Should I further my IT education, or just get out all together?

Most important question is, do you like it?

 

[trmiv]

SampSon: That's the million dollar question. For the most part, yes I do. I'm interested technology, and I do enjoy the field....if I'm in the right positions. It seems lately, with the poor market I can only find jobs that aren't as technical as I'd like, and I find myself bored. Honestly, if I had my choice, I'd be starting an aquarium maintenance/setup/design company, and eventually opening a high-end saltwater fishstore, but that takes money. That is my eventual goal though.

One thing I've noticed, as Winchester mentioned, is that companies seem to try to get it all nowadays. I've seen tech support positions, where the job desciption is something I could do easily. But you see the requirements, and they start asking for "BS required, MCSE required, CCNA required, knowledge of C++, Linux, Java, etc." When the desciption of the job mentioned nothing regarding those things. I think they just ask for people that know everything, because around here, you can get that.

 

[Winchester]

I think most HR people dont have a clue about computers and they just toss stuff aside without truly thinking. Every job posting I have seen requires you to be a god like computer nerd with 3-7 years experience and can program every language known to man, even obselete ones, have BS in CS or MIS, have MSCE AND CCNA certs, if not more, and be willing to work as a help desk level II at $7.50 with 35 hour work week. I seriously think they just put everything and if you dont match you're tossed.

If any potential employers (actual supervisors with computer knowledge) would just give me the chance to show them what I know they would be shocked. Remember, Bills Gates, Michael Dell, and misc others do not even have a bachelor degree, so according to real world HR people, they wouldnt know jack $hit about computers.

 

[Winchester]

Bump for the morning crowd.