So, are you a ge--computer enthusiast/specialist? [Archive]

Jezebel

09-18-2007, 05:13 AM

I'm addicted to computers. Overall, I'd consider myself a power user. I spend a lot of time on computers and feel an urge to customize everything.

I used to be part of the IT department doing basic network administration duties. It was too routine and detailed for me and became extremely boring. I still work on computers all day, but it's just using graphic software, database software and the internet. It's more creative and a lot more fun.

Programming had too many details to keep up with. I started to learn the basics but got frustrated a lot. I would spend ridiculous amounts of time examining code trying to figure out what I did wrong only to find out it was something small like a misplaced semicolon messing the whole thing up. I missed stupid things like that all the time and decided it wasn't worth it. I only know html and css well, but I do sometimes go into programming code and try to figure out what's going on so I can make slight modifications when I need to.

Nerdy admission: I bought a reselling account years ago just so I could have unlimited domains and databases. I have multiple websites on it, all of which are just my personal projects.

radioactivez0r

09-19-2007, 03:59 AM

I took some C++ years ago, and then I decided that I hate programming - although I actually liked assembly to some extent (it made sense). I've done tech support for years, so my general strengths are in getting computers to run well and solving problems, as well as building them. I generally lag behind in the latest and greatest...my current build is, I believe, 3 or 4 years old, but it was put together just before things like SATA and SLI/Crossfire became the norm, but because I have some excellent overclockability on my parts, I'm not totally stone age-ish.

HackerX

09-19-2007, 07:51 AM

I am a programmer, can I get any more geekier?

rwyatt365

09-25-2007, 02:58 PM

TeleportThis

09-25-2007, 04:58 PM

No hardware options?

StJimmy

09-25-2007, 05:38 PM

I learned to program basic on a TRS-80 that didn't even have it's own floppy drive. A little later our school got a few apple II's which was like a quantum leap at the time. My first "real" desktop had a 10mb HDD, and 74K RAM. I remember my Dad telling me "Hell you'll never use all of that storage." O RLY?!

My latest machine is a 1.8 allendale running at 3.0 on stock voltage and cooling with 2gigs of nice ram and a decent GPU. Cost me around $500 after I sold my old box.

Guido

09-25-2007, 09:14 PM

Commodore 64 ftw :D!

qwerty

09-25-2007, 09:42 PM

Computers are the to me what the wristwatch is to the watchmaker, what the car is to the mechanic, what the symphony is to the composer.

Some times I like to think I have an inherent bond of being one with the computer :).

I am the ghost in the machine...

The Rose

09-27-2007, 07:56 AM

I can install hardware & software in my computer.
I am someone people consult when they have computer problems- though I can't always help.
It depends how severe the problem is.

MichaelH

10-03-2007, 01:34 PM

Some times I like to think I have an inherent bond of being one with the computer Smiley.

You and me both! I started on a Commodore 64, and still miss the "READY." prompt sometimes.

My computer is a personal extension of my mind. I really wonder what I would have done before microcomputers had been invented! That's why working on my work laptop drives me nuts - this isn't MY machine. Heck, it's got Windows on a partition - ick! Fortunately, linux and freebsd dual-boot well. I see a Mac laptop in my future...

biased

10-04-2007, 11:43 PM

I'm familiar with how to install software and hardware. I know how to effectively operate in both windows and unix-like operating systems (bsd, linux, solaris, etc) but I vastly prefer windows. I guess this makes me a tool of the corporations ::) I've tried to sit down and learn C but it bores me to tears, I rather spend my time learning something like mandarin. The most extensive "coding"-like I have done would be windows batch scripts. I have many friends who are "hackers" in the real sense of the word and have been hired for companies for vulnerability research, security, etc.

