why i decided to study Software Engineering.

For at least 4 years, I’ve been wanting to get into programming, but every time I tried getting into it, it just didn’t seem like the right time for it. Either it was finances, had a bit much on my small plate, or just couldn’t figure out how I’d be able to manage to work and learn at the same time, without giving up something in my pretty routine life at the moment.

But earlier this year, in 2020, it got to a point at my former workplace, that it just got frustrating. The people I worked with and my boss, they were good to work with, but it was the management, the updated policies, that was getting frustrating. Sign this, then sometime later, (a couple of days, or week later) sign that; sometime later, sign another document, provide phone number and email. Ughs. I thought y’all already had all that info, do y’all want the passcode for my phone too???

All these updated policies over the years started pushing me to decide to make a change in my life. I felt like it was getting very restrictive and I started dreading going to work. I really wasn’t going anywhere at my job, I hadn’t gotten a raise since I started working there, there’s no way to advance my career in the company, unless if my boss quit (and he’s a 20 year man) and I knew I didn’t want to stay more than 5 years, by then, I was there for 3.5 years already.

So, I talked with my brothers, I told them I wanted to switch careers and several conversations (and hours researching online) later, I decided I wanted to get into software engineering.

The reason for this is because, well, let me take you back a bit to my first day at my former work place. My boss was showing me around and the first place he showed me was the bench and introduced me to the employee who was working at the bench. Boss said this is so-and-so, he mainly does troubleshooting. I saw all the equipment that was laid out that was being used to find out what was causing whatever issue with the device that was being looked at, and I immediately thought to myself, man I want to do this. My boss proceeded to take me around and show me the other methods of testing done at the plant.

Weeks and months went by and I found myself working at the bench, sitting across from the first my boss introduced me to, doing troubleshooting. Of all the testing methods are done at the plant, my fav was on the bench, and from time to time, do some troubleshooting.

I admit that I’m not good at it but I do like troubleshooting. I do get frustrated and need to ask a lot of questions. I tell ya though, there is such a feeling when the problem is solved. The itch is scratched.

This probably doesn’t answer the question and ya, that’s probably true…maybe I’ll know how to answer the question in five months.