View Poll Results: How old are you
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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%
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Thread: How old are you?
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07-05-2002, 01:55 AM #26Web Hosting Master
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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 Caddyshack0
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07-05-2002, 02:08 AM #27WHT Addict
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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.
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07-05-2002, 02:58 AM #28Web Hosting Master
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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
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07-05-2002, 03:36 AM #29Web Hosting Master
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BTW, who voted over 40?
I know someone whos over 80 in this forum, just ask SWR0
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07-05-2002, 04:29 AM #30ex-Aussie
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29 here (or 25 if the person I feel counts)
Prime Years does sound kind of nice.
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07-05-2002, 04:45 AM #31Disabled
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Originally posted by Jag
I didnt think we would see so many 40+ yr olds respond to this thread, you old farts
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.
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07-05-2002, 05:06 AM #32Junior Guru
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Women almost never say their ages......... hehehe.
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07-05-2002, 05:37 AM #33Registered User
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Morning.
Im 18 i started oh way back when i was 17 LOL0
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07-05-2002, 07:39 AM #34Newbie
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I'm 43 and I still haven't worked out what I want to be when I grow up
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07-05-2002, 07:51 AM #35WHT Addict
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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
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07-05-2002, 08:09 AM #36Disabled
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Originally posted by tazd9t9
Morning.
Im 18 i started oh way back when i was 17 LOL0
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07-05-2002, 08:16 AM #37Web Hosting Master
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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.
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07-05-2002, 08:21 AM #38Web Hosting Master
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Just a thought....
Hmm.. Funny how theres not many people in my age group
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07-05-2002, 09:48 AM #39Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Monte
I married a younger woman and so I feel 10 years younger .
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07-05-2002, 10:39 AM #40Aspiring Evangelist
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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.
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07-05-2002, 11:03 AM #41Junior Guru
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I am an "old man" at 20.
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07-05-2002, 02:12 PM #42Junior Guru
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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.0
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07-05-2002, 03:30 PM #43Registered User
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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.0
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07-05-2002, 04:07 PM #44Registered User
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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
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07-05-2002, 04:33 PM #45Registered User
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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 time0
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07-05-2002, 04:57 PM #46New Member
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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
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07-05-2002, 07:40 PM #47Disabled
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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?
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.
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07-05-2002, 09:19 PM #48WHT Addict
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17 almost 18
been online since i was 14 and making money since i was 16.
yeah, that's about it.0
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07-06-2002, 12:00 AM #49Web Hosting God
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I'm 30 so which category is that.
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07-06-2002, 12:22 AM #50M*T
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35, but hardly "over the hill" though... LOL.
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