What Inspired You?

[b00ms1ang]

We're all here to become better hackers/programmers/tech geeks and grow in a community. It's really neat seeing how far technology has come and how advanced some of you are. But we had to start somewhere!

Who or what inspired you into technology? What pitfalls have you experienced?

When I was 8 years old, 24 came out. Chloe O'Brian was my hero. Even though at the time I was interested in being a biologist (then later an artist, then back to a biologist in early high school) the whole concept of hacking really stuck with me. And I learned it as hobby, and soon saw it was a lot more complicated than on TV, but that just drove me more. The complexity makes it worth learning, and my inspiration turned from the media to life. But you never forget your roots! Pitfalls though.... Parents were always concerned with how much time I was spending on the computer. I was a very well rounded kid, but I feel I would have had a lot more success if I'd had more opportunity to practice. Now it's time to catch up for the career field!

[LinkinCube]

When I was 8 years old, my father introduced me to electricity. He taught me a lot about it. That was the time where I got general interest in technology. Additionally, I was (and still am) addicted to video games. I played them whenever I could. But I had to play on my sisters Laptop, because I didn't own a computer. She was annoyed by that and put a password on it. I asked Google about ways to bypass it and even found one.

I was so statisfied by this super 1337 hack that I got more interest in hacking and computers in general.

Well, and now I'm here. Still a stupid skid that tries to learn more and more about it.

[Chuck05]

Ever since i was a kid, i just wanted to be a computer wizard... and fucking hack pokemon.

[Julian28]

My grandfather, he have learned me so much. When I was 6, he showed me how to use the pc. At age of 13, I started doing hacking challenges with an adult who helps me.

[dimi]

I want to learn things that aren't common knowledge for other people. I know some things about computers, but I don't know a lot about how they work and what you can do to exploit it.  This is where hacking comes in. Knowing what to do to get into a network, using the vulnerabilities that are supposed to be secure. Knowing how you can enter a computer without having the right login and password. Retrieving deleted files,....

It is very difficult to know everything. I thought it was impossible, but some guys on Evilzone already inspired me this may be possible, when I read their posts on different subjects. Some of you guys are really deep into the computer knowledge thing. That's a really nice thing.

I once read a quote that comes to this. You will never know as much as the person who taught you all you know. Because that person will also become smarter, if he wants to evidently.

[xenophilius]

My inspiration came from a screwdriver which I stole from my grandpa when I was about 6. It allowed me dissamble my toys and look inside. The dynamos, gears, bulbs and how they work together was very interesting to me. Soon every single toy that I owned were "screwless".

Then one day my mother bought a computer pre-installed with windows XP. I did not dare opening the CPU since I got so many warnings not to do so. There was no one to teach me how to use a computer so I was messing around with it. Uninstalling softwares here and there, and installing others. The computer ended up with many viruses which I did not understand then. The computer had to be reformatted many times over by the seller which was kinda covered by the guarantee. Nobody kept me from messing with the computer so I continued to do so and unknowingly I was teaching myself how to use a computer. Then the internet came ...

[Abyss]

When I was kid my father always would bring me Toys . After playing them for few days I always try to open them and look how they worked from Inside. Electronic Toys always intrigued me  . When I was in 5th grade I was Introduced to Computer , From that Day It was dream to do something great with computers

[b00ms1ang]

It's cool that a few of you have roots in taking things apart and putting them back together! Was anyone driven especially by puzzles or puzzle games?

[zombie]

I've always been interesting in math and science, but in all honesty, my main motivating factor has been my perpetual loneliness.

[b00ms1ang]

I've always been interesting in math and science, but in all honesty, my main motivating factor has been my perpetual loneliness.

You're never alone on the internet!.... *cries a little

[TheWormKill]

You're never alone on the internet!.... *cries a little

I disagree. Lonelyness, no matter in what form, is a key aspect. In fact, I would count that as a motivation for myself (although the details are yet to be discovered).

[truecam]

 I have cystic acne, im a faggot, and I am creepy. I aint getting shit IRL.

[straycat]

Growing up poor having to fix my things when they broke instead of buying new. Dad was a mechanic kinda instilled into me it's not that hard to open it up and figure out how it works. Got into computers and gaming as a teenager. By proxy that brought on pirating and hacking video games. So yeah being poor.

[b00ms1ang]

I disagree. Lonelyness, no matter in what form, is a key aspect. In fact, I would count that as a motivation for myself (although the details are yet to be discovered).

Some of the best progress mankind has experienced has occurred in isolation. I personally don't feel what people describe as conventional "loneliness", maybe because I keep a lot of reptiles. But I personally do way better alone than in a group. So I agree that loneliness is key sometimes

My motivation is because i want to look cool. I also want to be like my hero 4chan and anonymous. Naw, but on the real, I have cystic acne, im a faggot, and I am creepy. I aint getting shit IRL.

I have a dermatologist in the family and I was a test monkey for a drug called Acutane. Check it out. Literally kills your skins ability to make cystic acne. Even if you ain't trying to fit in it can help prevent facial infections and other problems later on. Cystic acne is a pain in the arse, I got lucky and they caught it before it really started to eat my skin. But it ain't the end of the world either

Staff note: no double posting pl0x!

[truecam]

I have a dermatologist in the family and I was a test monkey for a drug called Acutane. Check it out. Literally kills your skins ability to make cystic acne. Even if you ain't trying to fit in it can help prevent facial infections and other problems later on. Cystic acne is a pain in the arse, I got lucky and they caught it before it really started to eat my skin. But it ain't the end of the world either

Staff note: no double posting pl0x!

Thanks for the advice. It really does not pain me to much, but I guess it would not hurt to try. Though I looked it up, and the side effects seem a little scary.