I'd never go into IT though, the job fields looks extremely boring and dull too me not to mention it's a sausage fest ;D

ciphersort

10-05-2007, 05:16 AM

The last few years I have mainly been doing *nix administration work as those positions are easy to land and a tad more stable than programming jobs. Prior to that I usually worked as an integration designer/developer. That is really where I shine and where I plan to go back to.

iamnotspock

10-07-2007, 01:45 AM

*cough, cough*

Yeah, I design and build enterprise web software with a crew of international geeks. Compared to them I am a stone-throwing troglodyte -- I don't spend my spare time reprogramming my cell phone, hacking the Linux kernel, or trying to pick up females on Slashdot or whatever.

However, I *am* sitting at home amongst a half-dozen PCs in my living room, all of which I built from scratch. I *did* indeed spend this Saturday afternoon catching up on PHP5 and thinking we should really be using more variable variables (why not, they look fun). And I *do* own a small fortune in O'Reilly technical books, large-screen LCD monitors, and unused CPU fans. So make of that what you will.

But I am *so much more* than just another techno-geek who spends Sat. nights at his computer, I really am. I mean, I even named my Linux servers after poets... and lately, I've thought of getting a Mac (gasp).

shadowlock

10-07-2007, 11:44 AM

I learned HTML a couple of years ago, but that's very basic. I was always interested in web design languages, PHP, HTML, JS, etc...
I spend a lot of time just exploring the computers just to see how they work. I've learned a lot within the past two years. I also do graphic design, which is very entertaining. I love Flash, Fireworks, and Photoshop.

HackerX

10-07-2007, 07:45 PM

I suppose I should fill in my comment a bit:

I work as a programmer, mainly doing database crap, mainly working on the main internal application (which is huge) for the company I work for as well as some integration, financials (god I hate financials) and lot of other stuff.

When I can, in my spare time I'll often play around with C++ & OpenGL, which is a huge contrast to the stuff I do at work

shadowlock

10-07-2007, 09:40 PM

Everyone else understands programming and I don't. >:(

rwyatt365

10-08-2007, 08:59 AM

Everyone else understands programming and I don't. *>:(

Don't feel bad. I don't get this "newfangled" stuff myself (old dog, new tricks syndrome). :-[

MichaelH

10-08-2007, 12:36 PM

Everyone else understands programming and I don't.

If you're interested in learning, I can recommend Python or (shudder) Visual Basic.
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Programming is painstaking and frequently annoying. In most languages, you're writing step-by-step instructions for an incredibly dumb person.

If you don't have a program to create and don't need a hobby, you're not missing out. Very few people actually need to be programmers. Just knowing how to use a computer gives you 95% of the benefit for 10% of the work!

Evalind

10-09-2007, 12:59 AM

Commodore 64 ftw :D!

Thanks. I really want to play The Wizard of Oz now.

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Harman

10-10-2007, 02:24 AM

I can program in C++, python and PERL.

Ijz

10-10-2007, 08:58 PM

Me is a programmer too, Aaaiiiiiiii

Been writing code the last 12 years of my life now. Mainly c++ on pretty much a daily basis. Almost all of it on some kind of MS operating system. I'm a dev lead for a small software company and currently working on an embedded device. Does it get boring? Yep sometimes it does, the rest of the time I think its the best job in the world. I think its great to *make stuff" and that others appreciate it.

The only thing I hate about the IT world, except managers, is job titles. No matter what you are called, "Architect", "System specialist", etc... if you're writing code.... you're a programmer, simple as that.

Last night I was taking a crap on the toilet, and I suddenly realized I had made a bug in SortedList.cpp. What the hell... I wasn't even thinking about it.... I guess my brain was doing a daily build and found a bug... AARRGGHHHHH

Yeah I program too much

generalowk

10-10-2007, 09:00 PM

I put "General background". I haven't had any formal training. I taught myself HTML and some apps so I can run my own web site.

Vayate

10-16-2007, 05:50 PM

I do repair/troubleshooting as a fall-back job until I finish my degree. It pretty much runs the gamut of tech work, everything from networking to hardware and OS installation to PC security.

