Job Title History! Let's have fun with this :-)

qwertyiop

1. Lab Administrator/Helpdesk (co-op while in school)
2. IT Heldesk Intern
3. Net Admin (The only IT person so I did it all)
4. IT Support Tech - (where trying to change that but my job is actually of a sys admin)

citinerd

1) Burger Technician (sounds better that fast food cook)
2) Manager of previously mentioned Burger Technician
3) Customer Service
4) Mortgage processor
5) Credit Analyst
6) Text Recognition
7) Desktop Support (current)


1 and 2 was at the same company and 3-6 was also at the same company.

Devilsbane

Devilsbane wrote: »

1. Sales Clerk
2. Digital Photo Specialist
3. Backroom Associate
4. Forensics lab administrator (college)
5. IT Service Desk Associate
6. IT Service Desk Senior
7. Ruler of the world (in progress)

I forgot a job.

2.5: I didn't have a title (that I'm aware of) but I was working in the backroom of a small engineering firm. My work consisted of building kits. One day I would be counting screws making sure that each baggy had the correct amount and the next day I would cutting up chunks of plastic tubing to include in kits. Some days weren't so bad, but sticking 6 or this screw, 3 of that kind, 3 washers, and an instruction manual in a bag gets very old. Especially when it needs done 2,000 times!

SteveLord

1. Infantryman (National Guard) 17 through 25.
2. Game Adviser (Gamestop/Part time) 19
3. IT Administrator (Textile Factory) 21
4. PC Technician (Small 4person PC Repair shop/Part time) 24
5. IT Specialist 2 (State government) 24
5. IT Specialist 3 (State government) 26 to present 27

HÆLLRÆZOR

1. Electronic Sales Associate (OfficeMax) 18
2. Sales Associate (Software Etc.) 20
3. Sales Assocate (Sharper Image.) 21
4. Field Representative (GDIT) 23
5. Field Representative Sr. (GDIT) 25
6. Field Technician Sr. (GDIT) 28
7. Associate UNIX Systems Administrator (GDIT) 29
8. UNIX System Administrator (GDIT) 30

next step Sr. UNIX Sys Ad I hope.

higherho

1. News Papper boy (back during the days I played diablo 2 till 3 am + in the morning!) (15)

2. Dishwasher - A country restaurant (16)

3. Cook - Same Country restaurant (16)

4. Cracker barrel Dishwasher / helped out the cooks (20)

5. Night Shift stalker - Lowes, unpacked tracker trailers and I was in charge of putting all the electric stuff away. (21/22)

6. Technical Support Analyst (during school semesters for 2 years) (21 /22 / 23)

7. Network Technician (24) - Last 8 months of my College career (during the summer too) I worked with the colleges network Engineering team which we had over 10,000 ports, two data centers, and started changing from a flat network to a routed network. Also helped out our wireless manager with installing a ton of Wireless N AP's and helped out our voice manager with installing a ton of Cisco VOIP phones (finally getting away from PBX) and configuring them in call manager while helping out end users get used to the phones.

Installed POE enabled 3750 switches too. I was basically in charge of the whole access layer, I helped out the engineers when it came to the big more (distribution layer / core layer). Was a lot of fun and I was wishing for an engineer spot to open before I graduated.

9. Systems Engineer (24)


10. Data Assistant (25) - Temporary contract to help with terminating CAT 5e and CAT 6 cables and some fiber.

8. Help Desk Technician / VTC Facilitator for HP / DISA (25)


9. Systems Administrator - HP / DISA - Same team that I was with when I was a help desk / VTC guy. (25)


10. Systems Administrator - HP / DISA (26)-Now I'm the only SA for another contract within the same building that is a big higher up (I'm basically the domain admin and control a lot more equipment than before. Epo server, SAN, VPN, 30 servers, designing, upgrades, etc).


