One of the things that stood out to me during our first class session was that there is a difference between application programming in analytical programming. In my programming experience, I’ve always done object oriented or application-based programming. I am a bit nervous to be push into a different environment, but I feel like that is something that will be certainly different yet insightful as well. I do feel like programming in SAS will help me a lot with my programming since consistent code structure was something that I always seem to struggle with.
Another thing that stuck out to me was the design pattern of analytical programming. I feel that this will give me the previously mentioned structure to always be able to have a consistent style of programming. I believe will also aid me in the ability to critique any overall changes needed, to develop a uniformed approach to data. I am excited to tackle this new challenge and look forward to all of the knowledge to come with it.
Gregory's Look Into Analytics 