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Are there any /g/-related jobs which pay $15/hour or more and which I can get in under two months with no prior qualifications or experience? (Or if I self-study in that time.) Thread continued from >>47833069 which I guess was NSFW and got moderated.
>>47834236
depending on how well you can bs your way through an interview and negotiate salary, a tier 1 helpdesk job could be achieved in two months with minimal effort.
>>47834236
brofist
>>47834248
minimal effort being what? I'm not retarded and I can put on a shirt/tie, and I know my way around Windows and Loonix, is that enough?
>>47834265
if you can tell people to reboot, how to connect a printer, understand the basics of rdp/vnc, and a basic understanding of domain vs local, you should be able to land a job. we've hired people with less knowledge that showed an ability to learn.
>>47834285
Thanks. Should I just be searching indeed_com for "helpdesk" or similar? Any idea if that Apple support position is worth pursuing as the other anon mentioned?
>>47834305
I honestly have no idea where you should look. I posted my resume on a few sites and asked around w/ friends already in the field. had calls within a week.
>>47834339
>friends
>>47834344
>2015
>still being an anti-social spaz in a job field that requires friendly, courteous customer interaction as its core responsibility
>>47834406
i-it's just hard to meet people as an adult, anon
>>47834406
I'm not anti-social
>>47834414
>>47834453
I get that it's hard, and if you're not anti-social, it just takes work to make friends.
>http://www.fastcompany.com/3038537/how-to-make-new-friends-as-an-adult
stage 1 is to practice talking to people. not just people you want to be friends with, not just sluts you want to fuck. everyone. be friendly to strangers on the bus, at the grocery store, anywhere you can practice interaction, do it.
>>47834344
>>47834469
It's more about location. I have no job and most of my college classes are either online or full of black people and women (community college).
>>47834484
;-;
>>47834488
sweet doubledoubles m8.
sucks about your location. have you tried finding people online in games where you have a similar interest? or on 4chan?
I've found out that two of my coworkers are /b/ros, and oldfags at that. we never discuss that we come here, but we have the occasional drink after work.
>>47834554
I mean I have internet friends kinda, just no IRL friends
>>47834236
>/g/-related jobs
if you don't mind doing it for free you can become a janitor.
>>47834236
You've just described a helpdesk job.
They'll give you a 1 month paid training and then you'll be doing the worst office job in the world.
It's just useful to get some work experience or get some cash for college.
At least once you have a degree it's a bit better than having burger flipping experience.
>>47834679
...sheesh is it really that bad?
>>47834679
Most of them seem to pay around $10. Where are these $15+ jobs?
>>47834285
>we've hired people with less knowledge that showed an ability to learn.
Without experience?
>>47834716
Mobile phone support pays a bit more where I live. But it's the lowest tier tech job filled with immigrants don't expect too much. You won't get better without experience or a degree.
>>47834773
>Mobile phone support pays a bit more where I live
More than $10? Is $15 really impossible without a degree or experience?
>>47834554
How do you make friends on 4chan?
Everyone is anonymous, well, all the friend-worthy people anyway.
>>47834792
you dont want friends from 4chan.
seriously, any social 4chan users are memespouting kids. literal autism. the kind of friend who always tells jokes but none are funny and you spend the entire day fake laughing and they never figure it out
What about that CCNA thing? How long does that take?
>>47834839
O-Oh, okay, I guess I'll just be alone.
>>47834845
Quite a long time
>>47834786
Here it was 12$ to 16$ with mobile phones and "specialized" places being on the higher-end and ISPs being on the lower-end. I quit after a year went back to school. Enjoy Muslim work culture.
>>47834839
>that feeling when you are too old for most people on 4chan and the few people who aren't too young for you are genuinely autistic
>>47834872
Are you in UK or something?
>>47834896
Canada.
>>47834868
Fill me in nigger.
