On 5/20/21 2:28 PM, Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
https://madned.substack.com/p/a-teenagers-guide-to-avoiding-actual
I thought this was a nice story because I got into IT roughly the same way. I was supposed to be a veterinarian not an IT person.
News paper route, burger joints, security guard ... got my first job on computers because I was so far ahead of the EE class (8085) that my friend and I were being a bit disruptive with our discussions of material that wasn't for a few more weeks. The Prof sent me off the the college computer department where they were beginning to setup Apple II computer labs and IBM PCs (dual disk, DOS 1.0). When I graduate (Associates Degree) I got a job because I took in my hand built EPROM burner and assembly listing for my Atari 800. Beat out several graduates (BS) from the head EEs Alma mater. After that I just fell into jobs. Not sure how I ended is QA other than I'm good a breaking things. BTW, I love these kinds of stories, keep them coming. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies