"Source"	"Gender"	"Age"	"studying?"	"In what area"	"Degree summary"	"Why this course?"	"country school"	"single or mixed"	"state or independent"	"selective or non selective"	"ICT compulsory"	"Computing Positive"	"Computing Interesting"	" Computing Easy"	"Maths Positive"	"Maths interesting"	"Maths Easy"	"Science Positive"	"Science Interesting"	"Science Easy"	"Favourite Subject"	"2nd"	"3rd"	"General Impression"	"what A-levels"	"#2"	"#3"	"#4"	"#5"	"what did you learn to best prepare for university"	"first programming"	"1st language?"	"what did you think?"	"What made you study?"	"Did you have computer at home?"	"Use Social networking"	"Use Graphic Design"	"Use Writing Stories"	"Use Website design"	"Use Homework"	"Use Email"	"Use Programming"	"Use Internet"	"Use Games"	"Clubs outside schools"	"Did you have a job?"	"Did this involve computers"	"What was It?"	"Undergrad job?"	"Involving computers?"	"what was it?"	"interested in further study? What in?"	"job hard area"	"job soft area"	"computing related field"	"something to do with computing education?"	"Nothing to do with computing"	"Something else"	"Why?"	"Best bit of computing"	"Worst bit of computing"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"enjoy solving puzzles"	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"to year 11"	1	1	3	2	3	4	3	2	3	"Electronics"			"There was obviously a lot more to it than what we were taught at sixth form and differences between ICT and other computing disciplines was not made clear"	"Physics"	"Maths"	"ICT"	"Electronics"	"Computing"	"Most of the content in computing was useful for computer science course"	"Year 9"	"Visual Basic"	"logic made a lot of sense but grasping object orientating confused me"	"Wanting to learn more about how computers worked"	"yes"	4	4	2	4	5	3	4	4	2	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"Research work for technology enhanced learning"	"technology being utilised with learning"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"Want a good work/life balance which I can see positive results from working in"	"Compiling something which works / Cool new tech"	"Compiling something which doesn’t work / formality"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"Because I felt it provided a challenge that was interesting"	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	14	3	5	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	"Physics"	"Sciences"		"Computers are only used for work processing and simple manipulation (i.e. Excel) Very boring – only interest was web browsing"	"Maths"	"physics"	"Computing"	"Further Maths (AS)"	"Chemistry(AS)"	"Proof by induction"	12	"Basic or JavaScript"	"Powerful – it immediately felt like I could do almost anything and actually make something of us. Plus I enjoyed having “extra knowledge”"	"The amount of time and energy I spent on computers outside school"	"yes"	5	3	3	4	5	5	4	5	5	"no"	"yes"	"lots"	"website development for local charity"	"yes"	"lots"	"Government internship"	"Theoretical CS – maybe graph theory or complexity"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"I love Computer Science and can’t imagine doing anything else. Lecturing, particularly Theoretical CS seems pretty interesting ..."	"So much new stuff to do and look at. I can’t imagine ever wanting to stop!"	"too many software engineers masquerading as Computer Scientiests! Oh, and everyone things you can fix their PC/phone/etc – but I’ll always try ..."	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	22	"Bsc"	"Applied computing"	"computing subset"	"Because it focuses on the application aspects of computing rather than the theoretical aspects"	"Vietnam"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"no"	1	1	3	2	2	3	1	1	4	"Maths"			"Computing is hard but interesting"	"-"					"Maths and IT subjects were very helpful when I can to uni"	"Secondary school"	"Pascal"	"It’s hard in the beginning but OK when I got used to coding. Still remember it now after long time not working with it"	"Just curious about how the computer works!"	"yes"	2	2	3	1	3	3	3	2	1	"no"	"yes"	"a bit"	"tutoring maths"	"yes"	"lots"	"Tutoring first year Java course"	"PhD in Augmentative and Alternative Communication Design"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"making computers do something intelligent and interesting"	"working overnight so often"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"Bsc"	"General computer science innovations (G401)"	"computing"	"Normal computing with more in depth exposure to special areas in computing – differentiate me and interest me more"	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	16	1	4	1	4	4	4	1	1	1	"ICT"	"Sciences"	"RE"	"-"	"Computing"	"Business"	"ICT"	"Physics"	"Maths"	"How to write good quality documents, and put in effort"	"Year 3"	"RM Logo (then aged 12 with Qbasic )"	"Awesome fun, quite easy and as it got harder more rewarding"	"Always took too it quite easily"	"yes"	5	3	1	4	5	3	4	4	5	"nope"	"yes"	"none"	"WHSmith"	"yes"	"lots"	"Freelance coder and web designer"	"software architectures, HCI and software systems"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes (would be nice)"	"-"	"-"	"I enjoy working with people, designing and implementing technically complex systems to support that"	"The girls throw themselves at you!"	"I had to lie in the above question :-("	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	19	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"Because it was interesting and I didn’t have a particular specialty I wanted to look at"	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	14	3	4	1	1	1	3	1	1	3	"Physics"	"Maths"		"I liked the more complex bits I did at home, but hated the boring stuff we did at school"	"Maths"	"physics"	"Law"			"Decision Theory"	11	"HTML"	"Enjoyed it"	"I liked computers"	"-"	5	1	4	4	5	5	2	5	4	"no"	"yes"	"a bit"	"Retail "	"yes"	"lots"	"Working with the PES team at Symbian"	"Masters in Physics"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"Because I enjoy programming most"	"Getting my code to work"	"Information systems"	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	20	"Beng"	"Computer Networks"	"computing subset"	"I was studying BSc CS (chose this because I wanted to gain more general knowledge about CS and be able to chose my career paths when I have more information. Being CN suits me very well. I am very impressed by my networking modukle. Had very good results and I learn it easily, thisd is why I decided to switch."	"Romania"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"?"	"no"	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	"Maths"	"Marketing"	"Accounting"	"Computing level at school was basic. My impression about it was that it was very easy (easily to understand and ???"	"Economics"	"Romanian Bocalourcote"				"Most subjects are very useful. In particular -> maths (helped to get scholarship that allowed me study in England"	2008	"C"	"Easy thing and challenging (it replaces Sudoku games in a nicely way)"	"Since 14 years old I created and developed websites. Noticed it was one of the things I most easily ???; it is challenging and there is always something to work on"	"yes"	5	5	4	4	4	5	3	5	2	"yes"	"yes/no"	"lots"	"family business - ??? of an Internet Cafe operator"	"yes/no"	"lots"	"no yet as I am in the first year. I am definiately going to get a job/be a volunteer in the second term of the first year and after"	"Computer networks – TCP/Ip protocols (how to reduce the TCP/IP overhead)"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"It is a very good way to learn and get to master difficult techniques; challenging; do what I enjoy"	"Flexibility and Intellectually challenging bits"	"I chose computing because I enjoy it. However, I wish more women were into computing, as I am myself one of them"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	27.96	"Bsc"	"computer science modules in AI and Operational research"	"computing"	"No reason"	"UK"	"single"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"only till pre GCSE"	3	4	1	2	2	3	1	1	3	"Varied by time, History"	"Maths"	"Chemistry"	"-"	"Maths"	"Computing"	"Chemistry"	"Electronics  (AS)"		"Rigour in Chemistry, scientific rigour"	"unknown, pre-secondary school 10?"	"GW Basic"	"Fun"	"I wanted to build bigger, more complex, more intelligent games"	"yes"	1	3	3	1	3	1	5	1	5	"no"	"yes"	"none"	"sales in a garden center"	"no"	"-"	"sort of, caused me to quite first degree. Computer programming"	"Phd FunctionalpProgramming or AI or OR"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"Writing a good, short, elegant solution to a problem"	"UML"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Bsc"	"Comp Sci"	"computing"	"It was a subject I was interested in and good at"	"UK"	"Mixed"	"Independent"	"Selective  "	14	2	2	1	4	5	2	1	1	3	"Sciences"			"Little more than MS Office at School – Lots of independant study"	"Maths"	"physics"	"Chemistry"	"Computing"		"How to take exams"	13	"PHP/JavaScript"	"Interesting, but difficult to get into – few resources for younger students"	"computing was the tangible implementation of maths and science"	"-"	5	1	1	5	3	4	4	5	5	"no"	"yes"	"a bit"	"telesales"	"yes"	"lots"	"customer/legal services for DSGi"	"HCI"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"To develop real world products promoting education, productivity etc."	"Having an extent of information education available at any time"	"“IP” & licensing restrictions preventing people entering the field, lack of product interpoerability"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"Bsc"	"Comp Sci"	"computing"	"Considered it to be one of the most flexible IT degrees from an employment perspective"	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"no"	4	4	1	2	3	4	1	1	4	"English"	"Business studies"		"Majority of my impressions were formed outside school. Only basic ICT was taught"	"English"	"Computing"	"Physics"			"To take responsibility for my own learning outside of what’s required for exams"	1998	"Perl"	"Confusing, but very exciting when things clicked"	"Family who have chosen the same path"	"yes"	4	3	1	5	4	3	4	5	3	"no"	"yes"	"none"	"working in a cafe"	"yes"	"lots"	"Development intern"	"Unsure exactly,  IT related"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"It’s what I enjoy and feel I’m best at"	"It’s everywhere"	"IT support"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Bsc"	"Comp Sci"	"computing"	"Area of personal interest"	"Belper School"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"-"	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	"Business  "			"Easy to use software, hard to program it"	"Maths"	"IT"	"Business"			"Managing your time effectively"	"1st year of Uni"	"Prolog, C, Java"	"Easy to do the maths involved, hard to do the user interface"	"Grades in IT at GCSE and A-level"	"-"	4	3	2	2	5	5	1	5	4	"no"	"yes"	"none"	"Supermarket work – bakery"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"Masters Computer Science"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"Already offered a job from placement year"	"Getting something to work"	"the vast amount of knowledge needed to be an all round good programmer"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	23	"Bsc"	"Comp Sci"	"computing"	"Switched from Meng Electronic Engineering as the course + subject suited me better (comprehension + productivity)"	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"15(?)"	