Education

Both formal and informal.

I began pulling away from formal education after about the seventh grade. I dropped out of high school in my junior year. I found that it was not challenging or engaging enough to keep me focused. I ended up getting my GED from the Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program. (center row, far right)

OYCP

I eventually returned to formal education after many years and managed to earn an associate degree in Business Administration & Accounting. I even transferred to Portland State University and completed three of the four years needed to get a bachelor’s degree in accounting before running out of financial aid. I do intend to finish that up some day.

AAS Degree

The funny thing is I do not even really enjoy accounting. It is just that numbers have always made sense to me. My passion has always been technology. I received my first computer in 1989.  My grandmother gave it to me as a birthday present when I was eight. Before even turning it on, I took it completely apart. My parents were so frustrated, but; grandma said, “It’s his, if he wants to take it apart let him.” And so, I did just that. After having reassembled it, I was hooked on computers for life. I have been building custom PCs ever since.