Programming is horrible and I could never do it; truth is, I could never do tech work professionally either. Keeping my hobbies separate from my work is a lesson I learned pretty quickly.

rwyatt365

10-17-2007, 08:31 AM

The only thing I hate about the IT world, except managers, is job titles. No matter what you are called, "Architect", "System specialist", etc... if you're writing code.... you're a programmer, simple as that.
Yeah, I hate this too!

Way back when, there were three categories in IT; programmer, administrator and manager – quick, easy and painless.

Now, there are so many designations that you have no idea what anyone does anymore. And most of the time the titles are pure BS! I'm an Enterprise Architecture Assurance Coordinator – that's code for "glorified paper-pusher and meeting chairperson", what a load of crap!

ShaiGar

10-17-2007, 11:33 PM

more of just a general linux power user. i can build computers, and mod any desktop for maximum usability (for me).

I started in Linux using red hat in 2002... decided that red hat wasnt for me, therefore linux wasnt for me. next year i had installed FC4 and was slowly starting to learn it. Only really covered the basics, and I run Ubuntu most of the time. I have installed and modified IPCop and Smoothwall onto dedicated Firewall boxes. I have even installed OpenBSD and have started to learn that(because everyone said it was elite, extremely hard to learn and use, and full of pricks who wont help you) and i wanted a challenge.

I am not a programmer though, and only use computers for entertainment, writing, games, chatting and movies. Oh and web building.

:( not the geek i thought i was.

thegnat

10-18-2007, 01:48 AM

I consider myself - practically computer knowledgeable I guess would best fit or perhaps a power user. With an interest in keeping up in technology and improving my computer knowledge - I think it's good to know computers when you're into the sciences.

I have used Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems so I am confident I can navigate most computers.

I've done some scientific computing (UV-vis (spectrophotometer), FluroMax-3(luminescence), cyclic voltammetry software(I think it's CV50 but don't count me on it), SPARTAN(for analyzing molecules, reactions, and of course other programs like Origin and Excel and all the usuals I can navigate very well) - so I understand scientific software pretty well and I can generally learn to use a new program pretty quickly.

I took a photoshop/computer graphics class in high school - so I can do some cool things with it.

I have *some* troubleshooting knowledge from experience and the fact that my parents are technophobes so I have to either fix their computer problems or ask someone else and by default learn it....

I use them for writing, entertainment, games, research, communication (email is *essential*), news, and the pursuit of science...

snoogit

10-18-2007, 11:36 AM

I've got the IT Day Job/IT Degree down...

I've been learning C#, ASP.net 2.0, AJAX, SQL, Windows Administration, CSS, Web Design Theory, Database Theory, Systems Theory, Systems administration, and other stuff on and off for the past few years. When I was in college C# wasn't taught yet, but I'm digging into it. I'm not a good programmer, since I tend to get side tracked into other projects, but once I start a project I eventually can finish it.

athenian200

10-22-2007, 07:43 AM

I'm a bit of a nerd, I guess. I've used several Linux distributions, FreeBSD, Windows 95-XP, and MS-DOS 6/Windows 3.11. I think I have a reasonable idea about how to make things work in all of them. As far as code, I'm okay at writing batch files in DOS, and I know a little C, but not enough to really do anything with it. All I can really do is create a command prompt calculator with a menu for different things. I also know some HTML, but I can only create very basic web pages, and it's been superseded by XHTML and CSS anyway. So I'm kind of a power user, but with limited knowledge of code.

snoogit

10-24-2007, 12:23 AM

I prefer to call my IT level as BOFH (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) in waiting... I will take over my job's network, oh *yesssss* (emphasized with more "S"!) it will be mine Muwahahahaha

logan235711

10-24-2007, 07:48 PM

CatListener

10-26-2007, 10:28 PM

I have no clue how to classify myself in the poll so listed it as a day job. I wrote my first program in 1973 and then started getting paid to write them in 1979. But I absolutely hate the detailed work associated with coding in any language.

