Who is in IT & What do you do?!

[Dave]

Im curious, I think theres quite a few of us here..

I do desktop support for a mining company in the north west.

[Jeff]

Well I'm more Telco that IT nowadays, but I've done sales, sales support, network admin, website admin, on-site technician... the list goes on.

Now I run a retail shop... people are more fun to talk to than PCs :mrgreen:

[Saxon]

i have dabbled in IT... but nowdays im just a latte sipping graphic designer :lol:

[Steve]

Yeah I am. Admin in all the following: W2K Servers, Netware 4.11, NT, Metaframe, Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000, Cisco Switching and Routing, hmm what else....Soon to be a Solaris 9 Admin, look after 120 Desktops...Microwave Comms...Shit I need a vacation!

[Dave]

eek netware

[Dave]

Steve

I thought CSC looked after all the IT for where you worked.. (Im guessing where you work!).. or is that just in the US they do?

[Steve]

Dave Netware Rocks as far as I'm concerned. Have a NW 4.11 Server that we haven't rebooted in nearly 3 years mate! Only getting rid of our NW servers under sufferance! No Dave me and few other blokes look after all our IT work!

[Dave]

Dave Netware Rocks as far as I'm concerned. Have a NW 4.11 Server that we haven't rebooted in nearly 3 years mate! Only getting rid of our NW servers under sufferance! No Dave me and few other blokes look after all our IT work!

That would be a good thing .. :) The not using CSC bit I think hehe

Netware still blows!! :).. If I dont understand it, it must be crud!

[Al]

Analyst Programmer for IAG.... starting to think that a Lawn Mower round would be a nice change!!!

[Steve]

I'm still waiting for the pool cleaner job to come up somewhere on the Whit Sunday Islands.

[Dave]

You want frys with that

somedays it sounds like a dream job.. the worst that could happen is a burger being extra sloppy rather than just sloppy..

[TJB]

I tinker with OS/390 DB2... Penguin

You should rename this thread to "Nerds Unite!"… :D

[zzzz]

anti-hacking :)

[Steve]

Zach do you reckon that your industry will ever become pro-active rather than re-active? Not having a go at you or anything. But that's what it's gonna take. I guess as soon as MS stops Beta testing their OS's by releasing them to the public to troubleshoot you might be out of a job. But I can't see that happening! :lol:

[Deane]

just got a CS degree and looking for an IT job but they all require this thing called EXPERIENCE............ bugger

[TJB]

Yeah, that's the thing. A few years ago you only needed 2-3yrs experience to land a "good" job. Now since the market has gotten so tight in many areas, I've seen employers asking for 10-15yrs experience. Depending on what IT you do, it tends to make it very hard to get into and to move around...

Sucks to that... bring back the good old days! :)

[Deane]

Tell me about it, I send out about 20 resumes a week but employers can get someone with a degree and a few years experience very easily.

Or maybe I am just looking in the wrong places...

How did you guys start in the industry????

[DIRK]

Yeah, I'm in IT. In fact, no matter what I do I'm always in IT. IT's just the depth that varies.

[TJB]

How did you guys start in the industry????

I was obscenely lucky… :)

Dunno how it works these days, but have you tried putting your name down with a few IT agencies…? I've heard they have jobs on their books that you'd never hear about via normal means...
Just a thought...??

[Dave]

I was lucky too and got a job as the good ol days where ending :).. In fact I got to choose between two I got offered in the one day and took the one I am in now. Im with TJB, send your resume to the recruitment agencies and hopefully they will find something for you.

Take anything you can get, even if it is a 2-3month rollout. Any charities / schools need IT help? It could be the difference between you and the 100's of other IT graduates out there at the moment.

I got my first IT job after doing work experience and then being offered a job, after 6 months there I got my current job and tripled my pay.. (not that it was much to begin with)..

Where are you located? What kind of IT work are you after.. I work for a pretty big IT outsourcing company I could have a look in the Intranet and see whats out there..

[Deane]

Based in sydney although I would not mind a job in newcastle or on the central coast, I dont mind what I do but would like to get into security or networks.

All of the recruitment agencies to date have told me they do very minimal graduate work because no one wants to pay them for a graduate.

[Steve]

Deane,

Try and get your hands on a Commonwealth Gazette. They list every job in the Public service Australia wide. Now granted the PS isn't the highest paying job in the world, but the Public Service often has many many entry level positions available. Great place to get experience and the training is good! When I moved to Oz 10 years ago that's how I got my start, and as a matter of fact I'm still with the Commonwealth.

[omaroo]

At the moment I'm an IT/Development manager in a Unix (Solaris/Linux) eCommerce/Graphics/Publishing environment.

My history started as a CE for IBM back in 1980 and progressed through all sorts of hardware-related CE jobs for 10 years. I then became interested in Pick/Universe database support and design. This led to about 5 years in the Credit Union sector who at that time all relied on the Pick OS.

In about 1992 I started with a new company (Quickcut) designing publishing distribution networks and tools - culminating in a product for Quickcut called QuickPrint/PageStore which has now gone multi-national.

I now operate the development arm of a small web-based company designing ecommerce-based version of PageStore called DigitalAds.

I really want to mow lawns too ;)

[Dave]

Hey I see potential for a new mowing franchise...

"Escaping geeks mowing"

[CrazyNuts]

Yep...i'm in IT

I work for Edith Cowan University in Mt Lawley (Perth) as a 2nd tier Support Officer.

This place blows and i'm always looking for other opprotunities.

[Ando_13]

Zach do you reckon that your industry will ever become pro-active rather than re-active?

Ever heard of a HoneyNet?

I.T. in Defence, want to get into I.T. Security

Hey Zach did you get my PM?

[AussieCJ7]

I work for one of the US based IT giants in customer suport engineering

Got my start from Dept of Defence then was in the right place at the right time I doubt I would even get a interview if I applied now I pitty the guys just starting out

I specialise in mobile wireless, you know that funny thing called 3G Penguin and also service provider voice networks, helping build your next generation converged networks Penguin

PS I am trade qualified not a degree like most these days

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[Steve]

PS I am trade qualified not a degree like most these days


Ditto I have a degree in Year 12! :mrgreen: Hands on means more than paper, to me anyways!

ACJ7,
Have a mate in the US that sells the US based IT Giant stuff you mentioned. Sold so much of it 2 years ago that he got a free set of Calloway Golf Clubs from them. Including the $700 bag to go with the clubs! Granted his contract was with the US Navy.