Day 31: Learning More About Myself Through This Process

        Today I asked Dr. Jan about which area of work she would like me to focus on, and I was told to continue working on preparing the class materials. I am realizing now that while I am competent at creating course materials, I do not enjoy this process as much as I enjoy solving different coding puzzles and challenges. I enjoy figuring out optimal ways in which students could improve their code, or simply learning about new tools in the industry. This is a revelation to me because I never enjoyed the idea of spending my work time on a software engineering project. However, this experience has shown that I enjoy hands-on computer science that involves problem-solving, and not teaching it.
        I am also constantly questioning whether or not grad school would be right for me. I enjoy research about certain areas of computer science and not the others, which I assume is the norm. However, I do not enjoy the work on this particular research paper that deals with the field of CS Education and HCI. In contrast, I remember clearly how I loved reading about the different tools used for data visualization, and how excited I was for the many opportunities that the paper uncovered. 
        I am thankful for the Summer Institute because without it I would not have had these opportunities to explore all of my areas of interest as potential grad school pursuits. Also, today was the first day since I was allowed to start taking my medication at a higher dose again. I felt much better and was almost at my usual level of productivity.

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