I like to think that perfection is an illusion. In that, it is an unattainable quest which we pursue in order to overcome our own shortcomings and flaws. It would be easy to mistake it for a futile or flawed endeavor in itself, but if there is anything that I have learned during the four years in college, it is that perfection is the only goal worth pursuing. This is appropriate more so because, as a student of computer science, we are on the never ending road to create algorithms that are not just simpler and faster but also pure in essence, for perfection is purity.
Just as perfection is a lifelong goal, so is the pursuit of knowledge. My pursuit of computer science began way before I even went to college to take up a Bachelor’s Honors Degree in the same, the difference being that, as a kid I was driven by curiosity and now by passion. It was during my time in college that I was introduced to Open Source Software, a concept not just perfect as an ideal but also as a functioning system. Having always worked with windows till then, Linux seemed like a whole new world and I was easily enthralled by it. I guess that is how my passion for operating systems began. Having said that, I was eager to study and program and I have always paid special attention to the important courses such as ‘Computer Programming 1, 2’ , ‘Programming Languages & Compiler Construction’ , ‘Operating Systems’ and ‘Software Engineering’. These are courses that have helped me to understand the basics, at the same time showing me the direction in which I must think to improve on the