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I am originally self taught. I started with a VIC20, when everyone else was migrating to 64. I learned a lot about not wasting space, which tends to limit what I can program now. You'd think that having 512mb would remove these barriers, but habits are hard to break.
I traversed through C64, C128 and Amiga. Then I found Dos3, then windows 3.0. I taught myself to repair Windows by trying to find ways to make it blow up. I have been A+ for 14 years, and MCP Windows Desktop 10 years.
While working in the field, I took many application specific trainings, mostly from a support perspective. I then took CCNA at night school in our local college, and during the 4th semester, I stopped working full time, and returned to full time classes towards a degree in Computer Science with a minor in Accounting/Economics. I let you know how that one pans out.
I tend to be long winded, in case you hadn't noticed
, but mostly I am self taught. I do realize there are benefits to formal training as well. If everyone tends to follow the same protocols, it becomes easier to interact in large environments such as Corporate Enterprise scale installations.
At the same time, I am much further from being a know-it-all, than I was at the start of my computer learning, 22 years ago.
Keep your chin up kid and be a sponge for learning. As you age and start having children of your own, you slow down on learning new things and have to learn how to teach your children the same old things, but in new ways.
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I traversed through C64, C128 and Amiga. Then I found Dos3, then windows 3.0. I taught myself to repair Windows by trying to find ways to make it blow up. I have been A+ for 14 years, and MCP Windows Desktop 10 years.
While working in the field, I took many application specific trainings, mostly from a support perspective. I then took CCNA at night school in our local college, and during the 4th semester, I stopped working full time, and returned to full time classes towards a degree in Computer Science with a minor in Accounting/Economics. I let you know how that one pans out.
I tend to be long winded, in case you hadn't noticed
, but mostly I am self taught. I do realize there are benefits to formal training as well. If everyone tends to follow the same protocols, it becomes easier to interact in large environments such as Corporate Enterprise scale installations. At the same time, I am much further from being a know-it-all, than I was at the start of my computer learning, 22 years ago.
Keep your chin up kid and be a sponge for learning. As you age and start having children of your own, you slow down on learning new things and have to learn how to teach your children the same old things, but in new ways.
mm
