How old is everyone?

I'm curious as to how old each of you are and what kind of educational background each of you have. Personally, I am 19 and only have a high school degree with very little college experience. I have absolutely no work experience, and I am teaching myself all of the skills required to pass these certifications. In the near future I plan on acquiring MCSE with an emphasis on security and possibly CCNA & CCNP. My main interest is in IT security, and in the future I plan to go for CISSP or related higher level security certification. If you read this post please tell a little about your background and future goals, because I would be interested in knowing some of the people that visit this board.

Thanks,
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lseals

jagcat, here are a few more:

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Good luck

keenon

29 here with 4 years of experience i changed to IT after i was tired of not making enough, getting dirty(i mean steel plant dirty) and getting work related injuries

mobri09

I am lookin good at 21 years of age with 4 solid years of computer knowlege, still have alot to learn though!

WilByte

Sorry Snaginwy, I got you beat at "50". I may be old, but I got alot of work experience. I have always been a "mechanical mind", repairing most anything, power tools to complete, auto restorations. Raced bicycles, 4wheel drives and drag cars. I just recently became obsessed with Computers. Now, for phase two of my life...........

x_Danny_x

Im 26 and I feel my life has been wasted

I hope these certs that Im going to accomplish with the help of New Horizons will change my life 180 degrees

MacSysOp

I'm not far behind Grandma... I'm just over 45...

snaginwy wrote:

Just call me Grandma!
Unless there's someone here over 48, I guess I'm the oldest kid on the block.

I just graduated (May 2004) with an Ass' of Bus' in 'puter Tech, A+ certified, Network+, and workin' on MCSA - and just started (July) workin' for a small computer service shop - and all the while - still learnin' new stuff every day. I've been around since Windows 3.11 and DOS, and early Macintosh (1994).

Age (at 45) ain't nearly as important as just breathin' (and livin')!

Ghent

I'm 20 but feel about 10 years older (the day after you get married 10 years get added due the stress of maturing 1000% in 24 hour

). I've been playing arround with computers since about the 7th grade, and started doing so professionally right after high school. Started out doing the helpdesk thing for about a year, but now I've moved up to essentially an assistant DBA (as soon as I finish up my Oracle certs I'm hoping to change that to senior DBA).

Sepiraph

29 but I look young. The women love it.

carboncopy

Sepiraph wrote: »

29 but I look young. The women love it.

Wow bringing it back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

vCole

22

and holy old thread

Nobylspoon

25. I started college this week and I was expecting to be one of the older ones in class but I ended up being the youngest lol.

jbrown414

I'll keep the old thread going. I'm 27.

rfult001

a/s/l? j/k 27

dynamik

We already have a newer one of these threads going.

However, this was totally worth the read, if only for the walrus comment.

skrpune

Nobylspoon wrote: »

25. I started college this week and I was expecting to be one of the older ones in class but I ended up being the youngest lol.

I'm 33 going on 34 this year, and I expected the same in my classes but there's at least a few folks older than me. Of course, there's also some that are fresh out of high school and I could almost be their mama.

I got a great compliment from younger (about 22) student today...we were chatting and I mentioned that I was married and have been for a few years, and she said, "WHAT, how old are you?!" I told her almost 34 and she said "Wow, I knew this was your second bachelors but I thought you just graduated, you look so young!"

Nothing makes a woman in her 30's smile quite as big as telling her that she's still looking like she's in her 20's!!

paintb4707

20 here

ally_uk

I'm 23 soon to be 24, My passion with computers started when I was 8 my first rig was a 286 Tandy running Windows 3.1.

I have been in the I.T game for four years I worked on a help desk originally supported 250+ users on a daily basis in a windows environment. Troubleshooting hardware and software, Updates, Audits, Handling Tickets, Troubleshooting network connectivity issues, excessive tea making it was all there.

I now work for a Social Enterprise as an I.T Technician we specialise in collecting I.T waste from companies and i'm the poor sod who refurbishes the equipment and gets it ready for sale to the public. We are a small project and a limited budget means I do more then one job. I am a I.T salesman, It's good working because you get to work with alot of hardware Ive seen it all Macs, Sparcs, Pc's, Amstrads lol and BBC's. I also previously used to help the network admin by providing 1st line support to external projects. I am also in charge of a repair service which I book in the machines and run it solely. It's here in this Job I was introduced to Linux, And I became interested in it. Lastly I train clients from a vunerably housed background and teach them I.T, My role is very challenging but it's rewarding.

Currently I am looking at starting with the MCDST, I am also in the process of just generally tinkering with Linux, I am teaching myself Samba and how to Setup a network so that Linux and Windows can Coexist in harmony.

My future plans I feel will involve providing open source network solutions to companies, i have a heavy interest in Linux although I am also heavily into Windows so I basically would also like to go for a MCSE oneday.

And that's me and my life

Slowhand

Since I only give out my age once per forum, I'll stick with my usual: I'm ??, going on ???.

wbosher

I'm 37...hmmmm...spent about 15 years in the automotive industry and 5 years on a factory floor. Getting a bit long in the tooth now for crawling around on wet concrete floors, my knees much prefer to sit on my butt all day in a nice warm office.

jmoorse

Drakonblayde wrote: »

I'm a couple months shy of 27. Unfortunetly, I made a few bad decisions after high school and have more or less wasted the last 8 years of my life, but finally getting things in order.

That happens to the best of us. But then, we get on with our lives and finally decide to migrate off of Novell

ethanjames

I am 16 years, I was telling my friends i am youth....unfortunately still i am 29 years...ha hahahahha..

miller811

46.... and just hitting my stride

ULWiz

Drakonblayde wrote: »

I'm a couple months shy of 27. Unfortunetly, I made a few bad decisions after high school and have more or less wasted the last 8 years of my life, but finally getting things in order.

I hear ya on this one. I am in the same boat but getting on track again.
Turned 30 this year so catching up at this point.

jnwdmb

I am 31....almost 32 actually ......sheesh......It really slips away doesn't it? I worked in manufacturing for 13 years (right out of high school) with 9 of those in management. In that time period I was overseeing some projects in R & D so I picked up some AutoCAD 14, 2000LT, Pro-E solid modeling, and Mastercam experience. Always had an interest in computers but never had the time to invest into it. Last winter I was laid off from a company and decided to change careers instead of just jumping to another job. I actually started studying in April 2008 and since have accumulated seven certs.....really enjoying it. The only drawbacks have been that I had to move to another state (closer to family because I am a full time single father) and I had to liquidate all my savings, stocks, and actually accumulate a bit of debt to reach this point. Didn't know I was going to be changing careers in the worst economic downturn in my lifetime, but I couldn't picture myself happy if I had to do that for 30 more years.

jryantech

20

I like how old this thread is... I mean the OP is like 23 years old now, lol

kahn

hi folks,
just crossed 28, done my B. in Comp Sci. doing job as a tech supp.
working on 70-270

good luck to everyone.
Cheers