15 year olds / Wild in the streets

[jbar1]

I just finished reading the article concerning 15 year olds from WD home page. It brought back the memory of watching the movie Wild In The Streets. Have any of you seen the movie and or read the 15 yrld article? Hey look guys, I think I am one of the oldest on WDrvs and remember when you payed a high price for a few minutes of computer time. I have watched the young ones come into the shop and am amazed at their depth of programing skills. They blow me away and I am no slouch. My ? "Has the internet become so massive and the young so sharp and intuitive that we may indeed be led by 15 Year olds? Just a thought to ponder for a while

[kennethstarrfp]

I am a 15 year old computer technician with 15 years experience. Does that tell you anything?

[Geek #1]

[quote]Originally posted by busboy:
<strong>I am a 15 year old computer technician with 15 years experience. Does that tell you anything?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Hey, a 21st centurty remake of a classic film:

Born to be Geek.

[Who Me]

[quote]Originally posted by Geek #1:
<strong>

Hey, a 21st centurty remake of a classic film:

Born to be Geek.</strong><hr></blockquote>

rotflmao

[IronTech]

Well, kids like computers and you all know how much kids devote when something catches their interest. How in the hell can kids remember 132 different Pokemon? Believe me, there are some who can easily. I loved computers as a kid, got my first Commodore 64 when I was 6 years old, and I was writing games for it, full length games at the age of 13. Why? Cause I liked it. Most of my friends would come home and play baseball or something, I would come home a code (good ole fashioned Commodore Basic, gotta love it). Now, these kids are actually earning money for this and stuff. My point, if ya have talent, agew shouldn't matter. What does matter is little youth no talent kids who make smeg-loads of money piss me off (Hanson is made up of three such kids). But if you're good enough, then go for it!

End of rant
I'm bored with corporations.

[IronTech]

Also, it's good that kids live in a time where their talents are accepted. Growing up I was considered a major geek and treated like crap because I like computers. Glad I did, rant into three of my old high school friends the other day, serving pizza at a local Uno's as they try and pay for their 4th year of Community College, whereas I just bought a new car, I'm getting ready to finish my private pilots license and generally don't worry about finances.

[In The Wind]

I read an article years ago , something close to "mythology of priests and techs" as a title. The jist of it was that people learn to rely on an artificial wall of mystery to give them a special status within society. This translates into being an interface between a person and something that to that person is unreachable; i.e. his God (as in the case of the priest), or the high level of techno wonders (as in the case of the tech). Without the interface, the person is isolated from God, or whatever the interface presents himself to represent. What I see today is a willingness on the part of youth to overthrow the artificial barriers, often in dramatic ways. Perhaps Socrates would say that is the job of youth? Anyway, the computer/internet has enabled young people to take a serious swing at the barriers, not just talk about it. The computer/internet is a serious hammer, continuing the paraphrase. I'm sure that we all remember the frustration of not being taken seriously only because of our youth. And the good feeling of being taken seriously when it did happen. It's obvious that some/many posters on these forums have a high level of knowledge that is respected and in fact sought out, and have youth on their side, so to speak. All of us old foggies just need to get used to it, all you young experts aren't going away just to make someone feel better. Good for you!!! I hope that you run with it. Feels like the sixties all over again.

[Auric]

well times certainly are a changin'
im 17, have worked in a computer store for over a year, with 3 years of tech experience on top of that and i do the same work as any other senior tech with no trouble..

[jbar1]

Dont get me wrong. I have no problem with the younger generation. My 12 yr old daughter is doing 3d rendering with Coral and I have a 13 yr old( he really is a Geek, thick glasses, pocket protecter with too many pens and pencils) that writes scripts for me. What takes me 30 minutes he cranks out in a few. What i meant was that the internet has became such an interagal part of our lives that those that can control it will in fact have a large say in how the world will progress. And who is better equuipt than our youth. I too went through the frustrtion of not being taken serious when I was young, both from my peers and the adults. I was called, a know it all, smartass, brainchild, lil genius and a technocrat. Geek hadnt been coined yet.. I think we will be in good hands.

[Stalemate]

I thank God for the support my own parents gave me when I first entered the world of computing. They backed my decision to purchase my first computer (an Apple IIc with color monitor and mouse) when I was 15.

Some of these kids should be supported by "tech mentors" so that they can learn from the experience of others. Technologies change, but approaches to troubleshooting remain basically the same.

[kennethstarrfp]

THANK GOD my parents gave me a Commodore 64 AS A BIRTH PRESENT!

[Auric]

yeahyeah busboy...we know we know!

Ad3pt, i too was lucky, my parents bought a family 386 for christmas one year, and a P75 for me for my birthday a few years later, since then i've upgraded everything, till i finally sold it and bought myself my good PC

I like the idea of tech mentors, heck we have programs like that at our school like Co-Op kinda deals, and its good for the kids that will actually apply themselves to it.

Its also hard to believe that companies will actually treat 16 and 17 year olds with the same respect, dignity, and hell even pay as the adults working their.

[amcfreek]

born to be geek
i think you can only play that mp3 on a stepenwolf cluster
it sucked being poor, i had a chance at programming , but threw it the f___k away
ugh , im not eaven going to say it , but i wish a pc would have been around wen i was a kid,,,

let me say this:::
it it used to be that only geeks had computers
now youre a geek if you dont have a computer!!
aint life great!!!
i remember a norton antivirus ad
how the geeks from school are getting eaven just check youre email!!