Interview today

benbuiltpc

I had an interview with a major restaurant chain in Chicago today for a Field Service Tech position. I would be supporting over 30 locations. The main focus would be on the POS systems, which will soon all be WinXP based.

Now, this isnt exactly where I pictured myself to be, but there is a good chance that I would get to do some cross country travel as they open new stores. That would all be paid for of course.

I was wondering if there were any road warriors out there that could advise for or against this type of position. I have done field work before but this is a much, much larger service area. I have a good feeling I will be offered the job as they are hiring 2 new people for the position.

blargoe

If you're looking for experience I don't see why you shouldn't take this job if the travel doesn't bother you. You'll get XP and windows networking experience it sounds like.

SRTMCSE

Traveling can be the best or worse thing for you. It depends on the person and there priorities. I did a little traveling for my old job, traveling to training locations and setting up/maintaining the PCs and routers. It was fun, but I was gone from 9 to 14 days at a pop. After a while it got old, I couldn't rent cars so I couldn't see the towns I was in (except for Vienna, VA, that's a nice town). Plus I had a fiancee at home so it strained our relationship a lot, we actually seperated for a month and I'm sure the traveling attributed to some of the problems.

But I enjoyed it, I hung out with some really cool ppl and made some memories. I'd love to travel again, but once in a while. Unfortunately once you start traveling for a company it becomes an all the time thing. I started out "helping them out", next thing I know I see on my schedule I was due in Orlando with 2 weeks notice.

Good luck though, it's the perfect gig for someone whose single or who has few responsibilities (read: signifigant other who is real needy....) at home.