Those last three positions were in a span of 14 months. Got a promotion from position 8 to 9 within 4 and a half months. Then got the promotion from 9 to 10 seven months later. I graduated college when I was 24.

SteveLord wrote: »

1. Infantryman (National Guard)
2. Game Adviser (Gamestop)
3. IT Administrator (Textile Factory)
4. PC Technician (Small 4person PC Repair shop)
5. IT Specialist 3 (State government)

How is the work for State government? I live in PA and I was considering applying for State based IT jobs (my parents who work for the state say they need them badly) and I was curious how it was.

Monkerz

1. Corn Detasseler -- 14
2. Housekeeper (Super 8 ) -- 15
3. Projectionist's Apprentice (Malco Cinema) -- 17
4. Full Service Technician (Family owned auto repair shop) -- 18
5. Obesity Contributor (BurgerKing) -- 19
6. Diesel Full Service Technician (Family owned diesel repair shop) -- 19
7. Automatic Gate/Security Installer (Automatic Gates Inc) -- 20
8. Quality Assurance Technician (ThyssenKrupp Elevator) -- 21
9. Infrastructure Analyst I (ThyssenKrupp Elevator) -- 21
10. Network Engineer II (ThyssenKrupp Elevator) -- 25

SteveLord

higherho wrote: »

How is the work for State government? I live in PA and I was considering applying for State based IT jobs (my parents who work for the state say they need them badly) and I was curious how it was.

Busy as I am the sole IT person! But at least I am never bored!

Some quirky "that's how government is" things that ya have to get use to. Like, there is no merit based rewards. For example, if I were to suddenly acquire a Master of the IT universe degree, it wouldn't help me unless I were to apply for a higher position. The excellent benefits like the $0/month family health insurance (I cover 4 kids and pay nothing but minor copays) and retirement plans are near impossible to beat elsewhere. My agency is also really flexible for taking time off.

As long as I can keep making more money, I don't see myself leaving anytime soon. I've already reclassed from an ITS 2 to a 3 and plan to request a 4 next year. Here...entry-mid level pay is comparable if not better than the private sector. Higher level positions typically pay less from what I am seeing. Benefits being the tradeoff obviously.

higherho

SteveLord wrote: »

Busy as I am the sole IT person! But at least I am never bored!

Some quirky "that's how government is" things that ya have to get use to. Like, there is no merit based rewards. For example, if I were to suddenly acquire a Master of the IT universe degree, it wouldn't help me unless I were to apply for a higher position. The excellent benefits like the $0/month family health insurance (I cover 4 kids and pay nothing but minor copays) and retirement plans are near impossible to beat elsewhere. My agency is also really flexible for taking time off.

As long as I can keep making more money, I don't see myself leaving anytime soon. I've already reclassed from an ITS 2 to a 3 and plan to request a 4 next year. Here...entry-mid level pay is comparable if not better than the private sector. Higher level positions typically pay less from what I am seeing. Benefits being the tradeoff obviously.

Nice! Thank you for the detail. My mother tells me the same thing about the retirement and insurance benefits. Plus the fact that I can get my loans forgiven too. I guess I should apply and take that civil test in the future. I know were my mom works they have a server farm and work off thin clients which is pretty sweet.

azjag

Paperboy '88-'92
Customer Service '94-'96
Baker '96-'97
Medical Specialist(Army) '97-'99
Electronics Sales Specialist (Staples) '99
Printer repair specialist '99-'01
Level III tech support (Boeing) '01-'04
Systems Administrator (various contracts) '04-'06
Jr Sys Admin (State Agency) '06-'07
Free Lance Consultant (Sidejob) '05-present
Solutions Architect (consultant) '07
Free Lance Consultant (2nd Sidejob) '07-present
Jr Sys Admin (County Agency) '08-'10
Free Lance Consultant (3rd Sidejob) '08-present
Sr. Sys Admin (County Agency) '10-present

ZzBloopzZ

higherho wrote: »

