To many kiddie hosts?

Hi,

I do not agree with your statement as some Kiddie Hosts are good at providing required services to their clients. However, there may be some who are stains on a white cloth.

However, the second reflects truth as I have also experienced the same situation.
 
F-G-G.com said:
I'm going to have to disagree with this on so many levels. Although it is true that someone at the age of 15 can have the capacity to work hard, its still does not change the fact that someone who is 15 or even 19, is still going to be very inexperienced in life (and what experiences you hold in life, go a long, long way in business).

The best someone young in the industry can do, is have potential. But its not possible for someone who is 15 to come right out of the box with the same knowledge and know how of someone who has been in the industry 10+ years. Not going to happen.
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Well for myself, I am highly experienced, and had to become an Adult quickly due to a lot of things in my life.
And have been doing business type things since age 12+, so it isn't the experience in life is it? I was not your average 15 year old, I am way above my age level in maturity and competence.

Understandable about 10 years in the industry, but still, after the experience I have a ton of it now.
But any one age 10 or 60 with no experience will not have the knowledge.

Luckily enough I had been doing computers and a variety of things since a young age, but not everyone does, but everyone starts somewere.
Plenty of examples.
 
LocalNode said:
Facebook, Napster. All started by people very early in life.
Sure it's a different industry, but by the looks of both founders they obviously did something right.

You get experience in life as you age.
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Exactly.

And as I will put it 'he who dares wins'

No experience? Get some, be motivated and dedicated.
Or sit on your boring ass and get no were in life, experiencing new things makes it happen.

Some of the younger ones will really thrash the older generation, believe me, I know people who get it right at 15 and dominate the older boys, why? Because they got what it takes, experience or non.

Well all my years in business and life has taught me alot so far.

Start young is my motto.
Party when your older :)
 
Paul0130 said:
Exactly.

And as I will put it 'he who dares wins'

No experience? Get some, be motivated and dedicated.
Or sit on your boring ass and get no were in life, experiencing new things makes it happen.

Some of the younger ones will really thrash the older generation, believe me, I know people who get it right at 15 and dominate the older boys, why? Because they got what it takes, experience or non.

Well all my years in business and life has taught me alot so far.

Start young is my motto.
Party when your older :)
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I'm ready to party :D
 
Artashes said:
Those guys who started companies like Napster were inventors.

Running day-to-day operations of a DC or a large hosting enterprise takes experience in knowing how to handle various issues. The more you do it, the more you know. I think this is what F-G-G meant.
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Anyone starting a DC at 15, hit me up, haha.

Besides, anyone who has no experience but the cash, will just pay genius people like us lot to run it, thats how it goes.

They create, you work, simple, it's how they all get rich.
 
Steve-Hostirian said:
I'm ready to party :D
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That time already ? :smash: Your never old :D

To add, most 15-19 year olds are sat on their ass drinking and having sex, or in prison or crime, you should really commend the young starters and rather than attack them (not you lot but most people) they should commend them.

They are doing something with their life and trying to achieve, says alot to the rest of society.
 
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Paul0130 said:
That time already ? :smash: Your never old :D

To add, most 15-19 year olds are sat on their ass drinking and having sex, or in prison or crime, you should really commend the young starters and rather than attack them (not you lot but most people) they should commend them.

They are doing something with their life and trying to achieve, says alot to the rest of society.
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I offer my congrats to you on your entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to excellence. :thumbup:
 
It is sickening. They ruin good companies because people are stupid into thinking they can get good hosting for .29 cents a month.
 
Bitcable said:
What exactly do you mean by "kiddie host"?
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these that go on ebay and purchase £1.99 a yr Unlimited master accounts and think they are hosts.

i sometimes like testing these out with simple questions and one of these so called hosts had no idea what DNS was or what a dedicated IP was.
 
Yes, I agree it could give the industry a bad name. If these younger kids keep at it for 10 years though, they may come up with something truly valuable in the end. Practice makes perfect.

Personally, I don't mind these young business people trying to make it and do a little reselling. If they truly provide value to people they will make it. If they suck, their business will get weeded out.
 
jvarner said:
Yes, I agree it could give the industry a bad name. If these younger kids keep at it for 10 years though, they may come up with something truly valuable in the end. Practice makes perfect.

Personally, I don't mind these young business people trying to make it and do a little reselling. If they truly provide value to people they will make it. If they suck, their business will get weeded out.
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the ones giving the industry a bad name is the ones i stated earlier who think all you need to do is get a £7 domain, get a £2 a year reseller account for ebay and then advertise themselves as hosts on ebay and get a few clients and then just sit back
 
I wonder how many hosts will disappear when school starts back up? Seriously, the barrier to entry is so low, anyone can jump in and call themselves a host - for a little while. I have great respect for those who stick it out and and at least attempt to provide great support.
 
Steve-Hostirian said:
I wonder how many hosts will disappear when school starts back up? Seriously, the barrier to entry is so low, anyone can jump in and call themselves a host - for a little while. I have great respect for those who stick it out and and at least attempt to provide great support.
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They can, but people like us who pump thousands into growing a Company and 18 hours a day, weather it is school week or not (because we are older lol) are the real hosts.

I think the entry costs are low for shared, but in the VPS market, not so much if you run your own servers.

But I agree, there is too many people showing the industry up.
 
BeZazz said:
IMO there is to many "kiddie hosts" promising the world for next to nothing. All they do is give the hosting industry a bad name.

I think the whole master and alpha reseller accounts add the problems as you end up with a whole bunch of people selling something they don’t really have a clue about to another bunch of people that have no clue.


Anyhow that is my whine for the day lol
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You are right but you really thing that people with money don't know that?
I look very carefully when buying everything.
So if there is something not right I will discover it.
What you are saying is available for every industry ... but you have to focus on your product ( to be the best ) ... and leave others.
 
Usually, hosts like that offers super low prices and users just get it. And usually, you suddenly realize that the host disappears. Customers should be more careful with that.
I think the best words here are: "Pay peanuts, get monkeys" .
 
ModulesGarden said:
Usually, hosts like that offers super low prices and users just get it. And usually, you suddenly realize that the host disappears. Customers should be more careful with that.
I think the best words here are: "Pay peanuts, get monkeys" .
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Ive seen cases like this before also, but you also cant judge a book by its cover.
 
Steve-Hostirian said:
I wonder how many hosts will disappear when school starts back up? Seriously, the barrier to entry is so low, anyone can jump in and call themselves a host - for a little while. I have great respect for those who stick it out and and at least attempt to provide great support.
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That's true, and even when they do close they aren't held responsible by law for the business/web host.
 
Some may actually find this rather offensive. I mean really, how does a number affect how someone can potentially run a business?
 
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