How you got up to the position your in right now (IT Jobs)

cbigbrick

Position: PC Technician
Length: 6 months
Part Time or Full Time: part
Certificates: A+, MCP 4.0
Education: BS in Engineering Technology from Old Dominion University
Wage Start: 10/hr
Wage Finish: 13/hr
Reference: None
How you found the job: Local Newspaper – Free Lance Star
Location: Fredericksburg, VA
Promotion: No
Comments: This company was run by a guy who wanted to shaft everybody including his employees and clients. I only stayed to get experience then I was gone.

Position: Computer Support Technician
Length: 28 months
Part Time or Full Time: Full with bennies
Certificates: A+, Network+, MCSE 4.0
Education: BS in Engineering Technology from Old Dominion University
Wage Start: 35k/yr
Wage Finish: 38k/yr
Reference: Yes…had to give them 4 people.
How you found the job: Newspaper – Washington Post
Location: Springfield, VA
Promotion: Yes
Comments: I couldn’t have landed a better position. It was great. We installed a completely new network including routers, switches, 20 desktops, 2 servers, and a SAN in the first six months I was there. Talk about OJT!!! And I got promoted. See below.

Position: Server Support Engineer
Length: 19 months
Part Time or Full Time: Full with bennies, 401K and bonus
Certificates: A+, Network+, MCSE 4.0
Education: BS in Engineering Technology from Old Dominion University
Wage Start: 43k/yr
Wage Finish:
Reference:
How you found the job:
Location: Springfield, VA
Promotion: Yes
Comments: Again, I couldn’t have landed a better position. We installed a third server with 2 SANS. Rolled out more desktops and switches. This was a great job and great people to work with. When I started in the company there were 67 people and by this time there were 120.

Position: System Administrator
Length: 5 months
Part Time or Full Time: Full with bennies, 401K and bonus
Certificates: A+, Network+, MCSE 4.0
Education: BS in Engineering Technology from Old Dominion University
Wage Start:
Wage Finish: 52k/yr
Reference: no
How you found the job:
Location: Springfield, VA
Promotion: NO
Comments: Same place as mentioned above. New management came in and made everyone miserable. They fired my boss and promoted me. I get fed up with the BS so I left just like a lot of other people. I took about 6 weeks off to decompress and then went job hunting.

Position: Jr. Engineer
Length: 14 months
Part Time or Full Time: Full with bennies and 401K
Certificates: A+, Network+, MCSE 4.0, SANS 405
Education: BS in Engineering Technology from Old Dominion University
Wage Start: 70k/yr
Wage Finish:
Reference: Yes…both personal and professional
How you found the job: Monster
Location: Washington, DC
Promotion: Not yet…didn’t even get an annual review. What’s up with that??
Comments: This has been a fantastic job over the last year but the political climate has changed in the office since they consolidated us into one building in late December. I did get to travel and see most of the United States.


Position: Windows System Administrator
Length: Hope to be starting in February
Part Time or Full Time: Full with bennies and 401K, bonus, flex plan & reimbursement for METRO!!
Certificates: A+, Network+, MCSE 4.0, SANS 405 working on CCNA & MCSE2k3
Education: BS in Engineering Technology from Old Dominion University
Wage Start: 85k/yr
Wage Finish:
Reference: 2 former bosses & one friend
How you found the job: Former boss works there
Location: Washington, DC
Promotion:
Comments: My former boss kept asking for my resume last year. I finally gave to them this past December and had the interview. The interview was very funny. They kept asking why I sent them my resume and I kept responding that I didn’t. I then explained that one of their employees kept asking for it. The look on everyone’s face was priceless. Offer letter on the WAY!!!!

chmod

Position:Help Desk tech
Length:8 months
Part Time or Full Time:Full time
Certificates:Back that time i was studying for my ccna, but i had a lot of courses approved.
Education:High school, part of telematic engineering
Wage Start:
Wage Finish:
Reference:N/A
How you found the job:Newspaper
Location:CR
Promotion:To server admin
Comments:It was a great job to gain some experience, but my boss was a jerk, he didnt know how to manage an IT dpmt. But i was 18 yrs old, i took the chance.
He didnt know about server and i was the only one that learned about them so he had to promote me.

Position: Server support engineer
Length: 1 year
Part Time or Full Time: Full
Certificates: Cisco 640-821(intro) and LPIC-1
Education: Part of telematic engineering
Wage Start:
Wage Finish:
Reference: None
How you found the job: Job Fair @HP
Location: CR
Promotion: yes
Comments: I learned a lot, they didnt want to help me with my certifications, but the knowledge i gained on servers and HPUX but specially blades is priceless for me.And i was 19, i really enjoyed working there.

Position: Server administrator
Length: 5 months - current
Part Time or Full Time: Full Time
Certificates: A+ ,CCNA intro, LPIC-1
Education: High School and part of telematic engineering
Wage Start:
Wage Finish:
Reference: None
How you found the job: College job board
Location: CR
Promotion:
Comments:I love this place, i have learned a lot, the IT dpmt has a great budget, i have plenty of servers to play, im free to implement whatever i think is best for the company, i use my knowledge on server and linux, im learning a lot of VoIP,SQL and i have access to whatever i want.
My boss is always encouraging the techs and admin to get more certification and the company pay the certs if we pass. They have a lot of book related to several certifications.

