I can't believe I haven't touched this blog a few years back. I had a draft of a blog post that never got posted of which I just posted a few minutes ago and I thought wow...its been that long....I'm pretty sure no one reads this anyway so I might as well treat it as a journal, right? Well maybe not completely, but close to.
After reading the last blog post, I started that blog post after the first semester, crazy that was 2 years ago. I think all in all, I had my fair share of dealing with nerdy people. I find it more hilarious that nerdy is THE trend, I guess we call those people hipsters, right? I experience nerdy on a completely different level and reverting back to the previous post, I will continue the different types of "nerdy", but taking it from point of view after 2 years in the Computer Information Technology department....
1. I did mention the gamer as the first one, and I think it'd take up about a quarter to half of the student in that department. Surprisingly, not all of the CIT students were hard core gamers, just a few. I think you'd find some of the more serious ones in the Computer Science department. And when I say hard core gamers, I'm not talking about 12+ hours on your Xbox or Playstation. I'm talking about ones that you play on your PC. Not to dis on those who use a console, but those who create a server space for their own game play, that's what I call a nerd ;).
2. The Overly Confident Nerd - Now there are a TON of these in whatever tech or science department. Seriously there are the ones that always and I mean ALWAYS, have to be ones that are always right, always trying to correct/outsmart the professor, always being the alpha dog. Not to say that they aren't smart, of course they are, but it is very and I mean VERY irritating that you have someone always talking to you in a condescending manner. Now I've had quite the fair amount of those in every course that I've taken. Maybe sometimes they don't speak in a condescending manner, but if you ask a basic question, of which I have tons because tech things don't come naturally to me, they say something in response to which belittles any intellect you may have in your brain. What was most satisfying was when the professor just ignored them, or even came back and put them in their place :). Now these are your cast of Big Bang Theory...well maybe more so Sheldons. Its a love/hate relationship you have with those people, you recognize and respect their intellect, but their ability to interact with others makes you want to bang your head against a wall.
3. The Humble Genius - These are those who are completely opposite of the overly confident nerd. Well not complete, but close. They are very, very smart. More than likely chance on the same playing field as that of the Overly Confident Nerd, but don't revel in the fact that they are super smart. They know they aren't perfect by any means, but they are super smart and don't try to show off. Some of these people are very quiet, and socially awkward, where as others are actually normal on the social scale. They are willing to help others and not scoff that others are not as smart as they.
After writing just the last 2, I think I'll end this here for now, maybe pick it back up later. Now I can shove every single student into a category, but I think there isn't category for some students, or even some students fit in more than one. Myself where do I fit in the categories of the CIT nerds at BYU-Idaho? I don't know. Maybe the novice more than anything else. I decided on technology because it is a booming business that looks like it won't be going away too soon (let's hope its not). And not only that but because its something that I can take anywhere with me. Proves more to be true since I'm a new mommy (...uh yeah a lot has happened in the last 2 years ;)). I understand the appeal for geeky things and Curtis loves talking tech with me, and for some others computers and programming is a passion, but this is definitely not my passion. You've heard the saying "don't knock it until you've tried it"? Well I thought doing something in the tech world might strike something within me where I'd find a new passion. Uh....I was sadly mistaken. Granted I do love it when code works or I learn something new, but it is not what I love to do in my free time. One of the guys I'm friends with codes on his free time, and that almost seemed a little absurd to me. But I realized just as well, when you look for jobs, people want to see what you do with your free time. See what you can create when you don't have an assignment looming over your head. Doing techy things is that passion for some, but really for me, I'll save the programming for when I HAVE to do something. And when I say "have"...well I'll save that for another blog post ;)
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