Do you fit the pattern?

Hi... forum readers may all be familiar with this article from the Guardian newspaper, which gives a brief but reasonable (as far as it goes) summary of life in second life. (IMHO) But i read it for the first time today.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/secondfest/story/0,,2098676,00.html

a quote from there....

"The average age of the people you'll meet there is 32. Most of them are creative professionals with backgrounds in areas like architecture, design, education and fashion."

I don't fit with either of the above statements, being 51 years old and working as a Food Hostess in a private hospital (only a very slightly glorified waitress who takes the food to the patients).

I don't expect everyone will wish to be as open about their age and what they do in real life as I have just been, but do you fit with the stereotype quoted or not?

just interested in how accurate the article might be or have been when it was written.

45 years old, does a creative mind count even though I can't draw a straight line

Mining/environmental engineering here... definitely not in a "creative" field.

Not in a creative field in RL. And I am not 32.

You are 51.
So your average age is 25 and a half.

Less than 32, so no, you don't fit

just a little over the age but close enough. and am a flight attendant. so half way there guess i eat pie.



I do like the way sling thinks. according to him/her i have an average age of 17 1/2 great.

I think on mean, mode and median i am still 51... I wish my average age WAS 25... thanks for the thought Sling Actually my average attitude is somewhere between 6 and 106, which still makes me about 51 I think... dammit...

love imogen

I'm near the average age, and work in Education. How creative I am is debateable. I didn't bother to read the article.

53, formerly law & international narcotics enforcement, now an IS Operations Manager and would LIKE to have talent, if anyone's got any they're not using right now..... I'll bring it back all fuelled up, honest......

Inc

/me is now creatively pondering the delights (or otherwise) of an education from Brenda .......

I'm 34.75 and am definitely a creative professional.

Why does this feel like an a/s/l? thread?

I'm 41 and in sales....but am learning that I'm more creative than I ever thought, especially with the right tools.

Nope. Too old and I am not in a terribly creative field, although I've been known to make stuff up as I go along just to horrify my colleagues.

"Do touch poke, prod and examine everything. The Residents who created whatever you're manipulating will be proud of their stuff and will love that you're showing such interest. "

Do NOT however do this for two days on the go. Or if the creator happens to be standing right next to you. Also do not ask for a free copy "so I can learn".....




"Do pimp your avatar. Newbie clothes are fine to cover up your virtual birthday suit on the day you arrive, but unless you want to be singled out as green behind the ears forever, change your outfits to represent your style and mood."



If you're a girl that is. Us men tend to stay in the same clothes forever. Just like RL.....





"Don't choose a first name like Dimwit or Doofus unless you're happy for people to call you that for the rest of your Second Life residency."



On the other hand, if the shoe fits up your bum...........





"Do keep your inventory organised."



hahahahahahaha





"Do fly around. The sky's be best vantage point ..."



It's Conan really, isn't it?!! Is there nothing this av won't do for his Open Skies policy???



"Do think outside the box."

No, your think script has to be placed IN the box...it won't work otherwise......

25, Web developer. (better with the creative than the math part of web dev)
I rarely meet people my age and even more rarely meet people younger than me.

I kind of assume everyone is my age and I'm always shocked that they end up being old enough to be my mom or dad. Or that they have kids! I see having kids as that monumental step into adulthood and I'm still stuck at the "should I get couches that match and didn't come from a relatives attic?" stage.

36 and an accountant...yeah, I know.

It takes me about 4 days to read the Saturday Guardian, so by the time I picked up the Guide section where Secondfest was advertised I'd already missed it. So I got the hump and didn't bother to read the article

49. Warehouse Op. And rapidly becoming disabused of the fond belief that my creative abilities have remained untapped all these years in favour of the fact that I haven't actually got any.

I think she must have been stalking me

49, supervisor in electronic assembly company. I fix automated assembly machines. My talents for this job are eyes that miss no details, brain that understand very complicated processes and delicate machinery, and an overactive intuition that is right 98% of the time. And yes, I have included the above in my job resume.

If they are Automated Assembly Machines, why can't they fix themselves....?

Fixing themselves is not part of their programming, not anymore. I took care of that so that I could keep my job. DONT tell my boss...

That's the EXACT answer I was hoping for. well played.

Hmm I'm five years over the average age and work in education, although I don't teach. I create reports with pie charts to make my boss think I'm creative!

I would have to vote "no and yes" but that wasn't an option so I'll choose pie.

I'm not too far off the average age, but I don't work in any of those fields ... but I am a "hobby creative", if that makes sense.

SL was much more creative-focused and skewed that way demographically when it started than it is now. That's been the major trend over the past few years with SL, as compared with when I was first here in 2004.