I am applying to University of Illinois into the Information Systems program. I appreciate any feedback, no matter how minute or major the comment.
Prompt: Discuss your academic interests and/or professional goals.
I have always hated video games, and I have never enjoyed joining arguments about who has the fastest computer. From my point of view, the computer does not even matter unless it is actually useful. That usefulness is created by software, and that software is only useful if it serves its purpose. Since childhood, I have always tried to make evrything in my life simpler because I have found that simplicity is efficient. I plan on continuing this trend into adulthood by helping develop and implement simple software into existing habits and priactices. Even the first technologies ever implmented, such as sticks and rocks, were simple, adaptable, and fit into the habits of the encient humans. Technology today should still follow this eternal model: it should mesh with the current habits and intuitive actions of humans, instead of humans being required to modify existing habits to use the technology. I desire to carry this philosopy that I have been subconciously and slowly developing since I was a child into my career; I believe that my chief principle of simplicity will be an asset to others who seek a more intuitive approach to connecting human practices with technology. Imagining my future as a system analyst or project manager exites me, because I truly believe that I will find flow and will reach my fullest potential in these (or similar) careers. I want to enjoy living life, and I believe that I can doing something I enjoy: making technology simply work.
Thanks for your help in advance!
Shaun
Prompt: Discuss your academic interests and/or professional goals.
I have always hated video games, and I have never enjoyed joining arguments about who has the fastest computer. From my point of view, the computer does not even matter unless it is actually useful. That usefulness is created by software, and that software is only useful if it serves its purpose. Since childhood, I have always tried to make evrything in my life simpler because I have found that simplicity is efficient. I plan on continuing this trend into adulthood by helping develop and implement simple software into existing habits and priactices. Even the first technologies ever implmented, such as sticks and rocks, were simple, adaptable, and fit into the habits of the encient humans. Technology today should still follow this eternal model: it should mesh with the current habits and intuitive actions of humans, instead of humans being required to modify existing habits to use the technology. I desire to carry this philosopy that I have been subconciously and slowly developing since I was a child into my career; I believe that my chief principle of simplicity will be an asset to others who seek a more intuitive approach to connecting human practices with technology. Imagining my future as a system analyst or project manager exites me, because I truly believe that I will find flow and will reach my fullest potential in these (or similar) careers. I want to enjoy living life, and I believe that I can doing something I enjoy: making technology simply work.
Thanks for your help in advance!
Shaun
