Originally posted by: Duddy
You guys seriously hate your tech jobs?
I was hired by a local ISP here, I only have one boss. I'm my own manager. I can't see how this would suck.
It will also give me more experience for my MCSE.
Hmmmm...let's see. In most tech jobs, especially ones that deal with users....
- Users rarely call you unless something is wrong
- Users call you when they want something new (which you either can't control or don't have money for)
- Users are rarely satisfied how long it takes to resolve the issue (that they usually caused)
- Most users don't understand that most of their issues can be fixed by a reboot
- You get asked how to fix their home computer for free (that was probably messed up by the teenage boy in th ehouse browsing for porn)
- Users don't understand that you can't just reload an OS in a few minutes when they delete all of those folders that the didn't think they needed (true story, before the WinXP days..)
- Users think all problems are caused by the computer, even though a large number are user error (please remember the I-D-ten-T and PEBKAC errors)
- Do I even have to mention phone support (support over the phones or phone system support, you pick)
I could go on if you give me long enough.
On the other hand, the pay is decent.