About Joe M

My name is Joseph Mauriello (people call me Joe)
I received my undergraduate degree in Industrial Design where I learned design and fabrication techniques. 
For the past four years I have been working as a freelance web designer.   I am interested in programming, games, web design, and building things.
I decided to take the computation major studio because of my interest in becoming a better programmer.
I would like to be a competent programmer by the end of the class. Right now I have an understanding of fundamental programing concepts of programming, I also understand how a large program should be structured however I can't make the connection between syntax and structure and actually make working software (or at least I haven't spent the time to really try).
I came to Parsons because in the years after I graduated I worked alone as a freelance web designer.  Everything I learned was picked up from internet forums.  I had no contact with people with the same interests I had.  Thankfully Parsons ended all that.