“How does Google Drive stores my data? How does a machine act like a human? What is AI? How do I figure out the imitation test and the Turing test? How does deep learning make a mere collection of hardware and software capable of distinguishing a cat from a dog?” Ahh what are the things that takes to make Aspiring Engineers??
That is how the mind of a computer engineer buzzes on.
What is ironical is the fact that whether you choose CS or IT as your branch, you end up learning a perfect blend of physics, maths and chemistry anyway.
In football, you make calculated moves that will strategically help you make a goal, taking into account the friction between the ball and the ground, the desired velocity and thus the force to be applied to the ball in a certain direction.
Similarly, most aspiring engineers develop projects representing the real-world model or the “Universe of Discourse” in their free time in college. They go on researching things and the new developments in the technology, especially if they belong to the “tech” breed. There is, after all, a lot to learn.
Who knows, you might end up making something like Pokemon Go just like John Hanke did?
It wasn’t a matter of a few days that for him to reach that stage. It took him
20 years to create a game that has seen more downloads than Tinder, Twitter and other popular apps.
Do you want to do something like this in your future? Are you one of the Aspiring engineers? Why not?
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Plan your moves before you make them.
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Talk to your engineer friends.
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Clarify your doubts, try new concepts and put your skills into action.
There are a lot of online sources that can help and can even provide you your own mentor to discuss your doubts freely, to help nurture your own set of understandings and implementations. That’s how it will start.
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Stats show that last year in CAT exam, 10 people got 100 percentile, all of them engineers. That’s what the engineer’s mind is capable of doing. What you need is correct guidance in your own field. A platform where you can learn what you want, right from basics to the complex structures that will become the basis of your career.