Parnian Yousefi Sabet

About Me...

I've been using computers for as long as I can remember. In fact, we do have a desktop that is older than me! It is one of those boxed model computers and has Windows 98 installed on it. I had a pretty fun time using it as a kid, but as I grew older it couldn't keep up with my needs anymore, so like any other old item, it is now packed and stored as a legacy object.

I always had a passion for the modern world. After watching Ironman movies, I decided I wanted to be someone like him. Having robots and talking to AIs fascinated me. So, like any other kid, I started asking around what should I learn and pursue to become someone like Mr. Stark!

That's until the first year of high school. By then, I have already decided I wanted to be a mechanical engineer. Little did I know mechanical engineering has nothing to do with AIs! I become aware of an extracurricular class called Robocups when I entered high school. Like those anime characters with starry eyes, I was excited to join this class but had a problem! There was an entrance exam and it was not specific only to my school, which meant students from other schools would be taking this exam as well. We had a match and I needed to study. I wanted a sit in that class and was not ready to back down!

After a month of study, it was time for the entrance exam. It was on an autumn weekend when I entered a building with hundreds of students all wanting to take that same exam. Was I nervous? Sure, who wouldn't be? But my hard work has paid off and I was granted a sit when they announced the results. But I would be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed! You see, before the class started I always thought we were going to learn how to build robots but at the first session, we were informed that this was actually a programming class. In fact, we were learning how to write codes to simulate a 2D Soccer game.

When I look back, I realize I wouldn't continue this path if it wasn't for my magnificent mentors, Mr. Zavareh Mohammadi and Mr. Mohajer. They showed us the beauty of the computer world and I appreciate it. The way they taught us made me love programming. I mean, I did continue my studies as a computer software engineer at university, didn't I?

To this day, I still write codes, learn new things, and new languages, and am definitely still fascinated by AIs.