Go to college. Most of the school work will suck while you are there, but you will make friends that will allow you to be entertained while you are stuck pulling your bi-weekly all nighter to finish your latest Systems Programming assignment. Plus, those friends will get degrees and jobs too, and provide you with lots of good contacts when you are out looking for a job.
College is not about learning anything in specific about your future job. You will learn everything you need when you get there. But college will teach you how to learn things fast when you need to, how to work for days with little sleep when you have to, and how to relax and have a beer when you can.
Get an engineering degree. There is a lot more to life than computer science, and an engineering degree will get you plenty of exposure to chemistry, physics, and math. Dont underestimate what that is worth. As a sys admin at a small company, you are going to be expected to know a bit about electricity for power management and a bit about thermodynamics for heat managment, and who knows what other strange problems you will be expected to solve. As an engineer, you are trained to handle whatever problem is thrown at you.
You seem to miss the point on this a little bit. Although there will be compilers available, there is an extreme difference between a compiler and a good compiler. A compiler works, a good compile is able to utilize an architecture to its fullest (or at least close).
I would like a Pioneer slot loading 10x dvd player for chirstmas. And a good player for linux.
A piece of advice though, I told my girlfriend that she should consult my best geek friend before buying me anything technical. That is vital if you want to get useful gifts.
There was an error in logic in this article. It assumed that just because the virus did not specifically delete files that it didn't destroy data. The virus targetted us (the sysadmins) not the users because it was aimed at the servers. In the small department that I worked, if melissa would have broke out in full force it could have easily overloaded our poor overburdened mail server. Considering the importance of immediate information sharing, bringing the mail server down is just as good as destroying data.
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Go to college. Most of the school work will suck while you are there, but you will make friends that will allow you to be entertained while you are stuck pulling your bi-weekly all nighter to finish your latest Systems Programming assignment. Plus, those friends will get degrees and jobs too, and provide you with lots of good contacts when you are out looking for a job.
College is not about learning anything in specific about your future job. You will learn everything you need when you get there. But college will teach you how to learn things fast when you need to, how to work for days with little sleep when you have to, and how to relax and have a beer when you can.
Get an engineering degree. There is a lot more to life than computer science, and an engineering degree will get you plenty of exposure to chemistry, physics, and math. Dont underestimate what that is worth. As a sys admin at a small company, you are going to be expected to know a bit about electricity for power management and a bit about thermodynamics for heat managment, and who knows what other strange problems you will be expected to solve. As an engineer, you are trained to handle whatever problem is thrown at you.
You seem to miss the point on this a little bit. Although there will be compilers available, there is an extreme difference between a compiler and a good compiler. A compiler works, a good compile is able to utilize an architecture to its fullest (or at least close).
I would like a Pioneer slot loading 10x dvd player for chirstmas. And a good player for linux.
A piece of advice though, I told my girlfriend that she should consult my best geek friend before buying me anything technical. That is vital if you want to get useful gifts.
There was an error in logic in this article. It assumed that just because the virus did not specifically delete files that it didn't destroy data. The virus targetted us (the sysadmins) not the users because it was aimed at the servers. In the small department that I worked, if melissa would have broke out in full force it could have easily overloaded our poor overburdened mail server. Considering the importance of immediate information sharing, bringing the mail server down is just as good as destroying data.
I guess my requirements for what is news may be a little too high.
It is good though, have fun watching.