Were You A Computer Person Before IM?

14 years ago

I was!!!! Started building, repairing and selling computers just about the time the 286 was brand new! FYI, a basic 286 with 256meg of Ram, a RGB Monitor and two 5.25 floppies cost $3500

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Scott Ames

14 years ago

Originally Posted by ASUService

I was!!!! Started building, repairing and selling computers just about the time the 286 was brand new! FYI, a basic 286 with 256meg of Ram, a RGB Monitor and two 5.25 floppies cost $3500

Where can I order one of those? I remember salivating over a 286 when I only had an 8088 with an Amber monitor and a 10 meg hard drive and 64k of RAM.

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ASUService 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Scott Ames

Where can I order one of those? I remember salivating over a 286 when I only had an 8088 with an Amber monitor and a 10 meg hard drive and 64k of RAM.

LOL ... I hear ya. I also typo'ed on the memory ... should have been 256K

You were doin' great to have had a hard drive. Swapping floppies sucked!
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- evollusion 14 years ago
  
  I've been using computers since the mid 80's. My mother was a computer technician at NASA (technically an administrator before there was the actual title) so we always had computers in the house.
  
  I started off as a web/multimedia designer until the dot-bomb hit and I was out of work for months. Bounced around for a while doing odd jobs such as car battery delivery driver, waiter, freelance web designer. Finally had an opportunity to go back to school a few years ago and got associates degrees in Network Support and Network Security, and a bachelor's in computer information systems this past semester.
  
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- bretski 14 years ago
  
  Yes, although I only got into computers/IT about 6-7 years ago. Before that I was a dog groomer/professional handler.
  
  I still work in the IT field doing desktop support/network administration...and "duties as assigned". It has helped me a bit with IM but I wish I had more graphic design skills. That would require me to use a mac though :rolleyes:
  
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Andyhenry

14 years ago

I was - I was building websites, building computers, looking after I.T networks way before I found out about IM. I think I was on the Internet since it was publicly available, but I was playing games and visiting message boards for years before IM started.

I always had computers way before PC's were invented and then I bought an 8086 when I joined the Navy in 1986 and have had about 40 computers since then. (I have 5 now)

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Aussie_Al

14 years ago

In the mid 70's me and my best friend (we must have been 10-12 yo) would sneak into the local University's Math building on the weekend and beg one of the students to let us use the computers to play this Star trek "game" they had come up with

This was when a basic computer would pretty much fill a room - lol

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ASUService

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Aussie_Al

In the mid 70's me and my best friend (we must have been 10-12 yo) would sneak into the local University's Math building on the weekend and beg one of the students to let us use the computers to play this Star trek "game" they had come up with

This was when a basic computer would pretty much fill a room - lol

Oh heck ... forgot about that!!! Did the same ... had to love the phone cradle modems huh?

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sbucciarel

Banned 14 years ago

Me .... and yes, it has been a huge benefit throughout my career for other companies as well as working for myself.

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Dean Martin

14 years ago

Originally Posted by CianMcCarthy

How many here were computer geeky before stumbling upon IM.

But for those that are, did you find that a hindrance or a benefit?

Not only were I - I still is

Benefit or hindrance? It's a hindrance - I love to figure out how to program something I want done and will easily spend hours perfecting something.

Instead I should be perfecting headlines and copywriting and outsource the technical.

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Colin Theriot

14 years ago

I was - I got my start in graphic design, then web design, then web coding, then SEO, then SEO analysis, then copywriting, and now I try to do as little coding and graphics as possible.

Note, I mean coding by hand - I still hand-edit PHP, HTML, Javascript etc. to hack things together in Wordpress. I don't do the work for others though. It's way too easy to just outsource technical stuff. Part of the reason I got onto the marketing side is because I knew I couldn't compete for what I wanted to earn.

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toolsmith 14 years ago

I was or still am actually. I've been a software engineer for almost a decade now but have recently taken interest in learning affiliate marketing.
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erinwrites

14 years ago

I've been a web geek since my first day exploring online--back when there were a bunch of different search engines and they had categories that you could surf when you just wanted to find good stuff online. Ahhh, the late 90s... I miss you and some of your fashions

I do find that sometimes it is hard to reconcile the "all important profits" IM mindset with my "I just want to have fun and entertain people" bloggy self. But I do it because that is how I help my clients pay me.

I find that earning that paycheck helps ease the cut of "selling out to the man"

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Fernando Veloso

14 years ago

Graphic Designer here way before IM.

