How old are you and what is your education level?
Hey I was wondering?
What are hackers age and education?
Feel free to add: Age + Education Level
Me = 20 + High School.
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What are hackers age and education?
Feel free to add: Age + Education Level
Me = 20 + High School.
Sample Size: 88
Max: 62
Min: 18
Mean: 27.3
Median: 25.5
StdDev: 8.17
I excluded some outliers based on claims I believed to be false or silly (4 yo w/ laptop and 87 w/ high school)
Pretty interesting stats. Disclaimer ripped from slashdot:
"This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane."
41 people whose highest completed degree is a Bachelor's,
17 people whose highest completed degree is a Master's, and
5 people whose highest completed degree is a Doctorate.
At all three levels, there's roughly a 40:20:40 split between degrees in areas other than computing, people who didn't state what field their degree is in, and degrees in computing.
24 i think (lost count) + almost electronics engineering BS + 100k debt. just dandy ^_^
i'm looking to return for physics/math soon, but i'm wondering if my time would be better served atm in another endeavor
You're right about that. Doesn't help a bit.
[edit]i like the "say in one tense, mean in all" declarative style (where the present is the "all tense,") if that makes any sense. it's sort of like functional programming
Maybe just about everyone you know. But not in general.
At almost every company I call on, most of the good jobs are done by college graduates and most of the hourly jobs by non-graduates. The graduates have demonstrated before the first interview that they can take on a major project and FINISH IT.
Not a judgement. Just an observation. When it doubt, stick it out.
And I believe the correct phrase is "when in doubt, pull it out." Man has that phrase saved me a few times:)
But what's the point of data from a self-selecting sample?
My high school counselor recommended I graduate early to attend college, but being 16 and feeling unchallenged by school I opted to apply myself to the real world and started my own business instead.
22 / kicked out of college / wish I was yudkowsky
3 semesters of continuing edu in japanese
engineering for 0 years and had enough
programming for 10 years and with luck many more
Wow, that was a lot of BS I just put up there. All those degrees still hasn't gotten me the job I want/love, yet ;).
Some certificatioin for Finance and Management
It's not, as long as YOU are the one making the decisions about your life.
Sometimes the last one to blink wins.
today I just started an MSc in Computation
Doing college part time, plus I didn't start until late. In some ways I think I could probably just do without the degree, but I've invested so much time into it, I want to finish.
why?
Strong interest in cognitive science, but decided not to do a formal PhD.
Somebody pls compile stats in a couple of days :)
after 2 years of working finally starting my own business ;-)
most of college. probably will decide against finishing.
PhD + bronze swimming certificate.
(Currently in 1st year CS)