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title:  Why I decided to learn Software Engineering
date:   2016-05-11 19:51:39 +0000
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****What do you want to be when you grow up?****

Every child has their own answer to this question, but, when I was a kid, my answer wasn't "A Software Engineer!" Most kids, myself included, aspire to be Doctors, Lawyers, Popstars, and Princesses. It wasn't until I was about to graduate high school that I truly considered Computer Science, and it wasn't until my first semester of college that I actually decided that this is what I want to do.
<commit_msg>Updating my blog post.<commit_after>---
layout: post
title:  Why I decided to learn Software Engineering
date:   2016-05-11 15:51:39 -0400
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**What do you want to be when you grow up?**

Every child has their own answer to this question, but, when I was a kid, my answer wasn't "A Software Engineer!" Most kids, myself included, aspire to be Doctors, Lawyers, Popstars, and Princesses. It wasn't until I was about to graduate high school that I truly considered Computer Science, and it wasn't until my first semester of college that I actually decided that this is what I want to do.

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