--- title: "It's going to be a lifelong journey: Aden Reed follows passion, graduates from UNK with IT degree" description: Aden Reed has always been interested in electronics and technology. This fascination came from his father, who worked on nuclear missiles while serving in --- [Skip to content](https://blog.growbuffalocounty.com/development-council-for-buffalo-county-blog/news-center/p/item/54971/its-going-to-be-a-lifelong-journey-aden-reed-follows-passion-graduates-from-unk-with-it-degree#main-content) [![Development Council for Buffalo County logo](https://blog.growbuffalocounty.com/hubfs/Development%20Council%20Logo_1-23-23_V1.png)](https://growbuffalocounty.com) - About Buffalo County - [Communities](https://growbuffalocounty.com/communities) - [Livability](https://growbuffalocounty.com/live) - [Labor](https://growbuffalocounty.com/work) - Site Selectors - [Sites & Buildings](https://growbuffalocounty.com/sites-buildings) - [Target Industries](https://growbuffalocounty.com/target-industries) - [Regional Data](https://growbuffalocounty.com/regional-data) - [Location Advantages](https://growbuffalocounty.com/location-advantages) - Strategic Initiatives - [Build Buffalo County](https://growbuffalocounty.com/build-buffalo-county) - Business Support - [Incentives](https://growbuffalocounty.com/incentives) - [Resources](https://growbuffalocounty.com/resources) - [Entrepreneurs](https://growbuffalocounty.com/big-idea-buffalo-county) - About DCBC - [Services](https://growbuffalocounty.com/services-1) - [Staff](https://growbuffalocounty.com/staff) - [Board](https://growbuffalocounty.com/board) - [Investors](https://growbuffalocounty.com/membership) - [News](https://growbuffalocounty.com/news) - [Contact Us](https://growbuffalocounty.com/contact-us) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. # It's going to be a lifelong journey: Aden Reed follows passion, graduates from UNK with IT degree [Admin](https://blog.growbuffalocounty.com/development-council-for-buffalo-county-blog/author/admin) Published Dec 13, 2023 Reading Time 1 min read Aden Reed has always been interested in electronics and technology. This fascination came from his father, who worked on nuclear missiles while serving in the U.S. Air Force. Reed started out as a tinkerer, but as his skill level improved, people began coming to him to fix their equipment. As a high schooler, he built his own multipurpose computer as both a hobby and necessity. “It started out as something I needed to go to college,” said Reed, who studied business and IT education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln before transferring to the University of Nebraska at Kearney in fall 2021. Reed still uses that computer, but hes no longer focused on becoming a teacher. Instead, he decided to follow his passion into the information technology field. 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