And I can repair my own machines, thank you

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Steven Wagenheim 14 years ago

I was, but quite honestly, it didn't prepare me much for what I was about
to get myself into as a marketer.

There is more to being successful in this business besides PC skills.
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- BrianNC 14 years ago
  
  I was. Pretty much been into and had computers since they started coming out. I also worked for IBM/Lotus in software for a few years.
  
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Jeffery

14 years ago

Yep, into computers "before" heath kits and long before IM, but it was mainframes and hosting.

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Tyson Faulkner

14 years ago

I've always loved and been around computers. But truthfully I think it is kind of a hindrance to becoming a marketer.

Instead of focusing on important things like writing copy and creating products, I have a tendency to get stuck playing around with stuff like HTML and web design that doesn't make a huge difference.

If I didn't know how to do all that stuff, it'd probably make it easier to focus on the things that matter.

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paj_mccarthy

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Tyson Faulkner

I've always loved and been around computers. But truthfully I think it is kind of a hindrance to becoming a marketer.

Instead of focusing on important things like writing copy and creating products, I have a tendency to get stuck playing around with stuff like HTML and web design that doesn't make a huge difference.

If I didn't know how to do all that stuff, it'd probably make it easier to focus on the things that matter.

Yes, Ditto the above...

I have been messing around with web related stuff since I got my first computer at the age of 14 and got my comp sci degree a couple of years back (waste of time that was

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It hasn't been a hinderance as such, but I certainly feel that I should sometimes take a step back and really focus on managing my business as opposed to getting bogged down in the detail and getting my hands dirty.

That said, having the understanding of how a PC works most certainly helps!

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Tyson Faulkner 14 years ago

That's true, I shouldn't totally discount the knowledge I had previous to getting into IM.

A lot of it has been very helpful for me to learn HTML faster and other small things that are nice to know in this business.
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awmi

14 years ago

Did tech support for Best Buy and built at least 3 computers from scratch for family members.

Knowing computer helped a lot with Internet Marketing.

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Rikki_Fawkes 14 years ago

I was - I took a website/HTML class when I was 12 or 13 and have been fairly computer literate ever since (nothing close to the "geek" many profess to be, but I more than get by).

I found it to be greatly helpful, as I could build my own sites, or at least be able to learn new techniques more quickly. Although I pretty much use Wordpress as my content manager now, it's still handy to know what I learned way back when.
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jjbalagosa

14 years ago

I was and still am. I have a degree in Technical Management and I currently work for a pretty well known dot com.

I guess it helps because I pick up new software pretty quickly. But I don't think it's at all necessary to be successful in IM. It's just a nice skill to have.

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Zabrina

14 years ago

I was, too.

I've had the advantage of growing up from a very early age around and on computers, so technology comes naturally to me. I also worked at an IT help desk (can I just say "Never again!" and leave it at that?) immediately before quitting my job to write full-time.

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sharpturn

14 years ago

Nope I wasn't. Hadn't owned a computer until three years ago. I didn't know a thing about computers, the internet or IM.

Had various jobs and careers but none of them computer related.

This may explain why I sometimes struggle with the computer or IM jargon out there.

Andy

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Bryan Zimmerman 14 years ago

Not even close!! I always thought people who did stuff with computers were just lazy (shows you how much I knew) I didn't even have an email address before August 2008. Hated them, didn't want anything to do with computers or cell phones. Almost 2 years later, it would be tough to go without either one of them.

If my uncle hadn't gotten me into the whole ASD crap where I lost 5k, I would probably still be the guy that hates computers.

Looking back though, best thing that ever happend to me. I was pissed off to no end and was determined to get that 5k back. I've got that back times 20 plus. Best 5k education I ever got.
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RyanLima

14 years ago

Before I got into Internet Marketing I had my own business deivering bread in New Hampshire

Oh....what a fun time...LOL Anyone ever purchase Arnold bread? Or freihofers bread? That was me.

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KathyK

14 years ago

Someone else remembers heatkits - lol. I don't feel so doddery anymore.

I started out with mainframes. Also before Heathkits. Worked with the first IBM PC. That was such an improvement on the trash80 and similar 'small business' computers.

The whole computing industry has come so far so fast - it's really amazing if you think about it.

And Zabrina, I totally agree with you about Help Desk - lol - had a computer op (mainframe and pc lan, both) job for a while (look up BOFH on the web sometime - that man kept me sane) that included help desk.

