Masi Oka Quotes

All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school - my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.

I'm thinking of going to programming school. Learn how to sit down at any computer and learn to do anything on it. That's all I have left and have interest in.

My first introduction to computers and computer programming came during my freshman year of college. I majored in electrical engineering with a minor in computer science, so I learned during my required courses at Vanderbilt University.

It should be mandatory that you understand computer science.

There's my education in computers, right there; this is the whole thing, everything I took out of a book.

When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.

It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.

In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises.

I don't program or code or anything like that.

I started programming Apples in seventh grade.

I am a programmer.

People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like. Otherwise the programs they write will be pretty weird.

I got my first computer in the 6th grade or so. As soon as I got it, I was interested in finding out how it worked and how the programs worked and then figuring out how to write programs at just deeper and deeper levels within the system.

My first job was as a programmer. So I feel like I'm familiar with the information technology sector and the information technology culture.

As a kid, I was always into art at the same time as computers, and eventually I realised I was making more interesting stuff with my keyboard than with my hands. I really enjoyed modifying computer games more than playing them, so that got me into programming.

You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. It's logic-based creativity.

Even though most people won't be directly involved with programming, everyone is affected by computers, so an educated person should have a good understanding of how computer hardware, software, and networks operate.

When you learn to code, it opens up for you to learn many other things.

I majored in Computer Science at U.C. Berkeley and worked as a software developer for a couple of years. Then I taught high school computer science for over a decade and a half in Oakland, California.

After graduating in 1973 I went into the programming field.

There were no PCs when I started programming on computers.

I understand what scripting and programming is, but do I know how to do it? Not really. But, I think that even knocking on the door allows you to understand a little bit of that kind of stuff. Mainly what 'Silicon Valley' has taught me, in that respect, is the business side of it, with that gold rush element as opposed to creating software.

My Vikings class was super fun, and I have loved the computer science classes. Coding, for me, is like a boyfriend that makes you really upset, and then you can't get enough of him.

I worked as a programmer for 16 years.

That's one of those things about being a computer science major: Valentine's Day is just another day.