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Microsoft Certifies 8-Year-Old Sysadmin

Posted 01/20/09 at 01:45:11 PM by Paul Lilly

Doogie Houser may have been performing surgery at 14, the age the fictional sitcom character became the youngest licensed doctor in the country, but we bet he couldn't build a PC. But little Marko Calasan can, a real 8-year-old boy who has become the youngest Microsoft-certified IT computer system administrator. Calasan, who is being called the Mozart of Computers, edges out 9-year-old M Lavinashree of India as the youngest certified IT Pro.

"The Microsoft officials gave me computer games and DVDs with cartoons when I passed the exams because I am a child. That was nice, but I’m not really interested in those things," Calasan told The Times.

What young Marko is interested in is becoming a computer scientist when he grows up and has aspirations of creating a new operating system.

Image Credit: Bojan Pancevski via Gizmodo

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I dont know...
Submitted by hp4402cwils on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 8:39pm

I'm 19 and I have 2 compTIA certs, I never really pursued Microsoft, but I got the A+ when I was 17, and that was mainly because thats when I had access to the resources, computers, hardware, software etc... if you really think about it. To get a Microsoft cert at age 8 you have to currently be 8. When I was 8 years old it would have been 1997 and I dont know how mainstream microsoft certifications where back then. I do no that I had almost no exposure to computers at all then, but once I did, I quickly got up to speed and by the time I actually took the A+ cert I barely needed to study, it was all second nature material.

I think its awsome that a young kid is getting this kind of certifications, but I really dont think its that big of a deal, I've always thought basic certifications were very simple.

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...Anyone could have done
Submitted by ponchato on Wed, 01/21/2009 - 1:38pm

...Anyone could have done that if they had access to a computer and the internet from an early age.

Not a big deal at all. Just another corporate monkey.

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I hope the best for the kid
Submitted by ferds7 on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 8:57pm

I hope the best for the kid and that he really is just that smart and it wasn't a bunch of parents that pushed this on him and that he can be successful and make great contributions. It's one thing to recite material, it's another to invent new and creative features.

Hopefully all goes well but I'm reminded of a Big Bang Theory episode where the kid ends up in a park with some alcohol and a girl attached to his arm. This boy has many challenges ahead that may be more difficult than that test, such as growing up.

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I have to agree in some way.
Submitted by Velcrow on Wed, 01/21/2009 - 8:38am

I have to agree in some way. Also, if this kid is really a guru, he'll probably find himself pushing the legal boundaries of networking. Slicing and dicing secured networks just to see if he can. But that excuse doesn't work when the law comes knockin'.

"But officer, I was just testing the security at the credit card company..."

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Submitted by Lord Omega on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 1:27pm

[url=http://www.specbox.net/usersonly/profile.aspx?id=oF2jUffq9dc%3d&sid=DX9E77yoGb8%3d][img]http://www.specbox.net/images/SigBanners/6en.jpg[/img][/url]

This is quite interesting. Hmm... He could become the next Gates :D But what would be even more awesome is if he designed an OS around linux and made it become main stream.

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the "picture" shows a
Submitted by Nogoodname on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 8:48pm

the "picture" shows a descritption of a laptop with 1.5GB of memory and 40 gb hard drive space(just pointing out some of the specs)

not understandable what that has to do with the article (picture: me being very confused)

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He wants to build his own
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 1:14pm

He wants to build his own os.... Perhaps this is the guy that will ultimately provide the LCARS OS for the real life Enterprise.... Maybe.

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pshhh...i couldve done that
Submitted by Pentium 0 on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 12:51pm

pshhh...i couldve done that at less than 8 if i had had someone in my family who wasnt completely computer illiterate to teach me....

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They gave him computer
Submitted by Caboose on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 12:42pm

They gave him computer games and dvds with cartoons when he passed? Must be getting him ready for the next set of testing

-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-

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I love that his dream is to
Submitted by b_boy_69_00 on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 11:56am

I love that his dream is to create a new OS. I bet it wont be for M$ though.

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Not after he finds out how
Submitted by I Jedi on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 2:13pm

Not after he finds out how evil they are.

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Ha. Ha. That's great.
Submitted by I Jedi on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 11:24am

Ha. Ha. That's great.

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And you use a picture of a
Submitted by Digital-Storm on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 11:24am

And you use a picture of a girl?

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