hi there I'm a computer science student and I suck at coding

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Why it worked

The video succeeds by being highly relatable and vulnerable, tapping into the 'journey' narrative that builds community and trust with an audience of peers.

Summary

A computer science student introduces her goal to document her journey of improving her coding skills on TikTok. She aims to build projects and eventually land a job at a big tech company.

Structure

1Introduction of the creator as a CS student
2Admission of struggling with coding
3Stating the goal to become a better programmer
4Explaining the plan to use TikTok for accountability
5Sharing the long-term goal of working at a big tech company

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hi there I'm a computer science student and I suck at coding my goal is to become a really good programmer I'm gonna use TikTok to motivate me to do more projects and to showcase it to the world my goal is to get into big tech company I have two more years before I graduate and I wanna make this happen

Transcript

hi there I'm a computer science student and I suck at coding. my goal is to become a really good programmer. I'm gonna use TikTok to motivate me to do more projects and to showcase it to the world. my goal is to get into big tech company. I have two more years before I graduate and I wanna make this happen.

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I wanna document my journey and share the things that I learned throughout my journey. I wanna make tech content and give a little glimpse of anyone who wants to go into computer science. #computerscience #Tech #SoftwareEngineering #womeninengineering