5	5	1	4	4	1	1	1	3	"History"	"Geography"		"It was very uninteresting. I was playing games + dabbling with code at home + found the tuition very condescending/patronising"	"Maths"	"physics"	"Electronics (AS)"	"Computing (AS)"		"I picked up what I needed at uni from books/internet. School / A-level fails to prep for uni."	5	"Basic "	"nice to have the logical control over something. Seemed simple/intuitive. Still does"	"Looking at the modules on the DCS website at Sheffield and contrasting with what I was doing in electronics + whether I was interested or not. All modules sounded more enjoyable, and have been."	"yes"	5	2	5	2	3	3	2	5	5	"no"	"yes"	"none"	"Retail work – stock/tills"	"yes"	"lots"	"Currently Ruby-on-Rails web development with www.ardes.com"	"Likely to do end-on masters. Considering PhD in speech processing or computation theory"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"Testing isn’t a soft option"	"It’s what I find interesting – I want to use what I have studied otherwise ti was a waste of ~£25k"	"Diversity of material, yet common ties. More to it than writing code"	"Legal issues. MIT licence is as long as anything should be"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Bsc"	"Computing and Information Systems"	"computing and ..."	"-"	"zambia/zimbabwe"	"mixed"	"Independent"	"Selective  "	"Yes up to A-Levels"	1	1	2	1	1	3	1	1	2	"Computer Science"			"-"	"Maths"	"Physics"	"Chemistry"	"Computer Science"		"-"	"o-levels"	"q-basic"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	1	5	3	5	3	3	3	2	1	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes, undecided"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"Its fun!"	"It can be quite difficult at times."	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Bsc"	"AI & Robotics"	"computing subset"	"its my cup of tea"	"egypt"	"single"	"Independent"	"Selective  "	"no"	5	5	1	1	1	5	1	1	5	"Mathematics"			"I liked it as it was my hobby."	"Calc"	"Solid Geometry"	"Chemistry"	"Algebra"	"Trigonometry"	"Math."	"18 years old"	"vb.net"	"chalenging, interesting"	"my abilities."	"yes"	5	4	2	1	3	5	1	5	5	"yes"	"yes"	"lots"	"fixing & building computers."	"yes"	"lots"	"event campaining, IT consultancy."	"financial systems e-commerce"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"entrepeneur"	"I am good at this & consultancy"	"You Can Change the world."	"addictive."	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	24	"Bsc"	"AI"	"computing subset"	"It's a continually evolving field with many interesting challenges for students who approach it."	"International School Tokyo + Rome(elementary) Public School Rome (middle + high school)"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"I think we had to do it in japan, nothing in italy"	3	1	1	3	2	3	2	2	2	"Geography"			"In Italy it was very lacking. No structures, no labs, if there were any computers they were usually really old and nobody could teach us properly. We had a mac lab in Tokyo which I remember enjoying very much."	"none"					"Maths, didn't study much else that was relevant."	"school maths project"	"delphi"	"I had no clue what was going on. My maths teacher just gave me the CD and I had to figure out OO program from scratch when I was 14"	"I liked how it was a very new nd always changing field, and I enjoyed finding out about it (and was quite good at it)"	"yes"	"-"	2	3	4	4	3	2	5	5	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"I have been web developer/programmer/web designer"	"AI, I'm currently very fascinated by robotics, which I might like to specialise in"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"Any job that interests me will be good. If I will enjoy it I'll do it. If its computing related I will have skills to use, so that would be preferable"	"Its all about you to understand it, and if there is something that you don't like you have the possibility of making up for it"	"The theory is useful but often updated. The difference between using and understanding is pretty big and not always easy to bridge."	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	19	"BA"	"Mathematics & Computer Science"	"computing and ..."	"I enjoy both subjects"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"Yes, up to year 9 (~age 13)"	4	5	1	2	2	3	1	2	2	"At A level - maths"			"Boring, easy … no resemblance to Computer Science"	"Maths"	"Further Maths"	"Physics"	"Computing"		"-"	"8?"	"BBC BASIC"	"It was fun!"	"-"	"yes"	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	"-"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	22	"BSc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"I have an interest in a lot of areas of CS - I wanted to learn more before specialising in anything"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"no"	3	4	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	"SCIENCE"			"GCSE IT Should be called GCSE MS OFFICE! I felt that there must be more to it than that - ""how do they work?"""	"Sociology"	"Psychology"	"Maths"	"Computing"		"Some of the maths helped a great deal - I don't fear it! A lot of the A level computing content appeared in 1st year"	"A2 Computing"	"VB"	"It was fun but we were not taught anything in depth - switch case D if statement were the limit"	"I enjoyed A level computing & I knew I wanted to go to uni I also enjoyed psychology but at the time I felt CS would be better for jobs"	"no (I got one at 17 after saving up!)"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"nope"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"blood service (issuing blood to hospitals), receptionist & IT support work for an accountacy firm and demonstrating for 1st year java students"	"yes CS based - at the moment graph parsing…"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"I think good IT skills are very important, as are systems people can use without training. I also just enjoy programming"	"programming - & making it work!"	"Binary maths wasn't fun more generally, some students seem embarassed to admit they are cs!"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	24	"Bsc"	"Computing Science"	"computing"	"the course is compose of principle of computing & practical programming, that is my hobby/interests since my younger age around 14."	"China"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"Yes, it's compulsory, since age 12"	2	1	3	1	2	2	2	1	3	"mathematics"			"It was boring because teacher tauht us some basic techniques e.g. word processing & excel (not in a higher level). Most they taught I have already known."	"physics (equivalent in the UK system)"					"English & mathematics."	14	"Pascal"	"Although I understand how it works, but the exapmale/tasks were given at the time was too boring & not related to real world problem."	"I think computing is a scientific field. It's both managable because machine follows instruction, and it's extendiable by creative ideas."	"yes"	2	3	5	3	5	4	3	2	3	"no"	"no"	"none"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"part-time ICT assistant, repair or maintain school's any ICT facilities apart from that, work with several clients runing some public/commercial websites"	"yes, web science or semantic web"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"I had been working on these areas for long. I think interests & passions are my driven power. Choosing what I like/interested is essential to success."	"the likely reason it breaks, would be human, so I feel that the likely to get machine work great is controlled by human too."	"the worst thing is standard, non-standard thing in computing is hard!"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"Bsc"	"Computing and Artificial Intelligence"	"computing and ..."	"Lots of choice of courses within degree programme, but mainly because it was the best course at Sussex, which is where I wanted to go."	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"Year 9/~14 years old"	2	3	1	1	2	3	2	2	3	"maths, since computing was nothing new"			"I loved it and enjoyed programming as a hobby, but ICT lessons were dull and nothing new."	"Maths"	"Chemistry"	"Physics"	"Computing"		"To work consistently hard under sustained pressure"	"Age 7"	"Visual Basic"	"I loved it, and have been programming as a hobby ever since."	"My love for programming and computers in my spare time."	"yes"	3	3	1	3	4	3	5	4	2	"no"	"yes"	"lots"	"website creation for people/organisations"	"yes"	"lots"	"website creation, programming consultancy, self employed since nov 2006"	"no"	"yes"	"no"	"yes"	"?"	"no"	"no "	"I have doubts about programming as a job, in case it kills the hobby, but starting my own business after spending some time in a big corporate keeps my options open and sounds challenging and fun."	"The challenge, solving problems"	"Paperwork, bueracracy (which clearly I can't spell :-) )"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Msc"	"Joint Honours Maths & Computing"	"computing and ..."	"I like maths & computing"	"Austria, Vienna"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"up to 16"	3	4	4	2	2	1	2	2	2	"maths"			"computing wasn't taught very well"	"Maths"	"Computing"	"English"			"English"	"at ~8"	"MicroWorlds"	"It's for kids and was simple and interactive. I liked it."	"I always liked computing"	"yes"	2	3	1	2	3	2	4	3	4	"no"	"no"	"none-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"sw/eng company specializing in web data extraction, university, pattern recognition and img. Processing"	"yes, pure maths/theoretical comp. science"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"it's both interactive and theoretical"	"sometimes messy e.g. programming with url"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	24	"Bsc"	"Computing"	"computing"	"To get an indepth knowledge of computer science."	