Cloud Nine!

I had a 4 part interview for a Information Systems Technician today 9am-11am and at 3pm I got a call saying they would like to extent the job offer to me out of the 12 candidates!!!

I was out tonight celebrating my step into the world of IT. THE DOOR IS FINALLY OPEN!

I'll be level 1 desktop/help desk support for about 2,000 employees in a HUGE building.

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Congrats!

Congradulations

Congrats!

Congrats. Great job. Learn all you can and more.

win2k8

Congrats! Good luck on your new job.

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loss4words

Well done!

Slowhand

Congratulations, sounds like a great opportunity! I hope you learn a whole lot, and that you have a lot of fun doing it. You'll have to give us an update at some point, and report back on how things are going and what kinds of tasks they're having you do.

jryantech

Thanks so much guys.

They said they have 5 guys in the IT department and I will be the 6th.
They obviously have a ticket system like most help desks, using Windows XP and not sure what else at this point.

They said they will be very helpful if I need assistance and flexible with my school schedule. I'm going to be studying my 70-270 really hard now, what else do you guys think would be a good resource for a Help Desk role?

nato76

The Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST) might be a good cert to pick up.

snadam

hard work paid off, congrats!

bjaxx

snadam wrote:

hard work paid off, congrats!

Stick with the 270 for now, and soak up as much as you can at your new position. good starting point.

congrats dude, I know you have been working hard at getting your foot in the door.

kripsak

astorrs

That's great news jryantech, congrats!

nel

COngrats man, great result

undomiel

Congratulations! I hope you enjoy the new job, don't let them burn you out too fast.

dynamik

jryantech wrote:

I was out tonight celebrating my step into the world of IT. THE DOOR IS FINALLY OPEN!

You're under 21, aren't you? I hope that means you had a few cherry cokes at an arcade.

Congratulations. I'm glad to see your hard work and determination paid off.

jryantech

dynamik wrote:

jryantech wrote:

I was out tonight celebrating my step into the world of IT. THE DOOR IS FINALLY OPEN!

You're under 21, aren't you? I hope that means you had a few cherry cokes at an arcade.

Congratulations. I'm glad to see your hard work and determination paid off.

Yeah I'm 20 so I definitely had shots of cherry coke at the local arcade. Ran out of quarters pretty quick too.

Thanks everyone for the congratulation, and I'm going to look into the Desktop Support certification.

zen master

CONGRATULATIONS! Now the hard work begins my friend.

BTW, It's hilarious how you americans can't drink till 21. By then I had "given up" booze at least 3 times.

rbutturini

That's great man, congrats!!!!

jetfan

congratulations

nielpeel

Great news on your new position - well done! It's odd how in the UK employers barely recognise CompTIA qualifications, when I went for my last job interview the ICT Co-Ordinator didn't even know about CompTIA, he was only interested in M$ certs. CompTIA need to market themselves some more in Europe!

Best of luck for the future mate!!!!

P.S. is it right that in America you can drive at 16, but not drink until you're 21?

jryantech

nielpeel wrote:

Great news on your new position - well done! It's odd how in the UK employers barely recognise CompTIA qualifications, when I went for my last job interview the ICT Co-Ordinator didn't even know about CompTIA, he was only interested in M$ certs. CompTIA need to market themselves some more in Europe!

Best of luck for the future mate!!!!

P.S. is it right that in America you can drive at 16, but not drink until you're 21?

Well I'm very interested in software and programming so I had to get the A+ to prove I know SOMETHING about hardware

Because finding a entry level programming job is 100 times harder then finding a entry level desktop support job, especially one that works with school schedules. (At least in my area)

And yes you can drive at 16 and not drink until you're 21... you can also serve your country in the military wielding weapons at 18... pretty lame but that's the price you pay in the "land of the free"...

networker050184

jryantech wrote:

And yes you can drive at 16 and not drink until you're 21... you can also serve your country in the military wielding weapons at 18... pretty lame but that's the price you pay in the "land of the free"...

You can serve at 17 with parents permission

BradleyHU

congrats...thats wats up.

learningtofly22

Congrats, I know you've been at it for a while! Feels good that it's paying off, I'm sure!

snadam

jryantech wrote:

nielpeel wrote:

Great news on your new position - well done! It's odd how in the UK employers barely recognise CompTIA qualifications, when I went for my last job interview the ICT Co-Ordinator didn't even know about CompTIA, he was only interested in M$ certs. CompTIA need to market themselves some more in Europe!

Best of luck for the future mate!!!!

P.S. is it right that in America you can drive at 16, but not drink until you're 21?

Well I'm very interested in software and programming so I had to get the A+ to prove I know SOMETHING about hardware

Because finding a entry level programming job is 100 times harder then finding a entry level desktop support job, especially one that works with school schedules. (At least in my area)

And yes you can drive at 16 and not drink until you're 21... you can also serve your country in the military wielding weapons at 18... pretty lame but that's the price you pay in the "land of the free"...

don't worry, drinking is overrated. be glad you saved all that money

jeveryday

congrats man

jryantech

I start this Monday! I'm extremely excited and do not know what to expect.

I understand what a Help Desk does but I want to be as knowledgeable as possible.

4 guys including me running the IT department for 2,000-3,000 CSR's is crazy!

dps

Congratulations!!
Absorb everything you can and good luck!!
Just be patient with "crazy" users.

jamesp1983

congratulations!! Your first IT job is a huge accomplishment. I bet you are ecstatic!