“The true meaning of life is finding your own way to enjoy it.” – Sussie, The Amazing World of Gumball
After a lot of debate I have chosen to make a one-handed controller to help fulfil Goal 10. I chose to go over my reasoning more in my supporting documentation, here I want to (try to) explain and reflect on the type of project I chose as it relates to the personal planning folder.
I believe I come off as a creative person, suiting a creative technology course, but I actually have little interest in pursuing a career in a creative field. As I grew up home schooled, I had more time to figure out what interests me and what doesn’t.
I quickly learned that I do not enjoy creating for anyone other than myself. When I draw it is not posted online, when I sew it is clothing alterations for myself, and whenever someone asked me to create something for them I started hating tasks I love to do.
But technology is different because I enjoy engineering for the process. I would happily sit and solder anything for hours, I could be planted in a room full of circuit designs and asked to prototype them and wouldn’t get bored at all. I could be asked to code the most boring website and do so without fail.
And so I decided to give myself a very practical project. I want to be an electrical engineer, and with an interest in gaming devices a controller is a dream job. Not only will my project be helpful, but it’s a great portfolio piece!
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