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"1st year HND"	"C"	"Interesting, base of all languages in terms of programming basics."	"Creativity in Computing"	"yes"	"-"	5	"-"	5	5	5	5	5	5	"-"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"Information Analyst - NHS"	"yes, masters degree - software development/database"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"To give a helping hand in improvising Computer Science"	"It always keeps me motivated and makes me a life-learner."	"Haven't come across worst bits as yet"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"BEng"	"Electronics/Comms Engineering"	"-"	"Flexible + diverse"	"-"	"mixed"	"Independent"	"-"	"year 9"	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	"physics"			"It was too basic/general"	"maths"	"physics"	"biology"	"chemistry"		"courseworks, lab experiments, writing reports"	11	"basic"	"it was cool"	"it is diverse"	"yes"	5	1	2	5	5	5	2	5	1	"-"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"none"	"teaching support"	"yes, robotics or digital communication"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"it is diverse"	"-"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	22	"BSc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"Was interested in computing and this seemed like a logical choice"	"UK"	"single"	"State  "	"Selective  "	14	3	3	2	2	2	4	1	2	2	"Physics"			"I was interested in computing but had little understanding of what it involved."	"Physics"	"Mathematics"	"Design&Technology"	"Geography"		"To work hard"	"age 14"	"q-basic"	"It was hard but rewarding."	"Failing an EE course"	"yes"	2	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	"no"	"yes"	"none"	"A local chip shop"	"yes"	"a bit"	"IT administrator and general assistant at a digital print company"	"maybe, undecided"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"I enjoy programming and solving difficult problems."	"-"	"-"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	22	"BSc"	"Computer Science with Industrial Experience"	"computing"	"Was interested in computing since childhood"	"Latvia"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"Grade 7 - Grade 12"	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	4	"Mathematics"			"I like computing since childhood (got my first PC when I was 5), but at school as a subject computing was useless."	"Maths"	"physics"	"Computing"	"English"		"All I learned about computing came from my parents/media, at school computing was taught poorly"	"When I was 14 in 2000"	"Pascal"	"Was a fun thing to do - it was possible to make little tools for me, although Pascal wasn't a great choice."	"I was willing to follow what my parents have been involved in."	"yes"	1	2	2	1	5	4	4	1	5	"internet cafes"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"Internship during my placement year - web programmer role"	"yes, masters, Advanced Computer Science (exact one still undecided)"	"yes, programmer, systems analyst"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"Opportunities that computing enables for all other uses"	"Any computer-related job means sitting at the desk in the office - and there's no way to avoid it."	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	19	"Bsc"	"Computing Science"	"computing"	"wanted a computing course"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"-"	2	2	3	4	4	3	1	1	3	"IT"			"good"	"did BTEC nat-dip for IT practitioners"					"-"	"school"	"HTML/PHP"	"nice to learn"	"when I got my ICT pc"	"yes"	4	4	1	5	5	4	5	5	4	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"yes, not sure yet"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"I like a wide range of computer activities"	"has a wide range of areas"	"lots reading"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Bsc"	"Computing Science, generic, 3rd year project is is networking"	"computing"	"valuable and useful skills and qualification"	"In Hungary"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"yes, up to 16"	4	4	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	"Biology"	"Computing"	"History"	"That the subject had no structure and no real requirements were set."	"Literature"	"Biology"	"Chemistry"			"Maths, english"	15	"HTML"	"Straightforward. Then same at university and it was easy to learn as well."	"Always interested, developing software can be done w/o any expensive tools. Generic, useful + has use."	"-"	4	2	3	4	5	5	2	5	5	"-"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"software engineering @ IBM"	"yes, msc comp sci"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"yes, entrepeneur"	"challenging but fun."	"learning and then getting something"	"isolated, not understood by 'ordinary' people"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	23	"MEng"	"Software Engineering"	"computing subset"	"Software development is my chosen career path"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"no"	1	2	3	1	2	2	2	2	3	"computing"			"-"	"Maths"	"Further Maths"	"Computing"	"Music"	"General Studies"	"A level computing"	"A level computing"	"Visual basic"	"A good starting point."	"A lot of interest in computing away from school."	"-"	4	3	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	"-"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"none"	"holiday rep in france"	"yes, parallel technologies"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"Something that interests me, and I want to 'specialize' in a specific computing field."	"Always new technologies emerging and emerging open standards make it easier ever to get involved."	"The stereotype for computing!"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Bsc"	"Comp Sci"	"computing"	"enjoy it"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	15	5	5	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	"Physics"			"Too easy, no programming (how to use word etc.)"	"Maths"	"Physics"	"Computing"	"Art"	"Philosophy"	"?"	10	"Visual Basic"	"Amazing!"	"?"	"yes"	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"penetration tester"	"yes, comp sci"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"its what I enjoy"	"building things!"	"formal requirements etc."	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	22	"Bsc"	"CS"	"computing"	"I like IT."	"Kazakhstan"	"single"	"Independent"	"Non selective"	"yes, from 5 from to 11"	1	3	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	"Math"	"Geography"	"IT"	"interesting area to study at & also good field for the future career."	"n/a"					"math, science"	"at school, 17-18"	"C"	"quite interesting"	"movies :) & IT module @ school"	"no"	5	3	4	2	5	5	1	5	1	"yes"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"not sure"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"I can apply my knowledge"	"can help ppl to improve some processes"	"lack of specialising"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Bsc Hons"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"The general nature of the course, and the possibility for specialising in final year"	"UK - The Leys, Hills Road 6th Form"	"mixed"	"Independent"	"Selective  "	"-"	2	3	2	4	4	4	3	2	3	"Biology"			"Computing at school was interesting but not really challenging enough"	"Computing"	"Physics"	"Biology"			"6th form college made me realise the value of self-motivation"	"AS-level"	"Pascal(Delphi)"	"Once I grasped the concept of Object Orientation coding became almost second nature to me"	"The psychology AS level I started with bored me, computing was a much more interesting alternative"	"yes"	2	1	3	1	4	3	2	4	4	"n/a"	"yes"	"a bit"	"customer assistant - marks and spencers"	"yes"	"lots"	"12 month internship at AVEVA - CAD software development"	"no"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"I have found that have real talent for and greatly enjoy computer programming"	"Being on the leading edge of technology and development"	"Staring at a computer screen all day is rather taxing on the eyes"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	25	"Bsc"	"Networks"	"computing subset"	"heavy interst in networks"	"UK Hollywell High School"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	14	4	4	1	2	2	3	1	1	3	"IT"			"Under funded"	"Physics"	"Business Studies"	"Control tech"			"assignment work"	"college"	"Pascal"	"basic intro course but interesting"	"natural aptitude"	"yes"	4	2	2	4	4	4	3	4	5	"-"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"IT technician"	"yes, networks"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"networking"	"massive interest in networking"	"constant new challenges"	"legacy"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"Bsc"	"Games development"	"computing subset"	"To understand how games work."	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	16	4	5	2	4	3	5	2	2	3	"Business Studies"			"The context was boring, just spreadsheets+databases."	"English Lit"	"Media"	"Business Studies"	"General Studies"	"Physics"	"-"	"2003, age 15"	"C++"	"Enjoyable, helped me to solve problems"	"A cheat for a video game."	"yes"	3	2	1	4	3	3	4	4	4	"n/a"	"yes"	"none"	"operating tills at supermarket"	"yes"	"lots"	"computer science research"	"yes, parallel computing in game design"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"To pursue a career in the games industry as a programmer."	"Satisfaction of finding/solving a problem"	"The speed at which technology develops."	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	19	"Bsc"	"Software Engineering"	"computing subset"	"I'm supposedly good at it."	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	16	3	5	1	2	4	4	2	4	4	"German"	"Geography"		"Secretary Skills"	"AVCE ICT"	"Business"	"Geography"			"-"	2005	"PHP"	"Having never programmed before very difficult to understand sensible design concepts"	"Good at it"	"yes"	2	1	1	3	3	5	3	5	4	"No - Scouts is all about being outdoors"	"yes"	"lots"	"Jr Network Engineer"	"yes"	"lots"	"Network Engineer & Consultant"	"yes, software engineering"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"The variety of things you can do with a very limited set of instructions"	"-"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"Out of interest"	"UK"	"single"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"Year 9"	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	"-"			"Challenging"	"Maths"	"Further Maths"	"biology"	"chemistry"	"Physics"	"Time management"	"age 7"	"BBC BASIC"	"Fun"	"the challenge"	"yes"	5	4	1	4	4	3	4	4	3	"Computing Club"	"yes"	"lots"	"software reseller"	"yes"	"lots"	"as above"	"yes, CS"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"It's challenging"	"-"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"BSc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"Get a broad background knowledge in CS"	"Vietnam"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"-"	4	3	1	1	1	4	3	2	3	"Maths"	"Computing"		"Make the computer to do things I want"	"I didn't do A-levels"					"Maths (extremely useful)"	"High school"	"Javascript"	"funny, easy, and crazy"	"It's my passion"	"yes"	1	4	4	5	2	2	5	5	5	"No"	"yes"	"lots"	"programmer"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes, semantic web, ontology evolution"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"I like CS, want to promote my area of research, want to help students to find their interest in CS"	"For 100 lines of code, you can do things that normally take 1 week (or even more)"	"I need a computer, I don't want to go out … (:-( )"	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	25	"PhD"	"Software Engineering"	"computing subset"	"Don't know"	"Malaysia"	"single"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"no"	"no computing"	"-"	"-"	1	1	1	1	1	1	"Maths"	"Language"		"No computing"	"in Australia, year-12 equivalent"					"Math"	"At Uni"	"Eiffel"	"It is OK. I kind of liked it."	"Someone told me it's difficult, so I wanted to do it."	"no"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"no"	"no"	"none-"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"already doing one"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	22	"Bsc"	"AI + CS"	"computing subset"	"I didn't! I started doing maths…"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"Yes, up to Age 15. But it was a pointless intermediate GNVQ"	3	5	1	2	1	3	1	1	2	"Maths"			"It was courses in using MS Office, was taught by people who didn’t know how to program and was boring."	"Maths"	"Further Maths"	"Physics"	"Chemistry AS"		"The maths was useful"	"aged 14/15 - web design"	"php"	"Really sparked an interest for me."	"Pre-university industrial placement where I learned Java."	"yes (but only then, not before)"	5	3	1	4	2	4	3	5	3	"Scouts - did a badge on it"	"yes"	"none"	"tesco (in-store bakery)"	"-"	"lots"	"DSTL (MoD) modelling + simulation, JPMorgan remote host monitoring - two summer internships"	"maybe, computing! I'd like to pick up other courses I couldn't do in my UG degree (too much choice!) in a masters."	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"I have no idea what I want to do, but I do want it to be challanging, interesting and exciting. (and worthwhile, which probably shouldn't be an afterthought)"	"Solving interesting challenges in a real way."	"Much, much more work than anyone else seems to get!"	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	37	"Bsc"	"Forensic Computing"	"computing subset"	"Interest in the subject area & computing in general."	"UK"	"single"	"Independent"	"Selective  "	"No - there was no IT at my school."	"non-existant!"	"-"	"-"	1	3	2	2	3	4	"Maths"			"Something new and not relevant to education"	"Maths"	"Further Maths"	"Geography"			"Cookery!"	1999	"Cobol"	"Took to it immediately, found it enjoyable & challenging on just the right level"	"Dissatisfaction at work & a desire to learn something new"	"no"	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"a bit"	"Territorial Army"	"yes, not sure yet, computer related field"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"I have a technical logical mind & enjoy problem solving environments"	"Achievable challenge"	"Feeling I understand less than everyone else!"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"MEng"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"I enjoyed computing at A-level"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Selective  "	16	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	4	"Mathematics"			"I liked computing and was told that there were many jobs available in the field."	"Ancient History"	"Computing"	"Mathematics"	"Physics"		"Ancient History - because the teacher taught us lecturer-style"	"AS-level"	"Turbo Pascal"	"Enjoyable and simple."	"The fact that people always told me I was good with computers."	"yes"	4	1	1	3	5	2	1	5	5	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"yes, a phd in computer science"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"Not entirely sure. Because I really enjoy it I guess."	"Programming"	"HCI related subjects"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	"20 (2nd year undergrad)"	"BA"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"Out of genuine interest for the field. In the 5 years before university I was involved in IOI-style competitions in informatics and got into algorithms and the maths theories behind programs."	"High School of Mathematics, Varna, Bulgaria"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"Up until the end, 18."	"-"	"-"	"-"	1	1	1	1	1	1	"Maths. As a side note, Maths in Eastern Europe is much more pure than applied at school level, and teaches you to understand how things work very early on. (Harder, too.)"			"At school, I had IT as a compulsory subject but not CS. I did plenty of CS stuff (mostly university-level) to prepare for competition but that was all extra-curricular and way beyond what was expected at school. For instance I would do max flow when my friends at school would try to do sum(a(i)) with a for loop."	"No A levels, my qualifcations were from Bulgaria."					"My most important piece of insight at school was that in order to learn something, you have to spend hours of your own time bashing your head against a wall to understand it, instead of waiting for someone to explain it to you. Also always aim high."	"Age 11/15"	"Visual dBase/C"	"At the age of 11, I played with some forms and buttons in a visual programming language but at the time I didn't really see it as programming. I really started in high school."	"The abundance of really clever algorithms for hard problems. And powerful data structures. The ability to do string matching in O(n+m), the genius of AVL/Red-Black/whatever trees, ability to prove all these things' correctness with mathematical rigour have always been the sort of thing that fascinates me."	"yes"	3	1	2	1	2	3	3	2	3	"not that I can remember"	"no, never had one either"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"In December 2007 and December 2008, I was the student rep for Computer Science at Oriel College, Oxford during the admissions interviews. I was supposed to look after candidates, give them directions, comfort them etc. College paid me for it, but I wasn’t technically employed."	"yes, I will do my 4th (masters) year at Oxford, and then I'd like to do a PhD. But I don't have a clear sense of direction yet. CS, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Biochemistry all appeal to me and I want to learn more about all of these fields. Probably CS but I'm far from having a clear idea for a topic - that's why I'm here! Also, 2nd undergrad degree?"	"yes"	"never!"	"-"	"yes"	"yes - possibly a researcher in another field?"	"-"	"I want to be near interesting stuff to learn/invent and get paid reasonably well for it. Hence, either an academic or a corporate researcher. I'm much more of a theory person, so I'm not very keen on coding in a cubicle. Certainly don't want to waste time with web design or similar ""soft"" options. Being in the research divison of a large-scale computer game dev team sound interesting, too - devising accurate physics models & implementing them, putting together AI etc."	"It's a science, so it's interesting."	"Not all bits of it are interesting but I tguess that's the case with every field."	"Thanks for the conference, it was great! A shame it had to be squeezed into so little time. It would have been nice to hear all these people talk about their work rather than having to choose all the time. Still, I loved every bit of it, and hope it will turn into something of a regular (annual?) event. Well done! Sorry about the tiny font size! :)"
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	24	"Meng"	"Software Engineering"	"computing subset"	"Covered interesting and varied topics; most taxing course on offer at my uni."	"UK"	"single"	"-"	"-"	16	4	5	2	1	1	4	2	2	2	"Physics"			"Not a very creative subject - lots of boring rotework. And I thought databases could only have one table…"	"Maths"	"Physics"	"Chemistry"			"That teaching staff are not infallible"	"1st year of degree"	"Java"	"Wow! Absolutely loved it."	"Seeing the systems some of my friends had built."	"yes"	2	1	2	1	4	2	1	2	2	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"programming placement"	"maybe, semantic analysis of electronic resources"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"Enjoy building systems. Also enjoy tailoring them to make them more usable."	"Programming"	"Everyone asks for tech support as soon as they know I'm studying computers"	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	43	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"I wanted to cover a broad range of subjects, rather than choose a specific area."	"UK"	"single"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"no"	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	"Mathematics"			"Computing appeared to be a fascinating and powerful subject, but was not encouraged as a subject for further study/career"	"-"					"Possibly english and essay preparation. My school did not expect many to go to University."	"1979/1980"	"Basic"	"It was astounding, fascinating, powerful, full of potential."	"I have been a software developer for over 20 years. I am keen to seek new challenges, and as I need to reskill soon I felt a degree would give me a broader taste of the subject and perhaps lead me into new, interesting areas."	"no"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"no"	"yes"	"a bit"	"library assistant"	"yes"	"lots"	"software developer"	"yes, undecided"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"Thanks to previous experience I already these areas I am interested in"	"Constantly changing, innovation, potential"	"Frustration. Persistance and perseverence pay off!"	