COMPUTING, SIMPLIFIED --------------------- My job is to tell the computer to do things using words a computer understands. People want the computer to do some things for them so some part of their lives are easier, faster, or just better. My job is turning people’s wishes into words a computer can understand and do very well. Most times, there are many different ways to tell the computer what to do, and some ways are better than others. Computers will do exactly what you tell it to do, which is a good thing if you are thinking like your computer and a bad thing if you are not. Thinking about how you will tell the computer to do something can be both hard and fun. Sometimes, the words you tell the computer are not quite right, and you have to figure out why. It’s also interesting to work with other computer word people and figure out how to make our words work well together