Im looking for jobs as i graduate in June and want to secure something before that. I will graduate with a rubbish media Ba degree and I cant find any jobs relevant to this and the few I have found in London are all £7 an hour jobs.
However previous to the last 2 years (transferred over) my whole background has been IT focused, Ever since I was in primary school fixing the Viglen PC that broke itself in windows 95 daily, to doing and completing a BTEC in Software Design, then doing 2 years at plym uni doing comp sci BSC which i couldnt get into, i let the student lifestyle run away with me and never did any work. So i transferred onto a media degree which I am about to complete, and the way its looking I will probably achieve a first in this.
I find the course I am on so easy its ridiculous, literally taking me ONE WEEK per semester (2 semester a year) to do all the work to first standard. This I feel a sign in itself that I shouldnt sort of, waste my intelligence doing media related work all my life (i dont want to sound cocky here, btw).
I like the idea of IT contracting and if necessary I have the finances to stay out of the workplace full time to complete a course or courses that will put me in good standing to do it.
Now i know certain people on here do this with no qualifications at all, but all of the job descriptions tell me I would be greatly better off studying the MCDST exams ? I already have a CCNA but it was so long ago I dont really remember any of it..
Looking at 3rd tier desktop support (the lowest) I will be looking at £20 an hour in london which is far better than £7 an hour with no flexibility. Travelling is fine for me, I love driving, i drive from cornwall to north wales just for fun, lol, so i dont really care about fuel allowance.
I would be greatfull if anyone actually in the industry could comment, give advice, etc
However previous to the last 2 years (transferred over) my whole background has been IT focused, Ever since I was in primary school fixing the Viglen PC that broke itself in windows 95 daily, to doing and completing a BTEC in Software Design, then doing 2 years at plym uni doing comp sci BSC which i couldnt get into, i let the student lifestyle run away with me and never did any work. So i transferred onto a media degree which I am about to complete, and the way its looking I will probably achieve a first in this.
I find the course I am on so easy its ridiculous, literally taking me ONE WEEK per semester (2 semester a year) to do all the work to first standard. This I feel a sign in itself that I shouldnt sort of, waste my intelligence doing media related work all my life (i dont want to sound cocky here, btw).
I like the idea of IT contracting and if necessary I have the finances to stay out of the workplace full time to complete a course or courses that will put me in good standing to do it.
Now i know certain people on here do this with no qualifications at all, but all of the job descriptions tell me I would be greatly better off studying the MCDST exams ? I already have a CCNA but it was so long ago I dont really remember any of it..
Looking at 3rd tier desktop support (the lowest) I will be looking at £20 an hour in london which is far better than £7 an hour with no flexibility. Travelling is fine for me, I love driving, i drive from cornwall to north wales just for fun, lol, so i dont really care about fuel allowance.
I would be greatfull if anyone actually in the industry could comment, give advice, etc
