Where did YOU learn so much about computers?

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: TuxDave
Self taught for debugging software issues. Got a job at a PC repair company at 18yrs old and after 1 summer knew everything hardware related to a computer.

You work at Intel now, right?

(I might be getting you confused with someone else)

 

[Steve]

College. And the Police Academy movies.

 

[invidia]

Software, hardware, programming, fixing, anything to do with computers: self taught since 6th grade (12 years ago). That's also when I got exposed to the internet.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: amjohns5
I wish we had computer programming classes at my high school. Reading these stories about you guys taking classes in Middle School, makes me angry. I hate the asshats that run our school district.

When I was a senior in high school I took a 1 semester "computer" class. This was in the dark ages though and we accessed the county mainframe through a teletype and could write and run Basic (real Basic using line numbers) programs. If you wanted to "save" a program it was saved on paper punch tape. The high schools in our school system today can actually graduate students with MCSE certs if that is what they want to pursue.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

On a cold and gray Chicago morning, a poor little child is taught PCs in the ghetto... (...in the ghetto...)...

 

[soonerproud]

Self taught.

The resources I used were trial and error. There are a lot of rich resources here on the internet like the guides on pcstats.com. What I find very funny is I tend to know a little more than some of the Geek Squad guys I talked to. The resources are out there for any one that wants to learn how to build and administer their own systems.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: soonerproud
Self taught.

The resources I used were trial and error. There are a lot of rich resources here on the internet like the guides on pcstats.com. What I find very funny is I tend to know a little more than some of the Geek Squad guys I talked to. The resources are out there for any one that wants to learn how to build and administer their own systems.

Google is the best resource for any I.T. professional.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Self-taught.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: Rubycon
I don't know that much about computers.

Poser.

 

[DarkThinker]

Where should I start, I was a little boy of 6 years, one day my dad thought it would be neat to bring a computer home with him, and sure thing I started tinkering away at it, it was all downhill for me from there...

 

[Electric Amish]

Real hands-on practical hardware stuff = tinkering, reading on-line stuff, forums like these.

Software Design/Computer Theory/System integration/Databases = College, books, my job, and my friend the programmer.

 

[kinev]

Trial and er.....ZZZZZZZTTTTTTTTTTT

 

[Nocturnal]

I learnt almost everything online. A friend of mine showed me Anandtech, and a few other review sites and I was hooked ever since.

 

[Exterous]

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: soonerproud
Self taught.

The resources I used were trial and error. There are a lot of rich resources here on the internet like the guides on pcstats.com. What I find very funny is I tend to know a little more than some of the Geek Squad guys I talked to. The resources are out there for any one that wants to learn how to build and administer their own systems.

Google is the best resource for any I.T. professional.

QFT

6 years ago I didn't even know how to re-install an OS. I got my base knowledge from reading . I went around and found sites like Anand and Tomshardware and read every article I could find - then I stared doing all the stuff I read about. I never really got any official training until about 1 year ago and that was laughable. It started out with "Lets familiarize ourselves with the computer. This is called a mouse...."

 

[OdiN]

Self taught lots of various stuff.

 

[FoBoT]

google
doing it

 

[kalrith]

Originally posted by: Juno
self-taught FTW.

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: new2AMD

Originally posted by: Juno
self-taught FTW.

 

[Kirby]

What? No love for the Video Professor? :laugh:

 

[GrantMeThePower]

Originally posted by: Juno
self-taught FTW.

 

[TreyRandom]

Self taught, along with real-world experience for every one of my certifications. Started messing with computers back in 1980, had my own BBS in the mid-80s, and have been doing this stuff professionally for over a decade.

One quick note... CS degrees are typically for programmers... IS/CIS degrees are typically for network guys... and rarely do the career tracks overlap. Programmers aren't asked to network, and network guys aren't asked to program (nothing more than an easy script, if even that). You should probably decide which way you want to go, and then run with your decision.