An Exciting Future

There exists a question that everybody must ask themselves one day;

 

 

“What do I want to be when I grow up?”

 

 

This is a question I have struggled to answer for many, many years, and I know I’m not alone. Even now, I can’t be completely sure whether I won’t spontaneously change my mind, leaving me in a rush to change all my courses last-minute and waste some money applying to programs in universities. Then again, we can never be 100% sure with ourselves, either.

 

But after so, so many years, I’ve finally decided.

 

 

My dream career is Software Engineering.

 

Just the thought of it gets me riled up. I guess it all started after I watched the movie The Social Network, a documentary on the origin and creator(s) of Facebook. I can’t really explain it, but I always get this feeling of awe seeing programmers and engineers at work. There’s something about the way they can solve any problem, develop any kind of software, type at the speed of light, and most importantly, how they are just so intelligent. It just makes me think: 

“Wow. I wish I could be as cool and as smart as them.”

So I thought to myself, if I can’t choose between programming or engineering, why not both? And so, my dream to become a software engineer bloomed.

 

Luckily for me, the demand for them is high with the ever-growing use of technology in businesses. However, that’s not the reason why I chose to pursue this career. It was only a very tiny factor in my decision. If anything, its importance to me was so small, so nano-sized that it was basically non-existent.

 

I’ve always been interested in technology ever since I was a kid. I guess it must have rubbed off on me from my dad, who works for Rogers as a technician. Spoiler alert: I’ve been a gamer ever since the first day I could hold a remote controller. The main reason why I am planning on becoming a software engineer is because that’s what I’m interested in. That’s right. Not for the money. Not because my parents are forcing me to. Because it is my passion.

 

A wise man once said, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

 

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

 

I strongly believe in this, and was thinking of this quote the entire time I was mulling over future careers. Another ingenious quote from the man known as Steve Jobs is: “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

 

With that thinking came the questions: What am I interested in? What do I love?

 

My career choices have changed drastically over the years, going from Dentist (an occupation my father continues to push me towards) to Vet to Programmer to Doctor to Astronaut to Lawyer (yet another job my father pushes me towards) until finally I decided on Engineering: Software Engineering.

 

Since a big part of software engineering is coding (obviously), I’ve taken the first step to learn the basics. I decided to take Computer Science all the way through high school, and am currently learning the C and Python programming languages. I enjoy it very much! There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing the working results of your program after putting so much time and effort into it.

 

My ultimate goal is to one day work for Google; ambitious, right? It might be a far-off fantasy right now, but I believe that by taking small steps forward everyday, little by little, that ultimate dream may one day be within my reach.

 

 

Thanks for reading! What’s your dream career? Feel free to comment below.