View Poll Results: How old are you

Voters
362. You may not vote on this poll
  • Child-Host = under 18 years

    63 17.40%
  • Newbie = 18 up to 20

    49 13.54%
  • Youngster = 20 to 21

    22 6.08%
  • Young Adult = 21 to 25

    77 21.27%
  • Prime Years = 25 to 30

    53 14.64%
  • Getting Older = 30 to 35

    41 11.33%
  • Over the Hill = 35 to 40

    23 6.35%
  • Don't Ask = over 40

    34 9.39%
Page 2 of 5 FirstFirst 12345 LastLast
Results 26 to 50 of 115
  1. #26
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Posts
    615
    I know Timmys age...35 as Im sure hell claim.
    So we finish the 18th and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know?" And he says, 'Oh, there won't be any money. But when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.' So I got that goin' for me, which is nice." --Bill Murray Caddyshack
      0 Not allowed!

  2. #27
    In response to the maturity vs age comments stated before, I've also noticed a certain level of buttholeness to people over 30. Then again, you can't generalize now can you? Its best to treat each experience differently - or you can end up missing out on something regardless of your preferrable age group.
    Regards,
    Santiago Yajan Cruz
    -----------------------------------------------
    [://Insert ancient Chinese saying here ...]
      0 Not allowed!

  3. #28
    Join Date
    Apr 2002
    Location
    USA
    Posts
    5,783
    Well I still like to live by the rule that you are only as old as the person you are feeling

    I married a younger woman and so I feel 10 years younger .
      0 Not allowed!

  4. #29
    Join Date
    Mar 2001
    Location
    Downunder..
    Posts
    2,612
    BTW, who voted over 40?

    I know someone whos over 80 in this forum, just ask SWR
      0 Not allowed!

  5. #30
    Join Date
    Aug 2000
    Location
    Tacoma, Washington
    Posts
    9,576
    29 here (or 25 if the person I feel counts)

    Prime Years does sound kind of nice.

    Greg Moore
    Former Webhost... now, just a guy.
      0 Not allowed!

  6. #31
    Join Date
    May 2001
    Posts
    1,513
    Originally posted by Jag
    I didnt think we would see so many 40+ yr olds respond to this thread, you old farts
    Excuse me. At 48, I'm not an old fart. Matter of fact, people tell me that I don't look a day older than 32... of course I haven't got carded in over 10 years either.

    My past experience in the computer industry includes:
    1. running a perforator & reading 8-bit keypunch tape;
    2. programming modified assembly language;
    3. working on a DEC PDP-11, software and hardware;
    4. working with Sun and Apollo workstations using Unix C;
    5. working with even/odd parity connections, and those slow baud rates back in the 80's.
    6. I also used to demo and sell some of the above equipment at trade shows
    most all of the above I've forgotten. It was so long ago.

    I've been on the internet since 1997. My internet experience includes:
    1. writing HTML since 1997
    2. writing Javascript since 1999
    3. writing Perl since 1999
    4. first website in 1998 (a music site)
    5. started 3 discussion groups

    PeterTDavis: Huh? 21-1/2 would be 21. I think the poll is flawed. Why does it stop at 40. It should have 41-50, 51-60, 61-70, 71-80, SoftwareRevue's age and Over. You can tell the poll was written from a youngun's perspective. Most over 40 year-old's don't consider themselves over-the-hill.

    Slabhost: I enjoyed your post. I think I was in the 7th grade when Kennedy died.

    Does anyone remember the Quip machine that was out way before the FAX was even thought of?
    Last edited by chrisb; 07-05-2002 at 04:51 AM.
      0 Not allowed!

  7. #32
    Join Date
    Apr 2002
    Location
    USA
    Posts
    215
    Women almost never say their ages......... hehehe.

    Jessica
    --- To Err is Human ... And Don't You Forget It---
      0 Not allowed!

  8. #33
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    1,541
    Morning.
    Im 18 i started oh way back when i was 17 LOL
      0 Not allowed!

  9. #34
    I'm 43 and I still haven't worked out what I want to be when I grow up
      0 Not allowed!

  10. #35
    I'm 22, 23 this month!

    Think I'm going to have a beer for each year! That's a whole lot of drinking wonder if I'll make the 23rd pint?
    Do'h!
      0 Not allowed!

  11. #36
    Join Date
    May 2001
    Posts
    1,513
    Originally posted by tazd9t9
    Morning.
    Im 18 i started oh way back when i was 17 LOL
    Gee! No wonder I feel like I'm talking to a bunch of kids at WHT. Of course, to me, anyone under 35 is a kid.
      0 Not allowed!

  12. #37
    Join Date
    May 2001
    Location
    @ Work - Usually!
    Posts
    835
    31 But feel like 61. Oooh... My back, the grey hair. Blame: half on kids and wife and the other half on keeping the servers running.

      0 Not allowed!

  13. #38
    Join Date
    May 2001
    Location
    @ Work - Usually!
    Posts
    835

    Just a thought....

    Hmm.. Funny how theres not many people in my age group
      0 Not allowed!