1. News Papper boy (back during the days I played diablo 2 till 3 am + in the morning!) (15)

2. Dishwasher - A country restaurant (16)

3. Cook - Same Country restaurant (16)

4. Cracker barrel Dishwasher / helped out the cooks (20)

5. Night Shift stalker - Lowes, unpacked tracker trailers and I was in charge of putting all the electric stuff away. (21/22)

6. Technical Support Analyst (during school semesters for 2 years) (21 /22 / 23)

7. Network Technician (24) - Last 8 months of my College career (during the summer too) I worked with the colleges network Engineering team which we had over 10,000 ports, two data centers, and started changing from a flat network to a routed network. Also helped out our wireless manager with installing a ton of Wireless N AP's and helped out our voice manager with installing a ton of Cisco VOIP phones (finally getting away from PBX) and configuring them in call manager while helping out end users get used to the phones.

Installed POE enabled 3750 switches too. I was basically in charge of the whole access layer, I helped out the engineers when it came to the big more (distribution layer / core layer). Was a lot of fun and I was wishing for an engineer spot to open before I graduated.

9. Systems Engineer (24)


10. Data Assistant (25) - Temporary contract to help with terminating CAT 5e and CAT 6 cables and some fiber.

8. Help Desk Technician / VTC Facilitator for HP / DISA (25)


9. Systems Administrator - HP / DISA - Same team that I was with when I was a help desk / VTC guy. (25)


10. Systems Administrator - HP / DISA (26)-Now I'm the only SA for another contract within the same building that is a big higher up (I'm basically the domain admin and control a lot more equipment than before. Epo server, SAN, VPN, 30 servers, designing, upgrades, etc).


Those last three positions were in a span of 14 months. Got a promotion from position 8 to 9 within 4 and a half months. Then got the promotion from 9 to 10 seven months later. I graduated college when I was 24.




How is the work for State government? I live in PA and I was considering applying for State based IT jobs (my parents who work for the state say they need them badly) and I was curious how it was.

That's a really impressive accomplishment mate! Do you have any tips on how you moved up so fast? I hope to follow in your footsteps. :c)

phantasm

1. Dishwasher.
2. Prep cook.
3. Projectionist.
4. Boatswain's Mate
5. CSR.
6. Freight Team Member.
7. Infantryman.
8. Data Transmissions Analyst
9. IT Analyst
10. NOC Technician / NOC Technician II
11. Network Analyst III

jahsoul

2002-floor grunt at Sterilite
2003-Security Guard
2004-2006-USAF 2A656 (Palace Chase while the getting is good..lol)
2006-2010-Production Team Member at HMMA
2010-Level 1 Help Desk Technician (3 months)
2010-2011-Network Support Tech (6 months)
2011-present-Jr. LAN Engineer

millworx

Cashier McDonalds age 15
Shift Manager McDonalds age 15
IT Lab Intern (William S Hart School District) age 16
Network Administrator (Digevent / CIAD) age 17
Network Administrator (San Juan Unified School District) age 18
Network Administrator (Finance 500) age 19
Network Engineer (OCLS) age 20
Appliance Repair Technician (Self) age 27 <--- yeah lol
Network Engineer Consultant (Concurrent Corp) age 27
Network Engineer (Cisco Systems) age 28

ITdude

millworx wrote: »

Cashier McDonalds age 15
Shift Manager McDonalds age 15

I bet that you miss the Big Macs, though.:)

zerglings

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kingslayer

Job 1: Catering Assistant
Job 2: Switchboard Operator
Job 3: Support Analyst

demonfurbie

taco maker/cashier/tacobell
shift mananer at tacobell
deli worker at publix
sales cleark at tool store
computer consultant
file cleark
probation officer
network administrator/probation officer
network administrator/probation officer/forensic investiagor
network administrator/probation officer/forensic investiagor/gps house arrest guy

funny thing is the last 5 are all at the same place they just found out i was a geek and kept giving me new jobs to do

