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[ale] OT: family geekiness
- Subject: [ale] OT: family geekiness
- From: jtaylor at onlinea.com (J.M. Taylor)
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:58:09 -0400 (EDT)
Does that mean I'm doomed? Neither of my folks is geeky in the slightest,
but then I am adopted so maybe it's nature instead of nurture.
Perhaps instead of pursuing geeky careers, I should go into accounting
like dear old dad and quit fighting so hard... ;)
jenn
Johnny Preyer said:
> dad : teacher
> mom: teacher
> me: IT geek, though i taught math for 2 years! :)
>
> i agree with the influence your upbringing has; if my dad hadn't bought
> that Apple ][+ in the early 80's, i'd be teaching the finer points of
> euclidean geometry to some 10th grader.....
>
>>
>> Christopher Bergeron wrote:
>>
>> > I tend to think you're going to find a strong correlation between
>> one's geekiness and their family / upbringing.
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