Week 6

I've continued to study subjects such as C++ and Mathematics in my own time to further my knowledge and to support my work. I focused on trying to find the best way of studying these programming languages as well.. By using things such as video tutorials allows me to cut down on some of the time of which i'd be studying for however i'm not yet sure that I've figured out which way(s) fit me best. Mathematics however i'm seeing that i'm learning better from reading it out of a book. Work experience is still undecided. In lessons I've started learning a lot more and i'm getting used to the change of pace College has brought about.

Week 5

This week is not much different to the last week. I've completed to task 1 in Computer Architecture and we've moved on to task 2.Part of the the spec in Doug's lesson is where we're learning about how a computer system is constructed and deconstructed.Overall i'm learning more than i have done before and continuing to progress my knowledge on computing. The situation with Work experience is still on going as i'm still looking for a job that will aid me in computing. The work at this point in the lessons are fairly independent however it's starting to show more join work too as we're presenting work and giving feedback this is a step in the direction of completing my target of getting used to join work.

Week 4

This week I've continued the search for work experience to aid with my course, I've sat at studied a lot of C++ as well , which hopefully should provide me with some support when I comes up in the lesson , however I know this is not enough so I will continue to read up on it. Unfortunately I have not idea when join work will come into play as yet i still hasn't College remains independent study for the most part. Other than this I've not done much in the way of binary research so this is something that I will most definitely have to improve on.

Week 3

This week I've started exploring different opportunities that will allow me to gain some experience in the computing industry. My computing skills are developing steadily as I'm currently studying binary and logic gates. I've done a steady look over websites to see if I can find any jobs that fit in with computing however at the moment I haven't managed to find anything that will work. If you remember I wanted to work on getting involve with more join work than independent but currently most of my college work seems to be independent meaning that I haven't really had chance to get used to working with other people.

Week 2

My Targets

Although targets are essential at this point coming up with targets that fit perfectly into my academic and practical studies is hard.Other than gaining the current information taught in my current lessons to secure good grades in the subjects as well as especially good grades in the areas in which i need to excel at,  there currently is nothing else i need to focus on or achieve at this moment. 

Although if i was to push for a answer i would say finding work to fit in with my wanted field would be best... so trying to find this experience is quite essential at this point, although finding a part-time job that covers the entirety of computing may be more beneficial. I have a target of getting more used to join work other than independent as my desired career involves both types of work effort, so I will continue to find time or ways to work on this in the future. On top of this studying on weaker areas of my current course may help me in the future so this is something that i will start to focus on.

Week 1

Programming: Software developer/Game designer or developer

What is needed: High grades in programming and relevant subjects as well as experience.

Soft skills that could be required: Communication, flexibility, teamwork, creativity, professionalism, responsibility, work ethic, listening, interpersonal skills, positive attitude, mentoring/teaching.

This is what I currently want to do when I leave education and I have identified what I need to acquire during my education and what skills are required and need developing on my part. I personally think that the hardest part of me getting to where I want to be is the prior experience to pursing my career in computing. I struggle with join work as I find it much easier to work independent that with others and it's something that that I hope to work on on the in coming weeks and through my education and any part-time jobs I move into along the way.