I'm a sophomore in high school (15) , and I'm getting a head start on looking at colleges/careers. At this point, I have no idea what's "out there". I am mainly interested in the whole networking thing. And servers, datacenters, storage, maybe even HPC clusters, or network administration. It looks like you guys have a lot of experience in the field, and it would be great if you could answer some of my questions.
IMO, I have some pretty good understanding on computers, at least for my age. I've built about 5 computers. One being my main computer, another being my server. It runs ESXi 5. I have a File server running, a seedbox, a minecraft server, and a webserver. Im trying to find out what else to run. In addition, I built a small atom gateway running pfsense. It does firewall, NAT, routing, VPN, DHCP, QoS, and whatever else it does. I have a general understanding of all these networking terms, but It's all self-taught. I have no formal technical education. I am pretty skilled in Java (IMO). I enjoy programming small 2D games, and simple applications. But mostly just for fun.
So, here goes the questions:
What is your job, and what do you do? What did you major in? What college did you go to? What are some careers in the 'Networking' field? What else is out there regarding 'computers', and not just networking? What about working for a big company or small company?
I'm just really looking for general information. I just need to know whats out there so I can do some further research. It would be great if you could help me out.
Thanks
IMO, I have some pretty good understanding on computers, at least for my age. I've built about 5 computers. One being my main computer, another being my server. It runs ESXi 5. I have a File server running, a seedbox, a minecraft server, and a webserver. Im trying to find out what else to run. In addition, I built a small atom gateway running pfsense. It does firewall, NAT, routing, VPN, DHCP, QoS, and whatever else it does. I have a general understanding of all these networking terms, but It's all self-taught. I have no formal technical education. I am pretty skilled in Java (IMO). I enjoy programming small 2D games, and simple applications. But mostly just for fun.
So, here goes the questions:
What is your job, and what do you do? What did you major in? What college did you go to? What are some careers in the 'Networking' field? What else is out there regarding 'computers', and not just networking? What about working for a big company or small company?
I'm just really looking for general information. I just need to know whats out there so I can do some further research. It would be great if you could help me out.
Thanks