Hard work pays off.
Mike R
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I've been a member here for about 2 years now. I use to manage 2 businesses that my father owned, I took over after his unexpected death. They were agriculture based a huge amount of work to keep going but I kept them profitable. Well a year ago we decided that we wanted to move on and so we sold those two businesses.
Through shear luck I met two network engineers while trying to diagnose why my internet connection was terrible. Self taught myself how a network works,DSLAMs and routers and in the end finally resolved my problems with the ISP connection. I looked into a lot of different professions to go into but I went with IT because I could see the longevity in it and it's something I could eventually hopefully support my family long term so my mother could retire.
A friend of the family where we moved has a small MSP shop and he took me on back in May of last year. I didn't know a huge amount, I had an A+ and was working on the CCENT (still am). It was/is a struggle to go into a totally new occupation and many times I wondered if I made the right choice. One thing I've always been good at though is customer service since I grew up handling customers.
Well a couple months ago my boss said I should look elsewhere because things looked bleak so I did. Meanwhile I headed up 3 projects and completed them on time and according to him I did great work. This morning he called me and said he couldn't see running his company without me and gave me a 65% raise (I was making 24k no benefits). He told me what he loved was that he didn't have to babysit me on projects and that the clients loved working with me.
I really didn't know if I would make it in IT. I'm not posting this to boast or anything. This forum has been a HUGE inspiration to me, and without this community I have no doubt that I wouldn't be in the situation I am now. I've tried to just be a sponge and learn and absorb as much as I can from you guys/gals. Iris has been one of the biggest inspirations since I started down this path and there's a multitude of others here also.
So thanks so much guys/gals. I hope to one day inspire others as you have me
Through shear luck I met two network engineers while trying to diagnose why my internet connection was terrible. Self taught myself how a network works,DSLAMs and routers and in the end finally resolved my problems with the ISP connection. I looked into a lot of different professions to go into but I went with IT because I could see the longevity in it and it's something I could eventually hopefully support my family long term so my mother could retire.
A friend of the family where we moved has a small MSP shop and he took me on back in May of last year. I didn't know a huge amount, I had an A+ and was working on the CCENT (still am). It was/is a struggle to go into a totally new occupation and many times I wondered if I made the right choice. One thing I've always been good at though is customer service since I grew up handling customers.
Well a couple months ago my boss said I should look elsewhere because things looked bleak so I did. Meanwhile I headed up 3 projects and completed them on time and according to him I did great work. This morning he called me and said he couldn't see running his company without me and gave me a 65% raise (I was making 24k no benefits). He told me what he loved was that he didn't have to babysit me on projects and that the clients loved working with me.
I really didn't know if I would make it in IT. I'm not posting this to boast or anything. This forum has been a HUGE inspiration to me, and without this community I have no doubt that I wouldn't be in the situation I am now. I've tried to just be a sponge and learn and absorb as much as I can from you guys/gals. Iris has been one of the biggest inspirations since I started down this path and there's a multitude of others here also.
So thanks so much guys/gals. I hope to one day inspire others as you have me
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Dakinggamer87
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Awesome story way to go!! Keep it up
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LittleBIT
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MSPs are a grind.
I wish you the best of luck. It takes certain kind of crazy to run one.Kindly doing the needful -
coffeeluvr
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Thanks for sharing! Your determination paid off!"Something feels funny, I must be thinking too hard. - Pooh" -
greg9891
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Appreciated you Sharing your story man. Hard work truly does pay off!!!!1:
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Proverbs 6:6-11Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler, Provides her supplies in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest. How long will you slumber, O sluggard?
When will you rise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep, So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler And your need like an armed man. -
DatabaseHead
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MSPs are a grind.
I wish you the best of luck. It takes certain kind of crazy to run one.
Despise them, but if you can manage to hang working for one for 1 - 3 years it really says a lot about the person. -
GeekyChick
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Congratulations on your raise. Good customer service is so important to excel in just about any job. Keep up the great work!
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dmoore44
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It's stories like this that remind me how awesome a field IT is. Keep up the good work, and good luck!Graduated Carnegie Mellon University MSIT: Information Security & Assurance Currently Reading Books on TensorFlow -
coreyb80
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Congrats and good stuff!!!!WGU BS - Network Operations and Security
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