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What l have learnt as a software engineer in the past 5 years
Deciding what to study in college, l first set my mind to computer science as I had minimum understanding of its related topics.
Life as a computer science student
In retrospect, I would have never imagined myself as an engineer five years ago, building stuff from scratch. Knowledge acquired from school is scattered, from fundamental concepts of operating systems, to networking, to algorithms, etc. However, questions like “Why should l learn linux kernel”, “What is the purpose of studying networking? ”, “How can l apply algorithms in our daily lives?” has often been bubbling up in my head. Like many other students, l used to be confused about the knowledge l have learnt, and was in fear of my incapability of adopting them in a practical approach.
Not until I landed my first job as a software engineer, I started to see how these dots are connected and how everything I learned is intricately intertwined.
