About

Logic Surfer John

My name is John, I am a Computer Software Technology student in the University of Arizona’s Global Campus Bachelor’s degree program.  To date I have recently crossed the halfway point and just completed the general education requirements.  It is encouraging to be starting on the classes specific to the computer software technology major.

My background consists primarily of clerical work which could best be described as record-keeping.  There were many reports due as a part of this clerical work and in the process of preparing these reports I conducted some rudimentary data analysis.  As for technology, or IT experience, apart from using a computer to keep records, there is only limited IT experience.  I designed and maintained databases as a part of keeping the records.  The databases were kept in Microsoft Access and I used some VBA to organize the databases.  Without knowing it, I was also learning SQL (along with more VBA) to analyze the data to complete reports.  When I couldn’t get Access to do what I needed, I fell back on Excel to analyze the data.  To that end, I wrote many formulas in Excel and even used a bit of VBA to create a few custom functions.

Going forward, I do not have a specific career in mind.  I am hopeful that getting an education in computers will open many doors.  To further broaden my horizons, I am working on a Data Analysis certificate through Coursera.  It will be interesting to see what opportunities arise.