Diane Pap @mom • Jan 4, 1995
Just had a baby!
Just had a baby!
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Sylvia just said her first word! It was "accessibility"
hello world
im baby
i am a child computer prodigy
*types rosebud into the sims*
learning HTML on Neopets - so fun!
me explaining neopets to my parents and other kids in 4th grade
neopets doesnt seem like something that normal kids do so i think ill give it up for now. maybe try a 'sport'
who knew html would be so useful for myspace?
rip myspace, hello facebook :/ not the biggest fan. too many signup questions. like why do they need to know my age? or blood type, and политическая принадлежность?
my high school giving us one class called 'computer applications' where we learn how to open excel, but 10 different classes in agricultural science and FFA
excited for college!
spoke too soon
me, seeing 'comp sci 101' in the course catalog: great! a class for beginners
uchicago:
professor: java is one of the most important programming languages-
me: im going to need JAVA to get through this morning haha
professor:
kid next to me already applying to google internships:
me:
i would like to inform the haters that i have dropped comp sci 101
might just f around and major in philosophy
ok guess im going to dedicate my life to politics, human rights law, and apocalypse prepping
me: i love this class on formal logic. wondering if i should have majored in math? 'A if and only if B,' am i right?
them: ma'am, this is a wendys
yesterday, undergrad. today, paralegal. tomorrow,
after watching one khan academy video on cryptography
yall mind if i... quit my job and go back to school
those who do not study history are doomed to probably be pretty happy actually because history is horrible why am i here
took a DNA test turns out im 100% addicted to twitter
team of doctors surrounding me: yes its actually quite concerning
you dont know sacrifice until youve gotten a couple hundred likes on a tweet about game of thrones, then deleted your account so you could focus on grad school
finishing an IR masters in london then moving to mexico to teach math like
im so influenced by tv. watching grey's anatomy? im a doctor. suits? lawyer. silicon valley? let me try learning to code for the millionth time
`hello world` my old friend
intro to html & javascript? havent heard that name in years
ok, ill bite. what is 'imposter syndrome'
just typed into terminal and it showed up on the browser so i think its safe to say
career quiz: be computer scientist
me: haha wow thanks but i am not smart enough for that
coursera ad: you can become a professor in literally anything for free
me: well i am a gentlewoman and a scholar. but its too late
youtube suggestion: Why It's Never Too Late For a Coding Bootcamp
just had the spontaneous epiphany that my calling in life is technology and coding
maybe i CAN do it, and maybe ill even enjoy it, but will i be good at it?
stack overflow: no
me:
explaining to friends and family why i have decided to go back to yet another form of school and do a coding bootcamp
my parents, supporting whatever i do as long as i can help with the printer
wow, i am absolutely in love with my coding bootcamp, the city of san francisco, and this wework building. sure hope nothing major happens in the next couple of months to disrupt this exciting city tech life