On a scale of 1 through 10, how tech savvy do you consider yourself?

[teezzy]

Seeing as this is a gaming enthusiast forum, I can only assume most of us are pretty tech savvy or knowledgeable about technology as opposed to your average huckleberry.

If a 5 is average, I'd like to think I'm at a 6 or so. Maybe a 7, idk. I can't code, but I've built my PC years ago and have been tinkering away at it since. I'm not afraid to take a device apart, do some minor soldering/jailbreaking, and I watch a good amount of tech related Youtube videos on the regular. I enjoy technology quite a bit. Not just gaming, but speakers/headphones, and cameras too. I also have a fair amount of Google smart devices in my house which I couldn't imagine not having at this point. They're SUPER handy.

Concerning tech, I'm not overly knowledgeable about the nitty gritty of it all, but I'd like to think I have a decent enough pro-sumer set up for most of my interests. Overall though, I'm not concerned with always being on the cutting edge of the latest gear and have more interest in upper mid-tier level stuff. and making it go the extra mile if needed. Also get a real kick out of old speakers, televisions, and other devices. Would love to build an old school ass PC one day and just mess around with it for a weekend before it collects dust

Basically, I'm an average dude, in most ways, who is more nerdy than I'd care to admit. If I didn't realize how ignorant some people were to technology, even in 2022, I probably wouldn't rate myself so high at all. Idk, maybe I am a 7.


How about you? Where would you place yourself?

 

[CloudNull]

I'd say I'm level 10. I work in virtualization and I would say it's one of the most rapidly developing areas in technology. It is evolving fast and you have to know tons overall knowledge about tech to understand how it works.

I know how to code but am by no means a master. I cannot isolate payloads and what threads they need to run in on the processor. I can understand the overall procedures for drivers and workloads to work but not enough In the nitty gritty to build into them. I could always learn but would only do it if a project at work needed me to.

With that being said I feel a 10 is only warranted in enterprise virtualization. I hate mobile devices….. like I refuse to learn more about how they work beyond the normal everyday usage.

 

[TaySan]

6 I don't know coding or anything, but I know how to build PC's and know how to Google.

 

[MetalAlien]

3.141

 

[DESTROYA]

Probably a 6-7 , I don't know shit about programing or coding either but very comfortable working and tweaking hardware . I like my gadgets and read about them a lot more than your average person

 

[Kadayi]

5. Can build a PC and all that jazz, but I don't spend a lot of time invested in knowing my way around stuff unless there is a direct need.

 

[Ascend]

I'm an 8 or so. I know more than most, but I have not specialized in any sort of specific branch. If I ever lean to code properly, I'd probably say 9 or 10.

 

[Snes nes]

uhh I know enough to get by with linux with the help of the almighty google. I tried a little coding but just got bored of it kinda quickly not that I gave up on it or anything just would rather do something else

 

[Stilton Disco]

7. I'm comfortable with most hardware things, can build, repair and modify pretty much anything mechanical or electrical up to soldering basic circuitry, wiring a house and scratch building with tools reasonably complicated building projects.

Software wise, I can work out how to use, install, tweak and mod pretty much everything I've ever had a go at, but I don't know how to code. I do understand the basics of coding however, and follow a lot of tech news in regards to how software works.

 

[DonDonDonPata]

A 6 or 7. If I didn't have a job in tech, I'd be a 4 or 5. Even though I enjoy tech, I don't enjoy keeping up on hardware specs like when I was younger.

A lot of my tech savvy comes from the ability to ask the right questions and crawl through search-results. I operate on the principle that if I have a question, it's likely some end-user dumber than me encountered the problem and posted the question on a forum somewhere before me.

 

[brap]

idk

 

[mcz117chief]

Knowing how to use a browser automatically puts me above the average user, so a 6 for me.

 

[AJUMP23]

I'm a 9. At least that is what the ladies tell me.

