OT:rediculous, IT people Options

[bd1308]

i'm sitting here at the school, and there are all of these techs running around (my age) reading papres on how to add printers. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/WTF.gif) makes me wonder why I never get the good jobs.....

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[BigDBass]

I'll chime in too. In three days, on March 31st, I will have 9 years under my belt with my current employer. I work at a university in the IT department as the boss over the university network and servers. When I started at this place, my title was something like "Technical Specialist" and I was the help desk, PC repair guy, trainer, and network guy all rolled up in one. From there the IT department continued to grow and I became "Network Administrator", and a few years later I'm "Assistant Director" with a staff of system and network techies.

We hire (and fire) a lot of students to work for our department. The good ones are watched closely and developed as much as possible. Currently 2 of my full time staff originally worked for my department as students then were hired full time in helpdesk/PC technician roles, then I "stole" them to work in my group because they were good. Helpdesk positions are high turnover. You burn out fast. But it gives you a chance to be noticed. Management knows people don't last long in entry level IT jobs. We know you will move on, so if you are good we will try to keep you in the organization through promotions and/or lateral moves to see where you develop best.

Hmm, I just rambled a bunch. I think I'll take a nap.