Comments on: Open IT Forum: How did you get into IT?

By: completeitprofessional

completeitprofessional — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:25:27 +0000

I was originally planning on becoming a lawyer, until year 9 (aged about 13) I got into computers during my high school computer class. I discovered I was pretty good at it, and enjoyed it, so took off from there!

By: ehanse24

ehanse24 — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:16:00 +0000

I’ve always just been interested in tinkering with various things (toys mostly that had electronics in them). In 5th grade my elementary school finally got these old Apple II computers that I just loved using. After I’d finish the work, and if it was before the class ended, I’d just browse through the files and stuff. Then in junior high we got Windows 98 machines, and I had Windows XP at my house by this time, so I did a lot of tinkering there too, including venturing into networking and such. Then it just went on from there to where I am now.

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By: sixball

sixball — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:50:00 +0000

Simple answer – Online Gaming. Wanted to know how to tweak my PC / Internet to maximize connections and reduce latency. Been in IT ever since…

By: shillu13

shillu13 — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:27:32 +0000

here is my story
http://todaysbigpicture.blogspot.com/2010/07/why-testing.html

By: meandyou

meandyou — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:36:27 +0000

It was obvious that the family business was not for me. But, I did not know what I wanted to be when I grew up (other than fireman or cowboy).

So after high school I attended the local junior college. I took one class of many different areas of study. I liked the ‘Intro to DP’ class. Second semester I took a programming class along with another group of classes from many different areas. And I got hooked. I liked the logic, the control, the ‘create something from nothing’ aspect.

And I still do many years later.

By: fork92

fork92 — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:21:10 +0000

Completely by accident! In ’93, I was finishing an MS in a Social Science discipline and was temping as a secretary in between semesters. The IT guy walked off the job and since folks knew computers were a “hobby” of mine asked me to sit in and see if I could ulpoad some data. I got the group back online and handled their backlog in around a week. I was offered his job at the end of the summer but, said I wanted to finish my degree since I had already invested 2 semesters and they waited 4 months for me.

By: batye

batye — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:25:37 +0000

I was working for CBC as security, after CBC security system upgrades, I realize my IT knowledge limited… I ended up at private IT school, just to get upgrade of my basic pc skills after the taste I went back to university to get my degree, never look back…
every year I attend new training in IT – never get – time to relax but I love it…

By: mariodlg

mariodlg — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:10:56 +0000

While entering the highschool I followed my brother steps, because I was thrilled to see the world of computers while he was studying. When I started working at a local bank, my tasks were simply enter data every day. There was an opportunity to help programmers in small tasks, and dedicated myself to learning everything I could, after a year I found myself developing reporting programs, and then I was promoted to developer. Since then everything I do is to create lines of code in my work.

By: stevesz

stevesz — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:50:32 +0000

A friend of mine had one of those kit built Altair computers. I got one and built it. Then, the next project, a few years later, was to build a clone of the Apple II computer, which is when I really started learning about computers, and started to get serious about learning programming. The next machine was an outright purchase, and was my first IBM clone and a Windows machine, though I thought other graphical interfaces were better. It was eventually loaded with a copy of OS/2, which I kept through a few iterations through OS/2 Warp. In the meanwhile, I found there was a need for the things I knew and I hired myself out to do some programming and care and feeding of PCs.

Eventaully I found my self as a tech Support person at a company with a proprietary database. This is where I learned abut networking and the Novell Netware servers.This led me at another part of the country, at a steep increase in pay, practicing the care and feeding of Novell servers and networks, along with the Windows PC’s.

I am now a partner in a firm doing networking, PC’s printers, etc. we pretty much handle the whole gamut of work from cabling on up. We do contract some stuff out for our customers since everything is getting, and has gotten so specialized, it is hard for one person to keep up in one field, never mind several.

Today, I build some PC’s for myself and others, and buy ready made computers. It depends on how the numbers work out, and the amount of time I have available to do it. The one thing that is constant is the fact that you need to keep learning, and if you are not picking up several things a week, you will probably fall too far behind to get caught up again.