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Marko Calasan, a 9-year-old from Macedonia, is more than just a kid who’s into computers.
At age 6, he got his first systems administrator credential from Microsoft and, last month, he became perhaps the youngest Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.
“I must say that from the technological point of view, Marko is definitely a wonder child,” said Matej Potokar, the general manager of Microsoft Slovenia. Potokar said in an e-mail interview that he first heard about Marko two years ago and was eager to get the chance to meet the young prodigy.
Amazing!
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I don’t think I met a “nice” IT guy yet and I know a lot of them. Sorry, but that many IT being a-holes have to mean there’s a trend there, trend of I know-it-all and just plain being A a-hole.
I absolutely love talking with IT guys. Since I’m an multi-discipline engineer I actually understand more of how the softare/hardware works than they do. Yet, that sense of “I know more than” you always surfaces and it cracks me up like no stand-up comedian would.
If they really get cocky then all I have to reply is, “I don’t only understand it but I can design and build it.” Oh, and my favorite part is when actually talking about the low level details such as packets, bits and bytes, error checking, etc. Most are absolutely clueless.
What a bunch of jaded people you have here. I think it’s great that a 9 Year old is smart enough to take and pass these tests. Good for him!! I am taking the Microsoft Mctp Exams and while some are easy and useless others are very difficult have to know more about Microsoft Server OS’s than any normal user does and have be able to put it to use as allot of these tests now have a practical as well as multiple choice.
As for most IT people being A holes, it is most likely just the ones who have to deal with your bad attitude. IT is just like any other job there are good and bad people in all fields, I am sorry if you have only dealt with the bad one.
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You haven’t read the story yet peeves. Research and Read first before you use your no good bashful mouths!
“His latest project is trying to devise a way to send high-definition television signals over a comparatively slow network infrastructure. To support his effort, a Macedonian telecommunications company has given him a direct connection to its network backbone.”
As an IT guy, I can tell you that most of the attitude coming from the support technicians is generated from customers(either previous or current) calling and yelling at us for problems that usually stem from user errors. The majority of our phone conversations are with angry customers.
I would like to run into more customer like you, Theone…as people that call me with a general knowledge (or advanced) makes trouble-shooting easier and faster…but that happens too little.
At 6 years the child was certified and in the picture he’s configuring a router. The kid has some smarts, more than most from what it seems. Kudos to you, kiddo.