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Too bad I can't seem to be able to edit my answer anymore... My title has changed as I got a promotion on friday. YAY!

 

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Job Role: IT Trainer
Time there: 4 years
Good: Being paid to talk to people about computers and computing. Meeting new people. Travelling around the country visiting client sites. Getting involved in new projects early on so that I can create training for them.
Bad: I hate people who don't turn up for a session, but don't bother telling you that they can't make it. Not getting involved in new projects early enough so that I can create training for them.

 

Job Title - IT sys tech at a school
Time in role - 2 months
Good - Support lots of systems/good variety of technology, work with nice people on immediate team
Bad - Salary means I can't be financially independent any time soon, no real career development without moving on, not alot of staff with a majroity middle aged and hence social side is potentially bad, alot of time tedios work/low level support calls.

 

Job Role: IT Support Technician
Time there: 15 months
Good: Working for a small company and being the only "IT person" (well, a few developers, but I'm the only person looking after our servers, network etc) I get to do absolutely everything. I get to choose the products, plan the infrastructure, buy everything,, install it all and support it afterwards so really varied job role. My manager's a developer and doesn't know a lot about servers so he completely trusts me with what I recommend (even though I've only got three years commercial IT experience, two of them on a helpdesk). Lovely colleagues, no unsocial hours (unless the server decides to die over the weekend...).
Bad: Being the only one there isn't anyone to exchange ideas with, discuss things, develop ideas etc. And no one to moan to about the users Pay isn't brilliant and it's too much work at the moment so I can't concentrate on the really important things. Getting a junior soon though so that will hopefully solve this.

 

I can relate to most of your post. But my days tend to go from being bored (although I make good use of my time but stuck at the desk the whole day!) to stupidly busy. Totally agree about the exchanging ideas etc..

 

Job Role: Systems Administrator
Time There: 2 Years
Good: Very relaxed atmosphere, good pay, no 'hard and fast' time restrictions for lunch etc, good team, excellent boss, get to play around with a lot of new technology and increase product knowledge, training, trust, location (I can walk to work)
Bad: Nothing really. Progression may be difficult - glass ceiling.

 

Role : Senior Systems Admin - but only me know
Time : 8 years - part of the furniture
Good : perfect job for helping my missus raise 4 kids, close to home and school, very relaxed place
Bad : limited scope for technical and career advancement

 

Role: "Covert operator" at the Geeksquad (Second Line support)

Time: Just over a month.

Good: Pay is high for the work, get new tech from vendors ages before release, atmosphere is non-stressful at all and there are a whole range of people working here from all walks of life. 33 days holiday a year, get anything from bestbuy at cost + 5%, free gym membership, free CPD courses, subsidised food the list goes on.

Bad: I'd like the commute to be a little less but that's hardly the job's fault, I accepted it afterall!

 

Role - Technical Lead (started out as a Technical Service Desk agent - basically helpdesk, was promoted to Technical Lead last year)
Time - coming up to 4 years in January
Good - it's my first IT job, so learned a lot, got my foot on the ladder, close to home, it's one of the world's biggest IT companies, helped greatly in studying for certs, etc.
Bad - boring, there's only about 10 actual fixes we do, and the majority are user profile issues and slow running workstation issues

But like i've already posted, I start my new role as Development Build & Support Technician in 2 weeks (same company, same building), which is basically supporting Fujitsu Mainframes - a whole new area for me, lots to learn (my new boss has already paid for me to go on 2 residential courses in February) and i'm really looking forward to the challenge