The eleven-year-old network admin
Categories: Teens & tweens, Education, Gadgets & tech
It's not what you know, it's who you know. That bit of advice might be especially true these days, as the job market gets tighter and the economy continues its trek downward. That's why professional networking sites like LinkedIn are so popular. But who needs LinkedIn when your mom is the librarian at the school where you want to be the computer network administrator.That's how eleven-year-old Jon Penn snagged his position as the network manager at Victory Baptist School in Alabama. The pre-teen took over when his mother had the networking duties added to her job description. He has since evaluated, sourced, and gotten approval for a hardware firewall, as well as contributing to the development of a web access policy.
It looks like Jon has a great career in computer networking ahead of him. I certainly wish him all the best... and wonder if he could come over to my place to get my network under control?
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Justin 3-31-2008 @ 5:13PM
As a network admin for an ISP myself, I wish him all the best of luck. I remember when I was his age and things were just coming to life with the internet.
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ame s 3-31-2008 @ 5:35PM
Sweet job! My 10 year old does a scaled down version of that job at her school, being responsible for starting and shutting down the whopping 20 computers in their computer lab. She loves the prestige, lol!
Fast gripe: our PTO board bought 10 new computers for the computer lab before winter break because half of them freeze up most of the time. We have to wait and let the school system computer guy install them. He said installing 10 computers just isn't a priority for him so it may be this fall before he gets around to it. grrr, not all students have access to a computer at home or have parents able to take them downtown to the library. Those children ARE a priority, in my opinion.
My late husband and my new husband were/are computer guys, so my children have been around computers their whole lives. Both girls were sitting on their daddy's lap pecking away at age 2. While I am proud of their skills, it's embarrassing to have to ask an 8 and 10 year old for help.
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