Whats your level of education?

[phuckintwizted]

in high school i had friends on both sides of the fence. hung around with the "cool" kids for the parties and the "geeks" for intellectual stimulation. i'm a certified webmaster (as if that means alot lol) this is my hobby site when i have free time http://final-destination.viper-unlimited.com ,a self taught programmer in vb (please dont flame me lol im learning c++ now), an avid security enthusiast,and a wannabe unix admin. college is in the near future.

[lostit44]

I`ve got a Masters in Herbology and a minor in Psychology. Got my first computer in 2000 and have learnt more from talking to folks here than from people who say that they are computer smart. Around my home town most can only brag when you start asking questions that involve more than the VERY basic info they look at you with this what you are you talking about look. The worst part about this is these are people who are going to college and taking computer courses or are working in computer stores. I have found that when I run into a problem that I need help with I just post it and before long I have lots of good answers.

[protocool]

well, i am a graduate of computer science and currently taking up a master degree of information technology.

[jason-mis]

I have a HighSchool Diploma, I am mostly self taught. I am graduating from a technical school in a week or so. The class is 'Network Support Services', I am currently studying for my CCNA and looking at taking some RHCE classes to become RedHat Certified. I work for the MIS Department in my county, I am the backup operator and network assistant. I work with the Network Spec running cable, programming switches and everything inbetween. I am a backup for the operator (who performs daily and weekly backups of the servers) when needed.

-Jason-

[Nanux]

As I just signed up, I guess this is as good as any thread for my first post... albeit a wordy one.

Ummm, when I was in High School, a TI "pocket" caculator would set you back what a nice desktop PC does today... so very little computer study there -- I did know of their existance, as my father worked for space program from around the X-1 to the Saturn shots.

Then I went to work for Uncle Sam and got into a different venue of security... to date, I have still done more work with MP5s than MD5, but I digressed into computers in the early 80s and took a few CC courses and stuff -- nothing to really get excited about.

The 90s was a time of great personal study, in the early part of that decade I was a hacker by the early definition of the word... I think my first hack job was to pinout a 8088 and mount a V-30 processor on a seperate socket via ribbon cable -- the 80XX stayed onboard and acted as a primitive North Gate (anyone remember that kit?). Some time later I managed to get a 486 to manage a RAID array and translate back to a whicked fast P150Pro via a SCSI cable... ughh, I feel old.

I am not far from a pension and realize I am getting too old to be the dope on the rope, so I spend lots of time reading and taking advantage of the wealth of information available from sites such as this... and free security courses available through various agencies I work for or with -- I hope to knock out my first certification in Computer Forensics this summer.

[RogueSpy]

I have 1 class left before I graduate. I will be receiving an Associates of Applied Science with a concentration in PC Specialist. I also have a little networking experience. Im debating on whether to take the A+, Net+, Cisco exams. . . thats a lota money to shell out.

[intruder]

ohhh ooooo... here are all masters...great...

well i have done my graduation with physics, advances electronics and applied chemistry.
then i did my diploma in computer programing , concepts. where i learnt...oracle,C,C++,assembly, computer fundamentals,VC++,VB(going on) .

now i am in my first year or MCA . and currently working with C and unix at system level.

hope if i get i want to do majors in Artificial intelligence & robotics in my last year of MCA.

intruder...

[darkes]

I have no computing qualifications as such.
However, I do have a degree (MA) in maths from Oxford University.
When I started out (20+ years ago) it was all "on the job" training. So you had to make your own way to succeed ....

[Conf1rm3d_K1ll]

I spent 10 years in a military prison reading PC magazines...


I was than rescued by a school of dolphins who were quite skilled in the finer points of partitioning and the installation of OS such as Mandrake and RedHat...



After a few years in the ocean I decided to travel. I ended up living with a herd of cows in The UK who taught me the finer points of hardware firewalls and the beauty of the keylogger....

[Pooh-Bear]

*cough* first year Uni drop-out from a network-engineer education