But I'm still in IT after all these years, having worked myself into a position of technology strategist which actually suits me fine. I get to guess where technologies are going and then sell the ideas to get funding. Then I pass them along to someone else to worry about. I used to run huge IT programs ($100M+) and loved them only because of the challenge of putting the pieces together and adjusting them when they didn't work.

But can I configure a PC? No way in h*ll.

Ijz

10-27-2007, 11:57 AM

I have more of an interest in the hardware than the software. It's a bit disappointing that people seem to associate computer 'nawlehje' with mainly programming. There is an immense amount to know about the physics, signaling, and interaction between the hardware.
Kinda depends on the people you talk too. I have often spoken to older folks and they tend to respond "Oh you are in computers, do you build them or something?". And then I have to use my hands and feet to explain to them that I write the stuff inside the thing.

L30

10-27-2007, 01:40 PM

I didn't finish (yet) my computer science degree.
I have a job as maintenance technician in a postal automation implant. Intellectually it's boring and repetitive but it's 15 min from home (30 by bike), leaves much free time, great colleagues, no stress, and I get to work on computers once in a while.
I have the skills to pursue the IT career, but I also have many good reasons not to do it.

DroppedGT

11-21-2007, 03:13 AM

I work for.... *picks up shield* ....

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Geek Squad >>> *drops shield and runs*

DroppedGT

11-21-2007, 03:22 AM

Started with this system: 80386/80mb/4m/1mb vid in '90

Dos, X-tree Gold, 3.11, 3.14, 95, NT, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista
Novell 5.1, 6.0, 00/03 Windows Server

Not MAC/LINUX compliant currently.

I run windows behind router, no AV/AS, 12 processes @ boot. Sometimes exit explorer and use Task Manager for navigation on custom pc that has 4 blown capacitors and has been overclocked both mobo and vid/cpu for past 3 years.

I remove infections manually as I can tell what files and folders are original OS and what Reg values and keys are original to a degree. (on other computers because I don't get infections)

Minimalist + optimizer

sw7104

11-22-2007, 01:25 AM

Storage Architect here. My company spends $9.5 million a year in SAN storage (most of it wasted). My job is to slash that in half (or more) by engineering a 3-Year plan to consolidate and virtualize arrays; improve utilization from 40 to 75%; and migrating data from higher to lower cost tiers based of a matrix of attributes (Availability, Performance, Disaster Recovery Point, Business Value). I've got a lot of work to do. See you three years.

ScottH

11-22-2007, 02:28 AM

I'm a geek from way back. Ok, from the early 80's, anyway. I'm a consultant and pretty much do anything "software": Architecture, coding, reviews, optimization.

I also like to program in my spare time, as a hobby, thought not just for the sake of programming. I am working on a couple possible businesses built around computers, and I love to exploit my programming to explore my other hobbies: math and physics.

My fav language is C++, I love assembly, but 80% of my work life these days is spent in C#. I've VBed for years, taught Java and many web technologies (JavaScript, etc), have bored myself to death with databases and built web apps with all flavors of IIS. I've looked at PHP, but have never built anything with it.

For anybody interested in learning, from scratch, I'd highly recommend C#. Why? It's simple:
1) It's amazingly used in the industry, so even miodocre skill can earn rent and food.
2) It's a "structured" language, so the skills are somewhat transferrable to many of the other "top ten" environments (JavaScrip, C++, etc.)
3) It's efficient. Within about 20% of what C++ code does, and within 2% if you really know what you're doing.
4) You can do anything. It's full featured, easy, RAD, provides support for high-quality graphics (direct3D, etc.) and sound (directSound).
5) It's fun :-)

I'm always looking for other people who would rather spend their space time programming than watching TV :-)

Ijz

11-23-2007, 06:44 PM

3) It's efficient. Within about 20% of what C++ code does, and within 2% if you really know what you're doing.

