Does your age come into consideration when employers consider you for a job (IT related)?

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Mookow
Yes, dont let your potential employers know that you consider users to be evil little trolls that must be thwarted in their quest to use anything you can control as a member of IT.

It's so much better to let your employer find out that little "bonus" aspect after you've been hired. Besides, everyone already knows that users are evil little trolls that must be punished. Especially after they set up their own little DHCP servers and attempt to deny responsibility.

which is why you lock down and don't permit rogue DHCP servers.

I'm not the top network admin, so I dont set the policies, I'm just the guy who tracks the bastage down and kills his connection, then talks to him when he franticly demands his network connection be reinstated. It's funny how some people dont understand reality, and how when you have no leverage, calling the guy who controls your internet access a "c*cksucker" (and this was before I started being a bastard) is not helpful.

He wasnt going to get his connection back until the next day anyway, but after we had our little conversation, he's going to have to wait quite a while longer. Though if he had any brains at all he'd just buy a 802.11b card (there's an AP about 25' from his office door) and wait until his hardwired connection was restored. Of course, if you have any brains at all, after causing a network outage for a couple other people, and after getting someone from IT Networking on the line who confirms that your connection has been stopped (and I politely told him what he had done to cause that), the first words out of your mouth would not be "Now listen here you little c*cksucker...".

 

[mAdMaLuDaWg]

Originally posted by: Whisper
Hmm...I'd think that 21 wouldn't be too too young of an age to consider for a full-time position in IT. At least that way they can underpay you at first, and then give you raises as you get older.

Are you sure it's entirely based on your age, or perhaps the other answers that you've been giving to interview questions, and your persona as a whole?

Didn't even make it to the interview... just basic questions like are you available for relocation, salary history etc

 

[mAdMaLuDaWg]

Originally posted by: freesia39
i don't think its more of your age but the fact you're still IN school. being in school you won't be able to be available whenever they want you there. you will have a class conflict or a test conflict or need to study, etc.

the 25 year old, out of school, with no desire to go back is a much more desirable hire because all they will do is work.

plus if they hire you, once you're done with school you will probably bolt and get a better paying job. they'd rather try to hire someone for the long term than to train you to get a better job once you're done.

Whenever an employer gives me a call, I make sure to emaphasize that I currently work a full time 9 to 5 and school is only a thing I do on the side