But what i would like to do, is to offer VoIP services based on asterisk.

ITNYC

Position: Computer/Server systems Technician
Length: 2005 - 2007/present
Part Time or Full Time: Full-time
Certificates: Computer systems repair technician from University
Education: See Certificates
Wage Start: 24K - 11.50/hr
Wage Finish: 27k - 12.55/hr
Reference: Refrerence from my professor at University which i did an internship for.
How you found the job: Applied/filled application and sent in Resume w/ App.
Location: USA - NYC
Promotion: Ha!.... No.
Comments: I absolutley hate working there and the pay is horrible BUT.... gained experience that put me in a great position for a future high paying job.... Gotta start somewhere.

Pash

Position: Systems Engineer
Length: January 2007 to present
Part Time or Full Time: Full time
Certificates: CCNA, MCP 270
Education: See cert's
Wage Start: £20k ~ £10 an hour
Wage Finish: N/A
Reference: Well I got the job through my brother who also works for the company, i just passed my ccna one morning and he mentioned at work to one of the directors. By the afternoon I was arranging an interview.
How you found the job: Awesome, lots of experience and really nice senior engineers who know their stuff
Location: Central London, UK.
Promotion: Too new to be promoted
Comments: I work for a japanese company, I warn you now if you ever have the oppurtunity to work for a japanese company be prepared to work VERY VERY hard!

ja5983

Position: Engineering Manager
Length: Started with company 10/2005
Part Time or Full Time: FT+FT School
Certificates: A+, Network+, Server+, Security+, TICSA, MCSA, CCNA
Education: AS in Network Engineering and enrolled in AA in Business Mgt.
Wage Start: $15/hr as Level1 Tech
Wage Finish: $50k/yr+bonus
Reference: Checked my refs?
How you found the job: Sirius Sat Radio
Location: Boston,MA,US
Promotion: Level1 Tech > Level2 Tech > Engineering mgr
Comments: Excellent job. Best boss that one could ask for. Love every day of my job and definitely would never want to give it up. Management is definitely one of those things for me that make me "never work a day in my life." Only complaint is benefits. Not so good

protocol167

Position: IT/Telecom Specialist
Length: 5 years
Part Time or Full Time: Full even though its only 35hr work week
Certificates: NA at the moment but pursuing a CCNA
Education:1 year of college
Wage Start: $48,000 USD
Wage Finish: $55,000 USD $60,000 last year if you added bonus
Reference: Checked my refs and past work histories very thoroughly. Even commented why I had a three month spread that was not accounted for in my work history.
How you found the job: Hartford Courant
Location: Hartford, CT
Promotion:
Comments: Wish I have time to study for my CCNA but my boss is a micromanage freak and it's hard to study but on my own time only even when there is a little bit of down time. Otherwise I get by for now till I get my CCNA and then CCNP and CCVP and move to bigger and better things if I don't get promoted once I get certified.

I once tried getting them to pay for a PBX training class because I take care of a Nortel Option 11c and Octel 2500 voice messaging system. They said that they will not pay for it because is afraid that I might leave after I get trained. DUH!!, that is where you can make the employee sign a contract stating that I must stay here for certain amount of years or time before I can go else where, am I right or am I wrong? All I wanted to do was extend my knowledge more and not take the training and leave.

Then I tried asking to see if they will pay for some networking courses and was told that they already have network engineers doing the routing of routers, Active Directory, etc... and there is no need for me to learn it. So, what do you think? How am I suppose to advance if they won't even let me learn nor help work on the actual routing and re-routing of the switches and routers?

Chances of moving up is hopeless. And that is why I am studying on my and pursing the CCNA,CCNP and CCVP. Hopefully CCIE down the road once I get more hands on experience and knowledge. Sorry for my long rant.

boyles23

Position: Originally Operations, now also Network Admin.
Length: 6/1996 - Present
Part Time or Full Time: Full Time
Certificates: A+, Net+
Education: Kaplan University Bach. in IT (8/07)
Wage Start: 42k USD
Wage Finish: 49k USD
Reference: No
How you found the job: Family
Location: Hickory/NC/USA
Promotion: Ops --> Network Admin.( Raise in my opinion)
Comments: Good job, flexible boss but I am wanting to be a Network Engineer so one day I will have to take my leave.

drakhan2002

First job or present? ...I'll do both:

FIRST JOB
Position: Custom Configuration Specialist
Year: 1994
Length: 2 years
Part Time or Full Time: Full Time, 3rd Shift
Certificates: None
Education: Bachelors of Science in Business/Finance
Wage Start: $13/hour, US
Wage Finish: $14/hour US
Reference: No references
How you found the job: Recruited out of college
Location: Cincinnati, OH, USA
Promotion: No Promotion
Comments: You have to start somewhere...

PRESENT JOB
Position: Senior Information Security Analyst
Year: 2007
Length: 6 years
Part Time or Full Time: Full Time
Certificates: MCSE
Education: Bachelors of Science in Business/Finance
Wage Start: $70,000 US
Wage Finish: More than $80,000 US (less than $100,000)
Reference: Previous employers
How you found the job: Recruiter
Location: Cincinnati, OH, USA
Promotion: Information Security Analyst to Senior
Comments: I'm happy in my career (finally), but took 7 or 8 years!