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It's Darren, actually not Sowulo :D :D :D :D :DQuote:
Originally posted by LanMan:
Sowolo, ten years and NO QUALIFICATIONS? I'd say ten years experience is a HUGE qualification! I wish my MCSE made me near that qualified! (only two years experience. 'course, they've been good years...) I love the whole certification game, but I hope no one confuses 'certified' with 'qualified.'
Been working tech support for 4 months now. Will be getting A+ cert soon but not cuz i need it its so the company has bragging rights. All my knowledge is either from dicking around in my spare time, surfin the net or from talking to friends and coworkers. I've also worked basic network support for the local U for a summer. But i think i learned the most by playing at home. And i see no stop to that in the forseeable future.
Probably I have no right to post here...I'm an engineer... :D
Graduated Politecnic University (in radio-electronics).
Then 6 years as designer/chief designer of computer electronics for Poligraph Mashinery
Plant.
2 years as computer technology teacher and network admin/tech...
and last 3 years as chief engineer for Computer service center and for my own computer educational firm (for Youth).
Took few Microsoft courses just for understanding what I have to learn more and more... ;)
Full time x3 - Network Admin/Site Manager and have a small consulting company while I go to school. 7 years experience and more than 15 different paper certs from all over - graduate degree from the U of OJT.
I'm an MCP, A+, and CCA certified tech all self taught. I work full time for a project management/consulting company. I am the IT department! :D
MCSE training
and many others
No actual certification except one HP Photocopying machine repair...Wooo!!
Everything else I learned on my own...Out of the box thinking most time :D
2 years schooling...(will graduate in July)...been teching for a little over a year now....I agree with Sowulo...full time? 60 hours+ has been the norm for me alot of the last year.... :rolleyes:
60 hours wiil probably end up being the norm for the rest of your working life. Even if we had the luxury of working a 40 hour week, there's always family and friends that want you to fix their computer (after their neighborhood computer guru is done with it)and of course, we can't stand still in this profession so, during "downtime", we still need to keep on on the daily changes in technology...............the price we must pay for being children of the chip!Quote:
Originally posted by PuterGeekGirl:
2 years schooling...(will graduate in July)...been teching for a little over a year now....I agree with Sowulo...full time? 60 hours+ has been the norm for me alot of the last year.... :rolleyes:
:p And I hang out on the river fishing and enjoying MGD. Computers make good anchors and poor tackle boxes. And whem I am bank fishing they make good seats. As far as I am concerned I never question as to whether people on windrivers are "Real Techs". I come here for information and to share what I know. What difference does it make? The fact that I make my living from solving user PC problems sure as hell does not make me an OBGYN.
:rolleyes:
I have one quarter to go on my AAS in Computer Networking and WIN 2000. I work for the school in their IS department (for 1 year now). Before that I was a Information Systems Security Officer for the U.S. Army. I worked for a German ISP for a year while I lived in Germany and I'm A+ certified. This summer I will go for my MCP. I don't think it will be too big of a problem. I'm going to try 2K Pro and 2K Server.
I too work as a Tech but most of my computer training is On the Job. I do have a Bachelors degree in Electronic Technology. ( BSEET). I have also learned a lot here. I don't know about the rest of you ( I didn't read all the posts ) but I am very busy and don't have time to take classes right now, maybe some day but not now. Also like I said most of what I know is from doing so if I haven't had to do it I probably don't know about it. I feel it's far better swallow any pride I have and ask the experts here the stupid questions rather than make a stupid mistake.
My two cents.
As far as helping, I think I've helped a few people and unless I know what I'm talking about or the person isn't getting any responces I leave it to the more experienced guys.
GLSmith
BSEET
I've been coming to Windrivers for two or three years now I think and just "discovered" the forums the other day. It's been a real God-send for finding drivers and companies obscure support pages.
I realized as soon as I read one or two posts that the people answering posts most definitely have a clue. And it's nice that others will back them up or point out conceptual errors. It makes for a nice community.
So to answer the question "How many techs are there in here anyway?" My answer is: "Does it matter?"
BTW. 6 years in Navy with no computers (Reactor Operator)
4+ years working as computer tech
3+ years being A+ Certified... I didn't notice any leap in ability after the cert though.
Associated degree, no certs. Working helpdesk and going insane. If I have to deal with these morons on a daily basis I better be considered a tech or somebody gonna die!!!
I'm a Provincial Government Tech. Workin on a Computer Science degree. Been doing it for years, no Certs though. My experience so far has been that just about every question asked gets answered, so there are enough real techs around for my liking ;)
I'm in training...just at the end of my A+ class, going to take the exam in a couple of weeks