>>47834925
it's roughly a one-year program here at my local community college, and some of it is pretty complicated, while other portions are totally outdated and irrelevant
>>47834236
Look bro, you get paid for what you can produce.
If you want $15 an hour, you must produce MORE than $15 an hour for your employer.
Can you earn $15 an hour with no qualifications or experiance?
Well, qualifications are evidence of ability in leui of experiance.
Both experaince and qualifications evidence your ability to produce mre than $15 dollars an hour.
So reframe your question.......
Can I get a job earning $15 an hour with no ability to evidence by ability to earn $15 an hour.
Obviously not.
Find a job, earn your keep and use your free time to work on skills which will enable you to produce more $ per hour.
1. Get a job so don't die.
2. Work on skills that enable greater $ producion.
3. $$$$$$$$$
>>47834936
Which portions would be outdated?
I'm looking to do a program to become a system admin/network engineer etc.
My local college has 3 offerings which take 2 years, 3 years, or 4 years. I don't really know what the opportunity differences would be between them or if any of them are overkill.
Mind taking a look?
2 year technician diploma: http://www.centennialcollege.ca/programs-courses/full-time/computer-systems-technician-networking/
3 year technologist diploma:
http://www.centennialcollege.ca/programs-courses/full-time/computer-systems-technology-networking/
4 year degree:
http://www.centennialcollege.ca/programs-courses/full-time/bachelor-of-applied-information-sciences-computer-and-communication-networks/
>>47835015
Half of the people I talk to say certs are total shit and not worth getting, and here you are acting like they're perfect stand-ins for experience. Which is it? I mean, do you have personal experience in the field? Do you yourself have certs? Just trying to get a clear picture here...
>>47835015
Oh me again.
My father gave me some advise I'll pass on to you fags.
Find the fastest moving industry and get the fuck involved.
He was a telecommunications systems architect.
Because the field grew so quick it was not heavily regulated (which would stunt growth) and graduates had useless knowledge by the time they graduated as the field generated new stuff faster than university could ever catch up.
>>47835087
what do you do and how old are you?
>>47835015
you don't really need to produce more than that per hour
you just need to be an important part of a whole process that produces a lot monthly
it's pretty abstract
you aren't producing anything by maintaining a machine, but the whole process would be impossible without you maintaining the machine
>>47835074
Not him but in my opinion, they're still better than having nothing. But you can't just stop at them, you've got to take some initiative and dig into the field on your own time. Something that is ALOT harder than getting a piece of paper saying you know your shit.
>>47835074
Its not a clear cut issues.
Is you industry heavily regulated?
If yes, get cert.
For example...
Medicine is heavily regulated.
Cert required to work in medicine.
Is the field lightly (or not) regulated?
If yes, don't get cert.
Example....
Programming is not heavily regulated.
No cert required.
Art is not regulated.
No cert required.
If your field is not heavily regulated you don't need cert BUT YOU DO NEED TO EVIDENCE ABILITY.
example...
Programming evidenced by github programs etc.
Art evidenced by portfolio.
What is the field?
>>47835167
Most of what you're saying is obvious and common sense... I'm talking specifically about IT
>>47835167
again, how old are you and what do you do
also how much do you earn?
>>47835174
So in IT you produce IT products.
A cert is evidence of ability to (possibly) produce IT products.
Portfolio of produced IT products is evidence of ability to product IT products.
Both do the same thing.
Portfolio is cheaper, quicker and more applicable.
>>47835187
29
Snr Data Scientist
£70K
>>47835220
most of the jobs we're talking about are like what >>47834285 said. you sound like a 16-year-old who dual-enrolled in a business 101 class at a local community college or something
>>47835234
Father was 30 when he got into IT.
3 GCSEs
0 A levels
0 Degrees
Topped out £450K
(He was a contractor)
>>47835220
I see. Thanks for your posts, Anon.
>>47835272
Your welcome Anon.
