Humbling Yourself....
Life is hard, there is no deny that. If you think about how hard it is for you to get up in the morning, let alone without lying there until the song goes off or hit the snooze button. Just getting up to start a new day, one that might be better than the one before or worse, is something I guess a lot of people don't want to do; or too lazy to turn that alarm clock off.
How do you get through the day? Do you spend it looking at the clock wising that the time would somehow go quicker, or the hope that your watch is broken and a hour too slow? Or do you stay so busy that by the time you look at your watch, its quiting time? Or are you one of those people in the middle, how know how to manage their time, between the good and bad at work, only to escape the days, waiting for that pay day?
I know I am the latter, i'm thankful that my job has to do with certain peoples lack of knowledge of basic computer techniques, AKA, something that is big and scary to one person is something that I delt with either many times before in the past or so simple that it an issue that I can fix quickly.
Look on the many days and many different issues I have seen in the world it IT, I have yet to really see one that has completely stumped me to the point where the only logical answer is the computer has soul....which I hope never happens. Which is why I titled this entry as humbling myself. What I am doing now, basically help desk issues is boring and pretty easy for something who has a degree in IT, but yet, many companies are using it as a stepping stone for future IT professionals (as if thats a term we *IT Folk* can use when we basically steal everything) At the end of the day, I had a talk with a couple people in my work place, about the people, issues and strange stuff they have seen on the job. There is one person who is in their 40's, the same job as myself, and has been with the company for more than 10 years. I'm puzzled by that, I would be horrified is someone who is HALF my age is at the same level I am. This is were humbling myself comes into play. I have, in the past and knowingly in the future will complain about how much I get paid blah blah blah. I think its everyones dream to win the lotto and live on a island, but the majority will work and continue to work. Some work for less and do more work, and some work less for more pay. I have to balance that aspect of my life. Even though my salary is great for a recent college grad, I still have ALOT to learn, not only at work and in its environment, but also in the politics and bullshit that comes with it. Its a job that not only I have to manage, but also those who are recent grads as well. We might be independant and got jobs, but your still being looked at, talked about, review, evaluated, questioned, tested...you might never go back to school to learn, but your getting tested everyday....and it starts with that alarm clock...
*beep* *beep*
How do you get through the day? Do you spend it looking at the clock wising that the time would somehow go quicker, or the hope that your watch is broken and a hour too slow? Or do you stay so busy that by the time you look at your watch, its quiting time? Or are you one of those people in the middle, how know how to manage their time, between the good and bad at work, only to escape the days, waiting for that pay day?
I know I am the latter, i'm thankful that my job has to do with certain peoples lack of knowledge of basic computer techniques, AKA, something that is big and scary to one person is something that I delt with either many times before in the past or so simple that it an issue that I can fix quickly.
Look on the many days and many different issues I have seen in the world it IT, I have yet to really see one that has completely stumped me to the point where the only logical answer is the computer has soul....which I hope never happens. Which is why I titled this entry as humbling myself. What I am doing now, basically help desk issues is boring and pretty easy for something who has a degree in IT, but yet, many companies are using it as a stepping stone for future IT professionals (as if thats a term we *IT Folk* can use when we basically steal everything) At the end of the day, I had a talk with a couple people in my work place, about the people, issues and strange stuff they have seen on the job. There is one person who is in their 40's, the same job as myself, and has been with the company for more than 10 years. I'm puzzled by that, I would be horrified is someone who is HALF my age is at the same level I am. This is were humbling myself comes into play. I have, in the past and knowingly in the future will complain about how much I get paid blah blah blah. I think its everyones dream to win the lotto and live on a island, but the majority will work and continue to work. Some work for less and do more work, and some work less for more pay. I have to balance that aspect of my life. Even though my salary is great for a recent college grad, I still have ALOT to learn, not only at work and in its environment, but also in the politics and bullshit that comes with it. Its a job that not only I have to manage, but also those who are recent grads as well. We might be independant and got jobs, but your still being looked at, talked about, review, evaluated, questioned, tested...you might never go back to school to learn, but your getting tested everyday....and it starts with that alarm clock...
*beep* *beep*
posted by BMass at 21:43
1 Comments:
I think the importantt thing here - as Arstechnica is full of overworked, underpaid IT professionals that burn out quickly - is to keep an eye on whatever position you want and make steps outside of your job to get there. So MSCA/MSCE/CCNA would be the path if you wanted to become a system administrator or network administrator. Actually, I might have a book to give you in that regard. MS sent me a Win2k3 network book for some reason or the other, and it's not like I'm ever going to use it. You might have some 'fun' with it :p
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