Poll: How many of you work in IT?

[wordy]

Telephony (Siemens analogue & VOIP and Nortel VOIP) and contact Centre support.

 

[Stelly]

But he manages Microsoft tech.. so no such thing as root.

Whats 'root'??

lol

Stelly

 

[Gypo]

ICT Support for an Academy.

 

[tlrBeta]

Yes - Application Consultant / Implementation Analyst / Project Manager ...all comes as one really. Currently work with Oracle JD Edwards, might expand more soon.

 

[elmarko]

Hm, not sure if I qualify.

I do VBA coding/SPSS predictive modelling & statistics work as a business intelligence analyst.

BI is kind of the red headed stepchild of IT

 

[Fred]

Developer using Cobol (yes it's still out there!!)

I gave that habbit up years ago, although it will probably be ingrained in my memory until I die

 

[kefkef]

Senior Manager/Board Level. Do all the strategy/roadmap type stuff and capital funding side of things. Can be interesting at times, can end up with me pulling my hair out too!

 

[gambitt]

IT contractor but my job titles vary greatly depending on whoever waves the most money at me...

 

[nst68]

Dude you must be raking it in now... 4 years ago I knew a cobol programmer who was earning serious cash supporting legacy cobol code.

Not raking it in

and I'm not supporting legacy code, but writing new stuff!!

 

[Garry1990]

IT techy at a local computer shop

 

[Luke]

No option for "I did, but hated it after 10 years and jacked it in".

 

[Mr Jack]

For those who got out - what did you go into?

I'm currently doing an MSc in Molecular Genetics, hopefully I'll do a PhD starting next year and end up as a proper scientist.

 

[nikeair94]

Doing a level 3 ICT - Software Development Course in College.

Any software developers out there wanna give me a heads up on what to do next or what I should really be learning to get a job? Thanks.

 

[Luke]

For those who got out - what did you go into?

Paramedic training (well, course preceding paramedic training currently)

 

[jbloggs]

IT is not something I ever would want to do to earn a living, simply because the joy I get from it as a hobby (which it is to me now) would disappear...and also the profession that I am in pays far better!

 

[nikeair94]

IT is not something I ever would want to do to earn a living, simply because the joy I get from it as a hobby (which it is to me now) would disappear...and also the profession that I am in pays far better!

What profession are you in now, if you don't mind me asking?

Also, I don't think I will ever dislike ICT, I love every aspect of it and hope to get a career in it.

I am only 17 though, lets see how I feel about ICT in another 10 years.

 

[RSR]

My official title is Applications Engineer for a ISP based in London, which means a lot of Cisco, Juniper, Microsoft, VMWare and Linux work. However, my core skill set is around NetApp, Cisco and VMWare.

 

[tedmaul]

Quality Assurance Lead for an investment bank. I manage a team of 7 software testers performing automated and manual system and regression testing for back office reference data systems. It can be hectic and stressful at times, but I mostly enjoy it thanks to working with some good people.

 

[Bry]

Support (1st 2nd and 3rd line) and Development in a team of 15

 

[topgun06]

Work in a company of around 150 people on an automotive project for Toyota/Lexus.

Work with .NET, SQL Server technologies and the usual client side stuff to produce web applications for use online and in dealerships. Quite enjoyable and I have learnt a lot!