I personally will not miss them. The original ComputerWare chain was great and would always go out of my way to buy from them instead of others even if I had to pay more for it because the service was worth it and I liked supporting a local store.
Sadly when Elite took over the service went downhill fast. I was never able to get help. If I needed to return something it was a giant hassle and the amount of stuff they stocked sucked. That and on several occasions I was outright lied to about things such as compatibility with anything that they did not happen to have in stock at the moment.
Because of this I started making the extra hour drive to the Apple store for my purchases.
>>Ummm.. I can believe it. I'm 21 and have 6 years of experience.
>So what you're saying is that you quit high school in grade 9 or 10? Who the hell would hire a high school dropout?
First of all, I did complete high school. By attending home school I was able to complete it earlier then most people get the chance to.
Second, even if I had dropped out there is a lot more to someone then how many years of school they completed. Note, I do agree that school is a important partof growing up and would not argue that most people get a lot out of it but it is not the end all and be all of what makes a smart person or a good employee.
If this bothers you so much then fine. I can't help that. You are just as entitled to your views as am I.
Ummm.. I can believe it. I'm 21 and have 6 years of experience.
And no. I wont count any of the school/nonprofit admin work I did before I got my first "real job". If we did that it would be more like 10 years.
I got my first "real" job working for a consulting company in the telephony business.
It started out as simple unix admin/help desk support and when I left that company I at the age of 19 I was the manager of their entire support and installation department and was considered one of the "key" employees and was a Senior consultant that ended up working on critical projects.
When I started my current job I came in as Chief Architect reporting directly to the CTO and preform many of the CTO related duties. In fact our he has joked that I am the company's "stealth mode CTO" and that should be getting part of his pay check:-) (He is the also the VP of engineering so he has plenty to do)
As for age related problems at my first company what I did is I did not tell them my age until I was 18. I did run into some problems with them after that and eventually ended up leaving on my own accord because of the lack of respect and being told that "your only 18. You don't need a raise. When I was your age I was not making that much.".
At my new job however the age issue has not been a problem at all. In fact I put my age on my resume and I think that probably got me the job before I even interviewed. The founder and CTO of this company started his first computer company at the age of 14 so there have been no age issues at all.
All I can do is wish the original poster good luck and recommend that when he interviews at a new company that he makes sure that the company attitude is compatible with his age. I would figure that it will be an advantage with some companies and a disadvantage with others and I figure I just would not want to work for the latter.
RJ --> ZSCGeek
PS to the original poster> Good luck on the new daughter. I just had my own just a month ago and it's more work then any job or project at work so far!
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I personally will not miss them. The original ComputerWare chain was great and would always go out of my way to buy from them instead of others even if I had to pay more for it because the service was worth it and I liked supporting a local store.
Sadly when Elite took over the service went downhill fast. I was never able to get help. If I needed to return something it was a giant hassle and the amount of stuff they stocked sucked. That and on several occasions I was outright lied to about things such as compatibility with anything that they did not happen to have in stock at the moment.
Because of this I started making the extra hour drive to the Apple store for my purchases.
>>Ummm.. I can believe it. I'm 21 and have 6 years of experience.
>So what you're saying is that you quit high school in grade 9 or 10? Who the hell would hire a high school dropout?
First of all, I did complete high school. By attending home school I was able to complete it earlier then most people get the chance to.
Second, even if I had dropped out there is a lot more to someone then how many years of school they completed. Note, I do agree that school is a important partof growing up and would not argue that most people get a lot out of it but it is not the end all and be all of what makes a smart person or a good employee.
If this bothers you so much then fine. I can't help that. You are just as entitled to your views as am I.
Good luck to you,
RJ --> ZSCGeek
Ummm.. I can believe it. I'm 21 and have 6 years of experience.
:-) (He is the also the VP of engineering so he has plenty to do)
And no. I wont count any of the school/nonprofit admin work I did before I got my first "real job". If we did that it would be more like 10 years.
I got my first "real" job working for a consulting company in the telephony business.
It started out as simple unix admin/help desk support and when I left that company I at the age of 19 I was the manager of their entire support and installation department and was considered one of the "key" employees and was a Senior consultant that ended up working on critical projects.
When I started my current job I came in as Chief Architect reporting directly to the CTO and preform many of the CTO related duties. In fact our he has joked that I am the company's "stealth mode CTO" and that should be getting part of his pay check
As for age related problems at my first company what I did is I did not tell them my age until I was 18. I did run into some problems with them after that and eventually ended up leaving on my own accord because of the lack of respect and being told that "your only 18. You don't need a raise. When I was your age I was not making that much.".
At my new job however the age issue has not been a problem at all. In fact I put my age on my resume and I think that probably got me the job before I even interviewed. The founder and CTO of this company started his first computer company at the age of 14 so there have been no age issues at all.
All I can do is wish the original poster good luck and recommend that when he interviews at a new company that he makes sure that the company attitude is compatible with his age. I would figure that it will be an advantage with some companies and a disadvantage with others and I figure I just would not want to work for the latter.
RJ --> ZSCGeek
PS to the original poster> Good luck on the new daughter. I just had my own just a month ago and it's more work then any job or project at work so far!
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