Where do you work/What Do you do?

Hey Hey.

As i've prolly said before.. I'm taking Computer Systems Technology at college which is basically preparing us for Network Admin/ Security Admin. I'm just looking for some feed back. Everyone in my program seems to think they'll end up working for hosting companies or ISPs and I want them to realize that basically every field has networking people in it. I was wondering where some of you work and what you do in your job. Basically I'm trying to put together a report on the subject to demonstrate to them that the possibilities are really endless.


Thanks,
HT

Well, I just graduated from a two year college and going into a four year on MIS. I wonder if I will be able to find the job I like, even though I'm very close, but not on pay. I'm a network monkey at school and I get small to medium size contracts to install or upgrade networks. I also do the typical PC repair, to make some cash on the side.

I think I'm actually doing pretty good since I'm an international student and besides learning stuff on computers I had to learn the language (english) and about the culture, everything in about 2.5 years.

Let us see what you guys do!.

Oso

Well, I work @ an elementary school, with over 300 computers on the network and two servers. when I started there, there were only a few computers on the network. It took 1 year and two new servers, but now the networks great. The pay's great, all the computer toys I want, and I get the summer off.

-- and on top of it all...I was hired straight out of high school, and they're paying for me to get my certs...cant' beat a government job. :)

hehe, you guys are gonna luv this. i used to run a computer store in arkansas, but it got shut down, now i work at a wastewater treatment plant. i guess you could say it is a shitty job, but it pays good and the plant is run all by computers and PLCs.

I work for a small bank. I do all kinds of stuff.

Some of my duties include, but there are many more... too many to list. : Manage user/computer accounts, backups, installs, helpdesk, upgades, configs of new PCs, installing patches, manage the phone system, e-mail, yada yada yada. There are a couple of us that do everything. I don't get to do security that much though. Only some internal stuff and following procedure/policy.

My number 1 job function: Anything my bosses tell me to, or I think of, or a user(s) need. ;)

I'm kind of on a work study job. I get to do and learn everything while my bosses mentor me and make sure everything gets done. The pay isn't great, but i'm doing it for experience and my love* for computers. I'm still in school too.

I think that with tons of experience and lots of eduction and certs... I can prolly do pretty well after I'm seasoned.

The best part... I got the job by asking for a position in the mail room. ;) (long story)

I currently work as a Department of Defense (DoD) contractor, doing software development for government projects/contracts. I will be finishing up my BS in Computer Science this December and continuing on my job with this contractor. Since they have paid for all my security clearances, I will have a lot of freedom to work where ever I want.

This is great stuff everyone..Thanks to everyone who's posted and to the rest of ya....
keep em coming!

Well,

I'm a belgian who works in The Netherlands, just across the border.
I install, maintain and manage fiber optic equipment along with my colleague in three regional optical networks, so we've a lot of contact with ISP's, Data and Internet clients

This is a very interesting job, lots on the road, our bosses work in the headquarters
300 km north, so we're pretty free in our job.

Greetz,

MMMMmmm well,

I'm working for a engineering buro. We provided engineering for telecom operators and also registration of all underground cable network. Currently i'm detached to a firm that mantains/expand and manage fiber optics.

Gr33tz

Well i do helpdesk support for a large 'entertainment' corporation, which isnt my preferred line of work, but im currently undertaking my BSc(hons) in IT and Computing and also learning the Linux ropes. So by the time i have graduated i should be able to walk into a nice cushy sys/net admin or s/w development job!

Cheers

HTRegz, this might not help your cause...

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Everyone in my program seems to think they'll end up working for hosting companies or ISPs and I want them to realize that basically every field has networking people in it. I was wondering where some of you work and what you do in your job.