Main response from me to "It's not working." - "Is it plugged in?" Worst part is that 9 times out of 10, it wasn't... we had cleaning people who tended to unplug things so they could vacuum. REAL good cleaners... but... and the employees never learned to check. :rolleyes:

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Marhelper

14 years ago

I barely knew the difference between a monitor and a hard drive. Although I am old enough to remember the Commodore and used to love playing Atari/Colecovision, etc..

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HorseStall

14 years ago

Raising hand. I was. Not because I chose it, but because it chose me ;-)

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mlord10

14 years ago

Wasn't into computers much before I started marketing online. I was "average" at best with tech skills, but far from advanced. I have learned some valuable PC skills that have helped me with my online marketing.

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affilorama-portal

14 years ago

I was already a computer person before I went into internet marketing but it did not really give me much of an edge because I studied computers at a time when a color monitor meant seeing green letters on a black screen or white letters on a blue screen. There wasn't even a graphical user interface then, nor a mouse. All commands were typed on the keyboard.
I pride myself in the fact that I have been able to keep up with the times. Everything changes so rapidly when it comes to computer and internet technology so stock computer knowledge does not really help that much.

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John Atkins

14 years ago

No, I wasn't. In fact if someone came to me 10 years ago and told me
that in a few years from now I'm going to be making a living from
my computer, I would've called him crazy. lol

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Ofthemix

14 years ago

I've always been a computer person. I've never been a sales person until recently. I think being techy helped a lot. I never had much fear when learning how to work with different types of software. I know a lot of people that aren't into computers that are scared to death to use unfamiliar software because they're worried they'll break something.

I briefly went to college for video game graphic design. I remember taking my basic HTML class and absolutely hating it. I didn't pay attention and how I passed, I still don't know to this day. It's kind of funny . . . because I work with HTML almost every day now.

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stephfoster

14 years ago

Let's see... my mom bought my sisters and I a Commodore Vic 20 when we were kids. I went to a high school that specialized in math, science and computers. I guess you could say I've been into computers since before I knew about IM.

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14 years ago

I was in my early 20's I had a fitness store. I needed some help with some computer issues and hired a computer guru to help me out. We built a great friendship and then he was starting ISP and asked me to join in with him so I did and knew nothing about the internet and computers.

GREAT QUESTION!

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Derek Allen

14 years ago

I wasn't.. I knew how to use the internet. Now, everytime someone has an issue with their computer I'm the first one they call. Darn my kind heart! LOL!

Sometimes these things can be a pain in the butt.

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Rukshan

14 years ago

Yep, I'm a networking engineer. So I know internet related technology.

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frqhuss

14 years ago

I was 17 and wasn't completed my education due to some personal problems and thought to search making money ideas online but directly got ideas about IM and planned to learn about it after spending more than 1 year i started my first online business at age of 18 now am 23 and making good online living without any problems...

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Calamaroo 14 years ago

I just learned the difference between a domain and a url this past week. Interestingly, I learned how to do keyword searching, competitor analysis, and basic on page and off page SEO before that. Talk about haphazard learning.

I've always sucked at computers. But I have become a successful professional poker player (my current profession) using deep knowledge of military strategy/history, and "old school" marketing and business strategy. Hopefully, I will be able to translate these knowledges into internet marketing where I am still kindergarten level with a lot of learning to do. IM is passive income, poker is not.
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- Justin W 14 years ago
  
  I was definitely . You know... I created my first website when I was 11 years old. Yet for some reason I went all the way till I was 21 to get into internet marketing. Whats wrong with me?
  
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14 years ago

I wasn't, or at least my experience with computers was no better than the average user: internet browsing, emails, buying stuff on amazon, etc. I knew nothing about PHP, databases, domains, etc.

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Shannon Spoon

14 years ago

I was, started on a Commodore 64 back in 84 lol

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dika

14 years ago

I was and I still... and I realy think that stumbling upon IM was my best benefit

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jamjar919 14 years ago

I was a huge huge huge geek in computer science, design, coding and pretty much all aspects of it. I still am.
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khay

14 years ago

Yeah, course. Always been into PCs. Always been a coder. Now my time is spent writing things to automate my IM

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Matt Morgan 14 years ago

I was not geeky but was playing sonic the hedgehog and Mario bros when i was little.

Who remembers them classics?
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Kelvin Brown

14 years ago

I was reading computer shopper, cover to cover back in the mid 8o's. That might qualify me as geeky pre IM.

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