I need out of IT

jamief said:
You seem quite reluctant.

If you actually want out of IT, you need to seriously think about changing things - you might need to work shifts, or for lower pay, or work outside. These decisions don't come easily I'm afraid.
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I seem reluctant because I dont want to be a postman or security guard? Can you blame me! Nothing wrong with those roles but I worked hard in school and I have qualifications and I have mates that are in those types of roles that didnt bother to attend school, I also have mates that earn around £25k a year and didnt attend uni but did well in school, can you see what I am saying? Its frustrating
 
No offence but school is not hard and if you did not do a degree/go to Uni then it was childsplay education.

Education has nothing to do with earning potential largely but that's not to say you can get big numbers without working for it.

Without study you are screwed, even if you stayed in IT you WOULD need to study if you wanted to advance your pay. I hate studying too, I just find different ways of doing it.
 
Milkybk said:
Why thank you :D

Read the stuff you've put. You want a career change but you don't want to work for it, that's a bad attitude IMO. It's so obvious how to get out of it if you hate it. :rolleyes:
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Sounds to me like the OP wants a change, but doesn't know what to and doesn't want to commit to anything that he is unsure about. In which case, he really needs to figure out what exactly he wants to do and find out the best way into that.
 
Sin_Chase said:
No offence but school is not hard and if you did not do a degree/go to Uni then it was childsplay education.

Education has nothing to do with earning potential largely but that's not to say you can get big numbers without working for it.

Without study you are screwed, even if you stayed in IT you WOULD need to study if you wanted to advance your pay. I hate studying too, I just find different ways of doing it.
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I agree and have already admitted this on the previous page, I openly said I need to decide what I want to do and take steps toward it by looking at what I want to study to achieve getting into such a role. It really is typical that what has been said has been ignored and then continue on the point prior to any development of the topic
 
Relentless81 said:
I refuse to study at 29, I have tried, I failed simply because it doesnt interest me anymore and I find it tedious and boring
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A lot, if not most jobs outside manual labouring will expect you to learn/study stuff. If you don't want to do what you are currently trained for, you left with two options, learn/study for some new skills do an unskilled job.
 
clv101 said:
A lot, if not most jobs outside manual labouring will expect you to learn/study stuff. If you don't want to do what you are currently trained for, you left with two options, learn/study for some new skills do an unskilled job.
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Oh my days,

Again. That is specifically in regards to IT, please read the post above yours. Thats the last time I repeat that, I must have said it three times now

Thanks for the advice but that point has already been covered and answered
 
Relentless81 said:
I seem reluctant because I dont want to be a postman or security guard? Can you blame me! Nothing wrong with those roles but I worked hard in school and I have qualifications and I have mates that are in those types of roles that didnt bother to attend school, I also have mates that earn around £25k a year and didnt attend uni but did well in school, can you see what I am saying? Its frustrating
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No, I meant that you seem reluctant to consider anything that has been suggested; you have an excuse for why each thing isn't suitable.

If you really want to change career, you need to either accept the fact that it will be somethign unskilled (postie, for example), or that you'll need to retrain and take a temporary drop in salary.
 
You sound like a complete arse, coming here asking for advice and attacking half of the people who have suggested anything. May I suggest brushing up on your communications skills as a good starting point.
 
MattU said:
You sound like a complete arse, coming here asking for advice and attacking half of the people who have suggested anything. May I suggest brushing up on your communications skills as a good starting point.
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I am a complete arse, especially when I have to repeat myself over and over to ignorant people who cant be arsed to read a thread!

I have already posted on the previous page what I am going to do based on the advice given
 
Railway contractor.

Don't discard the thought. Once your name is out there, a grand a week is peanuts and your company is taking the ****.
 
MattU said:
You sound like a complete arse, coming here asking for advice and attacking half of the people who have suggested anything. May I suggest brushing up on your communications skills as a good starting point.
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May I suggest brushing up on your reading skills as you clearly didn't read the thread before jumping on the keyboard like a little troll to spew trash.
 
regulus said:
Railway contractor.

Don't discard the thought. Once your name is out there, a grand a week is peanuts and your company is taking the ****.
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In an indirect way thats interesting, what does it take to "get your name out there" in terms of IT? I know its going against everything i've said but i'm curious to know just how difficult IT contracting is as a one man band because one thing I have noticed whilst searching is smaller companies dont employ IT staff, yet they have IT equipement, someone must be supporting it and they can only be small simple networks?
 
Relentless81 said:
In an indirect way thats interesting, what does it take to "get your name out there" in terms of IT? I know its going against everything i've said but i'm curious to know just how difficult IT contracting is as a one man band because one thing I have noticed whilst searching is smaller companies dont employ IT staff, yet they have IT equipement, someone must be supporting it and they can only be small simple networks?
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I work in a company of around 40 people and we don't have a dedicated IT guy. Instead we contract the work to a company in the same neighbourhood. He only has to come in when something breaks and manages the server etc from his own office. Only gets called out here maybe once a week. He drives a new BMW, though his hair, once black, is now grey.
 
I help him out from time to time so he doesn't have to come in (setting up new machines, changing the backup tapes on the server and so on) but he contracts to who knows how many other companies. No idea what his workload is.
 
Maybe for something in BT or a Sky somehting? At least you'll get to go out and see and do things in different places. Maybe something along the practical side of things?:D
 
I was not trolling and I did read the entire thread thanks. I'm just curious why someone would expect people to offer advice given the way he has reacted to most of the posts.
 
To the OP you ever thought of doing TEFL? It's a chance to get away from IT and teach English to kids/adults in another country. Ive been stuck in mindless IT Support jobs for 5 years and am going to do the TEFL and "break free". yes I wont get paid as much but Im damn sure Il be happier
 
elrasho said:
To the OP you ever thought of doing TEFL? It's a chance to get away from IT and teach English to kids/adults in another country. Ive been stuck in mindless IT Support jobs for 5 years and am going to do the TEFL and "break free". yes I wont get paid as much but Im damn sure Il be happier
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Thanks for the info but no I dont fancy teaching, especially not in another country
 
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