What Do We Do For a Living?

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by TECN1K

A lot has to do with having "the knack"

From a young age - I discovered this gift. Tearing apart VCRs when I was 8. Built my first white box PC at 12. A 386DX40, sweet. My folks told me about it, and that I absolutely had it... and as such, I eventually found myself working in the technology field before I was even out of HS. An education in Engineering was obvious for me.

Not just IT guys, but many other professions require "the knack" and we just seem to gravitate to these cars. They're marvels of Technology and German Engineering. I bought my E39 and then recently my E53 knowing full well that I was going to tear them apart to see what makes them tick, how I can improve things and modify them to my liking.

Fully agree with the above. My first computer was a hand-me-down 386, and then had a 486. Took both apart to install faster modems and game/sound cards of course. Can you say Comanche, Captain Keen, Battle Chess, and Dos? First computer I got to call my own was a Packard Bell Pentium 60!!! LOL dat speed... and Windows for Workgroups 3.11! Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, Mechwarrior, Earthsiege, Doom, Duke Nukem, Diablo, etc.

Ahhhh dems were the days.