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I am presently unemployed and essentially broke. As of late, I have been in my barn working on my custom 89 Camaro ( my baby ;) ) I have been into electronics and the service trade. I was a a TV Technician from '84 to '92...I began a stab at my own computer retail store, but the town I live in was\is very technically challenged and as a result my biz had to fold... At this point I went to work at a turkey farm down the road from my house as foreman. There, I developed a computerized management system to practically automate the processes of administering drugs and supplements into the feed and water systems, cooling and ventilation automation that used the temperatue monitored throughout the barns to control fans, heaters, and vent louvers. I installed terminals in various places around the farm so the workers and inspectors, etc... could retrieve data such as how many tons of feed was used for a given aount of time, administered medicines, etc... I did my job so well the owner decided it would be to his advantage to let me go and hire 3 kids to just out of high school , who's combined wages were less than what i got. After that I worked as an RV (Recreational Vehical) technician, here I worked mainly on electrical systems, all the while I was tutoring my boss in what I was very good at...I was soon let go. Since then I have built the networks at 2 different ISP's and "let go" after they got running smoothly...:(

If it wearn't for bad luck...

suprisingly, i'm an IT manager for a G.M Dealership in canada

aeallison, when you do work for someone, "stamp" it (hiddin in software for instance). then when you are let go, through some sort of "bad luck" or "karma" if you will, this stamp goes wacko and shutsdown the network rendering the isp or relevent organisation useless....

they call you, u (being the kind, caring individual you are) offer to take a look at your work. you "find" the problem and explain that the whole thing can be fixed immedietly.... the catch, you're services for "free-lance" work are consideribly higher then what they were paying you when U worked for THEM.

now wouldn't that be cool?

well ... i work in fashion industry hell. nothing but Excel on NT. i go to cc at night -> general comp science. i install mod chips in PS1/2 Xbox and GameCube + hardware/software fix for cash. help my cuz to set up network he had a contract for but i never got paid (*******), did a network for quake competition for free. but really i wanna go into security...

Well my jobs kinda embarrising and sounds the worst i have not been to colledge but i have learnt a lot from others form Ao !!! Brilliant Thread
HTRegz

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Originally posted here by sUrD
hehe, you guys are gonna luv this. i used to run a computer store in arkansas, but it got shut down, now i work at a wastewater treatment plant. i guess you could say it is a shitty job, but it pays good and the plant is run all by computers and PLCs.

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Hey....I used to work at a computer place in Fort Smith that no longer exists. Where did you work?


To answer the question posed by this thread......I am the WAN engineer/Blue Hat (see my thread on 'new kind of hacker' :D ) For a 6000 node, 100+ server, 30 site organization.

I am a homemaker of 12 years and on the side do web design stuff. I sometimes help my friends out at a local ISP doing some hardware and help newbies learn about their computers.

Nothing spectacular.

albn

That's great everyone thanks a lot... Since everyone else posted I'll throw up mine for ya'll to see...

Currently I'm running my own computer company on the side, proly 1 sale a month just for some spending money + i get cheap hardware. Threw my company I also do website design. I spent last semester tutoring in Visual Basic .Net for 9 bux an hour. Before coming here for college. I was a CAP (Community Access Program) Site Administrator.... CAP is a project where public computer access points are set-up for people who don't own computers. I had 8 desktops, a laptop, a 60" TV, a digital camera and a printer/scanner. ohhh fancy. HAH!.. I'd basically monitor computer usage when people were around. Come in during the day and teach the students in the lower grades (it was at an elementary school) basic html. I did custom photo editing/printing for people, and taught a few older people computer basics.

I am currently in my third year of a computer science at the University of New Brunswick.

I have done two 8 month co-op work terms while I've been here. My term was spent servicing federal government job banks (for anyone from Canada, those are those federal government machines in the big fancy cases in the malls). My most recent work term was spent with Imperial Oil doing a few things. I provided end-user support for the users, I wrote some Perl scripts to generate reports, and I developped an MS Access application to record and organize PC and telephone moves.

The jobs haven't been overly exciting, but have had some good experience. (oh and I also help my sister's friends with their PC problems, cause they are hot! hahaha)

Senior manager for a government contractor. I am primarily a physicist, but computers have been everywhere I've worked since the late 1960's. I have learned what I have learned primarily by trying lots of things and (hopefully) remembering those that worked. Even though computing has never been my main job description, I have often been promoted ahead of others because of my acquired skills. Those of you who are getting formal training in computing and networking have a lot of opportunities and will often be chosen ahead of others with similar talents, but little computer literacy.

I began in computer security in the 80's, when the Department of Energy was developing a set of guidelines regarding what a really good computer security program would look like. I've been in ever since. I have to say it's become almost too much fun lately.