Should i start looking for a new job?

[d1abolic]

Well i'm 18 and i currently work about 25-30 hours a week at a fast food place. It'a a decent job though - the place isn't busy most of the time, and pays $9/hr CDN, unlike other fast food jobs that only pay $6.85/hr CDN. I've been working there for a little over 6 months, and.. i'm bored. The money is alright, but the job just doesn't require any thinking - my brain is half-asleep most of the time. So anyway, i was thinking of looking for a new job. Something to make use of my computer skills. A job like that should pay more than this one and be a little more interesting. But i'm not sure exactly what to look for. I can do all kinds of things. Pretty much anything that requires in-depth knowledge of the OS, such as tech support. Easy crap like data entry too of course. Can also do HTML and some Photoshop. What do you guys think i should look for? And how much would it pay? Remember, i don't have much to put on my resume, and don't even have my high-school diploma yet.

 

[Stealth1024]

start your own company

 

[dude]

Dunno about you eskimos in the north but in the US, without a resume, or even a diploma, it's hard to find anything that doesn't require flipping burgers and fries, and waxing cars.

I doubt anyone will hire you to do HTML and Photoshoping... wait, you're in high school and you own Photoshop? I couldn't afford it and did a competative upgrade with Adobe... Maybe you don't need a job... Anyways, you'll most likely be presented with the question, "show me your work", or "what experience do you have?"

 

[IGBT]

Check into the public mass transit biz. All modern trains, buses,LRV's are loaded with prolulsion/brake logic and fault logger systems. Lots of cpu based control systems in the APSE equipment as well. The fault logger interrogators are laptop's running w98se. Most of the on board electronics are made by Westinghouse Transportation.

 

[Stealth1024]

Wait a minute here... Last summer (completion of Jr. year of HS) I was hired by my school district to be the assistant computer coordinator just for the summer... This year I'm hoping to secure the same job. On the weekends and evenings I then run my own computer business doing jobs for individuals and businesses on the side. Examples on such include setting up a network for a small local business, designing their web site, setting up someone's new computer, tutoring them, fixing or upgrading computers, providing advice on new purchases, and other simple things like that...

My fees are $20/hour if I am working at home, or $30 hour for onsite service. In my experiences, however, when working with businesses I could easily charge $60 hour, but the low prices gives me a ton of repeat business and word spreads in this local community pretty fast.

Don't by the notion that just because you are young that you can't get a good job, create your own! Starting your own ISP (perhaps fixed wireless) would be a great option if you live out here in the country like I do.