Question for IT people

[MOTOXXX]

Ive been considering moving into this area since i finished school a few years ago. Something like desktop support or something similar.
I have a reasonable knoledge of computers but nothing i would call spectaular. eg 6form cert in computing.

Just thought i would ask if any of you guys are in that type of work or similar and what type of qualifications you would recomend or a good way to get into that area.

[bear]

For a desktop support type role I would think a tertiary qualification would be necessary, perhaps a good first point of call would be a recruitment agency that specialise in IT, and see what experience/qualifications they look for.

[Sparky Bills]

You mean to say, that you went to comp class???
Whats up with that?!
Typing "a.s.d.f" over and over doesnt count Timms.

[MOTOXXX]

haha
martin your looking to get knocked over like a Mexican bank my son.

oh you mean typing in cheats for doom 'idkfa' doesnt qualify :spudwhat:

[badlieutenant]

remember that turtle program...........forward 30 right 90 forward 50...tedious at best....monochromatic screens and dos only what crap that we thought was fun.....

[James Deuce]

Ive been considering moving into this area since i finished school a few years ago. Something like desktop support or something similar.
I have a reasonable knoledge of computers but nothing i would call spectaular. eg 6form cert in computing.

Just thought i would ask if any of you guys are in that type of work or similar and what type of qualifications you would recomend or a good way to get into that area.

thanks guys

Give us a CV, give me a yell so we can hook up for a coffee or a beer and I'll see if I can help. We may have some possies comming up in the near future at Datacom.

I'll PM my email addy.

Cheers

Jim

[Cajun]

Give us a CV, give me a yell so we can hook up for a coffee or a beer and I'll see if I can help. We may have some possies comming up in the near future at Datacom.

I'll PM my email addy.

Cheers

Jim

you work for datacom yucky

BTW sorry for not ringing ya on monday i total forgot about it dc:<

[badlieutenant]

What I meant to say was have you looked at Linux ? I have a friend with no real qualifications in computing but he is a self taught linux guru now hes self employed and sounds like hes snowed under with work. If you want to know more I can ask him about helping you out. Hes very keen to teach it so that he can have someone to help him with his work load, and hes only 21 (just in case you might have thought he was some old geek with his nose in a computer for the last 15 years)

[James Deuce]

you work for datacom yucky

BTW sorry for not ringing ya on monday i total forgot about it dc:<

Best job I've had in a decade and no worries! Next time.

[Dr Bob]

You think Datacom is bad, I'm putting together my C.V. for IRD at the moment.

[Sparky Bills]

Im talkin bout Mrs Devlins keyboard classes in 3rd form!
Dont you remember??
And I have never been able to sit and play computer games! I get too bored. Gotta get out and about!

[dhunt]

Ive been considering moving into this area since i finished school a few years ago. Something like desktop support or something similar.
I have a reasonable knoledge of computers but nothing i would call spectaular. eg 6form cert in computing.

Just thought i would ask if any of you guys are in that type of work or similar and what type of qualifications you would recomend or a good way to get into that area

I do a lot of desktop support (part time) as still at uni and don't have any paper qualifications for this at all. They way I learnt stuff was playing around with OS's especially Linux and learning from that. I'm not sure how getting qualifications really would help much except maybe you can charge more etc or it may make it easier to get a job.

[Dr Bob]

For those of you talkn about typin, try the dvorak keyboard layout. Best damned change I ever made. Much faster, less likely to cause injury, and confuses the tech people when they try messing with my machine.

[jrandom]

You think Datacom is bad, I'm putting together my C.V. for IRD at the moment.

Oi, you! Come work for *us*. Gimme a yell sometime if you're interested.

IRD. Shudder.

[jrandom]

In response to the original post - I should note that I've been the computer geek type since age 10 or so, ended up doing comp sci and working in software engineering rather than IT. I prefer it that way. Hate 'users'. Hate crawling around plugging cables in under desks. Hate pushing buttons on Microsoft products.

If you need the basic 'this is the on button' IT courses to get you going, you *really* aren't going to be much use to an employer unless it's effectively an apprenticeship in a reasonably-sized IT department.

Otherwise, just play around at home, run Linux, learn to program with scripting languages. If you actually know your shiznit with that stuff, you'll find a job, paper or no paper.