Name:
Xiao Li Wu (Primary), Shelley Wu (Preferred)
First Time:
The first time that I laid eyes on coding was nine-years-old. There was this gaming website called “Neopets” that was popular among students in my elementary school back in 2003. In “Neopets”, players sold items in a store, and also decorated their store by HTML coding. Players can either create their own code or copy and paste it from websites. Back then, I didn’t know much about computers. So, I had no knowledge of the magical buttons called CTRL+C. I grabbed a pencil and paper, then started writing and copying a page-filled of HTML code from websites. I did this multiple times that I eventually saw patterns and typed my own snippets of HTML code for my store.
Fast Forward To College:
I entered my first programming class in college during my sophomore year at San Jose State University. Since I love computers, I chose the course. I had no prior knowledge of programming when I entered the course, so I was at a disadvantage compared to other students who started programming at an early age. I didn’t even know what programming meant. Heck, I even took over two hours trying to figure out my first homework which was a “Hello, World!” java. Eventually, I got a hang of programming in my first course, and even became the top five contributor in the class forum. The class forum is where students help each other understand Java without showing code.
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