Why? I

I think I wanted to code because when I got to the technology companies I was researching, I found places full of creative ideas which were innovative and being someone with too many ideas...this appealed to me.

That was one of the main motivations. 

Why?

I suppose one of the questions I had was are you doing this to prove a point? That a woman can code? Or am I doing this because I might genuinely enjoy coding.

You would necessarily be able to tell from my outside that there would be apart of me attracted to logic.

Both above motivations are probably valid. Why not learnt to code to prove that women are just as capable?

But similarly, it you want a career in code, perhaps actually enjoying it would be a good place to start also.

Could I see myself doing this day in day out? A good question, but for now I am just going to enjoy the journey and see where I end up.

In time I can sit back and look at the grand scheme of my life and decide if this is what I really want or what I need. I don't know if there is such a thing as a true calling, but you never know.

I think there is a lot of discussion about very young children learning to code, and they will be very superior by the time they get to adulthood. But I think starting later in life shouldn't hold anyone back. I met children whilst teaching who are going to go far beyond me in terms of everything, but you might as well be the best version of yourself. And that is all you can expect in life. 

Revisiting the anthropological past

My sudden urge to do some Java Script, has made me desire to look back on the work I did for my dissertation in anthropology, technology and gender. It is good to revisit with fresh eyes. 

Though it is difficult when you have a million and one different books to read. 

Well it is good to review, despite the millions of ideas which assault my brain and make a normal non creative human life impossible. 

I would like to continue my understanding of gender. I wondered if I really should have taken a different direction in my research and studied women who were considering egg freezing, but that is a 'what if question?'. 

What can anthropology bring to technology? 

 I was thinking of combining education with technology and seeing where that went to, as my background is in ESL, and special needs teaching. 

Taking a direction towards educational anthropology would probably be sensible, but.. 

A lot to think about. 

Sudden Java Script Urge

It has been a while since I updated any of technology/anthropology related blogs. I have been out teaching, and now I am back. At least it would seem that way. This morning I woke up, and the first thought I had was to carry on learning Java script on Code Academy. I have spent an hour a day since Friday or Saturday (but not Sunday), and it would be interesting to see if I can keep it up.

Not many people can say they have felt this way...or am I being too narrow minded.

So I worked my way through the end of the introduction of the course and started on coding some variables.

Variables. This is where my GCSE algebra started to come back to me.

Here is an example:

var my Name = 'Arya';
console.log(myName);
//Output;Arya

There are many more variations on the theme. Variables hold data, and allow code to be reused without having to rewrite the whole program.

Sounds pretty logical and handy.