Going back to school..

[T.W.R]

How about a Diploma in Management? It can get you into management in a variety of industries and job roles. I reckon you'd be pretty damn good at marketing. I'm studying it and the options seem boundless. (TWR can give you some info - I knew you wouldn't mind me dumping you in it Bill)

You dumped me in it Col nah alls good!

Honestly Sarge, If you feel inclined to study your way into a new vocation go for it There are plenty of options on where & how, and if your in the position to be able too, do it full-time as it allows you to get into the mind-set to be able to attack things fully. Plus you have a better focus on the goal to achieve.

The atmosphere of the learning enviroment takes a bit to get used too after being in the workforce for so long but you adapt to it easy enough. Time management is the biggest issue, but nothing that can't be overcome.

I got my Diploma it walked me into a job easily enough but I've come back to a vocation that's my passion & a position that allows me apply what I've learnt to the whole business instead of just part of a company.

There isn't anything such as the perfect job, but there are positions out there that you can be happy with & keep you happy, it's just how you apply yourself to it that counts

[Jeremy]

What do you want to do in the IT industry?

[Swoop]

yea well i am old, grizzly-lookin, Un-PC and Rude ..

If you are un-PC, and involved with the edjumacation system in NZ...

The flash-bangs are gonna be worth shit. You'll need Willie-Pete on those fu*kers.

[SARGE]

What do you want to do in the IT industry?

i've always been keen on network security..wouldnt mind getting a sniff into that area ..

the Mrs is a supervisor at the University of Auckland ITSS Helpdesk.. i dont think i have the patience for that though..

[Big Dave]

When you asked me the other day I wasn't sure where you are coming from.

Personally - I think your education in the school of life puts you in a better position to understand the nuances of advertising far better than any Degree course. 'taint rocket science.

Read these quotes from my hero of the game and you have years worth of theory sussed:

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/au...id_ogilvy.html

You will also see he indicates that creative 'weirdos' are sometimes worth a punt.

Talk about it on FJ day tomorrow.

[SARGE]

When you asked me the other day I wasn't sure where you are coming from.

Personally - I think your education in the school of life puts you in a better position to understand the nuances of advertising far better than any Degree course. 'taint rocket science.

Read these quotes from my hero of the game and you have it years worth of theory sussed:

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/au...id_ogilvy.html

You will also see he indicates that creative 'weirdos' are sometimes worth a punt.

Talk about it on FJ day tomorrow.

cool man .. any idea what time ya wanna hook up?


i like these ..

Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.

There are very few men of genius in advertising agencies. But we need all we can find. Almost without exception they are disagreeable. Don't destroy them. They lay golden eggs

[Big Dave]

cool man .. any idea what time ya wanna hook up?

Late morning. I'm going to work till the end of the NFL replay at about 3.

11.00 AM under the big boat and we'll make it up from there?

[SARGE]

Late morning. I'm going to work till the end of the NFL replay at about 3.

11.00 AM under the big boat and we'll make it up from there?

sweet.. i'll be all over the gridiron myself ..ill ring ya about 10 or so

[SuperDave]

Hey Sarge, a Bachelors Degree in Advertising at AUT?
Are you referring to the Bachelor of Communication Studies majoring in advertising creativity?

[R6_kid:Me]

now .. i have the chance to get into something im real keen on.. a Bachelors Degree in Advertising at AUT..

im mid-40-ish in age and i hear that you've got to be one of the " beautiful people" ( i'm not..) and mid-20's to even get a sniff

you'd be lying if you didnt say you have 'an eye for it'

[Big Dave]

sweet.. i'll be all over the gridiron myself ..ill ring ya about 10 or so

bueno - ist gut.

[SARGE]

you'd be lying if you didnt say you have 'an eye for it'

i do man... but only one ..

[Biff]

My mother went back to school when she was in her late 40s in order to get her basic qualifications. She was in school with my younger brother .

My memories of shouting, " bye bro, bye mum have a good day at school, I'm off to work" in the mornings was weird.

In her 50s she went to university. She's now a director of a well known public organization in the UK.

And she's met the queen. And the Queen gave her a nice badge. God bless her.

[Jeremy]

i've always been keen on network security..wouldnt mind getting a sniff into that area ..

the Mrs is a supervisor at the University of Auckland ITSS Helpdesk.. i dont think i have the patience for that though..

Then an MCSE is possibly not the best starting path. What's your experience with networks or unix? Do you want to do network administration or just the security consulting?

http://www.kiwicareers.govt.nz/defau...103&id1=J80237 < network admin or whatever they want to call it this day of the week.

Pity they don't put flowcharts for skills or promotions on that website.
But I'd say that a system admin is a computer technician, who can also use unix, and who understand how to read the technical documentation for network architecture and can implement it.

From scratch the computer technician is probably about a month of study, unix another month, and the network side of it a month or two including basic security and physics.

[SARGE]

Then an MCSE is possibly not the best starting path. What's your experience with networks or unix? Do you want to do network administration or just the security consulting?

http://www.kiwicareers.govt.nz/defau...103&id1=J80237 < network admin or whatever they want to call it this day of the week.

Pity they don't put flowcharts for skills or promotions on that website.
But I'd say that a system admin is a computer technician, who can also use unix, and who understand how to read the technical documentation for network architecture and can implement it.

From scratch the computer technician is probably about a month of study, unix another month, and the network side of it a month or two including basic security and physics.

i have a "bit" of experience back a few years ago of finding holes in security.. more of a hobby really

i have a copy of Eeye Retina that i use to play on my home network and i'd like to get into doing it on a larger scale i think..

the future is wide open...(Tom Petty)

like i said . im still really keen on the Advertising / Marketing arena but i guess it pays to have a backup..