If your interested in a little bit more info on job stuff heres a cheecky 20min vid with some great info.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yI_WClCDiE
>>47835234
data scientist? what do you do?
It's really luck
My friend prefers certs because he's a lazy bum and doesn't like to check github accounts. He insists it is a professional way to handle it.
I prefer github accounts because I can actually evaluate the guy's work.
We both work for the same company as resource managers.
>>47835335
I create software for scientists. They ask me what they need, and I make it happen.
>>47835335
Basically help business make desiccation based on empirical evidence extracted from large sets of business specific data.
>>47835423
>make desiccation
is english your third language or something achmed
>>47835440
No I'm English but I'm not very good at spelling.
Its something I could work improve, but every hour I spend working on spelling is an hour I don't work on something that is actually useful.
>>47835482
wouldn't you rather learn how to spell than spend your time lying on 4chan?
>>47835482
*work to improve
lol
>>47835220
>muh certs
they are basically useless. the best jobs you get from networking.
>>47835534
>they are basically useless. the best jobs you get from networking
computer networking
>>47835550
yeah, i thought about rewording it. but yeah, professional networking. you gotta KNOW PEOPLE. you might be turned down for a job that you are better qualified for than the chosen person just because the boss knows someone who really likes the guy. sad but true.
>>47835588
Fuck this gay earth
>>47834406
>courteous customer interaction
In my field all of my co-workers are sperg-lords.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymsHLkB8u3s
>>47835588
Don't know if I'd say sad.
You've gotta spend untold hours of your life with them.
Wouldn't you rather it be with someone you like?
>>47835666
yeah, I guess the sad part is that most of us have already been working our asses off without this info. we just think that credentials/GPA is all that matters, etc.
>>47835642
what the hell is the point of this scene
>>47835703
seems like a really obscure piece of info
i mean
how often do people ride on submarines
like never...
>>47835763
>>47834236
Why would you want a tech job when you can just work at any corporate operated Mcdonalds and make as much being a burger flipper?
>>47834839
>you don't want friends from 4chan within the last 4 years
ftfy
the guy I worked with was from the golden age of 2006-2008. there was a single statement of 'the pool is closed due to aids', a nod, and neither of us have mentioned 4chan since.
>>47835608
It pissed me off when I learned this too but the only way around it is to learn stuff and keep learning stuff that makes you indispensable and valuable to someone. There are a lot of skills out there you can learn too.
>>47835977
how are you supposed to stay alive to continue learning? how are you going to suddenly start becoming valuable when you don't work for anyone? important questions.
>>47835968
>there was a single statement of 'the pool is closed due to aids', a nod
is this a fucking hollywood movie? are you faggots brothers of the 4chan watch or something?
>>47836042
yep. scheduled for release Summer 2015.
Don't you guys do Co-op? School/Work you know? great way to meet people, learn and earn work experience.
>>47836005
You might have to work some shitty job while you go to school or learn new skills.
I meant it in the sense that you learn what there is the most demand for because there is probably too much of a shortage for people to just pick people they like over people who have skills.
Pizza Delivery pays $20-25/hr with tips.
IT is useless. Learn to wrench on a car while you're delivering pizza in a shitbox.
>>47836378
that apparently pays less than pizza delivery
>>47836273
>Don't you guys do Co-op?
I've never even heard of this
>>47834700
Nope, not in my exp at least. Best part of my job is my team though. Boss is cool, syseng is chill, and desktop admin is okay. Just ignore other departments outside of calls/emails/meetings and you are fine. I work in a SMB though so ymmv
>>47836708
What is an SMB?
>>47835588
>1% milk
disgusting
>>47836708
what the fuck is an SMB?
>>47836596
You pay to work
>>47835043
get 3 year technologist, get your 1 year's worth of coop experience in that program (this is paramount). Boom, you're already marketable with 1 year's worth of experience out of college, giving you the edge over a degree graduate without coop (if their degree program has coop, then that's even better).
