Did your interest for technology came from your parents?

[Maximation]

We all love technology, otherwise we would not be on this forum and we would not read this post.

But how did you get interested in technology? Did your parents stimulate you to learn more about technical things or did you just play around on the internet?

 

My parents know very little about computers and technology. I have been playing around on the internet, trying to set up a Minecraft server and BOOM! I loved technology and I still do.

 

Very good, thank you.

 

 

[Recon-UK]

No, my parents are a massive negative effect in my life.

[ericlee30]

No

[Fred Castellum]

Nope, it was a self developed interest. 

[Askew]

No my parents are technomorons I help them with tech with the knowledge I've gathered from my own personal interest.

[Fred Castellum]

No my parents are technomorons I help them with tech from the knowledge I've gathered from my own personal interest.

Techmorons? Haha that's a first.

[KamiKatze]

My dad leads a small company that deals with publisher software, so we allways had some form of the latest tech at home. I had a PC with my brother since i was 5 or 6, of course an old one from the company. I formated Floppies as a job (2.5 cents each) to buy sweets.

 

Yes, i would say my parents did engourage my techy-ness.

[antoainb]

My dad was the one that kinda got me into it but he isn't that much of a techie.

[ShadowCaptain]

Nope haha

 

They do LIKE tech my mum and dad have iPhones and they were excited that our TV had 3d and things but they have inherited that through me I am turning them techie as much as I can. They both email/facebook, text and facetime, they can record on Tivo and log into the PC just fine

 

They are getting there

[nuclear465]

No. My parents can't even text a message on the phone, even when i explained to them how to do it more then a 1000 times .... This is just an exemple, if i was going to tell you all the small things i wouldn't finish writing this post !!

[Chris is awesome]

My father is a technephobe and my mother doesn't understand why i like it so much.

[Maximation]

A lot of the posts I have read apply to my parents aswell. Haha!

[yuh25]

My dad is the one who got me interested in PC gaming and gave me his old computer when he got a new one. Thats about it though, I've only recently been interested in PC building/parts. I've always been amazed at how PC's work, they're so complex and we take them for granted all the time.

[Brandonsr]

I remember my dad playing PC games when I was a kid, so I guess that got me into computers and gaming. He doesn't play anymore though.

[ViruZ_HUN]

Nope, it was a self developed interest. 

Same here.

 

Computer tech came from myself.

[Fred Castellum]

Same here.

 

Computer tech came from myself.

Gotta love curiosity huh? 

 

[ViruZ_HUN]

Gotta love curiosity huh? 

What is Curiosity?

[Fred Castellum]

What is Curiosity?

Something I try to avoid but in the end can never escape from. 

 

[MJSBLUES]

Nope not at all lol.

[toms94z71]

I would say my mom did, first time I saw the inside of a computer was because of her adding ram to one.

[Guest]

I guess I'm unlike most people here. My dad is a software engineer and I learned a lot about computers itself before I went into hardware. From then on he didn't help much, and now I help out with a lot of things, but I don't think I would of been here without him =D

[piggykid1]

Nope they are actually against my interest.

[TetraSky]

My parents don't know anything about tech...

My interest in tech is just a byproduct of what I deemed nessesary knowledge as a PC gamer, to learn about the different components and what I need to play games at X settings.

That and the fact that if you're willing to actually read the instructions, you learn quite a lot. My mother has difficulties reading simple instructions that appear and she always call me to know what to do... even if the screen clearly tells her that "flash player wants to update click OK to continue" (paraphrasing, but you get my drift), so yeah...

[Guest]

I got a SNES when I was like 6 and I guess it started from there and ramped up gradually. They were never very interested.

[Giddyguy]

my dad built me my first computer and is a computer engineer now (we live in the silicon valley). So very much yes. I am very thankful for it and wish to become an engineer myself.