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	20	"Bsc"	"Software Engineering"	"computing subset"	"Love programming and wanted opportunity of summer work placement"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"up to age 14"	4	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	"Mathematics"			"-"	"(Advanced Highers) Mathematics"	"Physics"	"Chemistry"			"-"	"2002/3"	"COMAL"	"Very strict syntax but I was fascinated by this new method of problem solving"	"Always been interested in using computers to make things easier/faster"	"yes"	5	1	2	2	4	3	3	5	5	"-"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"a bit"	"library assistant"	"yes, undecided"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"Programming, logic etc comes very naturally to me. I enjoy it."	"Programming, logic, problem solving"	"Interface design, web design, needless writing of documentation"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"Bsc"	"Computer Science, Information Security"	"computing subset"	"Interested in security"	"Germany"	"mixed"	"Independent"	"Non selective"	"Yes between 6-14"	2	2	1	4	2	3	2	4	3	"Music"			"It seemed very easy, but was not covered in any depth whatsoever."	"I did IB: Maths HL"	"Physics HL"	"German HL"	"English A2-HL"	"History SL, Computer Science SL"	"Time management, discrete mathematics"	"at age 15"	"assembler for graphics calculator"	"Enjoyed, thought it was interesting"	"I didn't really know what to study, so I went for computing because it interested me and I am good at it."	"yes"	3	1	1	2	5	3	2	5	3	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes, Advanced Computing or Information Security"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"I like it and it interests me, and I am good at it."	"The mathematics"	"Machine code"	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	22	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"Range of courses from different areas to choose from. Broader experience."	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"in Y7 and Y9 only"	3	4	1	2	2	3	1	1	3	"-"			"Didn't think my school took it seriously. Was something I considered a hobby not a study."	"Chemistry"	"Computing"	"Maths"	"Maths Further"	"Japanese"	"Maths and transferable skills"	"around 14"	"HTML (or at 17, Visual Basic)"	"Not difficult. Nice and logical. Good results."	"Very good at it, very quick to understand concepts and always proud of results."	"-"	4	2	4	5	1	3	4	5	3	"no"	"yes 17-19"	"a bit"	"shop assistant (bill was bespoke computer software)"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes, Artificial Life/Agent based modelling"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"I want to use my skills learnt at degree level. I didn't do a degree just to get a degree!"	"The eureka moment - when it all just works"	"Being considered to work in IT by people who don't know any better. And then being asked to solve all their IT mistakes!"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Msc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"I was interested in computers from an early age and wanted to pursue a career in this area."	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	13	3	3	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	"Science"			"Too easy and didn't give much of an insight into 'proper' computer science."	"Computing"	"Electronics"	"Maths"	"Further Maths"	"Physics"	"Maths & Further Maths"	16	"Pascal"	"quite enjoyable as I had not done it before."	"my enthusiasm towards programming"	"yes"	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	4	3	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"--"	"Technician at Secondary School & Programmer at investment bank"	"yes, PhD/Dphil in Computer Science"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"Approaching the end of my degree I've come to realise how little I know about CS and want to study certain areas in more detail."	"It's very approachable in that you can learn quite a bit by yourself, in contrast to say maths."	"Theoretical computer scientists have very strong backgrounds in mathematics, and having pursued computer science on its own, I worry that I don't have sufficient mathematical knowledge to pursue Phd in theoretical computer science even though my course was considerably more theoretical than at many other universities."	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"BSc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"I've liked computing in general, and my degree offered a wider choice of units."	"Latvia"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"Yes, up to last year (age 19)"	1	3	3	1	2	3	2	2	4	"Mathematics"			"I was taught programming, which was good. It was easy for me though and I could have done something more challenging."	" - (my final exams were in maths, computing, physics, english)"					"I have learned to study hard at school. I've been participating in numerous contests in math & comp,. So learned some university material."	"age 12"	"quick basic"	"It's interesting to program!"	"Computing was always easy and interesting for me."	"-"	5	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	3	"no"	"yes"	"lots"	"web development"	"yes"	"lots"	"stock system administration"	"yes, AI"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"It is interesting and gives money"	"It is fun and has many yet unsolved challenges"	"Bad for mental health and often isolates people"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	26	"Bsc"	"Computing for Real-Time Systems (real development)"	"computing subset"	"Because it's believed to be one of the best computing courses in the country!"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"yes, 14"	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	3	"Don't have one, I hated school"			"Boring. It was mainly dictation."	"None"					"Nothing"	"My first year"	"C"	"I loved it"	"I found them fascinating"	"no"	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	"no"	"yes"	"none"	"I fitted TVs and videos into people's homes"	"yes"	"a bit"	"army"	"yes, computing"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"~"	"-"	"-"	"It's what I enjoy"	"programming and solving difficult problems"	"RSI"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"MEng"	"Computer Science (AI/Graphics)"	"computing"	"Interest"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"no"	4	4	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	"Physics"			"interesting, challenging"	"Maths"	"Physics"	"IT"	"PE"		"How to work + manage time"	01/08/15	"Basic/Python"	"Hard/interesting"	"AS level discrete math"	"no"	4	2	1	3	4	4	2	4	3	"no"	"yes"	"none"	"argos"	"yes"	"lots"	"software engineer (selex + xara)"	"yes, computer vision"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"when it works!"	"-"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"Bsc Hons"	"Internet Computer Science"	"computing subset"	"It was what I was interested in at the time"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"no"	3	5	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	"Technological Studies"			"Far too simple. Lesson 1 - Turning on … Week 12 = MS Word"	"Scottish Highers in Maths"	"Physics"	"Tech Studies"	"Politics"		"Self discipline is important in study"	"University"	"Java"	"Easy, powerful, intuitive"	"Personal interest in computing"	"yes"	5	2	4	4	5	5	2	5	5	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"a bit"	"Summer internship at NCR was primarily computer based. All other jobs, no."	"Yes, Artificial Intelligence"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"I haven't quite decided yet."	"When things work they can be incredibly useful."	"They don't always work"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Bsc"	"Computing Science"	"computing"	"Find it interesting"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	16	1	1	3	2	4	3	1	1	3	"Mathematics"			"Fast developing science"	"Mathematics"	"Physics"	"Computing"			"A-level computing"	"1st year Uni 2006"	"Java"	"confusing"	"seeing potential developments in technology from a young age"	"yes"	5	2	2	3	4	5	1	5	4	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"Research associate at Newcastle University"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"Run a business"	"money"	"Interesting research areas"	"Lack of women"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"Had enjoyment in this kind of areas since a young age"	"UK"	"single"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"Yes; 16"	5	5	1	4	4	5	2	2	3	"English"			"Waste of time. Everyone already knows how to use Word, felt that teachers didn't know the subject as well as I did."	"Economics"	"Psychology"	"Business Studies"	"ICT"		"A work-ethic, and the ability to learn things."	14	"Javascript… I think that counts"	"Enjoyable. Liked solving the problem of moving between what I wanted to do, and how to write it in JavaScript."	"A small game where you move around different rooms, using very basic JavaScript. Never finished it, though."	"yes"	4	4	1	5	2	2	3	5	3	"yes"	"yes"	"none"	"Paper round + stacking shelves at Safeway"	"yes"	"lots"	"Paid holiday research for the university."	"yes, Vision Imaging + Virtual Environments"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"I want to do something that allows me to create things, and something I'm good at."	"I can be somewhat creative without having any other kind of artistic ability. Creating things that can be used."	"Tends to not be as inter-disciplinary as I would like - CS never seems to interact with anything else at Uni."	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"Bsc"	"Internet Computing"	"computing subset"	"Because I love the internet and computers"	"UK Box Hill School"	"Mixed"	"Independent"	"Selective  "	"Yes, up to GCSE"	2	3	3	2	4	4	1	1	3	"ICT"			"Computing involved using the right programs for the right tools; programming real programs was both unknown and therefore professional standard."	"ICT"	"Biology"	"Physics"	"Business Studies"		"ICT and Business Studies; a little bit of physics; writing various add-ons to games using their tools (warcraft III - frozen throne - world editor) especially"	"GCSE ICT"	"Visual Basic for MS Office"	"Interesting, but I did not see how real programs could be made using it"	"I love using computers and experimenting with software; I love the Internet and gaming."	"-"	4	2	3	4	5	4	2	4	5	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"programmer and web developer"	"yes, Masters in Computing (undecided)"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"I love computers still"	"When your program works; Games"	"It can be extremely difficult at times; hardware failures suck"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	26	"Bsc"	"Smart Systems"	"computing subset"	"High interest in Micro-Controllers; embedded systems and sensor nets"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"no"	3	4	1	5	5	3	1	1	1	"Physics"	"Chemistry"		"Knew they existed and how to use them, learnt all about the CPU (ALU etc) - No software engineering etc."	