RIM (blackberry), is it good to apply?

binarysoul

For those who don't know RIM, they're making the blackberry. My friends have told me to apply as it's a very popluar technology. They may have jobs in technical support/helpdesk.

Have you worked for them, or do you know anybody who has? Is the experience good, and if you know about their average salary.

trick000

I don't work for RIM but I deal with blackberries and blackberry enterprise server daily. If you wanna apply for helpdesk, you'd need to know MS Exchange, Windows 2003 Server and maybe a little bit of router/firewall troubleshooting. Good luck.

sprkymrk

Blackberry will probably survive long term as a company, but just a head's up on the near future. The Army (one of RIM's biggest customers) is looking to replace Blackberries with another device soon. The Palm looks like it is going to win, as it can do everything the Blackberry should do but can't, including the use of certificates for encryption. Has anyone else heard anything about this?