Meet the Youngest Ever Microsoft Systems Engineer

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bustapr

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This same article without the video was on Toms a while ago lol. I remember everyone fighting over whether "he" was a "she".Old news.
 

JasonAkkerman

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While this kid is obviously very special and gifted, it's a shame that he wants to be a systems engineer. An intellect like his would be put to better use in theoretical physics, or biomedical engineering.
 

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even this a repost, it's new to me.

Wow, that kid's pretty incredible. I had a hard enough time learning 2 languages, and he's working on his fourth. And he's a computer whiz to boot.

All of his talents, and he still has time to help the disabled. Good job, kid. I hope he goes far.
 

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[citation][nom]JasonAkkerman[/nom]While this kid is obviously very special and gifted, it's a shame that he wants to be a systems engineer. An intellect like his would be put to better use in theoretical physics, or biomedical engineering.[/citation]
Geniuses are highly appreciated in all fields...
 

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Ha! I had that same feeling with computers!

... Sadly I'm not a genius. /envy

It irritates me, people say I'm 'smart' because I can reformat a computer and clean it a little. No, I'm just normal. Everyone else is... Hehe.
 

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How come all these "prodigies" and "child geniuses" are never heard from again? I've seen so many cases of people talking about these kids who can speak 5 languages and understand nuclear physics, but I never hear about them doing anything.

Don't get me wrong, this kid is incredible, but we'll see if his priorities shift when he hits his late teens.
 

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man its like his brain is running an i7 and mine is running an old pentium....


thats probably why i want an i7 so bad o_o lol i wish i was that smart at that age
 
One thing I have learned about these types is to take them with a grain of salt. There are prodigies out there but the "token" types are either frauds or are limited to just one area or skill set. It is a shame that most of the talent out there is wasted before ever being realized. Corporate America only standardizes while the creativity get stifled.
 

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The government scoffs them up and does insane tests on them. Once they are done working for the government there is nothing left of their mind!
 
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