what do you do at your job and what skills are you learning?

[jingramm]

what skills do you think you are learning that will help get your NEXT job?

and is it the career path that you want?

 

[Gibson486]

bend over....take it....or how to get by without kneepads.


I guess it is a useful skill

 

[nerp]

I'm now an editor.

Managing a budget.

Yes, it's the path I want.

 

[rcpratt]

I'm learning how to bullshit my way through questions from the NRC. I like it.

 

[theflyingpig]

I slaughter the innocent. I'm learning time management and taxidermy.

 

[olds]

I teach equipment operators. My next job will be with equipment so it all applies. After that, I'll retire.

 

[rudeguy]

I sell stuff.

Learning how to adjust primary metrics on the fly.

I like sales, hate management....so kinda. Just sucks that advancement means a paycut.

 

[Cogman]

I'm now an intern,

And I've learned you can SUCK at all things related to computers and still have a job managing IT stuff. (yes, my IT guy is retarded.)

 

[olds]

I sell stuff.

Learning how to adjust primary metrics on the fly.

I like sales, hate management....so kinda. Just sucks that advancement means a paycut.

I promoted 10 months ago and took a 10k a year drop. I now make more in salary but lost my OT and 10 man pay (10 percent of my salary).
OT and 10 man pay doesn't count towards retirement.

 

[mwtgg]

I work in public accounting and am getting really good at clearing jams in the shredder.

 

[deadlyapp]

I've learned a shitload in my current job, and yes it will pay off if I decide to get into the power industry after college.

 

[xSauronx]

I'm now an intern,

And I've learned you can SUCK at all things related to computers and still have a job managing IT stuff. (yes, my IT guy is retarded.)

you dont work at a hostpital in eastern, NC, do you?

i got an internship at a rather large hospital here in NC. the IS dept for this hospital + the other clinics and hospitals in the group is between 200 and 250 people.

software and workstation hardware is years behind. were having to remote into machines one at a time to upgrade office 2k to office 2003. one. at.a.fucking.time.

im learning how much like Office Space a large corporate IT department can be, and how to keep people from asking me too many questions. once this internship is over, ill likely look for employment elsehwere while im in school.

 

[Greenman]

I've learned a lot at my job, the rape and pillaging is great, but I just can't get behind the burning part.

 

[Cogman]

you dont work at a hostpital in eastern, NC, do you?

i got an internship at a rather large hospital here in NC. the IS dept for this hospital + the other clinics and hospitals in the group is between 200 and 250 people.

software and workstation hardware is years behind. were having to remote into machines one at a time to upgrade office 2k to office 2003. one. at.a.fucking.time.

im learning how much like Office Space a large corporate IT department can be, and how to keep people from asking me too many questions. once this internship is over, ill likely look for employment elsehwere while im in school.

No, but it sounds strikingly familiar. All of their software is several generations behind (Most of the company is still running Win2k.). IT guy is opposed to standard maintenance practices IE Disk defragmentation (He thinks it causes data corruption...). Their website has SEVERAL security vulnerabilities, I'm afraid to tell you what I do for fear someone would turn the entire network into a botnet (It is seriously that bad. SQL Injection, XSS, ect, you name it, their software has it, and is running wonderfully on the internet!) And whats worse, he never fixes a damn thing.

As far as I can tell, the only thing he does is monitor how much bandwidth the company uses and bitch if it ever goes over 300mb (yes, mb., They have a T1 connection, and a couple of DSL connections, and no, they don't have a maximum monthly allowance. Yet, heaven forbid someone start up pandora and listen to music!)

I'm currently working on fixing a small portion of their software to be more secure. There are some things I can't fix, their database is messed up. No normalization, and data that has been moved from database to database from the stone age.

 

[vi edit]

I'm an admin for some fairly complex healthcare systems. Career wise this fall I'll sit for a certification that about 15 people in the state hold...4 of which are my coworkers. I've got a skillset that would make me marketable to about any large hospital system in the country.

No complaints.

 

[rasczak]

The current job I am at is the first true sys admin I've had. I have near complete control over pretty much all of the network. I've learned more my first year and a half here than I've learned over the course of the previous five years in the IT field. I've been real slow working on my certs, but I'm starting to feel the itch to get them done. I've touched everything from OS flavors such as windows/unix to openvms to sco. I've built up routers/switches/IDS/Firewalls. It's been a blast so far.

I'd have to say the most training I've recieved has been unix based, and a lot of networking as well. Not bad for a guy with no certs, and no degree. I just kick myself because i could be making so much more with them. So much more.

 

[TonyG]

My current job is a special effects and pyrotechnics tech. Couldn't even begin to delve into what I have learned, but I was highly interested in this type of stuff before I started.

Nothing like safely blowing things up, or taking a second look at my control position and deciding to back it up a few more feet...