advice needed

hi everyone,
i am looking for some advice on my current position. i have a+ and just completed n+, and now studying ccna, i have been looking for jobs in my area, and all the bites i get seem to be support type jobs, which is fine. my problem is that i already have a job working for a well thought of government agency, although hugely dull the pay is ok, so here it is....do i stay at my current position (which is 75%customer service 25%desktop support) , do i take a support type role and the paycut to get proper hands on industry experience, or do i hang on in the slim chance a better paid opportunity comes along.

thanks in advance
carl

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Trailerisf

Go with your heart. We can't answer that kind of question for you.

Write a list of +'s and -'s for both...

If I stay, will I ever get promoted?
If I leave and take a pay cut, will I get my new motorbike?

Catch my drift. Do it over a few days. The answer will be infront of you.

druid318

I agree, go with whatever you think is best.

Is there any chance of moving up in the government position you have now?

dtlokee

I would say hang in there and get your CCNA, then see what types of job oppertunities come up.

JDMurray

With over four million public security cameras in England alone I thought that the UK would be starved for IT people to install and maintain that infrastructure. Who collects, stores, and sifts through all that data every day? Who plans the security and designs the Telecom networks for it? If Cisco has that contract with the UK then CCNA/NP/SP is the way to go.

Cessation

dtlokee wrote:

I would say hang in there and get your CCNA, then see what types of job oppertunities come up.

This is exactly what I am doing. Currently do about 80% desktop support, 15% helpdesk, 5 % network admin.

I'd eventually like to be a senior network admin.

7255carl

thanks fpr all your advice guys, i appreciate the help