What have you accomplished in your life so far?

[The Linuxator]

" I have touched and seen somethings, I know, that very few have. It will continue to"

HOLY SH!T go on I am excited about the touching part mhh

 

[Powermoloch]

traveled almost around the world (england, phillipines, malaysia (sabah, serawak, malaysia itself), singapore, england, thailand, s.korea, japan right before age 11.

moved in America w/ mom and 3 bros (after a divorce :Q ! )

lived in apartment w/ a mini fridge and no microwave

graduated from highschool at the age of 16 in the top 5 %, and started college at the age of 17

build my first comp ! !!!!!!!

Turned 19 already, and hoping to get in to the Nursing department, completed 59 units in my university ^_^ (3rd fall semester boo yah)

 

[GeekDrew]

Apparently my sense of accomplishments/success is more screwed up than I thought. I'm amazed at what all people are posting in here.

 

[PHiuR]

nothing. seriously.

 

[gopunk]

i'd post everything i've done but i don't want to make people envious



kicked ass in compsci and graduated, i was pretty proud of that... got to go to a meeting with a vc at a top firm, and even got to talk in it!

 

[skim milk]

I feel like I have been a failure for the past 6 years...
nothing ever goes right for me.. and I really mean that

 

[Nikamichi]

Originally posted by: fritolays
I feel like I have been a failure for the past 6 years...
nothing ever goes right for me.. and I really mean that

That's cause you haven't played enought TFC

 

[Engineer]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
Apparently my sense of accomplishments/success is more screwed up than I thought. I'm amazed at what all people are posting in here.

What did you expect? Nobel prizes and stuff like that? It's ATOT for sake!

 

[BrokenVisage]

I came, I saw, I neffed.

 

[Kalbi]

I'm starting a small business while working in public accounting...ask me in 2 years.

 

[Schrodinger]

Graduated with a 3.95 cumulative GPA and summa cum laude (from a 4.0 system). That is including my humanities credits (don't hate)
I work as a programmer now and have a nice house. Volunteer from time to time (unfortunately not for over a year now ... :/)
Hoping to return to school for graduate studies (physics) at a decent school. I want to do this before I'm 30, for sure.
I have no student debt (saved up all through high school & lived at home while going to school), nor any credit card debt.
I'm 23 years old.

As for the future?
I -plan- to go back to school at age 25. I hope that I can have fun in grad school and learn a few things.
For the next two years I just want to code, get drunk every weekend, and perhaps find a nice woman along the way. I'd like to do some programming projects at home, too.
If I find a nice woman I'll keep on with the plan and have a nice life with her.
Maybe have kids around age 35 if I ever do have them (don't really want to, even in the distant future).

Other crap I'd like to do?
Get a car! (yes I have a house but no car...I'm in Toronto so its allowed)
Learn how to fly
Travel
Read more classics
Take some humanities courses part-time perhaps. I'd love to take some courses in creative writing, style and prose. (No, I don't look down on liberal arts ).

Thats about it.

 

[Martin]

While I might be considered successful compared to most poeple my age, this 'success' is meaningless to me, as I never expected anything less of myself.

So to answer your question, nothing. But since I just turned 22, I am still hopeful for the future. I am working on a idea that I hope to patent and a startup which I hope will be successful, so we'll have to wait and see...

 

[stormbv]

Umm...I have a college degree and I work at Walmart. I'm a loser.

I did recover from schizophrenia, though...that's quite an accomplishment.

 

[yourdeardaniel]

i graduated from uh HS with 1 year or so of college to go.

 

[Xonoahbin]

Nothing important. . . .

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: Engineer

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
Apparently my sense of accomplishments/success is more screwed up than I thought. I'm amazed at what all people are posting in here.

What did you expect? Nobel prizes and stuff like that? It's ATOT for sake!

I wasn't planning on responding to this... but I've not been able to get this thread out of my mind, since you posted that.

Nononono... not stuff like that. I suppose I would view a Nobel prize as an accomplishment... but most of the things that folks here have mentioned, I don't.

