired, and brought back to it as I grew an interest for the low-level components of a computer system. My interests in this particular field grew and eventually, I attempted to write my own kernel. I used a series of tutorials from osdever.net to research in to this particular field and unintentionally staggered my way in to a very simple introduction of software engineering. I ended up writing a small kernel and boot loader that would simply initialize itself, installing a keyboard listener, Interrupt Service Routines and a simple memory paging system. Later that year, my family got an Xbox (not an Xbox 360). I'd sneak away every night and open it up; trying to understand what part was the desktop computers equivalence. While looking at an Integrated Circuit I'd seen mounted on the Xbox motherboard, what I didn't know then to be the ROM memory unit storing the Xbox's Basic Input\Output System, I came across another book called Hacking the Xbox by Andrew Huang. I learned the very basics of my motherboards design. I found the material both very difficult to comprehend as well as incredibly fascinating. It is here where I picked up my passion for computer & electrical engineering.
In my Grade 12 year I pushed myself to look in to different post-secondary schools. I was initially attracted to BCIT as an option because I'd remembered taking a small summer Java program for kids there. The program was held for younger students (I was about grade 6 or 7 at the time) and even though I was a little beyond the course material at the time, I remember thinking very highly of BCIT for inspiring kids to pursue their ambitions in the computer programming field.
There was one other factor that played when I decided to apply for BCIT. Namely, it was how BCIT was hosting the VEX robotics competitions in 2012. For many hours I volunteered for my High Schools VEX robotics. I took on the responsibility of programming our robot.
In our robot, I began implementing my own independent holonomic driving system in C. I used a polymorphic and modular code design in the process; this was my first time implementing polymorphic design concepts such as interfaces and abstract classes in a relatively serious C project.
Along with my volunteer experience at my school's robotics club, I have also been volunteering with a Guildford Community Volunteer Patrol program. There I do regular patrols around the Guilford area (specifically around the mall and recreational center). Regular duties include seeking stolen cars, well as keep a watchful eye on the community. As a volunteer of GCVP, I also attend large events and work with the RCMP to keep them safe and seek out lost children; such events include Vaisakhi and the Fusion Festival. I chose to volunteer at GCVP because I was very interested in a career relevant to policing - and hope that eventually my career path in computer\electrical engineering may cross paths with a civilian career in policing.
I am taking the Electrical & Computer Engineering program because I believe it will help me grasp the fascinating and vast area of computer engineering; a dream of mine ever since I was 13.
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