Before writing this reflection, I spent some time reading my first two year-in-reviews. I’m glad I did, because I think each year fits together. My first year was exciting and normal, my second year was severely affected by the pandemic, and my third year was a return to some normalcy, but very different from my first year. Many good friends I made my first year I don’t see anymore. They have either graduated, have different co-op rotations, or we simply didn’t talk in the nearly two-year span where I didn’t have in-person classes. I’ve changed my major, which I described as the only reason I’m at UC in my first reflection, and I’m not sure I even want to pursue my new major.
I have had regrets about leaving my old major, and I still don’t feel in the right place. I have had an interest in computer science since my first year that I have yet to pursue. It has always felt too far from what I consider my passion for me to seriously consider it as a career, but recently I decided I need to start listening to the voice in my head. I had no regrets about changing to civil, what if it’s the same changing to computer science? Do I really need to work in urban planning, or is living in a city where I can walk and enjoy a dense lifestyle what I've been seeking? Will I miss the the creativity of architectural engineering? It’s late in my undergraduate studies to change majors or even pick up a minor, but I decided I have to figure out if computer science is what I want to do, or anything else.
I’ve begun learning coding in my free time, and am working at a real estate development company on my second co-op, which is much closer to my interests and I am enjoying. I feel like I can be my authentic self in and outside of work, and I feel sure I’m going in the right direction in my free time. My manager even said if I can suggest improvements to any of the software they use because of my interest in computer science, that I should suggest it. I'm not sure what I want to do in the future, but I’m doing what I want, for me.
I have had regrets about leaving my old major, and I still don’t feel in the right place. I have had an interest in computer science since my first year that I have yet to pursue. It has always felt too far from what I consider my passion for me to seriously consider it as a career, but recently I decided I need to start listening to the voice in my head. I had no regrets about changing to civil, what if it’s the same changing to computer science? Do I really need to work in urban planning, or is living in a city where I can walk and enjoy a dense lifestyle what I've been seeking? Will I miss the the creativity of architectural engineering? It’s late in my undergraduate studies to change majors or even pick up a minor, but I decided I have to figure out if computer science is what I want to do, or anything else.
I’ve begun learning coding in my free time, and am working at a real estate development company on my second co-op, which is much closer to my interests and I am enjoying. I feel like I can be my authentic self in and outside of work, and I feel sure I’m going in the right direction in my free time. My manager even said if I can suggest improvements to any of the software they use because of my interest in computer science, that I should suggest it. I'm not sure what I want to do in the future, but I’m doing what I want, for me.