W Stewart

1. Cashier -McDonalds
2.Aircraft Mechanic -Air Force reserve
3.Flipping burgers -McDonalds (Nothing worse than taking a step backwards)
4.Nurses Assistant -Hospital (My parents pushed me to do it since they're both nurses)
5.Telemarketer -Call center(probably helped me get my first IT job)
6.Wax salesmen -comission only job selling wax at gas stations
7.Telemarketer -ran back to my first telemarketing job for like a day
8.Telemarketer -worked here for maybe a week or two selling supposedly free cruises
9.Telemarketer - worked here for a day refinancing mortgages, never actually started

10.Technical Support Professional- My first IT job that i'm working at now doing tech support for Dell

someone from job #9 use to work where i work now but got hurt on the job and failed a urine test so she got fired. Lucky for me because once my girlfriend told her I was studying for my A+ she told me about this place and I never showed up the second day at that old job. I hate telemarketing and i'm glad to finally be doing something I love. The pay for entry level is 12.50 an hour which is more than i've made at any other job. I would've taken a pay cut for my first IT job if I had to.



Edit: I forgot one more job you could probably squeeze in that space between 9 and 10 selling cutlery. I can't even remember if I signed any forms but it was another bs sales job paying only comission. I went to the interview and they talked up the position and never actually revealed all the details about how you have to get your leads through friends and family and the training is unpaid so i didn't show up the next day for that job as well. You really have to watch out for the bs jobs down here in florida. There's a ton of sales positions but the biggest salesmen are the people trying to sell you that bs job that pays you less then minimum wage at the end of the day. I'm happy i'm finally following my dreams despite all the discouragement from my parents. I just have to help my girlfriend find something now.

gorebrush

'97 - '97 Paperboy (when I was 13)
'02 - '04 Cashier (while I was at University)
Aug '04 - Apr '05 Intranet Co-Ordinator
May '05 - Jun '05 Helpdesk Analyst
Jun '05 - Sep '05 NGfL Engineer
Sep '05 - Jan '06 Intranet Co-Ordinator
Jan '06 - Jun '08 Systems Administrator
Jun '08 - Nov '10 Senior IT Support Analyst
Nov '10 - Present Leading Engineer/Systems Designer

RomBUS

1) Produce associate/Deli clerk
2) Deli clerk/Stock boy
3) Back room associate (seasonal)
4) Driver (drove groceries to rich people's homes)
5) Field Technician/Jr. Network Admin
6) Installer/Configuration (contract)
7) Network Technician/Field Technician

First two were in my college days....never had a job in H.S. (lived off mom and dad)

Right now unemployed...of course...

darkerz

Bag Clerk- 1 year
IT Contractor- 4 Years
Helpdesk Analyst- 1 month
Desktop Support Tech II- 3 months
Network Operations- 2 months.

The last half year has been an insane step up in progress and has went from 8.75 an hour to 25.9 an hour at the moment.

6 months make a difference when you QUIT PLAYING ONLINE GAMES and spend that time APPLYING YOURSELF.

VAHokie56

darkerz wrote: »

Bag Clerk- 1 year
IT Contractor- 4 Years
Helpdesk Analyst- 1 month
Desktop Support Tech II- 3 months
Network Operations- 2 months.

The last half year has been an insane step up in progress and has went from 8.75 an hour to 25.9 an hour at the moment.

6 months make a difference when you QUIT PLAYING ONLINE GAMES and spend that time APPLYING YOURSELF.

Ya I agree about the gaming. I uninstalled WOW and took the CD's out to my parents house 3 county's over so I would not be tempted...shortly after I had my CCNA and a better job...some times I miss the late nights of raiding and being drunk on vent, good fun.

