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My Thoughtworks journey: Rebecca Parsons

Thoughtworks Technology Podcast

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How Did You Get Your Computer Science Degree?

In the US system, you go kindergarten through eighth grade. And so I had taken effectively ninth grade algebra when I was in the fifth grade. For whatever reason, we actually had a key punch machine at my high school. We didn't have any kind of programming or data entry classes, but we did have a key punch room. So he gave me the key to the key punch room and I would type in my programs and he would run them for me. But my computer science program was really more of almost an IT because I had to take two semesters of economics and marketing and business administration.

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