Job part 3

[Cleetus]

I would leave IT if I could

[Khazad]

I'm a tech, it's what i know and love. There are other jobs that i would be well suited for, but they would require me to get another degree, and they would be longer hauls that i would not enjoy as much (anyone who knows me has always told me i'd make a good lawyer or a psychiatrist (fancy that an insane person telling people how to become more normal)). So here i am, and i plan on staying. You all can get out, I'll just reap the benefits when the indistry goes through another shortage of skilled professional IT people

[Cleetus]

I'm a tech, it's what i know and love. There are other jobs that i would be well suited for, but they would require me to get another degree, and they would be longer hauls that i would not enjoy as much (anyone who knows me has always told me i'd make a good lawyer or a psychiatrist (fancy that an insane person telling people how to become more normal)). So here i am, and i plan on staying. You all can get out, I'll just reap the benefits when the indistry goes through another shortage of skilled professional IT people

I am good at IT, but I hate people so much, it weighs me down to where I hate computers.

[Khazad]

it is a hazard of the job, but one i can cope with most days.

[jitBob]

There are too many ways to go sideways in this field and just too much to learn to go anyother way.

[PuterGeekGirl]

I am good at IT, but I hate people so much, it weighs me down to where I hate computers.

Yep, theres alot of days where that seems to happen....

[Cleetus]

Honestly I have often thought of finding a shop somewhere and being a bench tech. I enjoy so much working on the computers, troubleshooting, just me and the machine fixing schtuff. But rarely do I get to do that, majority of the time I babysit exucitives and their staffs. Don't get me wrong, I get schmooze, play the politics games and have people eating out of my hand, it just isn't me and weighs me down.

Last job we always had huge roll outs, things always changing, heck 5 guys and 4000 pc's. You didn't babysit there.

[3fingersalute]

Not a bad I idea there Cleet, but I hate dealing with customers worse then I do dealing with users.

I worked for two different shops for the last 12 years, and just went corporate back in March. I love being out of the retail shops, not needing to deal with customers (although the last one had a bench-techs don't interact with customers policy which was cool, but I spent most of my time out of shop onsite anyways, so there was the customers again).

Now that I am in corporate, I love it. I deal with users (our staff), who can be pains at times, but there are two of us here in IT, and he was here first, so he is "in management" and gets to deal with all the bull****, politics, etc, while I just get to fix the hell out of stuff, which is just what I want!

[KINGofBLEH]

Don't see myself leaving the biz anytime soon.

[WebHead]

Honestly I have often thought of finding a shop somewhere and being a bench tech...

Yeah, but those jobs only pay like $5 an hour.

[Cleetus]

Yeah, but those jobs only pay like $5 an hour.

That's why I haven't made a move

[Cleetus]

Wow, rather suprising results

[gazzak]

I want to drive a train.

[amyb]

I want to be a caddie for Tiger Woods.

[Rogue1987]

Why leave what I like doing.