Meet the Youngest Ever Microsoft System Engineer
This is Marco Calasan. He's nine years old, and with his four Microsoft certificates he is the youngest Microsoft systems engineer in the world.
Marco describes himself as a regular kid who likes to hang out and play with his friends. However, as CNN learned when they went to visit him at his school, Marco Calasan is anything but ordinary; the boy is a computer genius.
Showing CNN's Anna Coren around the computer lab at his school, Marco talks about IPTV, the content delivery system he set up all by himself; how he streams high quality video throughout Macedonia; and provides a service for the country's disabled. Each of Marco's achievements is more impressive than the last. So much so, that we hardly surprised to learn he's also written a 312-page book on Windows 7.
Fluent in three languages and learning a fourth, Marco's grasp of the English language along with his vocabulary boggled Coren as he revealed that later in the month, he will travel from his home in Macedonia to Montenegro where the government has asked him to give a presentation on his IPTV system.
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WOW
My mind has been blown
This same article without the video was on Toms a while ago lol. I remember everyone fighting over whether "he" was a "she".Old news.
no first please.
...and to think I cant even get my router to give me a faster ping time.
While this kid is obviously very special and gifted, it's a shame that he wants to be a systems engineer. An intellect like his would be put to better use in theoretical physics, or biomedical engineering.
Can I adopt him?
even this a repost, it's new to me.
Wow, that kid's pretty incredible. I had a hard enough time learning 2 languages, and he's working on his fourth. And he's a computer whiz to boot.
All of his talents, and he still has time to help the disabled. Good job, kid. I hope he goes far.
While this kid is obviously very special and gifted, it's a shame that he wants to be a systems engineer. An intellect like his would be put to better use in theoretical physics, or biomedical engineering.
Geniuses are highly appreciated in all fields...
Ha! I had that same feeling with computers!
... Sadly I'm not a genius. /envy
It irritates me, people say I'm 'smart' because I can reformat a computer and clean it a little. No, I'm just normal. Everyone else is... Hehe.
Kid probably couldn't find his way out from underneath a blanket though.
How come all these "prodigies" and "child geniuses" are never heard from again? I've seen so many cases of people talking about these kids who can speak 5 languages and understand nuclear physics, but I never hear about them doing anything.
Don't get me wrong, this kid is incredible, but we'll see if his priorities shift when he hits his late teens.
Although I'm much older, I'm envious of this boy's capabilities.
the child is a GIRL, and i want to ask WHO is that IDIOT who decided its a boy??
man its like his brain is running an i7 and mine is running an old pentium....
thats probably why i want an i7 so bad o_o lol i wish i was that smart at that age
One thing I have learned about these types is to take them with a grain of salt. There are prodigies out there but the "token" types are either frauds or are limited to just one area or skill set. It is a shame that most of the talent out there is wasted before ever being realized. Corporate America only standardizes while the creativity get stifled.
The government scoffs them up and does insane tests on them. Once they are done working for the government there is nothing left of their mind!
my life of un achievement, im gonna go kill myself now
Holy c*** that kid's a GENIUS! and i thought i was good with computers at my young age..
Blasphemy! (wait what does that word even mean?)
His mom is hot.......
Too bad his didn't focus his talents on studying a real operating system instead. Windows. LOL.
Get a hair cut hippie!
And yes, his mom is hot.
up most respect for this kid
Good to see all that talent isn't going to waste.
Live your dream kid, and don't let the thumbsuckers in life bring you down. They're just trying to steal your dream because they're too gutless to follow their own.
How come all these "prodigies" and "child geniuses" are never heard from again? I've seen so many cases of people talking about these kids who can speak 5 languages and understand nuclear physics, but I never hear about them doing anything. Don't get me wrong, this kid is incredible, but we'll see if his priorities shift when he hits his late teens.
Because once they're an adult, they're no longer as interesting. There are lots of genius adults in various fields who are unrecognized for their work. Their intellect could also be a fluke of early development and reach an adult level, but then taper off and stay at an adult level from then on. A child genius doesn't necessarily become an adult genius.
Sooooo... he learned about computers instead of playing video games when he was kid. What makes him special? The video did not show anything even marginally interesting.
I want to see how he can get good quality HD video with just half a mbps speeds.
*cries*
Once he meets a girl... all his genius will go out the window. You just wait and see...
Little Neo totally sees the Matrix.
Wow this kid is amazing, he'll probably be making his own OS within a few years...