[RESOLVED] Answer This Ques with No BS! :)

[MAYHEM]

Been building & repairing since 1976, I was 14 yrs old now working for Virtual PC's in findlay, OH as Head Tech. Just got a job offer from Electronic Arts in Charlottesville, VA. Trying to decide if I really want to move. Probly not right now.

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There is no Spoon!

[jmlozan]

2 years with two different companies as a tech. A+ certified and in 6 weeks will be MCSE. Will Net Admin soon (hopefully!)

[pcshark]

1983 - Got my Atari 800
1985 - blew my "car" savings on a PC-XT
1988 - Made my first money building PC's for friends in college (I was a music major)
1994 - Home business too stressful, looked to get out and work for someone else
1995 - Took a 10-month "vacation" at a trade school called Dover Business College. Curriculum: Computer Electronics Tech
November 1995 - Passed one exam: Novell CNA (3)
December 1995 - Started working in Atlantic City, NJ area.
November 1996 - Started working in Philadelphia area.
August 1999 - Passed 7th exam: Novell CNE (4)
Today - Loving life (-;

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R. Bret Walker, CNE

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[Paul Cunningham]

Started with zx80

Self taught myself from there.

2 years at college ( whilst working )

Running my own business now.

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[winky]

Been working as a tech for 2 1/2 yrs.
I am all self taught if anyone cares and only 18.

[sj]

3 years of school, (college and a trade tech)
1 1/2 years - network admin.
3 years of local computer nerd (but that doesn’t count in this post

23 years of curiosity
23 years old

MCP CNA A+ (2 test for MCSE)
SJ

[This message has been edited by sj (edited July 29, 2000).]

[Ugo]

I'm 16

I can build computers

High school computers classes are waaay too elementary

Volunteer tech support for Dave Chalk's Computer Show that airs mainly in Canada (sometimes I don't know a question and I just look on the web to find the answer, great learning process)

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You can lead a horse to water but you can't water a horse lead.

[CJK]

2+ years
MCP,A+,CNA going for my MCSE in one week. Job title Lead Networking Systems Engineer. Self taught and prowd of it!

[cyberhh]

7+ years.
4 as a partner in an Education Consulting Firm
2 Years system development and analyst / designer for a biometric firm
2 years managing a retail outlet in arizona and specializing in government / education bidding
currently employed by Verizon, So. Ca. as a Network Admin.

CNA, Currently in major school for papers: BS/CS, CCNA, CCNP, CCDA, MCSE+I, MDBA, Linux Admin, Webmaster, and CNE 5. I love it and read 1500+ relevant pages per week,

Party On.

[Hurricane_532]

WOW! This turned out to be a hotter thead than I thought! LOL! Thanks everybody! Just to be fair:

I have a 2 year Associates Degree in Electronics

8 years fixing PCs professionally
The last year has been for me as I am now self employed!



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[WinDrivers1]

I started in high school programming a DEC PDP-11 with 8" Floppies. Then on to the Atari 800. Then an original MAC. Then nothing till a Pbell 486 SX/33. Then I started selling machines and learned the tech side because our tech sucked, ended up liking it and did that for three years - small retail tech. Then quit to do WinDrivers full time with no certs.

[Sowulo]

Most of you make me feel like a fossil! First computer job--1969 IBM System 3. Full-time self-employed consultant/tech since 1986.

[cordon]

BBC Micro (model B) at age 12.
2 Years college studying Artificial intelligence. Spent a lot of time messing with a 286.
Built my first PC around then. 486DX33!!!
Learned and forgot a load of programming languages (Pascal, C, Prolog, pop11, HTML)
1 Year college studying Computer science + digital electronics.
Self employed tech/ sales for 2 years.
1 year desktop/network support for a local school.
1 Year desktop support for dental practice + self employed tech for the last year.
1 Exam away from MCSE.

[pcshark]

Originally posted by sowulo:
First computer job--1969 IBM System 3.

LOL. I took my first breath of air in 1969. It was another fourteen years before I started getting into computers! (-:


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R. Bret Walker, CNE

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[Fat_Eric]

5 years running configuration shop

2 years field service engineers ( servers & desktops)

18 months senior support for a finance comapny

2 exams off mcse

first 5 years were all self taught then started taking courses