Why I chose MATC
I began my ascent in to college back in 2002. At that point, fresh out of high school, I was more arrogant than ready to learn. By the end of that semester, I ended with a U in Psychology and Sociology. Having gone to college predatory school my entire life, I was under the pressure and impression that I was supposed to keep going in order to be a valuable member of society. The trauma of that pressure for 14 years led me to taking a 10 year hiatus from ever trying school again. During that time I dabbled in the hotel industry, various hospitality jobs, and spirituality.
When I finally returned to the idea of going back to school I had little idea for which path I wanted to take. The idea was I would take general education and see if my brain after 10 years off school, was even capable. By the end of my first 2 years of part time I had a 3.75 GPA, a better memory than in high school and an actual desire to learn. A few bumps passed and i'm back again.
I've used computers since i was in 2nd grade. We started on appleIIe at school. Around 7th grade i began hanging out with friends more out side of school. A good friend of mine had a PC and showed me how dos works as well as BBS and various other things of that era. When the web came into fruition I actually didn't think it would take off, like many in that world preferred the command prompt to windows, this new things seemed over kill from the pre-existing IRC chats and other sites that existed. This left me at a significant disadvantage in computer marketability in the long run, as far as getting a job with simply my own self taught knowledge was concerned. After building several computers and when the need presented its self, creating BAT files and altering code to enhance various programs or get around something a newer OS was blocking i began to notice that these came easy for me. These things that came easy were Greek to everyone else and they always said, "why don't you get into something in computers." It just never dawned on me that IT and programming was something I could do with my severe lack of skill in maths. After a near miss of moving to Seattle for all the wrong reasons, the exposure of what I saw there and what it would take myself to actually accomplish moving and sustaining my self there became clear. I needed to crack this shell and demystify programming, not only for my financial and career liberation, but for creativity. Thus begins my current iteration at MATC and hopefully my last.
When I finally returned to the idea of going back to school I had little idea for which path I wanted to take. The idea was I would take general education and see if my brain after 10 years off school, was even capable. By the end of my first 2 years of part time I had a 3.75 GPA, a better memory than in high school and an actual desire to learn. A few bumps passed and i'm back again.
I've used computers since i was in 2nd grade. We started on appleIIe at school. Around 7th grade i began hanging out with friends more out side of school. A good friend of mine had a PC and showed me how dos works as well as BBS and various other things of that era. When the web came into fruition I actually didn't think it would take off, like many in that world preferred the command prompt to windows, this new things seemed over kill from the pre-existing IRC chats and other sites that existed. This left me at a significant disadvantage in computer marketability in the long run, as far as getting a job with simply my own self taught knowledge was concerned. After building several computers and when the need presented its self, creating BAT files and altering code to enhance various programs or get around something a newer OS was blocking i began to notice that these came easy for me. These things that came easy were Greek to everyone else and they always said, "why don't you get into something in computers." It just never dawned on me that IT and programming was something I could do with my severe lack of skill in maths. After a near miss of moving to Seattle for all the wrong reasons, the exposure of what I saw there and what it would take myself to actually accomplish moving and sustaining my self there became clear. I needed to crack this shell and demystify programming, not only for my financial and career liberation, but for creativity. Thus begins my current iteration at MATC and hopefully my last.
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