IT skills go for top dollars these days!!

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Pisses me off. yeah it doesn't list any certs but nonetheless, if a person can do this kind of work you think they would pay more than 25K per year. even to start. like it is a normal job that any geek can do. I beg to differ. Even the Geeks squad people doing their work, they have to know something but 25K for doing computer technician work. Man
are we hurting. NO wonder this website is praised a lot. We needs 20 certs to make any kind of money..MY GOd help us out!

where i live 35K is big bucks! (*&%^$$$$*^ sucks!
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  • aordalaordal Member Posts: 372
    Check jobs on craigslist sometime. They are like "Must know Dreamweaver and update our public webiste, Must Admin our AD Domain, Must be able to admin our Cisco routers/switches and be the helpdesk"

    pays 40k


    like whaaaat?
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  • BradleyHUBradleyHU Member Posts: 918 ■■■■□□□□□□
    aordal wrote: »
    Check jobs on craigslist sometime. They are like "Must know Dreamweaver and update our public webiste, Must Admin our AD Domain, Must be able to admin our Cisco routers/switches and be the helpdesk"

    pays 40k


    like whaaaat?

    lol...i've seen a number of those...but even worse, they dont even offer salary, they offer hourly, and its like 15-19...i just smh...
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  • JavonRJavonR Member Posts: 245
    I really think it depends on area, I got a 40k job straight out of highschool with no certs/education/experience just competence :)
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  • KasorKasor Member Posts: 929 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Area is key, experience and special skill are second.
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  • apena7apena7 Member Posts: 351
    it's a pretty basic job.
    they don't require any degree or certs, but they do offer tuition reimbursement -- meaning it's a job for a student.

    come to southen california, you'll be asked to do this same job for about 5k more as long as you have a degree and 2-4 years of experience :p
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  • msteinhilbermsteinhilber Member Posts: 1,480 ■■■■■■■■□□
    apena7 wrote: »
    it's a pretty basic job.
    they don't require any degree or certs, but they do offer tuition reimbursement -- meaning it's a job for a student.

    come to southen california, you'll be asked to do this same job for about 5k more as long as you have a degree and 2-4 years of experience :p

    They are asking for a fairly robust set of skills. Basic support as well as some LAN/WAN configuration, unless they just poorly worded the description and it's not so much configuring. It sounds though like they want a jack of all trades type employee.

    I wouldn't consider it a basic job, and I would if I were doing it even with my skillset not where it is at now expect more money than 25k a year.

    Tuition reimbursement has nothing to do with meaning it's for a student - many employers offer tuition reimbursement for any employee, even those who already hold a degree. I'm surprised people with a degree and 2-4 years of experience would bother with a job like that for a mere 5k more given the higher cost of living, desperate times for many of us though I suppose.
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  • 1MeanAdmin1MeanAdmin Member Posts: 157
    I agree that it is a basic job. They want a person with some general knowledge of IT and NOT a specialist. In NYC, it is a $30K-$40K/year job for a student.
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  • Daniel333Daniel333 Member Posts: 2,077 ■■■■■■□□□□
    We posted something looking for desktop, citrix and voip at my job not too long ago. To test the market they posted low to check out the applicants they would receive. I think they did about $25k or so with great benefits. So very simliar to this.

    We received about 400+ applicants in less than a month. Mainly Indians getting their first USA job, but we also got a lot of older people just looking for benefits etc. So last I checked they are not going to raise the wages, they are gonna see what they can do with the first wave of applicants.

    Just an observation, this posting doesn't mention any specific language as a requiment, combined with the low pay indicates they are luring new immigrant labor.
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  • juliogjuliog Member Posts: 2 ■□□□□□□□□□
    1MeanAdmin wrote: »
    I agree that it is a basic job. They want a person with some general knowledge of IT and NOT a specialist. In NYC, it is a $30K-$40K/year job for a student.

    where in NYC? im desperately searching for a job in the NJ/NYC region..plz help
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  • BradleyHUBradleyHU Member Posts: 918 ■■■■□□□□□□
    juliog wrote: »
    where in NYC? im desperately searching for a job in the NJ/NYC region..plz help

    what exactly are you tryin to do?
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  • markk2008markk2008 Member Posts: 47 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I totally understand, 25K to start, that is a dream for me, I am being paid pitence and yet I am doing what is effectively an IT Managers job. It pisses me off as well.
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  • 1MeanAdmin1MeanAdmin Member Posts: 157
    juliog wrote: »
    where in NYC? im desperately searching for a job in the NJ/NYC region..plz help
    I mean NJ/NYC region in general. The salary range I mentioned reflects what I saw over the past couple of years.
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