My 2nd job but 1st IT job.

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After messing about building PCs for last year or so I built one for someone's son. What I wasn't aware of that the Father of the son owned his own IT support and Networking solutions company.

His Father is now my boss although I am still doing my other job at the same time.

I'm now have the title of hardware engineer

My job basically involves building server racks, installing all the switches and cabling it all up and installing workstations.

seems pretty cool so far, I have been doing it sice just before crimbo.

 

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Sounds pretty cool, I guess you like it too since you're a hardware nut?

Good job

And what's with all these people suddenly getting new jobs, is the economy finally picking up ?

 

Sounds great fella.

If your enjoying it thats the main thing.

 

Allegedly it is.

Yep seem quite cool, have been doing a load of remote stuff although writing scripts n stuff reminds me of programming which really annoys me.

 

Great news GBL I was actually gonna drop you a PM to ask how's your jobseeking going.

Well done mate. Enjoy

 

Thanks

 

Congrats...
Sounds like fun. Are you working as a consultant?

 

Sounds good mate, well done!

 

Wooo! I know you've been wanting your first "real" IT job... congrats!

 

Congrats.

 

Congrats GBL. A great end to a long hard slog.

 

Well deserved and congrats

 

I have to do the odd bit where I advise what the clients should have but I don't go through business plans and how it will help etc/

Thanks everyone.

 

Sounds great man. Glad to hear you've got something more enjoyable sorted! Enjoy it

Qs

 

only thing is I am doing my old job still 3 nights a week and doing my new job 4/5 days a week, I might end up hitting a wall of tiredness at some point. Doing 60 odd hours a week might get to me in the end.

 

It can be done, I'm sure you'll be fine. The work needs to be enjoyable. It helps if the people you interact with are a good bunch as well.

 

Congrats. Its well deserved.

Maria

 

Yep, everyone seems fine although I actually like building and upgrading stuff where I am on my own just so I can get on with things.

Thermal paste gets a bit over powering after you build 5 systems a day though.

Had a weird experience the other day, I had to figure out what was wrong with a cutsomers server (was one built for him by someone) to my suprise I found out it was being powered by the worst make of power supply you can get ' the dreaded rosewill ' it took all about 1 second to realise that that was the problem.

 

THanks everyone