Though I can't comment on being certified at 12 or 13.. when I took my certification courses over the last year of my life, there were guys in the class who were 17 when we started, 18 when we finished.. we couldn't even all go for a beer after class, but that was cool. I considered doing my Cisco certs right after high school, back in 1997. I did 2 of my MCP classes while in grade 12.. Windows 95, and Windows NT Workstation. Quite honestly, I've been a big computer geek since I was 11 or 12. I was rejected by society for different reasons at a young age, unpopular even in Kindergarten, and found peace in the digital world at age 10 or 11. Every kid has a hobby.. at 12 mine was hockey cards and computers. The computers stuck with me. Now I'm 21, and still spend an amount of time on computers per day that most would consider unhealthy.. but it interests me, and to be honest, I love my job. Now, if only we could get rid of the suits and ties at my company... ;P This morning, I sat a 3 1/2 hour meeting with 10 reps from Nortel, going over the features of the Nortel Business Call Manager -- my company is trying to teach me about telecommunications, and I'm helping train the telecom guys on the data stuff, as BCM is a box that speaks OSPF, RIP, IP, H.323, and interfaces other stuff for VoIP, and gateways to the PSTN for failover, and PBXs. What the generation that follows me is going to learn, and what the 12 and 13 year olds are even already doing, just boggles my mind.. I ran a BBS at 13.. these kids are running webpages with hits from worldwide, and designing spectacular graphics.. or the other kids who are running little mini-LANs at home. I am moving into my cousin's basement suite, and have no doubt that my 13-year old cousin is going to pick up on my Cisco stuff no problem. So what? He also has a girlfriend, skateboards, plays hockey, and has tons of friends. Regards, Trevor Corness, CCNA MCSE MCP+I Network Systems Engineer, DataCom BMS Communications Ltd. http://www.bmscom.com -----Original Message----- From: William E Gragido Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 11:58 AM Subject: RE: WHIZZ KIDS WHO HAVE THE CCIE number I have to agree at least to a certain point---adolescence and those great teenage years should be spent learning about yourself, others and academics. What ever happened to sneaking out of the house, dating and going to parties? > -----Original Message----- > From: NetEng > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 10:41 AM > Subject: Re: WHIZZ KIDS WHO HAVE THE CCIE number > > > If your 12 or even 18 and trying to acheive any certification, your life > must suck. What happened to having a childhood? I didn't know > what I wanted > to do until I was 20something. These kids should be forced to go to > ChuckyCheese eveyday for a year. > > "Kris" wrote in message > > I commend young kids who attempt and more importantly achieve these > > things. Though at a young age I was actively involved in > subjects taught > > in most first year university comp sci courses, I must say that it pales > > in comparisson to a 12 year old who is working towards CCIE. He is > > sponsored by Global Knowledge btw. > > > > Kris, > > > > > From: "McCallum, Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: WHIZZ KIDS WHO HAVE THE CCIE number > > > > > > Here is a little poser for you all. Who is / was the > youngest CCIE and > > what > > > was his / her age when they attained the CCIE? > > > > > > Robert McCallum
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