1. Interview with Jackson
Some Key Points:
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Jackson is going into 9th grade.
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He enjoyed learning about Nodes the most, and programming snake is his favorite project in CS01a.
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His tips: “In programming, all the things you find hard in the beginning gets easier (ie. If statements and Loops).
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Computer Science improved his understanding of Maths.
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In the future, he would like to get a programming job.
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His favorite thing about Computer Science is the feeling of accomplishment after working on a long project and finally getting it right.
1. Interview with Andy
Some Key Points:
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Andy is going into 10th grade.
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His favorite topic is data structures and he enjoys making things rather than playing games that somebody else made.
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He thought Functions was hard, but he overcame the difficulties and now finds it very useful.
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Andy is placed in USACO Bronze, and participated in a lot of Hackathons. Hackathons are events where people gather in one location to build software and hardware applications in a couple days.
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He suggests people check out the Coder on KTBYTE.