 

[Stouffers]

About 6.5 inches

 

[infinitys_7th]

7, maybe 8

I'm more intimately familiar with industrial E&I equipment (PLCs and now learning a DCS) than IT equipment, but that's changing now that I'm in more of a backend troubleshooting role that includes the interface between control systems and IT networks. I can code in a few languages/scripts (VB/A, some proprietary ladder logic and function block languages, learning Python, and will probably have to learn C soon).

TBH, I've overcome the biggest obstacle for me when learning new things (getting enough grasp of vocab/jargon/equipment to be able to look up the right things) so I'm in a good spot. I'm in the same boat for a building a PC and want to build a server too after I move.

 

[synchronicity]

In relation to the average person probably a 9 or 10, lol. But in respect to the true techies, I'm a 6 or 7. I'm capable of figuring out anything I want to do, and that's all that matters to me. Having a broad knowledge base to pull from doesn't matter to me as long as I can sort out how to accomplish what I want when the time comes.

 

[Optimus]

I know too much.

Spoiler

I know how to code. I can make it run on your desktop. I can make it run in your cloud. I can make it run as one thing or hundreds of things. I know... too... muuuuuch....

 

[XOR]

probably 7 or 8. I know a bit of coding, have built and repaired pcs in the past. Know about tvs, stuff like local dimming vs oled, resolution, framerate, bitrate streaming vs 4k bluray, etc. But what I want to know is hacking, cybersecurity, cloud administration, and would also like to know how to create a cpu from basic transistors.

 

[Ascend]

I know too much.

Spoiler

I know how to code. I can make it run on your desktop. I can make it run in your cloud. I can make it run as one thing or hundreds of things. I know... too... muuuuuch....

 

[ManofTwo]

Enough.

 

[Soodanim]

7 in general. I don't do it professionally so I don't have a specialty, but I've always found picking up technology related things easy. My parents stopped being of any use for technology related things before I was 10. I'd get a console and set it up myself, for example. I certainly don't fear technology at all, and I nearly always understand UI design instinctively.

I did IT in college, and when I left I thought I was going to be a programmer, but I realised I didn't want that life and I don't know any programming languages (although I might teach myself Python at some point). But I am still comfortable with little bits of code-type things, like various scripts in foobar2000 (music program) or Excel formulas which use logic and functions.

I'm the family tech support, as most of us probably are.

 

[SpartanN92]

I sell Cell phones for a living and all the boomers are like "You must be a tech expert huh?" And I'm like "No lol I'm a salesman not tech support."

I put 6 on the scale.
I was born in 92 so I caught some of the early forum/chat room days of the internet and had to learn by doing on most stuff.

 

[SpartanN92]

About 6.5 inches

Damn your pussy is deep

 

[WesternBlood]

I have been programming since my parents gave me a computer at the age of 10. I have been making a living writing software/databases since 2000. I can also set a clock on a VCR. I have a background in Electro-Mechanical Engineering via school, but didn't do anything with it (design circuits and boards).

I don't know everything, but I know more than most on this planet. So I will put myself at an 8.

 

[teezzy]

I sell Cell phones for a living and all the boomers are like "You must be a tech expert huh?" And I'm like "No lol I'm a salesman not tech support."

I put 6 on the scale.
I was born in 92 so I caught some of the early forum/chat room days of the internet and had to learn by doing on most stuff.

I'm a service advisor at a dealership and know nothing about cars lmao. But I'll he damned if I can't sound authoritative selling you huge overpriced jobs

 

[McHuj]

I work in chip design and in particular for AI (it's not really AI) and have been coding for 30+ years so I think (at least in my head) I'm pretty tech savvy, but I have far less time nowadays to spend time on the latest greatest stuff. Work, family, and Elden ring just take too much of a toll.

 

[and 3 others]

I guess depends on what you mean by savvy? I'd say I'm above average with using a computer, even less so with smartphones. No idea how to use applications like photoshop. I can't code any computer language.

From 2015-2018 I got big into TV specs and comparisons, if that counts.

Also, I've built 2 PC's by way of following YouTube videos.

From early 2000's I "built/installed" probably 8-10 full car audio systems. From dynamating a car, to running wires, and building the subwoofer box. But nothing grandiose.

 

[Bar]