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In lugnet.general, Kevin Loch writes:
> Netslaves has an article about geeks and their toys. It mentions
> LEGO too.
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> http://www.netslaves.com/comments/979826937.shtml
This brings about an interesting question that has been lingering in the
back of my mind for awhile now.
Are the majority of AFOLs geeks? Or... more to the point...
What variety of occupations/interests does the Lugnet community and AFOLs in
general represent?
I for instance... am a geek... I am a Development Manager responsible for
eCommerce personalization. Prior to becoming a manager I was the technical
lead. Pretty classical geek stuff.
What do others in the community do?
- Jeff
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| (...) Keep in mind that there will be two very different answers. The adult community on Lugnet comprises that segment of AFOLs that a) have heard of it, and b) choose to participate. I suspect that A and B are largely concurrent, but the fact is (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Well according to your definition I would say I am a geek. I work on the development of a Meta data datastore for IBM. The product has been included exclusively with DB2 in the past but our goal is to make it database independent. Pretty geeky (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I'm probably classified as a psuedo-geek. I repair all kinds of computer/electronics related hardware (primarily printers in my current job), which is pretty solidly in the range of geekdom, but it's a 9-to-5 deal with me. I enjoy it - it's (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I don't classify myself as a geek! I'm a firefighter! But, I am partial to geeks! hehheheh If I had to tip the scale, it would probably fall into the geek catagory! I would think that the majority of computer/internet users would fall that (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I don't think I'm a geek. I currently work in Publishing but its only a job to get me to the next one. My previous 'career' job was floor manager in a factory, it couldn't get more blue collar, and I mean old school blue collar. Totally union, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I would probobly call myself a geek. I am currently studing computer science at university and I also spend most of my spare time on the computer, a lot of which is pulling various games to bits and working with editors for them and so on. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Well I guess I am a greek. I am a structural engineer, and looking back on things - I actually learned a good deal about structural mechanics just by building with Lego as a young child. I didn't know at the time the technical physics behind (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I'm an aeronautical engineer, by my education. I was a "Rocket Scientist" (really..:-) for the first two years of my carrier, I decided that I didn't want to spare my job hours in front of a workstation by coding simulation programs, and I (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Well, according to CNN, there is but one career in the entire IT gammut that does not entail direct interaction with networks or personal computers. That is the Technical Writer. I am a Technical Writer. Unlike network administrators, UNIX (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Me? Computer programmer + Loves math + Likes Star Wars... to the point of analyzing frames of the movie for scale reference + Ditto Star Trek (but to a much lesser degree) + Once transcribed Monty Python and the Holy Grail by hand + Knows how (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Ummmmm, errrrrr, Field Analyst (fancy way of saying computer geek) at a World Famous Research Center (Geek Central). It gets worse. Fanatic game player (Super-Geek). Former computer game designer (World-class Geek). Artist (Whew! Saved!). (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) I'm a geek, and proud of it. I'm a technical support engineer for very high speed cut sheet printers. I need a good knowledge of Unix/Solaris, TCP/IP, Windows, Macintosh, Novell, PostScript and PCL. I'm finding Perl and shell programming (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) A geek? Moi? I guess. Exactly what distinguishes a geek from an "ordinary" nerd? :^) My occupation? Pretty geeky, yep. Research biologist. Presently a postdoctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University, studying molecules of the immune system. (...) (24 years ago, 28-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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