If you consider yourself a computer geek, rec this thread, please....

[steve2470]

No posting required. Just curious to see the population out of all active posters and lurkers. Yes, I'd consider myself one.

[lpbk2713]

1. My first "Home PC" was a TI-99/4A

It's still out in the garage. I retired from the full time work force
several years ago but still work in the IT field part time.

[marym625]

2. I want to rec your post but, alas, I can't.

If you do a "do you consider yourself a computer idiot" post, I will rec that

[steve2470]

3. *smiles*

Computer idiot is a bit, um, harsh. Computer-challenged, perhaps ?

[marym625]

4. LOL!

Ok. Computer challenged.

[Smarmie Doofus]

5. I won't rec 'cause I'm tech impaired but the "geeks" here have....

.... saved my sorry technological ass more times than I can count.

Including last nite.... as a matter of fact.


Viva la GEEKS !!!

[Kali]

6. agree!

100%

[jrandom421]

7. Not only did I

help lay cooling hoses for the IBM 370 our high school got in my sophomore years, I was wire-wrapping 80 column cards, disk controller cards and 64k memory cards for the Apple II. I even built a Sinclair ZX-80, cassette interface and RF modulator, and was programming in Z-80 assembly.

[steve2470]

8. *bows down* I am not worthy, you computer geek god you! :) nt

[freshwest]

9. Does programming in forgotten computer languages count? If one can't keep up with the new stuff,

I don't think it counts.

I've gone all user friendly now and don't even want to update. I think to be a geek one is required to keep on top of it all and to be paid, first of all, and I haven't been paid for it for decades now. That's why I'm not rec'ing to give the wrong idea to anyone.

Some people in real life think I'm saavy but I'm way behind and trying to get away from the computer other than DU to chat and check out what's new IRL. Well, as real as the media circus...

[steve2470]

10. to me, geek means you enjoy computer stuff

Not an expert or guru or even up to date on programming. Most people do not enjoy computer stuff, beyond turning it on and browsing Facebook. That's my definition anyway.

[jrandom421]

12. Well, I do work as a systems engineer

My main job involves helping companies migrate as painlessly as possible off of Windows XP, and doing all the work to make sure they manage to migrate all their business critical software and processes. This includes a LOT of PowerShell scripting to make things work.

In college, I did the computer science thing with C++, Ada, Pascal, Basic, the Visual suite and dabbling some in Java. Finally decided to concentrate on systems, and leave the software engineering to others.

It pays pretty well, but the traveling is starting to get to me, especially with a lot of consulting gigs in red states.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

14. Traveling...

Frequent flyer miles cost much more than they're worth.
Working from home doesn't/can't happen enough.

[jrandom421]

16. Can't work from home

For a project like desktop migrations, the customers want you onsite. They want someone to deliver presentations, do the technical work and be available to train and ask questions in person.

Heard from a CIO of a major hospital chain: "I don't trust a consultant that I can't meet face to face while he does work and delivers information to my guys. If I have questions, I want him or her HERE to answer them, not some web chat. Since this project is taking a good chunk of my IT budget, I get to set the terms in the Statement of Work."

[Earth Bound Misfit]

11. I'm a middle aged aspiring computer geek wannabe....

...but this is about all I've learned



Rec for all you do in CHaS steve2470

[steve2470]

15. thanks! nt

[Kber]

13. Am one. Married to a real one.

He's adorable.

[hunter]

17. I've been obsessed with computers since I was a kid.

The first I built used telephone relays.

The first microprocessor based computer I built used an 1802 processor.

My favorite computer of all time was the Atari 800, and I used to be able to write 6502 machine code without even looking at a "cheat sheet"

I've got every computer I've ever owned, and a few I worked with, emulated just one or two clicks away from my Debian desktop.

So yeah, I guess I'm a computer geek.