How old are you guys, really?

[Highvoltagepc]

Im 35. been repairing computers for 8 years..watercooling for 3 or so years.Glad to see so many different ages here.

[MadDogMe]

Hmmm?, I'm 32, left school with a smile on my face and..., er..., been studying alternate medicine ever since . am totaly unemployable but like mending things other people would bin(Viv'a le unterhund!! ), numerous motorbikes, few cars and one van, anything mechanical, which works out well cause most of the Worlds sorta broken IMO , got into computers tas a form of escapism, works for me . don't watch TV(10years+), read newspapers(same), read tens of hundreds of paperbacks instead. started with 'Lord of the Rings' and never looked back...

Escapism Rocks!, Ignorance is bliss, but Oblivion is Heaven ...

This has been a 'pocket' My Life & Philosophy by MadDogMe ...

[Aardil]

45
A+ and working on CCNA
Build PC's in spare time
Auto parts counter sales fills my day
O/C for about 3 years
Working on first WC system as we speak hope to be completed in about 2 weeks
Aardil

[gogo]

28
Official title at my main job is 'Customer service Coodinator'
I'm the Receptionist/gofer/second tech/office beyetch/ ad job(s) here for a Property Management & Real Estate company. I do some audio editing,fill-in and now html work for studyspanish.com and have a small private computer business on the side. I make my own furniture when I can, have seen more than I ever really wanted out of life, my bills are all paid and the checkbooks are balanced.

[GigaFrog]

41 in 2 days.
Bachelor in Microwave.

I have to say I am impressed by the young age of the staff here!
As we say in my birth country, le talent n'attend pas le nombre des annees (talent does not count in years).
Very cool.

[bigben2k]

Qui d'autre est assez fou pour s'aventurer dans tout cela?

(Whoelse is crazy enough to get into this?)

[GigaFrog]

oops ... yea, that was badly stated of me.
great to see people from all ages and professions (and places).

[F18Viper@aol.co]

I think i am probably the youngest. I am 15 (soon 16) and I have been into overclocking and computers since I was 13 or so. I am working on my biggest project yet, a totally new water cooled system with a wooden bong . I posted info on the bong in the evap cooling room.

[airspirit]

Hmm ... the WoodyBong. Sounds like something you would find inside of a XXX shop. How do you plan on keeping it from leaking, rotting, and swelling?

[gogo]

Originally posted by airspirit
....How do you plan on keeping it from leaking, rotting, and swelling?

Guiness barrell pitch?
"Guiness is good for you" and now good for your computer.

[Antimatter]

im 15

i have yet to get a watercooled pc, but it wont be long...

[Blackeagle]

I'm 47 and right now really feeling it to. I just got interested in building a water cooled about 6 months ago.

Taking my time as I want to build a solid system when I do with high performace levels.

[Gulp35]

I'm 17.

Got into watercooling when I was 15, Still haven't finished my first setup

[bikr]

23 , RHCE =) water for 2 years or so and love it , fun fun stuff..

[JSimmons]

In earth years, I'm 48.

On my home planet, I'm just 6-1/2.

[MadHacker]

I'm 34.
Been playing with computers since I was 13,
became a a computer Tech when i was 25,
realized that there wasn't enough money in that so I became a programer.
now Senior Interface Developer (winblows).
my first computer mod last year(air cooled and loud) and now working on my first water cooled system. Hope to have that done in the next cople weeks.

[TerraMex]

Heck. 26.
Got a zx81 when i was 5. It was a nice black paper weight , shock resistant .
The keyb resisted pretty well. I still have it. And it still works .
Trying to finish my instrumentation and control degree.
Techie on spare time.

[leejsmith]

i am 33 in april.

left collage at 18 with 2 a levels one in computer sceince and worked for a local company hand soldering pcb's for cd jukebox's.
they started selling pc's to the locals and due to my computer hobbies (at the time i had an atari st , amiga 500 , spectrum 128 ,bbc mcro) i was put into that dept and have worked with pc's since then so 14 years and counting.

i have 4 mcp's and spent the last 3 years as it manager for a large private telecom provider.

last may i was made redundant and spent 2 months building water blocks and trying to test the ones i made againts a maze 3 maddogme lent me cheers dude and also thanks to blackeagle for all the polycarb, bigben and cathar for all the help with my designs.

currently working for a local webhosting company supporting there systems.

[Zogthetroll]

25 years old, BS in Mechanical Engineering. currently unemployed and looking for work in engineering field (hasn't been going well) also trying to get into the computer industry, maybe as a pc technician or something. Got my first computer when I went to college, a compaq armada 1120 laptop, I still have it and it works great.

[guandi]

20 years old (acting 10, thinking 30) Been into computers ever since my gran bought me a BBC Gamestation when i was little, my parents got it out for me to play with some sundays untill it just disapeared. A while later my parents found a old Apricot in a car park at a local supermarket and bought it home for me to play with. i programed a few games onto it from a book and when the stopped working i opened it (With a *hacksaw*) and fixed it. been hooked ever since.

Been into watercooling for about 4 years, bought a kit 2 years ago for my first proper setup that didnt include a bathroom tap and 20m of garden hose, been making decent setups for myself and to sell for about 18 months

[pdf27]

23, just finishing off my master's in Aero Engineering and looking for a job. Turned up here after following Gooserider in from SPCR since I've decided to watercool next time. In the meantime, the thermodynamics/fluid dynamics being used here is occasionally pretty interesting.

[msv]

34 years since februari.
A friend has a 10 year old son who is more mature than I, poor bugger. Well, it´s really not difficult to be more mature than I.
regards
Mikael S.

[krazy]

20 here. My first exposure to computers was a lab full of Apple IIe's at my elementary school. Anyone remember the robotic drawing turtle thing?

My folks bought a Zeos 386sx around 1990 that I eventually learned QBasic on.

My current computer has been around for a few years in various states, and it's been watercooled for a month or so now.

I spent a year and a half at NDSU studying mechanical engineering, but now I have moved on to computer related studies centered around web development.

Originally Posted by golovko

20 and I'm studying Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University. Been into computers since '92, built my first in '98 and been watercooling for about a year now.

They have some absolutely spectacular steam tunnels at PU... I know some guys you can talk to if you're into that kind of thing. PM me.

[crane]

I'm a 41 year old grandpa, husband of 18 years and watercooling hobbyist for 3 + years. I made and use my own waterblocks ....but its been awhile since the copper chips have flew in my workshop.
I work for a large California government contractor that is currently building a pier on a pacific island for the USN. Luckily, I stay busy in Los Angeles expediting supplys and equipment onto a material barge that keeps the project running with the needed raw materials to keep on building. My expertise is usually operating heavy equipment , cranes and truckdriving....but its nice to operate an office chair now. Not as sore at the end of the day.

[1398342003]

I'm 19 years old, still in school, I am in the process of building a custom computer around the idea of water cooling. Sadly my WC system is all off the shelf, but I plan on making a custom WB.