Well Scott, now you're asking for it ;)
But what if the C++ guy also knows what he's doing?

Mason

11-29-2007, 11:05 PM

I don't spend my spare time reprogramming my cell phone, hacking the Linux kernel, or trying to pick up females on Slashdot or whatever.

Females on Slashdot? Pics or it didn't happen.

Myrak

11-30-2007, 12:16 PM

I spend a lot of my time using computers, mostly tweaking them. If I had a spare box, I'd put linux on it, but right now we only have one computer and I'm not jeopardizing the family computer and my peace of mind by putting linux on this one. I have enough to deal with without people booting into the wrong OS accidently and getting high-pitched cries of 'Where's World of Warcraft?!?!'. Gahh.

Any time I sit down at a comp I'm instantly trying to tweak it for usability, instead of actually doing work. If there are restrictions in place, my first instinct is to subvert them, I can't help it. I never do anything malicious I just love a challenge. Computers and subconscious perfectionism probably aren't the best mix, this is just how I ended up.

ntrneo

12-18-2007, 07:10 PM

ScottH, as a person with experiance in both Java and C#, how would you compare those languages? I'm a beginer java programmer :]

Diana

12-18-2007, 09:36 PM

All the men in my family are software engineer/code writers/digital animators, does that count? I get a long really well with them. I definitely don't have their background...but I know just enough of their lingo to be dangerous...muahaha...

Hdier

12-19-2007, 12:47 AM

I'm not sure how to vote on this one. I have gained a lot of useful knowledge (as well as useless knowledge) about computers the way I learn most of the stuff I'm interested in: I mess around with it until I break, I fix it, then mess around with it some more. I have learned quite a bit, especially about excel, but have never had any formal education beyond your basic tech ed class.

Truth

01-08-2008, 12:54 PM

Right now I'm a house wife who woud love to have a career in IT interested in programming Building websites and also security. I just started studying for my A+ Net + certs. I have to start somewhere. I have a degree in Psych which is completly worthless. If anyone has any advice on where I should start learning on my own so that maybe I could secure a job in IT it would be great. Any advice is appreciated. Tried to read a c coding book and found it boring. Maybe I did not put in enough effort. I think security would be interesting. Or maybe a different kind of code.

Don't know much about IT please help:]

Truth added to this post, 7 minutes and 59 seconds later...

Thanks, sounds great I'll get started soon and let you know what happened!

xhaan

01-08-2008, 02:30 PM

I don't know HEAPS about computers, but I'm definitely above 'power user'.

I used to admin and do a little design work for a startup webhosting company, which is still going, and now getting into being a local ISP I think.

schmidt

02-17-2008, 04:58 PM

Work full time being "enthusiastic" about *nix computers :)
And I have a strong urge to study computer science at RIOT (Royal Institute of Technology) in Stockholm.

denaria

02-17-2008, 05:26 PM

At the risk of making myself seem old and out of touch…My first year of college was spent in the Computing Center making out punch-cards on the keypunch machine to run on overnight batch jobs! My first job was as a Project Engineer for one of the Big-3, but I really was a programmer writing BASIC, FORTRAN and assembly-language programs on DEC PDP-11 mini-computers (doing real-time data acquisition & analysis). I moved on to systems administration, network admin, and then to IT Manager. I've got 4 computers at home now running WinNt, Win2K, WinXP and Ubuntu.

One thing I regret is not learning Object Oriented Programming – by the time that came out I was into the management end of things and pretty removed from programming. Every time I pick up a book about the subject, the information seems to just bounce off my brain – nothing goes in.

So, does that qualify me? Can I join your club?