  14. #39
    Join Date
    May 2002
    Location
    North Carolina
    Posts
    1,693
    Originally posted by Monte


    I married a younger woman and so I feel 10 years younger .
    And she married an older man. So she will always feel 10 years younger.

    hehehe
      0 Not allowed!

  15. #40
    Join Date
    Apr 2002
    Location
    New England
    Posts
    409
    LOL, I guess I should have added another option on the poll, perhaps 'Pat Buchannan' that way we could debate over whether the hanging chads really counted or not? Anyway, I didn't mean to offend any of the older folks. I actually expected more response from the young guys, but it looks like a few of them are starting to reply. I guess just us older guys are up late. Youngsters were all sleeping when I posted this.
      0 Not allowed!

  16. #41
    Join Date
    Jul 2000
    Location
    Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    Posts
    209
    I am an "old man" at 20.
    AtlantaWebHost.com, a service of Rietta Solutions
    Web Site & Development Hosting, Dedicated, Colocation, DNS, Atlanta-area T1 for Voice & Data
      0 Not allowed!

  17. #42
    Join Date
    Jun 2000
    Location
    California, USA
    Posts
    191
    Originally posted by chrisb
    Matter of fact, people tell me that I don't look a day older than 32... of course I haven't got carded in over 10 years either.
    I haven't been carded for about a year now.. which is pretty bad. I'll be 22 soon, however I think people see me as much older. I feel older.. about 30, the late nights are catching up to me. Oh to be 18 again.. those were the good old care free times.
      0 Not allowed!

  18. #43
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    1,541
    Originally posted by chrisb


    Gee! No wonder I feel like I'm talking to a bunch of kids at WHT. Of course, to me, anyone under 35 is a kid.
    Tell my 58 year old webhosting partner that
      0 Not allowed!

  19. #44
    Join Date
    Mar 2002
    Posts
    1,003
    I respect older (40+) people in the industry, because back then you actually had to know something about computers to become a good programmer (imagine that). Now a day everyone is "programmer." LOL
      0 Not allowed!

  20. #45
    Join Date
    May 2002
    Posts
    604
    1 - I believe they can be, but, yes, the majority probably cannot handle the task.

    2 - Maturity is pretty apparent in an interview. There is more to getting a job than just an application!

    3 - Maturity is difficult to measure in a webhost... it is not measured how they answer a simple support request, but how they respond to difficult situations.

    4 - Interesting. I wouldn't get goofy when corrosponding with a customer, it is the professionalism that my customers like. That is just me though...

    Originally posted by alpha


    1 - The generalization that young'in are not mature comes from the fact that majority of young'ins are in fact not mature enough to manage a proper business no matter how mature they think they are...

    2 - Since there is no section in a job application that lets you check off or test your level of maturity... and since there seems to be a very high relation in between age and maturity... it has become a generalization.

    3 - I agree with you there, that age shouldn't matter but we have no way of figuring out how mature a person is...

    4 - Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I'm a mature person at 19 - I still have my goofy side, but I don't show it to people that I do business with unless they've shown me a goofy side of them and that just lets me know that I don't have to act completely professional in front of them all the time
      0 Not allowed!

  21. #46
    Join Date
    Jul 2002
    Location
    Eugene, Oregon
    Posts
    1

    *

    Who's complaining about being old? I'm 67 and still going strong.

    Been computing since they came out with the Apple II. Had an internet presence (web site) for about 7 years and have been involved in marketing on the internet for 3 years.

    My experience has evolved from novice programmer (basic language), to dBase, then to computer graphics and finally a short stint as a Systems Administartor.

    How am I doing?
      0 Not allowed!

  22. #47
    Join Date
    May 2001
    Posts
    1,513
    Originally posted by wileyfox
    Who's complaining about being old? I'm 67 and still going strong.

    Been computing since they came out with the Apple II. Had an internet presence (web site) for about 7 years and have been involved in marketing on the internet for 3 years.

    My experience has evolved from novice programmer (basic language), to dBase, then to computer graphics and finally a short stint as a Systems Administartor.

    How am I doing?
    Welcome to the group! We need some more "mature" members. Wow! I'm impressed with all that you have accomplished. I didn't work on Apple II; but I worked on the Apple Lisa.

    I don't really think Peter's poll was to insult us older ones; I was just joking with him. Sometimes I just don't feel like adding a smiley.

    I'll be 49 next month, and I can hardly wait until I get my Senior Discount.
      0 Not allowed!

  23. #48
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Location
    Boston
    Posts
    114
    17 almost 18
    been online since i was 14 and making money since i was 16.
    yeah, that's about it.
      0 Not allowed!

  24. #49
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Above The Clouds
    Posts
    7,223
    I'm 30 so which category is that.
    Laurence Flynn @ HostNEXUS.com
    Managed WordPress Hosting Solutions
    Focused on speed. Obsessed with security.
      0 Not allowed!

  25. #50
    35, but hardly "over the hill" though... LOL.
    Glenn
    Don't you walk thru my words
    You got to show some respect
    Don't you walk thru my words
    'Cause you ain't heard me out yet
      0 Not allowed!

Page 2 of 5 FirstFirst 12345 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •