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| Thread ID: 109693 | 2010-05-19 03:39:00 | For those working in the IT industry | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 886125 | 2010-05-19 03:39:00 | Just to make you all feel a tad inferior......... Skopje, Macedonia (CNN) -- Marco Calasan is the youngest Microsoft systems engineer in the world, holds four Microsoft certificates and has written a 312-page book on Microsoft's Windows 7. Marco is just nine years old; he's an only child and a computer genius. He takes us on a tour of the school computer lab, as if it were his home. Marco only lives across the road but spends endless hours in here working away each day, well and truly after the school bell has rung. Asked why he loves computers so much, Marco responds sagely that, "with knowledge, everything is possible." He goes on to give a detailed explanation of IPTV - the content delivery network system that he set up all by himself. With his sweet, innocent voice, Marco explains how he streams high quality video throughout Macedonia and even provides a service for the country's disabled. Marco is anything but normal. He speaks three languages and is learning a fourth and while English is not his mother tongue, his command of the language and vocabulary is mind-boggling. In finite detail he explains the ins and outs of computers and the curriculum he's teaching his peers and adults |
pctek (84) | ||
| 886126 | 2010-05-19 03:47:00 | Marco is just nine years old But who tells who its bed time him or his parents :lol: | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 886127 | 2010-05-19 04:02:00 | Hehe, I wouldn't be surprised if it was him. 'Just go to bed mum... I'm still studying. I still have several papers to get through. Exams tomorrow.' :stare: | Catweazle (2535) | ||
| 886128 | 2010-05-19 06:34:00 | Crazy!! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 886129 | 2010-05-19 08:41:00 | Good luck trying to install Net Nanny on his PC. :lol: | Jen (38) | ||
| 886130 | 2010-05-19 08:45:00 | Let's just hope he stays with the "Force" and doesn't go to the "Dark Side" ... he could empty out everyone's bank account and be the first self-made squizillionaire by the time he's 11 ! :waughh: | SP8's (9836) | ||
| 886131 | 2010-05-19 08:56:00 | When I went to a uni open day, I attended the Computer Science intro. A few of the guys there knew how to program and they could make this thing on the screen do different things. I on the other hand knew nothing. I didn't even know what language was it. Any of you guys learnt to program by self learning and before you finished High School? |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 886132 | 2010-05-19 09:03:00 | Why would you write a book about Windows or any OS. I learn best my using them. | icow (15313) | ||
| 886133 | 2010-05-19 09:13:00 | Why would you write a book about Windows or any OS. I learn best my using them. Why do people pay big dollars or the workplace pays it for them to learn? Why does peopel buy books to self teach? I don't think many people can sit in front of a computer and just learn. A lot of people who use computers are clerical, admins, PA, EAs, secretaries, accountants, lawyers, analysts, etc.. Not your computer geek. I don't think I can do it either. It's a lot more efficient learning off another source. If you go for a job interview and you are tested on computer proficiency - do you feel confident you would get a advanced user rating? I doubt people teaching themselves would know everything. I first played with Red Hat some years ago, way over my head. Couldn't compile one thing :D A few yrs after that I got Ubuntu. Now I am still a bit lost in Windows 7. I guess as a std user I can open my apps, I can compose a letter or a spreadsheet and a email, play a song. That's all that counts I guess :p |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 886134 | 2010-05-19 11:54:00 | When I went to a uni open day, I attended the Computer Science intro. A few of the guys there knew how to program and they could make this thing on the screen do different things. I on the other hand knew nothing. I didn't even know what language was it. Any of you guys learnt to program by self learning and before you finished High School? I believe the current curriculum also include programming at the intermediate stage in the education system! With interest, self-learning is very much possible. |
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