my cousin told me about a job opportunity at his work, where they are looking for a network administrator. in the past this place has been known to hire people without technical degrees. my cousin thought i'd be a good candidate and mentioned my name to the person who is hiring over there, and then my cousin emailed me, and asked if id be interested in sending in my resume/cover letter.
i thought about it, and told him i had very little experience with networking (outside of home networking). I have played around with computers for fun since highschool, and had 2 years of helpdesk experience at my college (and am now working in a temporary help desk position for 2.5 months) but i know nothing about large networks.
would it be really stressful to be in charge of networking for a company, with my limited experience? is it worth it, to have to be on call all the time and be of utmost importance for their steady operation? I'd probably have to read up a lot about networking too, and spend time outside of work on it. as of now i dont really have a social life, and i hope to change that. a network admin job, might make it even harder though.
I first told my cousin in an email, that i wasnt interested in a network admin job, because i had limited experience. he sent a reply back saying something to the extent of "you arent even going to try? not even send in your resume?"
i didnt respond for a few days (because i didnt know what to say) and then he sent me another email telling me that there may be a helpdesk job available as well.
well my current job will last another 2 months before i need to find another. im going to show interest in either the helpdesk or the network admin job, at my cousin's work, just not sure which. and of course ill apply for work in a ton of other places too.
i thought about it, and told him i had very little experience with networking (outside of home networking). I have played around with computers for fun since highschool, and had 2 years of helpdesk experience at my college (and am now working in a temporary help desk position for 2.5 months) but i know nothing about large networks.
would it be really stressful to be in charge of networking for a company, with my limited experience? is it worth it, to have to be on call all the time and be of utmost importance for their steady operation? I'd probably have to read up a lot about networking too, and spend time outside of work on it. as of now i dont really have a social life, and i hope to change that. a network admin job, might make it even harder though.
I first told my cousin in an email, that i wasnt interested in a network admin job, because i had limited experience. he sent a reply back saying something to the extent of "you arent even going to try? not even send in your resume?"
i didnt respond for a few days (because i didnt know what to say) and then he sent me another email telling me that there may be a helpdesk job available as well.
well my current job will last another 2 months before i need to find another. im going to show interest in either the helpdesk or the network admin job, at my cousin's work, just not sure which. and of course ill apply for work in a ton of other places too.
...at least I don;t think I am qualified for that
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