I must have been messing around with mainframes at the same time as rwyatt365. My first language was Algol and then we moved on to Fortran. The whole course was deeply frustrating: several hours to punch the cards, submit them, and three days later back would come a thin printout that said "Error on Line 3". So you'd retype, or search for chads that you could sticky-tape back, and another 3 days later you'd get "Error on Line 10." I decided that computers were not for me and became an accountant instead, which was a shame because as soon as I laid my hands on an IBM PC in 1983 I discovered that I was a born programmer. I am, at last, doing something formal about it and have started a maths and computing course with Britain's Open University. We have (at last count) nine computers round the house, 2.25 for each occupant... Mind you the PS3 and my Husqvarna sewing machine probably ought to be added to the sum.

Still mourning the effective demise of Lotus 1-2-3 though. I could program ANYTHING in 1-2-3...

burazekun

02-17-2008, 08:12 PM

Day job deals with computers so that's what I put. But I am also a power user. I am a little older then the Core 2 Duo era, but I have a good system still.

Running a Pentium D 805 overclocked to 3.6ghz. 2 gigs 667 Patriot ram. ABIT AW8D 975x chipset motherboard, which sadly doesn't support Core 2 Duo architecture. And a ATI Radeon HD 2600xt with 256 megs DDR4 Ram overclocked mainstream graphics card. It has .9% better performance then the 8600gts from nividia and cost less at the time. 'Self tested results'.

My favorite thing about my computer, well one of my favorite things. Is my 50lbs case from Antec, the P180. Because I seperated the powersuply and the hard drives from the main system, I am able to keep my overclocked CPU, which is overclocked nearly 1ghz over it's stock, at a comfortable variable of 86F-98f on a Thermaltake CL-P0372.

Of course when I order them all, I found that I probably would have beeter airflow if I used the Thermaltake CL-P0370.

srod511

02-17-2008, 09:21 PM

Computer Engineering major here. Always been into the whole tech thing, just interests me to read all the articles and such.

DeadSpace

02-23-2008, 09:09 AM

Power user, Started with c64, tried an atari65XE (yes the made computers) then c128, wrote my first couple of games on the atari (BASIC baby :P ) skipped a few years, amiga 500/1000's were next, worked with ms-dos, win 3.1, but didn't own a pc till win95 pentium pro 200...blazing speed, heh, then built a dualie with NT 4.0, and finally this poor old thing with XP pro. main uses are games and 3D apps. build, troubleshoot systems on the side.
favorite linux is PCLOS, tried dozens of others...that one just clicked though.

PRBori

02-23-2008, 12:57 PM

Computers you got to love them...

Yeap, just like many of you I'm in the IT field. I have worked as Network Administrator, Workflow Developer, Software QA, Technical Writer, Technical Trainer, I can take them apart and build them from scratch. I'm also knowledgeable with web design ASP, ASP.net, HTML, DHTML, Java Script, and CSS just to mention a few.

I have developed workflows for Windchill Project Link without taking a course, just reverse engineering the process from already out-of-the-box workflows... Funny, one of the consultants for Windchill told me that I need it to take a 1 week class to learn how to create a workflow and that it would take me 2 wks...hehehe I did the workflow in 3 days and documented the process so someone else can create them without training within a week

An I flip a Training Course from horrible to excellent in one company that couldn't keep good trainers around long enought or even trained them accordingly so that they could give the classes. Yikes...

But currently I'm in IT Security and loving every bit of it since is a combination of mutliple jobs. I'm actually developing my own application from scratch, so I can add DB Administration now to my so many skills. I access the organizational security of systems, evaluate tools, recommend tools, draft IT policies and procedures, hold meetings with all level personnel, develop management plans and what else... did I miss something.

Oh hell... yeap, I am a Computer Geek and a Jack of all trades as you can see.

On the side I do Bookeeping for private clients, I've also worked in constructions and as a dental assistant all without a college degree...

Hmm.. did I miss something.. I guess I have, being working since I'm 15 so what can I say... Ohh yeah I've done management too and HR...
Hate the fact that we can learn anything without much guidance...hahaha.. just kidding...

