##Ashley Duncan
###Essay Question Answers
- Why are you interested in programming? What have you done to expose yourself to programming so far?
- In college my CS friends would debate about programming best practices day in and day out, feeling left out I took some courses so that I could better understand what brought out such passion. One of my teachers explained how for many, the hook that captured programmers was seeing “Hello World” print to the screen; however for me it happened when I finished a class project that was scheduled to take four weeks in one weekend. I found myself glued to the computer for three days straight. I’d solve one problem only to bring up three more; I’d try changing one line of code only to find my entire program collapse with no idea why. It was these moments that fueled me, the need to know why and the inability to walk away without an answer. These days I spend what time I can completing courses on Codecademy, watching YouTube videos, reading instructional books, and