MAC_Addy

1: Paper boy
2: Chefs hand
3: Bakery cook - local supermarket.
4: Network admin assistant.
5: Network Admininistrator.
- Moved from England to USA.
6: Network Administrator / Computer technician.
7: IT Manager - contract.
8: Computer/Network technician.
- Moved back to the UK to help family member with business.
9: Network Engineer.
- Had to come back to the US due to a family illness
10: Truck unloader/Stock boy/PSA (Product Service Assosiate) - Lowes - argh, this was the most stupid job ever.
11: Technology Specialist - stupid public schools have weird names for titles.
12: IT Manager.

N2IT

Dishwasher
Pizza Delivery Driver
Car Detailer
USDA Research Analyst
Department of the Army Human Resource Assistant
Department of the Army Human Resource II
Department of the Army Asset Manager
Realtor
Property Leasing Agent
Property Manager
Help Desk Technician
Service Desk Team Lead
Desktop and Network Support Analyst
Senior Technicial Team Lead

Next step (Operational Manager, Engagement Manager, Project Manager)

MC85

Bakers Assistant
Technical Support Rep (1.5 yrs)
Software Installer/Trainer (~6 mos)
Technical Support Rep (~9 months)
Helpdesk Technician (just shy of two years)

Would really like something like a Jr. Net Admin position but the job market's rough in Michigan.

arwes

W Stewart wrote: »

Edit: I forgot one more job you could probably squeeze in that space between 9 and 10 selling cutlery. I can't even remember if I signed any forms but it was another bs sales job paying only comission. I went to the interview and they talked up the position and never actually revealed all the details about how you have to get your leads through friends and family and the training is unpaid so i didn't show up the next day for that job as well. You really have to watch out for the bs jobs down here in florida. There's a ton of sales positions but the biggest salesmen are the people trying to sell you that bs job that pays you less then minimum wage at the end of the day. I'm happy i'm finally following my dreams despite all the discouragement from my parents. I just have to help my girlfriend find something now.

Was it Cutco? A friend of mine's fiancee does that, and it just seems like a huge scam (basically multilevel marketing from what I've seen). A girl that worked for him (for about a day) said he would give her names & phone numbers of all his friends from college and have her cold call them to try to either sell them knives or get them to sell them for him LOL. Glad I'm not his friend.

rjs_essex

Cashier
IT Technician
Network Administrator
ICT Technical Manager

Short list because I have remained at my current job for about 7 years now (and they gave me a pay rise every year up until this year - maybe time to start looking for a new job as I think I might have hit the top of my potential pay scale)

sandman748

I can't believe how many of us worked in a grocery store. My list is long and im only 26

1. Paperboy
2. Line cook? (McDonalds)
3. Cashier \ Stock person (local grocery store)

After High School

4. Telemarketer (outbound cold calling for charity)
5. Technical Support Representative (Comcast)
6. Paperboy (again.... contract for distribution in my area)
7. Cashier \ Stock person (Shoppers Drug Mart)
8. Door to Door Knife Sales
9. Cashier \ Stock person (different local grocery store)
10. Telemarketer (Newspaper sales)
11. Door to Door Meat Sales
12. Survey Interviewer (Ipsos Reid)
13. Technical Support Rep (Comcast again)
14. Team Lead Technical Support (Charter Communications)
15. Technical Support Rep (Shaw Cable)

Finally decided it might be time for some school. 2 year diploma was the best decision I ever made.

16. Help Desk
17. Enterprise Operations Technician
18. Technical Infrastructure Specialist

That was fun. Never realized how many jobs I`ve worked til now. I wasted so much time after high school. 12 jobs over 5 years. Hated every single one of them. 2 years of school and within a year I worked my way to where I am now and more than tripled my salary.

mikez

1. Motor Vehicle Operator (summer US gov't laborer job while in school for Bachelors Degree)
2. Junior Systems Administrator (7 Months, long commute)
3. Computer Specialist (3+ years to present)
4. Working on a deal to start my own business and work contract for a local government agency