S-Stem Scholar Kathleen Corfman's Blog

  Problem solving Careers in computing and IT all involve strong problem solving skills. As a former Computer Science, and current Applied computing major, I have been in several high level math classes and coding classes that have helped me to think analytically, and break a problem down step by step in order to solve it.  When I get stuck on a problem, I start out by figuring out what parts I know how to do, and what parts I am not sure about. At first I try to solve the problem by myself, then look through notes, then the text book, and then the internet. This will help me to solve problems on my own, Communication College has taught me a lot about how to properly work in a group and deal with inevitable conflicts. This semester in my coding class we were told to work in groups. My 2nd teammate ended up being significantly better at coding than myself and our 3 rd teammate, and this became a problem because he did the bulk of the work with our first 2 assignments. On top...

 This is a tough question for me, because lately I've been jumping around between career ideas.  My major is Applied Computing with a concentration in cybersecurity. I would like to work in cybersecurity, but with Applied Computing being so broad, I'll be qualified for all kinds of computing paths such as machine learning, software engineering, and (as I recently found out from a job ad) even some bioinformatics positions. I have the most interest in machine learning, bioinformatics, and cybersecurity. If I'm being honest, I don't necessarily have the have the cybersecurity concentration because I for sure want to go into cyber security. I just want to give myself more options since the cybersecurity field is extremely desperate for workers right now. If I end up with a job in cybersecurity after school, then that's great. And if not, I'm also ok with that.  A company that I would specifically like to work for one day is Microsoft, however, I couldn't say wh...