Originally Posted by JamesM

I found this one

And this one

And my new favourite

Originally Posted by Novocastrian

Oh, Christ, not that thread again.

Originally Posted by JamesM

I'd park it there mate.

Originally Posted by dbd33

I got one of those ransom virus thingies (I think it was when I went to some dodgy sites to check that my image hadn't been included in the fappening). "FBI" it said, "Pay Fine $100 to unlock computer", lots of official looking stuff.

"If I had 30 minutes with Mr. Google", I might have thought, "I could fix this". Alas, the computer's locked, innit? There's no chance to google. I took the machine to people who fix this stuff. I suppose I could have asked a passing kid how to get google on the phone but that's a lot of messing about; I just needed it fixed.

Originally Posted by dbd33

Yes, and it has people who fix this sort of stuff. I actually took it to a client's department of people who fix this sort of stuff as that was convenient.

My point though is that I'm just a user of notebook computers, I've no interest in knowing anything about Windoze, so I'd rather pay than deal with problems of this nature. Similarly, I expect I could program the phone (if it hadn't lost so many keys) as I'm an assembler programmer by trade but I'm not interested to do so.

Between people who can't fix computer problems and those who won't try there's lots of market for a keen kid.

Originally Posted by Gozit

Yeah. I'm done

Yeah. I want to get into the business side of it; which involves some coding custom programs for organisations, but is more the side of implementing solutions such as Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory, as well as the commissioning/setup/oversight of employee laptops, mobiles, etc. Either that or start my own business...

Originally Posted by JamesM

My mate is the IT Support Guy for a firm.

It's a lot of dealing with whiny people and telling them to switch things on and off.

Apparently that really does solve 90% of all issues.

Originally Posted by JamesM

My mate is the IT Support Guy for a firm.

It's a lot of dealing with whiny people and telling them to switch things on and off.

Apparently that really does solve 90% of all issues.

Originally Posted by Gozit

Yeah. I'm done

Yeah. I want to get into the business side of it; which involves some coding custom programs for organisations, but is more the side of implementing solutions such as Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory, as well as the commissioning/setup/oversight of employee laptops, mobiles, etc. Either that or start my own business...

Originally Posted by Alan2005

Seriously, there are loads of IT/tech jobs that aren't IT support monkey. It might sound great to you now but it's not a career I'd recommend - especially to those with a bit of nouse. You can do better I'm sure.

Originally Posted by Tirytory

Upcycling at it's finest.

Hmmm I guess James has first dibs on the beer fridge...amazingly for a great big canadian house we have a fricken teeny tiny fridge which has that coating which also means it repels magnets! Useless! So I do need a fridge for the beer/wine that I can't currently consume!

Originally Posted by JamesM

Lively on here tonight.

Originally Posted by Novocastrian

Quite. Our adolescent would clearly have failed the Marshmallow Test.

Originally Posted by Gozit

I don't necessarily want to be the typical IT support monkey - the specific job I was/am looking at is called Technical Quality Manager. Basically like an IT monkey BUT is on site for a huge corporation sorting major issues, not just "switch on and off" issues. Pros are lots of travel, can basically live anywhere in the world because you have to travel to onsite location and change location every 6-8 months anyway, good pay, its in the field I want. Only cons are its a fairly stressful job - if the whole system goes down and you're responsible ....

Originally Posted by JamesM

These Support roles you can end up on call a lot.

My mate is actually third level now. When the first guy can't solve it and the second guy can't solve it he get's the call.

He's paid well for covering the emergency but being on call can be a whole weekend of no booze.

Originally Posted by JamesM

Don't worry.

You eat for two and I'll have the fridge and drink for two :-)

Lively on here tonight.