"None"					"To pass you must do the work - well"	22	"VB.NET (VS 2000)"	"Enjoyed it a lot - could have done with a better course/teaching material"	"Been interested in computing from early age - I was ""good"" at it"	"yes"	1	1	3	1	5	1	1	1	4	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"worked in a Bank (HBOS AKA Lloyds)"	"yes, PhD - Automated Health Management/Culture in Robotics"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"Constant evolution and lots to learn"	"Not enough time or brain capacity to learn everything"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"Bsc"	"General Computer Science"	"computing"	"Find the subject interesting + easier to learn than others, good career prospects, always been an advanced computer user."	"UK"	"mixed"	"Independent"	"Selective  "	"Not compulsory"	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	2	4	"Physical Education"			"Two divides! Those who use and those who manufacture/program."	"Maths"	"Physics"	"English Language"	"Physical Education"	"General Studies"	"Lots of computer usage for coursework + extra curricular activities"	"uni 1st year"	"Java"	"Simpler context than I thoguht, smaller vocabulary than I thought, with more complex meanings."	"Generally high salary/previous successful experience as advanced computer user."	"yes"	3	5	2	4	5	4	1	5	2	"no"	"yes"	"a bit"	"halfords shop"	"yes"	"lots"	"halfords head office software tester (UAT + integration)"	"no"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"(Sometimes) the people you work with"	"(Sometimes) the people you work with"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"MA"	"Maths + Comp Sci (mainly pure/theoretic)"	"computing and ..."	"-"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"yr 9"	4	5	3	1	1	2	2	1	2	"Maths"			"I enjoyed it outside of school but IT in school was awful"	"Maths"	"Further Maths"	"Physics"			"?"	"Age 16-17 ish"	"python"	"it was self motivated so I enjoyed it"	"the first language I used was a very high level programming tool called 'Games Iceberg' a kind of point-and-click logic system for games! The limitations of this environment prompted me to investigate 'real' programming"	"yes"	3	1	1	1	2	2	5	5	3	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots/none (2 jobs)"	"Bar work, google summer of code"	"yes, programming languages"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"its interesting"	"problem solving"	"Java"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"Interested in computers"	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"Yes, up to GCSE - 14"	2	3	1	1	2	3	1	1	3	"ICT/Computing"			"Good. Easy. Fun. Didn't have a computer at home all the time."	"Photography"	"Computing"	"Maths"			"-"	"A-level - 16"	"pascal/delphi"	"enjoyable"	"always had been interested in computer technology"	"yes"	5	1	1	4	5	5	3	5	4	"youth club"	"yes"	"lots"	"computer builds/repairs/technical help/sales"	"yes"	"lots"	"same as above! - Rlsupplies"	"no"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"like computer programming always had an interest in teaching as well"	"-"	"-"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"To expand on ICT course taken at A-level"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"no"	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	"Science"			"Interesting new area for me"	"Physics"	"Maths"	"ICT"	"English Lit"	"General Studies"	"Planning"	"Uni first year"	"Java"	"Easy to learn while being interesting"	"A level ICT"	"yes"	5	2	1	1	4	5	1	5	5	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"--"	"bar work"	"no"	"-"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"Experience on placement year"	"It's vast expanse of areas"	"the computers!"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"I have a passion for technology and innovative solutions to problems"	"UK"	"single"	"Independent"	"Selective  "	"Yes until Year 10 (3rd year)"	1	1	3	1	2	3	2	2	3	"Computing"			"Positive. Appealed to me as something that I could develop a worthwhile career in in the future."	"Computing"	"Spanish"	"English Literature"	"Music"		"How to study independently and prepare for things like interviews and exams."	"Age 16"	"Pascal"	"It was something completely new. Despite its simplicity, I was surprised by how much it interested me."	"My rapidly growing interest in the subject (particular programming) in my late school years."	"yes"	5	2	2	3	5	4	4	5	4	"yes. Computer games club."	"yes"	"none"	"sales assistant"	"yes"	"none"	"sales assistant"	"yes, robotics, AI, security systems"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"The open nature of its problems and solutions. The satisfaction of making something work (in programming)."	"Coming up against difficult obstacles (often!) when coding solutions to complex problems."	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	36	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"-"	"US"	"mixed"	"State  "	"-"	"no"	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	"Mathematics"			"-"	"US High School"					"To attend all classes."	2007	"Java"	"It was difficult at 1st but with practise became more understandable."	"The fact that computing has become integral in every field."	"yes"	2	1	1	1	4	3	1	5	4	"n/a"	"yes"	"none"	"worked at a pharmacy"	"yes, before I was an undergrad"	"a bit"	"freight forwarding industry"	"possibly, not sure, see age on front. Only so much time."	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"1st to make good money (I have a 2 year old) 2nd because I want to work in a field that is new and open to new ideas."	"At Magee the best part is that most every lecture has/makes time for student questions/problem"	"There should be more Maths + science in 1st year."	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"MEng"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"Broad subject coverage as I wasn’t sure of what to specialise in"	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"Not compulsory"	4	3	1	2	1	1	3	1	1	"Maths"			"A fun hobby, but ICT wasn't enjoyable at school."	"Computing"	"Maths"	"Physics"	"Chemistry"		"Self-learning"	"A-level"	"Visual Basic"	"Enjoyable to create something"	"The enjoyment I got from creating programs"	"yes"	5	1	3	1	4	4	1	5	5	"no"	"yes"	"lots"	"PC world service team"	"yes"	"lots"	"Helping migrate an accounting system, accounts & IT assistant, IBM technical intern"	"yes, algorithms"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	24	"Bsc"	"Information Systems and Management Science"	"computing and ..."	"interest IT and job opportunities"	"Germany"	"mixed"	"State  "	"?"	"no"	2	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	"programming"			"enjoyable, interesting, futuristic, useful"	"Programming"	"Networking"	"Maths"	"English"	"German"	"Programming, maths, english"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	5	4	1	4	4	5	4	5	5	"no"	"yes"	"lots"	"assistant software developer"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes, MBA (Masters of Business Administration)"	"-"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"Managing position"	"interest, money"	"programming, graphic design"	"AI"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"BEng"	"AI & Software Engineering"	"computing subset"	"interesting"	"UK, Iran, UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"no"	2	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	4	"Maths"			"Boring, inaccessible (had to go to another uni for my computing course)"	"Maths"	"Physics"	"Computing"			"Scientific experimentation methods"	14	"C++"	"Difficult"	"Games"	"yes"	2	4	1	5	1	5	5	5	4	"no"	"yes"	"lots"	"mac reseller"	"yes"	"lots"	"programmer"	"yes, PhD machine learning"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	20	"Bsc"	"Software engineering"	"computing subset"	"As there is a wide range of jobs available in this area of computing"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"-"	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	"Computing"			"That it was an important subject as it is the future"	"Computing"	"Biology"	"Maths"	"English"	"Physical Education"	"I learned that studying hard played a big part in getting good grades."	14	"comal"	"I found it hard to understand and a bit pointless"	"When I found computing easier to study than other subjects"	"yes"	5	1	5	1	5	5	1	5	5	"no"	"yes"	"none"	"waitress"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"no"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"programming and designing GUIs"	"writing up documentation"	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	20	"Bsc"	"Games software development"	"computing subset"	"I want to get into the games industry"	"UK"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	14	2	2	1	2	1	2	4	5	2	"Computing"			"A very out-of-date view was taught (e.g. only waterfall lifecycle was taught)"	"Maths"	"Computing"	"Graphic Communication"	"Art"	"English"	"Studying skills"	2001	"unicomal"	"I thought it was extremely easy, but we were only being taught the basics"	"I found it interesting and there were very few females studying computing which made me determined to do well"	"yes"	1	2	1	1	3	2	1	3	5	"no"	"yes"	"none"	"sales assistant"	"yes"	"a bit"	"same as above (but in a different place)"	"no"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"want to make games"	"games!"	"other bits that aren't games"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"-"	"Mathematics + Computer Science"	"computing and ..."	"interested in the area"	"UK, Maesteg South Wales"	"mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"16 (GCSE)"	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	"ICT"			"interesting"	"Maths"	"Computing"	"Business Studies"			"how to make myself work and motivate myself"	"AS-level"	"Visual Basic"	"interesting and challenging"	"enjoyable"	"yes"	1	1	1	1	4	1	1	1	4	"-"	"no"	"none-"	"-"	"yes"	"none"	"paperboy"	"yes, computer science"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"area I'm interesting"	"programming and theory behind computing"	"-"	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	22	"Bsc"	"CS"	"computing"	"CS covers all specialties like AI & SE"	"UK"	"single"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"GCSE"	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	"Maths"			"IT, learning office, at GCSE is very different to AS/A level in computing"	"Maths"	"Art"	"Computing"			"own reading"	"AS level"	"delphi"	"fun, we learnt more about GUI design though"	"learning to program"	"yes"	4	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	3	"no"	"yes"	"none"	"tennis club - swept floors + astroturf"	"yes"	"lots"	"barclays capital internship IT dept."	"yes, Masters Forensics Informatics"	"-"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"More keen on HCI than actual programming now"	"variety of different topics"	"some courses have so much crazy mathematical theory that seems unnecessarily complex"	"PS for next year- I recommend writing short abstracts for the workshops/tutorial sessions in the guide so people don't have to guess what it is about from title"
