Saturday, March 01, 2008

















Student: Caesar Tin-U

Supervising Teacher: Mrs. Hicks

3100 Shenandoah Street
Houston, TX 77021
Phone: (713) 741-2410

Email: zawmintu@gmail.com



If I Were a Programmer Analyst, What a Difference I Would Make

If I were a programmer analyst, I would make Houston’s networking communication problems disappear! I would make Houston known for not only its number one medical center, but also for the renowned “mainframe city.”


Our world today is getting more technologically advanced by the millisecond. With these technical advances comes a greater need for instantaneous communication, faster computers, and more advanced computer systems to keep our lives going. As a programmer analyst I would make internetworked “hub” of computers that are able to design and implement data to reduce redundancy in communication problems between workers and enable them to increase their working capacity.


Unfortunately, in this world there are always problems that arise when great achievements are placed. Such a problem will be the widespread infection of computer viruses, since most personal computers are now connected to the Internet and to local area networks, thus facilitating the spread of malicious code. As a programmer analyst I will be responsible to ensure the safe keeping of Houston’s newly built computer mainframe, and to protect it and all of the precious data stored I will take countermeasures such as programming more advanced anti-viral programs based on code taken from previous infectious viruses, and be modified so that the program can automatically detect the presence of an unforeseen virus. The surrounding conjunctive setup of proxies, firewalls, and separated mainframes will also allow for the greater prevention of infectious programs.


Behind the scenes there are many computer systems and software that are created by programmer analysts tirelessly hard at work to create thousands of lines of flawless code. Creating such lines of code is a painstaking process that cannot effectively be done alone. To help, I will start various college programs targeting prospective computer science students to build and maintain Houston’s mainframe. To be able to work on such a massive computer system will be any computer-science major’s dream, and what more gratification will a student have to be able to test their creation on a grand scale. It could be sweet success or discouraging defeat. Hopefully this program will encourage public involvement in the growth of the city as a whole.


Providing assistance to our fellows with their malfunctioning computer system has always been a job for those who were a tad bit more “tech-savvy” than their co-workers. Understandably, a programmer analyst is not exempt from this duty. As a programmer analyst, I will help, to the best of my ability, educate as many of my co-peers how to use the new computer system that I have created, as well as address any problems or issues they might have ran into.


I look forward to doing this job, because it allows for me to physically interact with people on a one to one basis as well as be able to commit to a job that is both my hobby and passion… passion to make Houston not only the best medical center in the United States, but also the most technically advanced city.