Examples of things that I do consider an accomplishment or success:

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
...saved two people's lives...

I feel as if I've done nothing worthwhile except help other people.

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
...Got married to a girl of whom I thought I would have never had a chance to even date when I was in high school...

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
...VeggieFrog. She is a wonderful person, a fantastic daughter and not only am I proud of her, but I am proud of myself for the role of mother I am to her.

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
...had a child, have been in love and been loved in return... saved (or at least helped/impacted) numerous lives... donated to charities, volunteered for my community, educated many...

Originally posted by: SilverThief
Ive got a beautiful wife, 2 wonderful children, a good job...and a life filled with Jesus Chirst.
Couldnt ask for more.

Originally posted by: Engineer
Married most wonderful woman in the world. Wouldn't trade her for anything.

Had two absolutely precious children. I would give anything, including my life, for my children's health.

Originally posted by: cmdavid
i've managed to help raise over $300,000/yr for the past three years to put on a big 4 day event that in turn has led thousands to Christ (most important accomplishment), and thousands more to have a good time...
i produce/run a positive radio show that is reaching thousands of kids every week... also featuring independent bands each week to help and promote their careers...
i teach/tutor kids at an alternative school who have either been kicked out of public school or choose not to go... more important than teaching though, i influence their lives positively and show them hope...
i design websites for ministries/churches/businesses/bands.. all sorts of people...
i run the sound/production for my church, i love it...

(Note that I don't necessarily include it due to your religion, but because you're doing stuff that means something to *YOU* personally.)

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
I've played the piano for elderly people in nursing homes; I tried to teach a retarded guy how to play the piano. I've fixed many computer for free. I helped several people with websites for free. I tutored a guy in C++ for free. I think God would rather see a lifetime of little things than a couple of big things that took a whole life to accomplish.

Originally posted by: stormbv
I did recover from schizophrenia, though...that's quite an accomplishment.

Examples of things that I do not consider an accomplishment or success:

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
...almost done with my degree and I have a job waiting...

Originally posted by: tasburrfoot78362
Been to 30+ countries. Swam in the ocean without land in sight, while diving off of the forecastle of a destroyer... ...I have a dual Xeon server that I dreamed about 10 years ago, when I was researching my first computer build. (Was making a P2-233 with a Tyan mobo and a Voodoo 2. And while searching for RAM, I found the specs for a dual processor P2-Xeon machine... I made me a wish list then, and always wanted one since).

Originally posted by: yobarman
I'm 6 months away from completely my Bachelors degree at a very tough school.

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
Served my country in the military during time of war, was in the group that selected the state animal (thus participating in our political process) ... obtained multiple college degrees (well, only one until the end of this semester, but I'm being positive), ... campaigned for important issues, ...

Originally posted by: TallBill
...been to afghanistan with the Army, got married

hmm.. thats about it.. The Army is enough of an accomplishment for me, Iraq next year hopefully.

Originally posted by: Engineer
Accomplished:

I'm the only 1337 person on AT (as my profile # suggests)!

Graduated from HS with 4.02 GPA (weighted). Scholarship from Morehead (don't laugh at name ) State University

Associate degree in Engineering Science from Morehead State University 1991.

Graduated from the University of Kentucky College of Engineer with a BSEE and 3.5 GPA: 1993.

Originally posted by: cmdavid
well i'll be graduating from undergrad this coming spring with zero college debt... got a couple job opps that i'm considering...

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
I have my associate's, and I'm working toward my bachelor's in mechanical engineering at UCF. I'm only an undergraduate, yet I'm conducting two-phase heat transfer experiments. (It sure beats my last job as a retail clerk!)

These are examples, obviously... I couldn't care less about jobs, schooling, or finances, for the most part. What matters to me are family, friends, and standing up for what you believe in... and that's about it. I suppose I'll never make it very far in life, thinking like this... but nonetheless. Yes, I know that a couple of the items on the "non-accomplishments" list could be included in "standing up for things you believe in" - specifically, serving in the Army, serving your nation, etc. The reason that they're on my non-accomplishments list is because I hate the Armed Forces.