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	28	"Bsc"	"Creative Technologies"	"computing subset"	"I wanted to study applied computer science"	"UK"	"single"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"yes until 14"	5	5	3	1	1	4	2	2	3	"Economics"			"It seemed very detached from any other subject"	"English Literature"	"Maths & Statistics"	"Economics"			"-"	"7 years old"	"Basic (ZX spectrum)"	"I enjoyed it - found I could create and realise game ideas"	"hobbies/personal use of computers"	"no"	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	"no"	"yes"	"none"	"retail"	"yes"	"lots"	"internships in research"	"yes, creative/games technology & hci"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"I really have a passion for this subject"	"creative problem-solving"	"-"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	22	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"My huge interest in technology from childhood"	"Estonia (EU)"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"It was optional unfortunately"	1	1	2	1	1	4	1	1	3	"Informatics (computer studies)"			"Thought it was poorly taught at my school, I was always self-motivated and took part in olympiads"	"Maths"	"English"	"Estonian"	"Russian"		"Various aspects of science, from physics laws to how to manage your finances"	"11 y.o"	"Javascript"	"Suitable for beginners and enjoyable to help creating dynamic elements for web sites"	"My multiple awards in informatics olympiades I took part in"	"yes"	3	4	3	5	5	5	2	4	4	"no"	"yes"	"lots"	"web-designer, freelancer"	"yes"	"lots"	"continuing web-designer path + microsoft UK placement"	"yes, masters: either in IT or interactive design"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"I've got a passion for technology, specifically in the field of HCI and web-design"	"It can and does change the world"	"Although it simplifies your day-to-day tasks, it can also be a course for people loosing their jobs"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"Interested in the development of future technology. Attracted by products in market, phones - games"	"Queen Mary's College"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"-"	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	"P,E!"	"Music"		"First thoughts were OK - realising I couldn't make games straight away. Into year, got much more interested in programming and its uses"	"Physics"	"Maths"	"Computing"			"Time management."	"College 1st year"	"Pascal"	"Quite fun, wanted to do more!"	"Games"	"yes"	3	1	1	1	3	3	1	5	5	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"a bit"	"Sales assistant - Virgin megastore"	"yes, web technologies"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"Making something that works and looks good - commercial standard."	"de-bugging errors."	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Bsc"	"Software and Database Engineering"	"computing subset"	"interested in computing and programming"	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	16	2	1	3	3	2	4	2	1	4	"IT"			"Interesting, fun, when you get something right, you can see it straight away."	"Computing"	"Physics"	"Product Design"	"Maths"		"Cooking?"	12	"HTML"	"fun"	"Engineering Education Scheme organised it with college"	"yes"	3	3	1	4	3	1	1	4	4	"-"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"ASP .NET programmer"	"yes, AI, concurrency"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"fun"	"sometimes bug fixing takes ages"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"I enjoy programming"	"Poland"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"Yes, 16"	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	"Computing"			"I found it very interesting"	"Maths"	"Computing"	"Physics"			"-"	"High school"	"Pascal"	"Very interesting, fun & challenging"	"I was addicted to computers since I was 8 and always knew I would study computing"	"yes"	2	1	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"none"	"work in catering"	"yes, don't really know yet but possibly AI"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"Because I find programming the most enjoyable part of computing"	"programming"	"DB systems, web design"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	26	"Bsc"	"IT"	"IT"	"I have working in web industry before uni and I wanted to learn it properly"	"Iran"	"single"	"Independent"	"Selective  "	"yes, 17"	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	"Physics"			"hardware"	"A-Level equivalent: Maths & Statistics"	"Physics"	"Chemistry"			"stady very hard"	"16 year old"	"quick basic"	"best expriance of programming ever"	"you can build what ever you like. The power it gives you"	"yes"	1	2	1	1	3	1	4	1	4	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"setting up and selling computers and web dev"	"yes, multiagent systems"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"I don't enjoy any thing more than research and teaching"	"limitless world of emajnation"	"writing document about what you do and drawing diagrams"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	23	"BEng"	"Software Engineering"	"computing subset"	"Highest entry conditions compared to other computing courses, very specialised, focused on one area"	"UK"	"single"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"-"	4	3	4	2	3	3	1	1	1	"Physics"			"Difficult, limited access to computers at school, no enthusiastic computing teachers."	"Physics"	"Maths"	"Geography"	"Technology AS-level"		"How to write up reports after lab sessions - report writing"	19	"C"	"Difficult, like a new language, but practical and logical."	"Aptitude for working with PCs, logical way of approaching problems"	"yes"	5	2	4	4	5	5	2	4	5	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"computers and associated hardware. Good products - software"		
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	24	"Bsc"	"Software development"	"computing subset"	"I like programming as well as thinking any literally of how things work"	"Yemen"	"single"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"-"	1	1	3	1	1	3	"Maths"	"Physics"		"Very interesting though not known how to use one"	"none"					"maths"	2004	"visual basic"	"interesting to have create something that do thing"	"calculation"	"no"	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	"no"	"yes"	"none"	"shop assistant"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes, phd on software engeneering or multiagient system"	"-"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"cause its challenging for me"	"creating stuff that do things for you"	"programming, when thing don’t work"	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	22	"MEng"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"Cause I couldn't decide what to do and liked the multidisciplinary nature of CS"	"UK - northern ireland"	"single"	"-"	"Selective  "	"ICT up until 13"	5	5	1	1	2	4	1	1	3	"English Lit"			"A level + gcses in it were pintless as I already knew all the interesting bits"	"English Lit"	"Biology"	"Maths"			"nothing at all! Biology useful as it directed me to the field of medical imaging but otherwise school + university had nothing in common."	"1st year uni"	"Java"	"quite fun and a good starting point. However I felt a little rushed trying to get the basics down in a term -> new concepts were a bit overwhelming"	"General interest in them from primary school level upwards"	"yes"	5	3	3	2	3	4	1	5	5	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"demonstrating to first years + summer placement"	"yes, medical imaging PhD"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"Want to do reasearch as industrial placement made me want to die with boredom, need stimulation!"	"The far reaching multidisciplinary potential"	"The ""means to an end"" type stuff e.g. hardware, debugging, time wasting!"	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	20	"Bsc"	"Forensic Computing"	"computing subset"	"It sounded interesting and wasn't a very common subject area of study"	"UK"	"single"	"Independent"	"Selective  "	13	4	5	1	2	2	4	2	2	3	"Classical civilisation"			"Not very good impression as we had inadequate teaching staff"	"Classical Civilisation"	"Psychology"	"Sociology"	"Photography"		"How to get on with staff members"	2007	"Java"	"very interest, and logical"	"when I saw the information about forensic computing"	"yes"	3	1	4	2	4	3	1	4	4	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes, forensic computing"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"At the moment it interests me and I hope will challenge me."	"The challenge of being able to get the computer to do what you want it to do."	"addictiveness of computing"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"I love the area of study."	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	16	2	4	1	1	1	3	1	1	3	"Physics"	"ICT"		"School didn't offer computing only ICT. But I really enjoyed it and really had a passion for technology."	"Physics"	"ICT"	"Business Studies"	"Electronics"		"Researching + working in own time + reading around subject areas. Physics really taught me these skills."	"16 yrs old"	"Visual Basic / Visual Basic.NET"	"Fun + easy to put simple programs together"	"Studying ICT from age 15+ when we started learning about technologies behind office products + internet"	"yes"	4	1	1	2	5	3	1	5	4	"no"	"yes"	"none"	"shop assistant"	"yes"	"none"	"shop assistant"	"yes, phd"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"I love it!"	"sense of achievement when something comes together."	