What do we do for jobs?

[bugilt]

Real Estate agent. I've been working in property management recently with the typical winter months market slowdown. I want to get into commercial real estate when I get a few more classes under my belt.

[kibbles]

Lead network engineer for Cingular (sorry, AT&T Mobility).

Working on lots of really expensive routers lighting up really really really big pipes nationwide. Good stuff.

And yes, IT people can easily make 6 figures but you have to specialize (for example I'm specifically an MPLS backbone engineer), you have to be good and you have to have the right attitude.

However, as a network engineer for example I would say your current absolute maximum (salary) is about $150k unless you're a high end contractor in which case your bill rate can be substantially higher.

So you younger folks, learn to be good network engineers! It's one of the few jobs that can't be easily outsourced (engineering mind you, not operations) since we still need to be able to "touch" things at times.

[Kedash00]

Third tier technical support for computers/servers/LAN/WAN/disaster recovery/audit compliance/etc for about 600 companies from 15 mill in assets up to Fortune 100 companies you hear about in the news. It's about as specific as I'm allowed to get due to some funny contract stuff with some of our customers (can't go around advertising we do their stuff for them). All tech stuff most days, interface to middle/upper/senior/board of directors type "stuff" for internal and customer facing activities when needed.

Lol! i am tier 2 so i probaly send stuff to you all day long, basically the same thing as he does but i'm only tier 2, someone is always better than me...

[Sanctume]

I'm a Mining Engineer, and I mine gold for a living. And WoW! -- ok just kidding.
I heard on NPR how Mining Engineers are in demand due to the cost of precious metal going up in price.

I'm a programmer by day. Accounting software for a media company, maintaining 32-bit apps, developing to .net

Degree: B.S. Comp Sci & Math

[Ellay]

I am also Tier 3 technical support for a California based Software Company, largest perk is working from home

2 year Associates degree in Computer Engineering... considering going back for at least a 4 year though - companies care too much about a piece of paper!

[Eteocles]

That's what's odd for me Ellay...most companies do care heavily about those damn degrees(and some of them, like the IT guys, with good reason), and I was told in my teen years constantly how important it can be...but when the time for College came, I didn't have the time(to do it OR to wait on it due to family circumstances) nor the money for tuition...so I've never set foot in college, no degree and I got a decent starter job luckily and have moved up from there, thanks to "wasting" my teen years on the computer, learning the ins and outs of them and how to be effective/efficient with them ;p

I got placed where I am partly due to some job-finding testing and my computer skills scored high on it to bypass most burger-flipping jobs(No offense TMNT =x lol) - All without a degree. And I was homeschooled(For high school only) to boot. Public schools ain't what they used to be, and with the amount of info you can get off the internet, if you have the drive you can teach yourself alot ;p

[Vyndree]

.. largest perk is working from home

I hate you. I wanna work from home.



SDET (Software tester) @ Microsoft.

No, I do not work on Windows.

[Dawnstone]

Document Control Specialist for a sheet metal/fabrication job shop. I basically just print CAD drawings all day.

Degree: Associates in Network Administration.

[Sarduci]

Lol! i am tier 2 so i probaly send stuff to you all day long, basically the same thing as he does but i'm only tier 2, someone is always better than me...

Don't feel bad, there's always someone who knows more than you in something and less in another area. We're hired a few contractors that were geniuses at their area (Active Directory, multi-branch deployment scenario, auditing, server and sql performance tuning) but couldn't figure out how to install basic software on their computer.....

BTW: No degree here, my portfolio of profitable, ROI friendly and completed IT projects have spoke for themselves over the past 13 years. And yes, I am going back to school this year.

[Effex]

Bit of an all arounder me..

Day Job
8 years programming in VBA, mainly Access
3 years Architectural design, claim to fame was doing englands largest church though the council decided the site wasnt right and closed the project grr
6 years engineering design.

Night Stuff / My passion

Danced for Cyberkitten voted englands top small hard dance club for a year then started a small hard dance night of my own, currently waiting for a new venue to be finalised before I start up again.