This course has been quite an interesting experience for me as I have not taken an English course in over 3 years (aka since first year). Aside from the occasional email or some long answer portions in assignments, I haven’t done a lot of writing. As a result, my writing was really awkward and felt pretty choppy. I was definitely out of practice and a common mistake I noticed was that my sentences were overly long and had bad grammar. While I think I have improved on both of these, I still have a lot to work on and need a lot more practice.
The main reason I took this course was to improve my technical communication skills. I knew that one of my weaknesses was writing so I wanted to get more practice at it. I also wanted to get more practice at doing specific types of technical writing like emails, letters, and reports. Those are all types of writing that I might have to do when I’m working as a software developer and I want to sound as professional as possible. In order to do that, I need to get more experience with writing and that is what I was able to do through this course.
As a student, I believe that I am someone who is hard working, organized and time-conscious. Those are all important qualities to have when working in the software industry as there is a lot of pressure to deliver and finish all your tasks. Being organized helps you to better plan how you want to approach problems and being time-conscious means that you are more likely to deliver what you need to by the deadline. Those types of soft skills, plus the drive to continuously improve upon my technical skills, are what is going to help me to succeed in my future career.