Are you a person? Or am I speaking to the void?
I am a person
Love that!
Don't worry, I haven't abandoned you!
I'm so glad :') How is your day??
Nothing is worse than sending messages to nothing.
Yeah! I mean, I'm great company. So I don't always mind haha
It's been a good day, but a long one and it isn't even close to being over yet for me, haha.
Same! I've got a math test I'm prepping for I have to take in an hour or so.
Yikes! I am not a fan of math classes Which one is it?
Calculus 2! So it's a fun one for sure
I remember taking calculus in high school. I only lasted a semester So you're definitely a lot more determined than I am. Are you studying something that has a lot to do with math?
I'm a CS major so it's required. I wouldn't be taking it if I didn't have to. I don't see it being too particularly applicable to what I want to do. But it is what it is.
CS is computer systems right? What do you do with that type of major?
Computer Science! It's software creation and design and theory basically. So programming a lot of cool stuff! What do you study?
Wow, I could never do that. I'm still a bit undecided. Probably social work or public health... I am petitioning to double major in Spanish whatever I do.
Have you ever tried taking a programming class?
I haven't but I'm a little scared of computers.
Oh, que beuno! No se si quieren que hablemos en espanol jaja. and hey computers aren't scary once you realize they are quite dumb. they just do only what you tell them.
The only thing I can tell it to do is open Chrome and Microsoft. And if there are any problems too serious to be fixed  by only turning it off and then on again I am completely lost
All we learn in the CS major is how to properly Google things haha. So we don't know what to do either! But someone out there does!
Nice, haha. How can you improperly Google something?
Well, have you ever gone to Google and not been able to find what you needed? Something like that. So i guess sometimes there are better resources or ways to search things.
Okay, I get it. I feel like that only happens to me when I'm trying to find a song and can only remember three words of it,
Like wording of your search query for example. Hahah exactly! It's like that. So when we program things we know there is a solution but we only know a 'few words of the song' per say So we try and find the solution with only a piece to the puzzle.  :)
That's actually pretty nifty. I'm actually applying for a research assistant position in Denver over the summer where I would have to do some coding, but thankfully they teach all of that there. What's the difference between coding and programming?
That sounds awesome! And there is no difference. Two words for the same thing. When you program you write a program that is built in code. So you code the program. Or you just program. Either haha
So coding is just another word for writing?
Writing the code, yes. print("Hello, World!") That is a bit of Python code to print a phrase. So I just coded. I mean, it doesn't do anything here obviously but you get it
More or less. Like I said that stuff is still a bit of an enigma to me. So do you have to learn all the different types of coding and how to do it?
All code is is a text file that is read by a program built to read that language. It's like language learning, once you learn one language you just have to learn how other languages do it. Like Spanish! Similar in a lot of ways to English with different words and slightly different grammar. So once we learn a few programming languages we can easily learn others with enough time.
So it's all interrelated in a way with slightly different rules?
It's learning how to structure code and hook it all up that is more of the task, I'd say. yeah pretty much!
So the end result of programming and coding is what? That's how you create websites and computer programs?
Different languages have different uses too. Some are for making websites, others for making behind-the-scenes code that no one ever sees, etc. Yes. All software is a collection of different text files that are written in various lagnuages.
Computers seem a lot less magical now.
The computer actually translates the human readable languages that we type into really confusing looking code of pure 1's and 0's so 1001010110101010010100010101010110 could mean something haha I have no idea though. I'm glad I don't have to learn binary to program.
So what do you want to write programs for companies then? I've heard of that at least...Have you ever seen The Office/
Are you asking what kind of programs do i want to write? And yes I have!
Yes that is my question. Do you remember that one episode where Dwight is competing against the computer for making the most sales and they are trash talking each other in binary?
And I'm still trying to figure that out! I like the idea of making mobile apps! Or websites. Hahah I don't remember that specific episode but I can totally see that happening! I can't say I've seen every episode, but I've seen a lot. Mostly watch it when my friends have it on.
Yeah, I slowly became a fanatic. I haven't watched it in a long time but I think I remember a scene from almost every episode. Well, I've gotta run and get dinner, but good luck on your test! You're going to ace it!