Decisions
7:29 PM Edit This 1 Comment »I am going to learn to make things, big and small, with fancy cutting equipment and modeling software and a soldering iron. I have been accumulating found things, taking them apart and peeking inside. I have been getting paint in my hair and burning myself with hot glue. I am taking some classes this summer. I have some experts to ask. I am daunted and excited.
Edit: Ok ok a little background. I've been spinning in circles for the last few months after I started thinking about what I was going to do after graduation. I love learning about computer science, but there are a lot of things that can be done with that, some of which I want to avoid (I don't think I can be purely a programmer/code monkey without losing my mind). And I want to incorporate making tangible things, because...I guess because it makes me happy and it's an area of "flow" and it's something I do without external motivation or needing to be "the best at" it in order to enjoy myself. There are some really cool resources (laser cutter in the design department, people who know how to use all the tools I want to learn, classes to help me get started) that I have access to while I'm in school, but I keep putting off spending time using them because I feel like there are more important academic things to do. I need to keep up with schoolwork of course, but if I'm going to do something I like when I graduate I'd best develop the skills I need for job descriptions I'm actually interested in. There.
Edit: Ok ok a little background. I've been spinning in circles for the last few months after I started thinking about what I was going to do after graduation. I love learning about computer science, but there are a lot of things that can be done with that, some of which I want to avoid (I don't think I can be purely a programmer/code monkey without losing my mind). And I want to incorporate making tangible things, because...I guess because it makes me happy and it's an area of "flow" and it's something I do without external motivation or needing to be "the best at" it in order to enjoy myself. There are some really cool resources (laser cutter in the design department, people who know how to use all the tools I want to learn, classes to help me get started) that I have access to while I'm in school, but I keep putting off spending time using them because I feel like there are more important academic things to do. I need to keep up with schoolwork of course, but if I'm going to do something I like when I graduate I'd best develop the skills I need for job descriptions I'm actually interested in. There.