Forgot what you've learned?

Accepting a job that doesn't allow one to use his/her skills is a very common issue for the IT pro today. I had a position as a sysadmin where I used a small portion of what I really know and it really bothered me, I quit and accepted a contract as a net admin and it's still the same ball game. Alas, It's really hard to get a well rounded position these days. Prior to these 2 positions, I had a job that where I did a lot and learned a lot. Now, I am struggling not to lose some of my skills.

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Danman32

Yup, it happens. I am starting to get rusty with my Novell stuff already, since the call volume for post-sales support has dropped, let alone Novell specific ones. And I consider myself an expert on core Netware and Groupwise, and pretty good at the new included installable features.

That's why I turned down unlimited year access to a bunch of e-learning since I wouldn't get any references I could keep that way.

blargoe

My last job I worked for a small consulting and system integration company and worked with Linux quite extensively and also firewalls and routers. It's been 3.5 years and I am pretty rusty in my Linux and Cisco skills these days.

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It happens.

It's just the nature of things, especially in IT.