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When I first started this degree, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do beyond something with computer programming. I am still not certain what I wish to do but I have narrowed down my search considerably.
There are a number of things I was introduced to during my degree that have caught my eye. I always thought I would pursue a career in game development since I did that for a hobby for many years and believed I was quite good at it. In my research, I found that the job market for this career choice is saturated and competition is extremely fierce.

This led me to explore other options and during other classes I became aware of things like IoT and embedded devices, both of these were related to another field that interested me, robotics. I did not decide to pursue robotics specifically though. I chose to focus on software development instead.
I noticed a trend in my career choices so far and found that data analysis was a common occurrence for me. I do not care for the statistical aspects of data science but I do enjoy creating the scripts to collect data and other scripting. I enjoy programming with C++ and Python the most and found that Python is a perfect scripting language. Python also introduced me to embedded devices and exploring a Raspberry Pi device.

I still do not have a clear goal for what I want to do but I have narrowed my focus to specific languages that I would like to develop into stronger skill sets and begun to look towards job markets that deal with data manipulation and/or embedded device coding as my direction for my career.