I guess that's what separate us from the rest, the ability to learn by teaching ourself from hands on and just plain reading. Someday when college is FREE I will get my degree... actually I hope to have a company pay for it.. for now I make good $$$$ so no need for it yet, I'll just continue to get certifications which to me and my job are more valuable, cause I don't waste my time learning something I don't care about.

I guess a good thing about being an INTJ is that we can be good at achieving our goals...

Titles don't bother me, I never get the right title and always end up doing more than I was hired to do... but experience and references are essential for my survival in the IT field, for they will go a long way, farther than having an education degree...

;):p

istheather

02-23-2008, 01:18 PM

I work in the IT field as well, my actual job title is Systems Administrator. I work in a university setting so that in itself can be interesting. I work with SQL Server, write scripts, .net apps, custom applications, web servers, dns, and active directory.

I manage the our database, lan, 4 servers, 85 computers and provide help desk support. I like my job but it can be very stressful at times.

One thing that I dislike is that some people think that just because I work in IT I can fix the fax machine or anything that has electronic parts that plugs into the wall.

cypher72

03-26-2008, 06:14 PM

Don't know exactly where to put myself. I do some work for my school system when they need it. We have this weird program where they hire students to help them with stuff. I'm also learning C++ for my the Robotics club, but I'm not so great yet. Unfortunately both of our programmers are seniors this year, so we're screwed next year unless I really start working on it. I've built several systems and am working on getting my A+ certification. I am familiar with most OS'es too.

Fej

03-27-2008, 07:07 PM

I'm just a game geek is that even exists. The only things that interest me about computers are the Internet and Games.

lei

03-31-2008, 11:52 AM

Having been learning Ruby in an effort to become a RoR (ruby on rails) web-developer over the past few months. Before that I had some experience with PHP. Also programmed a small database project when I was in school. I used to think programming is boring for me, but after having studied a bit of Ruby lately, I now think programming can be fun provided you pick the right language.

kedelfor

04-03-2008, 11:02 AM

Well I started on the path of networking, went to school at ITT and got a degree in Networking. By the time i graduated the market was over saturated with networking people so i ended up doing help desk jobs from here to there being told I would move up. Well this didn't work out. These jobs started becoming a career and moved more towards the whole making users feel happy instead of solving problems.

I then fell into computer programming cause guess what I picked it up easily. :)

Currently i am a programmer, but miss the complexity of the networks and servers. I am hoping that I will move into more interesting programming/problems.

On a side note I never wanted to be a programmer, and hated it passionately. This may have been my teacher was teaching VB6 and wasn't good at teaching programming concepts.

Well here I am as a developer and I enjoy it. Always some problem to solve.

K

mono

04-05-2008, 06:07 PM

I did an "ICT" study but I don't think I ever want to work in that field.
I hate offices. full of fucking boring sheeplings.

suzyk

04-05-2008, 08:34 PM

I know what the different operating systems and whatnot are, thanks to my father who is a computer programmer. But my brother is a genius when it comes to fixing and understanding computers. He's good at math.

Right now, we run XP, my dad is going to add on Linux (KDE) soon enough, he loves Linux a lot. And he despises Windows, but I think Windows can be dependable (it has never crashed when I was using it).

Brendan

04-09-2008, 07:24 AM

my case:
I have been coding obsessively since I was in elementary (all in all about 12 years now).

most of this has been in C, but I also do at least some Assembler, C++, ...
I have experience with many other languages as well...

I have written things which include:
3D engines (more or less quake-style, but never really got into characters and AI and all that);
3D modeling and animation tools;
an ODE or Havok-style physics engine;
a JIT-based dynamic C compiler (loads C code sort of like how others would use Python or Lua, but uses C and can directly interface with the host app, unlike Python or Lua which require FFI crap...);
...

or such...