"long hours, stress, frustration"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	33	"Bsc"	"IT + Computing"	"computing"	"interest in subject + career development"	"UK"	"single"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"no"	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	"Physics"			"few computers available - largely theoretical"	"none. Btec ond/nat diploma"					"-"	1990	"pascal"	"logical + consistent"	"-"	"yes"	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	3	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"--"	"field support engineer"	"yes, mphil/phd"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"the ability to make something from nothing."	"problems caused by poorly documented/designed api's"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	33	"Bsc"	"General CS - 2nd year"	"computing"	"geographically convenient"	"New Zealand"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"-"	"no"	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	1	3	"English"			"Almost no exposure to ICT/Computing"	"-"					"-"	"5 years ago"	"VB"	"confusing"	"that I'd be able to build useful little apps to help with business data mining & analysis"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"no"	"yes"	"a bit"	"retail assistant/mushroom picker/childcare"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes, either computing w/ politics or AI"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"building something elegant"	"not enough women!"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	19	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"started programming at 13, loved it since"	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"-"	4	5	1	3	3	1	4	2	2	"Maths"			"The more advanced aspects of computing were underrepresented"	"Maths"	"Further Maths"	"French"	"Law"	"Computing"	"How to interact with people"	13	"PHP, then C++"	"Found it immensely enjoyable"	"The way in which my mindset so easily clicked with programming"	"yes"	4	3	2	4	3	3	5	4	5	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"software development, using javascript, php and java"	"unsure, something computing related"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"Team management?"	"I want to be paid for enjoying myself all day"	"Getting an excellent solution to a problem and seeing it work"	"Forcing good ideas into complicated frameworks (e.g. a nice web design into compliant CSS)"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"MEng"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"I feel the field of industry is important…. And I enjoy working with computers"	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"yes, 14"	2	4	2	4	5	5	2	2	4	"Biology"			"I already had experience from home, school didn't offer much."	"Biology"	"Law"	"Theatre Studies"	"Maths"		"Independent learning"	2007	"Java"	"It was good, I liked it."	"The importance of computing nowadays"	"yes"	4	3	1	4	4	5	1	5	4	"no"	"yes"	"a bit"	"multimedia sales assistant"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes, computer vision/graphics"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"The fact that you can see your 'creation' work there and then!"	"the complexity"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"Bsc"	"Computer science"	"computing"	"long-held interest, want to use it in future career."	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"-"	3	4	1	2	2	2	1	2	3	"Maths"			"As taught it was very dull, but I was aware there was much more to it."	"Maths"	"Further Maths"	"Physics"			"Nothing in particular"	"~7-8"	"BASIC on Amiga500"	"Fun."	"In primary school we had a BBC Micro. I was the class expert."	"yes"	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	1	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"Summer placement at ARM"	"yes, compilers"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"I enjoy computing, and the salary is such that I could support myself."	"?"	"?"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	20	"Bsc"	"Information Security"	"computing subset"	"Because it is good for my future career"	"Vietnam"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Selective  "	17	3	3	5	2	4	5	3	2	4	"Computer Science"			"-"	"Computer Science"	"Maths"				"-"	"at 10"	"Pascal"	"It is fun and simple"	"computer games"	"-"	3	3	1	2	5	5	5	5	4	"yes, in the lab"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"none-"	"-"	"yes, phd"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"Internet"	"-"	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	43	"Bsc"	"IT & Computing"	"computing"	"Personal interest"	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"none applicable"	"I left school in 1981 - there were no IT/ICT courses back then"			4	4	3	2	2	2	"English"			"None applicable"	"None"					"None applicable"	2004	"smalltalk"	"It was a good intro to OO programming, encouraging accuracy."	"Motivated to explore a subject that help personal interest - to improve/change career"	"no, PCs were not prevalent in the late 70's!"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"a bit"	"Full time work as a programme coordinator at an FE college"	"yes, probably HCI/Interaction design"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"It is a new science that we are only starting to discover, there's always something new to learn."	"can't think of anything."	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"Because of prior interest in the subject"	"Bishop of Hereford Bluecoat School"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"-"	2	2	2	4	4	2	4	5	3	"Systems(DT)"			"We were using computing in some way for most of our courses + it was interesting"	"Theology"	"Theatre Studies"	"Computing"			"Basic study skills, such as revision technique"	15	"Visual Basic"	"I enjoyed the way that I could make my own ideas in programs/reality"	"My previous/sustained interest in the subject"	"yes"	3	2	2	4	5	4	3	5	5	"Air cadets"	"yes"	"a bit"	"customer service at IT retail store"	"yes"	"lots"	"web application developer for engineering company"	"yes, algorythms, AI"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"The creativity a programmer has to explore all possibly solutions to a problem."	"When the program/algorithm doesn't work as you thought it would and you don't know why!"	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	21	"Bsc"	"Computer Science with Business Mgt & Accounting"	"computing and ..."	"Becase it is mostly computer science related with some Business-related concepts"	"Mauritius"	"single"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"14 years"	2	2	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	"Mathematics"			"It was more about being able to do useful tasks with programs"	"Mathematics"	"Computing"	"Dress and Textiles"			"I need to be very organised and plan my schedule"	"16 years old"	"DB+"	"confusing at first but allowed me to do certain things that I wanted"	"It allowed me to be creative, constantly challenged and I could crunch numbers :)"	"yes"	3	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	1	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"teaching ICT (term time) and application developer during summer"	"yes, bioinformatics/neuroinformatics"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"Medical IT"	"Because the link between medicine and IT is just getting stronger and more interesting"	"It always changes and thus is always a constant challenge"	"Programming Bugs that keep you up for hours and at the end it's just a semicolumn"	
"Finkelstein"	"Female"	20	"MEng"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"Rapid growth and developments in industry excites me - always something new to learn"	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Non selective"	"First year 14"	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	"Computing"			"wasn't really sure what it was to start with - people tend to think it was like admin"	"Higher - English"	"Math"	"Mod Studies"	"Physics"	"Computing"	"Time Management"	"3rd year school"	"unicomal"	"quite fun - took time to get used to but enjoyable"	"my teacher - she was great, really passionate and made me passionate"	"yes"	5	1	1	1	5	5	2	5	2	"-"	"yes"	"none"	"service assistant at food village"	"yes"	"none"	"sales assistant in primary (have industry work lined up for summer though)"	"undecided"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"its always changing"	"deadlines"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	25	"Bsc"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"seemed like a good start point with subject overview"	"UK"	"single"	"State  "	"-"	"no"	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	"Science"	"Geology"		"There was not enough of it and the teachers were not knowledgable"	"none"					"Time management"	9	"Basic"	"I enjoyed seeing my actions (code) making something happen on screen"	"An intrest in the subject area"	"yes"	3	2	3	2	4	4	4	5	3	"no"	"yes"	"none"	"shop work"	"yes"	"lots"	"IT support for the CAB"	"yes, affective and serious gaming and its uses"	"-"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"treating people with emotional problems."	"Its an area I think computers can help"	"Almost limitless possibility's"	"See above :)"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	23	"MEng"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"This is what interests me most"	"Poland, August Witkowski 5th High School, Krakow"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"-"	"all high school"	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	2	3	"Math"	"Computer Science"		"it was very challenging. My school was Maths/CS oriented"	"-"					"Maths + programming basics and some algorithm knowledge"	"1st year high school (14 yo)"	"Pascal, assemby, C, C++"	"I was very happy with every program I wrote. I had difficulties to understand it at the beginning, but with the time was OK"	"it interested me straight away."	"-"	2	1	1	3	3	2	4		31	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"programmer in telecom company"	"yes, AI"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"-"	"to take more challenges"	"this great feeling when you produce a piece of art that works! (and is usefull)"	"segmentation fault"	
"Finkelstein"	"Male"	21	"MEng"	"Computer Science"	"computing"	"Because I love CS"	"UK"	"Mixed"	"State  "	"Selective  "	"yes, till 16"	3	5	1	2	2	3	1	1	3	"Physics"			"-"	"Maths"	"Physics"	"Computing"	"Biology"	"Economics"	"-"	12	"Object Pascal (Delphi)"	"Awesome, it's a great language"	"-"	"yes"	1	1	1	2	4	2	4	3	5	"no"	"no"	"-"	"-"	"yes"	"lots"	"software engineer"	"yes, good question, I wish I knew."	"yes"	"y-"	"yes"	"yes"	"yes"	"-"	"-"	"It combines mathematical precision with practical systems engineering"	"40:1 male-to-female ratio"