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    Job change advice

    Okay, looking for info and some personal experience stuff from all you IT and computer related fields. I have been in heavy construction since I was in high school (I started when I was 16, I am now 26). I like what I do but I just need to move on, and the computer thing intrigues me enough to consider it as a full time job. I would like to just get some ideas of what you guys do on a daily basis. Also some disadvantages and advantages.

    Thanks for any input
    Originally posted by Fusion
    If a car is the epitome of freedom, than an electric car is house arrest with your wife titty fucking your next door neighbor.
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    #2
    I was in IT up until I moved in August. I dealt with confused people wondering why their printer wasn't working, wrote up technical documents and I was in constant contact with our cellular and internet contractors (they learn to hate you as much as you hate them).

    It can get kind of monotonous if you're not really into it. I didn't mind it.

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      #3
      I've been doing IT-related shit for a long while.

      It's pointless, boring, and pretty much mind-numbing, but the pay is decent. I don't really work hard at it. I actually think heavy construction would be fun.

      -Charlie
      Swing wild, brake later, don't apologize.
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        #4
        Originally posted by Charlie View Post
        I've been doing IT-related shit for a long while.

        It's pointless, boring, and pretty much mind-numbing, but the pay is decent. I don't really work hard at it. I actually think heavy construction would be fun.

        -Charlie
        Well what I do is fun (pipe and dirt work) but dirty and hard on the body. I have 2 bad knees now (fom cave in's) and tennis elbow just starting up form it, along with general pains from a physical job.

        Its just become time to move on
        Originally posted by Fusion
        If a car is the epitome of freedom, than an electric car is house arrest with your wife titty fucking your next door neighbor.
        The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. -Alexis de Tocqueville


        The Desire to Save Humanity is Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule it- H. L. Mencken

        Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants.
        William Pitt-

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          #5
          in my opinion "IT" vaguely identifies a variety of jobs and professions. do you know more specifically what you want to do in the field?

          work is for suckers!
          Last edited by TOAST; 10-16-2006, 03:12 PM.

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            #6
            what IT means??? ooooooops
            IT IS BETTER TO DIE ON YOUR FEET THAN LIVE ON YOUR KNEES - emiliano zapata!

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              #7
              Originally posted by TOAST View Post
              in my opinion "IT" vaguely identifies a variety of jobs and professions. do you know more specifically what you want to do in the field?

              work is for suckers!
              Yeah, extremely broad. IT could be working at a help disk telling people how to work their computers, or consulting with different corperations and implementing computing solutions.

              97 Cosmos M3

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                #8
                Tell them promote you to foreman so you can point your finger and get paid bucks.

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                  #9
                  IT has become a very saturated market.. You need a 4 year degree to start making a decent wage and good job experience is what you really need to get into most of good positions that don't include being on a phone all day.

                  I've been in IT since I was 19. Now I'm 25, I work as an IT Technologist for UTK and run a small computer repair business out of my home. It's really beginning to get boring and monotonous. I'm looking more toward engineering and fabrication or starting a different kind of business. I haven't even finished my IT degree and I'm beginning to think it would be a good idea to change my major before it's too late.

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                    #10
                    thanks this is what I was looking for personal experience and insight into the field.

                    808, a working foreman only makes a few K (less then 5) a year more than I do where I am at now, and I would still have to keep on doing what I am doing now plus all the bull shit paper work and PR. I have allredy thought of that.
                    Originally posted by Fusion
                    If a car is the epitome of freedom, than an electric car is house arrest with your wife titty fucking your next door neighbor.
                    The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. -Alexis de Tocqueville


                    The Desire to Save Humanity is Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule it- H. L. Mencken

                    Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants.
                    William Pitt-

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                      #11
                      Moving into IT isnt easy anymore unless you have higher education. It used to be guys could get into entry level phone-tech jobs but those are all in Banglapour now.

                      All of those certification programs are bullshit, nobody will hire someone that just has certs. You either need college or experience first.
                      Im now E30less.
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                        #12
                        Yeah. I've been in the IT fireld for close to a decade now.

                        You have to be on top of your shit to make it anywhere and have a real strong sense of logic and skill, not much a degree can help you with. You have to be mentally trained for it.

                        I'll give you some salary ranges from my company to give you an ideal of what some of the higher end companies will pay you:

                        Systems Engineers: 50-75k + stock

                        Network Engineers: 75-100k + stock

                        Sr. Programmers: 100k-130k + stock

                        Make sure you really like it and are really good at it before you commit.

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