deanmcreynolds26
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Many people on here work within the IT industry??
Looking at going back to college and a new career, was thinking IT as its something that i could enjoy..
what sort of money would i be looking at with a HND computing?!?! just looking for some more info than what i know.. 
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Nismo
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Private girls school network Manager is the job i want 
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deanmcreynolds26
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 nah u want to be the janitor at that school 
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Bart
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eeeeeeeeasy!
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Nismo
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Originally posted by deanmcreynolds26
nah u want to be the janitor at that school
sorting out Dirty little holes
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stubbsy05
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IT sucks IMO, I'm gonna have a career change in the next couple of years. Move over into manaement or something!
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deanmcreynolds26
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wats the money like though? must be alright i suppose?
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Bart
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wats the money like though? must be alright i suppose?
It depends on what kind of Section you go into, as with most jobs.
We just setup a new network in our office, i look after the IT 99% of the time but as im only a trainee design engineer by trade i dont have much free time to spend on the IT.
A while back when i was too busy we paid a local chap £10 per termination of CAT5e cable to our patch panel, i think there was around 50 cables, so he made £500 + VAT when all he needed to use was a £2.99 termination tool, dead easy.
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deanmcreynolds26
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im liking the sound of that £££ ice sent my details to the colege for a course, so waiting to hear back from them
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Bart
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which Course is this?
If i was you i'd pop along and have a word with a teacher and tell them the sorta thing your looking to get into and they can recomend the suitable course.
Theres so many course available.
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deanmcreynolds26
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it was the 1st year of IT maintenance repairs, i dont have relevant qualifications to go into the HNC so i can use this course to proceed..
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chris_uk
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Private girls school network Manager is the job i want
one of these has just come up in our local paper
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willay
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Originally posted by Nismo
Private girls school network Manager is the job i want
one of these has just come up in our local paper
I actually applied to a position just like that  
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willay
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Originally posted by deanmcreynolds26
it was the 1st year of IT maintenance repairs, i dont have relevant qualifications to go into the HNC so i can use this course to proceed..
Word of warning, you need to take in everything they teach and do studies outside of the course because you wont learn everything.
When I was in college they ran a course that sounded like that, and 99% of the students were just gimps and came out still knowing nothing. I took the *advance* course they offered at college with computing and it was utter shit, when I went for my job in the city of london they werent interested in my silly qualifications, they were more interested in my home setup and what I had cooked up using the limited resources I have.
With things like this your heart needs to be in it to succeed, its not as well paid as everyone makes it out to be - you need to be shit hot to make 30k+ type pay.
Good luck.  
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Mikorsa16v
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I did two years of uni in computer science and AI, didn't get on with it in the second year due to moving uni and therefore dropped it all, looked around for a job. Now i'm 20, working for a very large worldwide company on 18k doing database programming (Progress 4GL main language - awesome DB/Programming Language, VB Script, VB, Javascript, HTML, And Progress WebSpeed (web side to progress); I am extremely lucky, I was there at the right time really and excelled in my interview.
[Edited on 15-12-2004 by Mikorsa16v]
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Natz
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i work in internal sales.
They money is good, if you work for someone decent with a decent bonus scheme.
Any1 know of any internal it sales jobs in mk???
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Simon L
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I'm in IT.
Unless you got a Degree, expect to be on around 9k-14k with an HNC/HND.
With a degree hope for around 18k - 22k in your first year.
Getting a job is the hard bit. I was lucky and walked into IBM a few weeks after Uni finished.
What kind of stuff are you interested in Dean? Technical? Support? Programming?
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Simon L
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Oh and most companies wont go near you unless you have relevant experience. So try and do a work placement or sandwich year along with your course.
I did that and worked at HP for a year.
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Jamie
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Dean - Did you not go thru the RAF?
I'm doing HNC Computing at college right now, its easy enough but as said you wont learn to much.
Hopefully doing a 2 + 2 course with work placement and a degree
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net_freak
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i went to college but its sucked, i had to get out on the job, so i did a MA in IT, and now im a fully paided IT engineer at a company called Kvaerner on £12 an hour and work 37 hours a week , so i was working from the start, its the way forward
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Teddy
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Yep i do - work for a data management company.
I earn enough to see me over the months 
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someone
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i did a HND in computing now doing a degree in computer science
HND was a much better course
my friend left hnd and got a job in the city with a starting salary of 16k think its gone up now though
job prices in it range from 11k all the way up to 110k
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AK
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did a BSc Comp Sci...
1st year started on 22k
2nd year...
in 4th year now and 36k
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Robbo
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Adam, stupid question but are u very good with computers or do u jus specialise? I know u said u do oracle (poor u) lol
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AK
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havent used anything oracle based for yonks.....
Most DB shite i use just now is postgres and ingres
most of out products are designed in house, do it pretty specialised
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