How'd you get into Tech?

[Guest]

How did you get into tech? I personally have always been a tinkerer and loved computers. After I started watching LTT, I was a goner. As a bonus, what's some stuff you do outside of tech? For example I hunt and love to shoot. How about you?

[XTankSlayerX]

Linus was the person who made me realized that there's a lot more to life than just a box that plays games.

 

Watching his videos made me realized that there's a lot of cool tech out there.

[thekeemo]

My Ex-kickass dad (no longer into PC's)

[nchilds98]

Probably when I started making CoD videos (dark days over) and learned movie maker. 

[The Dragon]

How did you get into tech? I personally have always been a tinkerer and loved computers. After I started watching LTT, I was a goner. As a bonus, what's some stuff you do outside of tech? For example I hunt and love to shoot. How about you?

One day got curious and googled "How to build a computer" And then the spark was lit

[TheIcedCanadian]

One day got curious and googled "How to build a computer" And then the spark was lit

Same here - I loved tech since I knew how to read (and so type), but I never had explored tech into as much detail as I have if it wasn't for that one google search...

[Kano]

I've always been into DIY stuff like working on cars.  I've also been a gamer since i can remember.  Naturally the two came together when my old desktop was struggling to run World of Warcraft at 5 fps on low.  So, i started looking into ways to improve my PC, a couple Newegg, and Linus Tech Tip videos later and I was hooked. Now after building my PC and a helping a few friends build theirs I've got two money pits to deal with, cars and computers.

[hypnodog]

My brother was always into computers, with that influence, my curious 11 year old self decided to get into tech as well. I mainly started watching mobile tech reviews, but then in March 2012 (same month I wanted my own PC) I checked out recommended channels (only time it was useful lol) I stumbled upon LinusTechTips. I liked his most current vid (some orange backpack review), so I decided to check out the rest of his videos, and I got hooked. In October 2012, Unbox Therapy started his UGPC build. That's when I bought the first part of my PC. (HAF 912) and thus Black Widow was born. Going back 5 years, I was extremely tech illiterate, I even asked another one of my brothers for an SD card to add more RAM lol

ETA: I looked for the first LTT video I watched, it was the Everki EKP120 Titan Checkpoint backpack unboxing.

[TheKDub]

Started off playing diablo II on a computer when I was like 8 or somewhere around there, had set up a 2nd computer we had laying around by myself around then too (I only connected the monitor, keyboard, etc..) so I could play it on there and have my dad play with me on our other computer, and eventually moved on to buying my first laptop and set up our homes wireless network also by myself, not sure how I managed to figure it out, I just did, and have continuously been getting more and more involved in technology since then, currently I've got a Computer Security Professional Certification, and Network Professional Certification (both through Testout), and will be getting my A+ certification also through testout on Wednesday.

[kpreg]

In fifth grade I played minecraft so i asked by dad for a "gaming pc" for christmas and instead he told be to plan out my own so yeah I built it and I've been hooked ever since.

(it wasn't a great computer, an i7 3770k with a 650... i regret nothing)

[Le Lion de Barreras]

Funny enough it all started with Laptops and dead pixels and the more I looked the more I got into it.