Tom's Education Make Up

[cbrown3666]

Almost 21, thank god. Went to a semester of community college but trashed that within a month of gettin a fake ID. As for future school, I'd love to go back if somebody else were to pay for it ;-)

Currently working 3rd party internet tech support for ISP's. It's quite a joke, but hopefully a stepping stone to bigger and better things. With the exposure to the world's stupidity, I should be capable to take over the world...

Recently built an i7 rig, it kicks ass. My sister says the dual-core hand-me-down kicks ass too.

I need to stop partying.

 

[buwish]

In my experience, the whole partying thing starts to get old once you hit 21 (that or getting a DUI).

 

[dsp9753]

I'm 49. Georgia Institute of Technology '83, but I had to take a year off in the middle of it to get a load off my mind. That's why I'm deaf in one ear and not twitchy enough for shooters. Started doing light programming and user support in 84. I'm a [lapsed] Novell CNE, proud of the fact that I didn't take classes to get it. I've been in business for myself, but generally prefer the stability of working for others. In addition to the corporate world, I've worked for some small shops and have done a lot of tech work. I still build rigs for myself, family, and friends (and give some away, e.g. to the rescue group where we got our last two cats). "We" includes my wife, Sonia. No kids, three cats. I drive a 2009 Elantra Touring and ride a 2008 Catrike Road.
As for the military angle, my father and brother are former Marines, and my sister flew helicopters for the Navy. I checked into it when Saddam invaded Kuwait, but I'm not eligible. Oh well.

<--- Ga Tech graduate in Dec of 09. To hell with them Dawgs!!! Not to mention we are kicking ass in football this season if you still follow =)

But more seriously I am currently an EE but thinking about becoming a network engineer as a career once I graduate. I have decided computers are way to complicated... much easier to use them then design them.

 

[joefriday]

HS grad 2001, BS Chemistry 2005, MD 2010.

 

[badge]

HS grad 2001, BS Chemistry 2005, MD 2010.

Joe you are an MD? Congrats on that accompolishment. Family practice? Emergency medicine. OBGYN?

EDIT I just realized 2010.

 

[badge]

HS grad 2001, BS Chemistry 2005, MD 2010.

You will soon become a very well educated business man.

 

[joefriday]

Family Med. Looking forward to residency (finally a way to crawl out from under this debt!). Plan to go rural family after residency.

 

[victomofreality]

I'm 24 and going to college next fall for IT.

 

[hella-d]

I Turned 29 As Of Yesterday. 12 Years Of Grade/High School (My School Was Tiny And Didnt Have A Middle School (K-6 = Grade School, 7-12 = High School) 1 Year Of College. A 1 Year Home PC Repair/PC Technology Course. Modded My First PC When I Was 13, Built My First Machine When I Was 14, Build 10 - 20+ Other PC Over The Years Untill To Day (Including The 7 Ive Built For My Self Dating Back To The AMD K6-3 I Built In College. Now Everyone In A 4 Town Area Come To Me To Get There PCs Custom Built Or Fixed Witch I Do From My Home On The Cheap. I Think Im Putting Wal-Mart Out Of Business, LOL.

 

[4745454b]

I Think Im Putting Wal-Mart Out Of Business, LOL.

Good luck with that. I don't see that happening.

 

[mindless728]

4th student in CS (5 year program, RIT) and have 2 associates, Mathematics and CS

though you would be surprised to see how many CS students don't know that much about hardware

 

[4745454b]

I found that odd in my classes as well. Most had never opened a computer. They couldn't name a socket. They could name an instruction set (x86), but had no idea what SSE was. More knew what SATA was, but nothing specific about it. PCIe? Not a clue. In the final semester the instructor had them attend a little class about hardware that was so basic I could have passed it as a 10yo. I find it amazing we graduated being able to program in java or SQL, but they had no clue how many pins were in a DDR2 stick.

 

[jonpaul37]

I found that odd in my classes as well. Most had never opened a computer. They couldn't name a socket. They could name an instruction set (x86), but had no idea what SSE was. More knew what SATA was, but nothing specific about it. PCIe? Not a clue. In the final semester the instructor had them attend a little class about hardware that was so basic I could have passed it as a 10yo. I find it amazing we graduated being able to program in java or SQL, but they had no clue how many pins were in a DDR2 stick.

Amen to that, i went to New England Tech and it was the same thing, i had to take a math course and an english course, but no course on hardware was even offered! At the time, i knew plenty about hardware, but what if i didnt?

 

[mindless728]

I found that odd in my classes as well. Most had never opened a computer. They couldn't name a socket. They could name an instruction set (x86), but had no idea what SSE was. More knew what SATA was, but nothing specific about it. PCIe? Not a clue. In the final semester the instructor had them attend a little class about hardware that was so basic I could have passed it as a 10yo. I find it amazing we graduated being able to program in java or SQL, but they had no clue how many pins were in a DDR2 stick.

yeah, a lot of my classmates just look at me weird when i try to start a discussion about hardware on a low level or even talk about different sockets

though i think that the computer hardware literate CS majors have a better foot in the door, they know what it takes (compute power wise) to do certain problems

 

[Onus]

I remember having to explain to a paper CNE how to install a network card. Amazing...

 

[graywolf]

I'm 64, I have a Master's in Early Childhood Education. I was a teacher for 12 years, went into the construction business 30 years ago, now I have a computer repair business, but no formal education in computers. I've learned as I went along, going to computer classes and doing a lot of research.

A lot of young people know how to play games and use all the resources of the computer, but have no concept how it actually works. That's why they get into so much trouble with malware. It takes more than a super-powerful system to give you any understanding of computers.

 

[flamethrower205]

I'm 23 and will have finished my masters in Computer Science (on the side of computational neuroscience/ AI) at MIT by the end of May (God willing that I can drink enough caffeine that is). I did my undergrad there as well. Next year I'm starting a PhD in the same area at Stanford. People say it'll take 5 years which seems like an eternity.
I've been posting at Tom's since 8th grade, though I stopped for a while during my undergrad (was too busy chasing the girls 😛). I have to thank this community for a quite bit since I feel like Tom's single handedly prepped me for every comp sci class I took at MIT; it's amazing what you can learn from the articles and forums.
The thing I'm proudest of is finding the girl of my dreams during my undergrad - we got married on June 27th 2009. In retrospect I don't think I would do MIT again because of the utter lack of social life, but finding her made it all worth it.
Cheers.

BTW, what happened to the others section?

 

[graywolf]

BTW, what happened to the others section?

Which section?

 

[aford10]

The others section was removed because it was full of what was considered useless garbage.

 

[flamethrower205]

Aw, it was the heart of the forums!

 

[aford10]

Take a look at this thread.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/32502-12-where-forum-bullys

 

[badge]

Aw, it was the heart of the forums!

Type Flamethrower205 in 'Search'.

 

[flamethrower205]

Take a look at this thread.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/32502-12-where-forum-bullys

Excellent
...now to start a more accessible version in the CPU section 😛

 

[Bruceification73]

One year into college to become a computer technician or some variant of that.

 

[Lmeow]

If I lived in America, I'd be in the tenth grade. Still clueless as to what I want to be... :lol: