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>work
>edu/cert?
>job/pay?
>region/place?
>how do you feel about your job/career/etc whatever
>help desk
>b.s. IT/none
>help desk/$19/hr
>midwest
>pic related
>software engineer
>computer science
>sw engineer/2500$/mo
>russia moscow
>wish i was a neet
unemployed atm
don't know what cert(s) to get.
a+ looks like a waste of time. I don't really want to work at geeksquad, etc.
>>54069853
they updated a+ again I didn't even know its now the 901/902
>>54069815
>integrations analyst
>b.s. it
>$27.5/hr
>big fortune 500 telecom
>lots of down time, occasionally work
Feels great, management is chillax. Come in 30 minutes late (9:30), take two bathroom breaks 10 minutes each, lunch is 1hour long and leave 30 minutes early (4:30). Never has wage slavery felt better. High career upward mobility
>>54069815
>work
Student IT intern/help desk
>edu/cert?
A+, studying for Linux+ and Sec+
>job/pay?
8.05 and hour
>region/place?
Florida
>how do you feel about your job/career/etc
Learned that all of my CS professors are cucks.
>>54069971
OP here, my job is obviously the opposite. Have to be at work before 7AM start get until 7:04AM to lock in, 7:07am to log into phone system to take calls get 30 min for lunch and two fifteen min breaks which I can take all together thanks! Management hasn't gotten on us for browsing non work sites I work fucking hard and don't browse during calls fuck them
The only thing keeping me going is the hope I can get out of help desk and find a IT job within the company that doesn't require me to take 40-50 calls a day.
>>54069815
software engineer
information technology
$50/hr
orlando, fl
easy job, no dress code, free food
>>54069960
the book I was on was still talking about xp.
just seems like a bunch of windows shit.
>>54070122
I read about 75% is about the same, but they removed and added some stuff like winxp
>Some of the older technologies have thankfully been replaced, and some new topics have been added. Say goodbye to Rambus, CRTs, and Windows XP, and say hello to Windows 8, Mac OS, Linux, and Windows Phone.
>>54069845
>2500
Quit dude...
>>54070187
its top tier salary in russia you dumb fuck
>>54070050
>wahhhh school is a liberal environment
>>54070210
Move dude
>web dev
>CS
>3300 brl/mo (930 usd)
>Brazil/Sao Paulo
>hue...
Target for 7 years: electronics team member but i end up building bikes mostly or as a cart bitch/guest attendant .
10 year military veteran
Associates in business, law, linguistics.
$10 an hour since minimum wage went up.
Bakersfield, California arm pit of the world.
hate it im treated like shit. reverse discriminated at its finest.
I am white, 35, male.
Most managers and team leads: women, Hispanic or Arabic age mid 20s.
>>54069815
>Web programmer - Python/Django
>No certs, BTEC HND (HONS) in ComSci with Distinctions
>£18k pa ($25.5k in US)
>Shropshire, UK
>Easy, and has unique challenges since I'm more an application/games programmer, but I could do with a higher wage
>>54070210
2500/160 ~= 15.5$/hr
>wageslaving away his life for poverty-tier wage
kek
>>54069815
>>work - System Engineer
>>edu/cert? - None! Dropped out of college and fell into a right place/time kinda thing
>>job/pay? - Sys Eng/~$110k annual
>>region/place? - Puget Sound
>>how do you feel about your job/career/etc whatever - I work for a fortune 50 telco with a long history. Provided I keep improving my technical skills and don't make major mistakes, I could do this until I die/retire. It's boring at times since large corps move slowly, but I have enough freedom to pursue researching and lab testing concepts that could be useful to the biz.
>CNC Operator
>High School Diploma
>stand in front of a big machine for 22$/hr
>Cook County IL
>Its ok i guess
>>54070671
Why are you dividing by 160 you chucklefuk? It's already in dollars.
>>54070483
>making half of what you should be making the US
Damn man, get out of there. Easily making 50k at least in the states
>>54070983
Yeah it's pretty competitive here without a proper BSc
Would it be easy to just go there and get work? My family was thinking of moving to Cali anyway
>>54070935
Because there are 4 40 hour weeks in month, mr wageslave cuck.
>>54071017
sort of. you can get a job at start-ups without any real education if they like you. be warned however, startups are often "businesses without business models," and you might have to deal with long hours and bad technology stacks. all the same, since you have experience in the industry, your best bet would be some sort of nepotism. going to tech events in your city and shmoozing / ingratiating yourself to horrible nerds is a good idea
>AT&T wire tech
>A+, Computer science dropout
>23/hr
>don't mind. Wish I was actually IT though
I can post here, right guys? ; ;
>>54071118
> and you might have to deal with long hours and bad technology stacks
I like a challenge, so I'm ok with it if the pay is good enough
>going to tech events in your city and shmoozing / ingratiating yourself to horrible nerds is a good idea
I'm desperate enough to try lel. Thanks for the heads up
>>54071118
oh, you have a degree. good. if you've worked there for a year or two without any real raises now is the time to pivot into another position for increase pay and title. there's no point sticking with a single corporation, those old days are over
>>54071017
Just start searching for companies and jobs LinkedIn, indeed, and glassdoor. If you have the experience and handiwork to prove it, a lot of employers don't really care what degree you had as long as it's a relevant field. They often say "computer science or related degree" Even if it's not in the relevant field, experience trumps all. Any degree. Start searching before you move, employers may compensate you for the moving expenses.
>>54070087
How many years of experience before you can make 50 an hour as a sw eng?
>>54071175
>>54071177
I did say I didn't have a degree, hence the shit pay
>there's no point sticking with a single corporation,
Agreed. I always moved about, which is how I worked my way into a programmer job, wasting time is not ideal for personal growth.
>>54071239
Where i live, 15.
Do you guys think I'd have a shot getting an IT job if I have a masters degree in physics?
I'm sick of this field and just want to be a programmer or something. I've been programming as a hobby for maybe 12yrs now so I feel pretty confident in my abilities, but do you think I'd get a chance without having a computer science degree?
>>54071304
Yes. I got 2 IT jobs without a degree. 10 years hobbyist experience, but only 5 months since I'd started my portfolio
>work
>edu/cert?
4 year bachelor IT
>job/pay?
software dev
>region/place?
europe
>how do you feel about your job/career/etc whatever
it's alright, I get to work on some nice backend stuff. Working on turning my cleaning up my dev environment in to a seperate VM.
>>54069971
I literally waste three hours a day on 4chan at work.
Didn't wanna start a new thread for this.
>working as a freelance technician for years now
>small business owner calls to have me come check out the computer that runs his registers and shit
>power supply fan is burning up and the hard drive is 12 years old
>also, he has never dusted it, ever
>SMART indicates the total runtime on the drive is something like 70,000 hours
>shocked that it hasn't burst into flames by now
>dust it, reproduce the issues, give him a quote on parts and labor
>discuss how he wants it done
>says he'll be fine with letting it go during the afternoon so long as it's back the next morning
>he pays me and I order the parts
>call him back to ask when it'd be a good time to pick it up when the parts come in
>suddenly says that the computer's data is too important and that he can't let it leave the shop
>says that he'll call the guy who created the software for his register and call me back
>hangs up on me abruptly
>try calling back to tell him that I can just do the work there and he sends the call to voicemail
The fuck do I do? Why are customers always like this? Why can't they just communicate?
Also had a guy recently who got scammed by another local shop for a "hard drive replacement" for $300, then took it back to them after the drive failed 6 months later. This time, they told him that now the motherboard is bad and they'll need another $300 to replace it. Despite explaining that the only thing wrong was the hard drive and showing him proof, he still took it to them and paid them another $300.
I'm losing my fucking mind. How do you find work doing this for someone else, because after years of this shit I might strangle the next person who calls me and tries to grill me for info on how to fix it themselves with no intention of paying me for anything.
>>54071355
Mind telling us how much you make? Dutch cs fag here and I'm afraid I'm getting too optimistic from all these american salaries.
>>54071239
I'm at 8 years, but experience isn't the only factor in determining pay. Industry and location heavily influence it. For example, a south California job will pay far more than a central Kansas job. Additionally, the tourism industry may pay more than a financial firm.
In my case, I'm at a vacation resort company in Florida which is currently making enough money to basically hand out like candy to employees.
junior dev here
>apparently talented
>easily develop new quality stuff and quickly grasp old large legacy projects
>constantly get my dick sucked about how amazing and valuable I am
>literally praised by everyone around me
>ask for a raise
>"hahaha no who the fuck do you think you are hahahahaha"
should I seek greener pastures?
>>54071777
Always yes
>>54071113
actaully i work only 30 hours
>>54070671
has it ever occurred to you that living costs in Russia aren't as high, and that salary is probably top-tier in that region?
perpetuating the retarded sheltered American stereotype pretty well here
>>54071777
Yes, also nice trips
Junior dev, I honestly was happier as a neet. I'm making games at the weekends but progress is painfully slow and life is still shit.
>>54071803
>>54071877
the catch is, I actually enjoy my job
I enjoy the people, the environment and the benefits
but this salary problem makes me feel like I'm being unfairly treated
and it makes my fucking blood boil
I don't know if I'm going about this correctly
>>54069815
>software engineer
>MS in CS
>data processing / $130k base + $90k stocks/bonuses
>silicon valley
>tuck me in, let me die
I've applied for another job, should hear back early next week. Fingers crossed, yo.
>>54071318
Why kind of places do you apply to? I never got a single reply from recruiting agencies.
>>54071969
>I don't know if I'm going about this correctly
Both places I worked at had "friendly environments", they were real nice to work at, but they were both low-paying. At the end, it's your future. A less "friendly environment" will also shape your character, so choose it if the salary is higher, and don't be cucked. If they said no already, then you have to move, since now you're suspicious to them
>>54070417
>Bakersfield
At least housing is cheaper than the coast line? Dear god that place is shit though, been through and around it a few times. Why don't you use your GI Bill $ to go back to school?
>>54072014
>A less "friendly environment" will also shape your character
Working with wankers is never a good idea
>>54072068
If you can't overcome wankers, you were never going to make it in a job that demanded higher pay anyway, or move up position
>>54072079
I'd rather have a mediocre job with bearable people than chad mcthundercock's rockstar coding job
>>54071449
what is my dream, to make a fortune from peoples stupidity.
>>54072079
A job with higher pay should demand more skill, not more assholes
>>54069815
>full stack web dev
>none
>25,000 bong a year
>north east england
>its okay I guess, I do bits of freelancing for extra cash and am working on a product of my own so I can quit my job and claw back some of my time.
>>54072068
He didn't say it would shape his character for the better.
Working with fucksticks increases your ability to advocate for yourself/ push blame onto other people/ how to look out for backstabbers/ backstab other people yourself, which are all highly valuable skills in a financial sense. Your cortisol levels will also skyrocket, and it becomes very difficult to just flip the switch and turn it off at the end of the day (your wife/gf will leave you).
>>54072124
Higher pay entails more delicate situations, which is exactly why you'd have to deal with assholes, when a subordinate fucks shit up
>>54072125
which stack do you use? or is it customer choice?
>>54072154
>when a subordinate fucks shit up
What do you mean? because I already deal with a whole lot of incompetence
Also, when a team is dedicated to sabotaging each other, then nothing will ever get done
malice harms everyone involved
>>54072219
And if you can't deal with the incompetence of wankers, knowing that not everyone in this world is happy-go-lucky, you weren't cut out for a high-paying job.
In any case, my original position holds. A job with wankers that pays high is better, because if you're good enough, wankers don't affect you, at the same time, the wage is a better investment of time.
>>54072268
oh so you really did just mean incompetence? not people trying to fuck you over on purpose?
I already have a lot of experience with that, and we still manage to be all friendly, and I still get paid fuck-all
>>54069815
consultant (rent-a-programmer with mother company)
application developer (college), oracle basic java certs (mother company)
1600 eurobucks net, company car for private use and fuel included
antwerp
job at the mother company is pretty comfy, i guess, only downside is the managers suck, like all managers do
the clients themselves are the bad part of the job, it's 2016 and still companies do IT like it's the 70s
>>54072326
>oracle basic java certs
are these worth it?
standalone Java is piss-easy so I've been considering those
>>54069815
>jr sysadmin / help desk
>none
>40k a year
>New England
>Google Ultron Guy Jr. hiding among normies. Slowly automating my job.
>>54072123
what
>>54072430
oracle's cert exams are complete bullshit. They test how well you can memorize the spelling/capitalization of methods that take certain params and presence or abscence of certain methods on their favorite classes, how well you can spot compiler errors like Public class (capital P), and how well you can predict the outcome of a method that performs arbitrary, convoluted, baseless math on 5 ints, doubles, booleans and floats titled a1, a2, x, y and z, in your mind acrosd multiple nested and badly designed fors, whiles and switches. The companies considering those certs a mark of quality programming is just more proof of corporate bullshit and managers sucking corporate cock.
>>54072571
PS so no, the certs are worthless to a programmer looking to further his skills and whatnot. All theyre good for is to suck manager cock
>>54069815
>>work
neet
>>edu/cert?
none / none
>>job/pay?
none / none
>>region/place?
none / basement
>>how do you feel about your job/career/etc whatever
pretty good
>>54069815
>Mainframe programmer in financial sector
>BS in Information Systems
>Mainframe programming and support, about $95k depending on bonus and stock options
>US
It's not exactly a thrilling job, maintaining decades-old code, but it let's me live however I want with plenty of opportunity to switch companies. I've certainly grown to resent people in upper management though; almost all of their decisions are terrible and lead to pointless wastes of time and money over multiple years.
>>54072905
>decades-old code
COBOL?
>>54070417
>reverse discriminated
There is not such thing as "reverse discrimination"
discrimination is discrimination no matter what you are.
>>54072905
is there anyone on the planet besides managers who doesn't feel managers are retarded?
>>54072571
>>54072619
thanks
you just saved me a lot of time/money
>>54071136
Why are you calling yourself a wire tech, you're a fucking prem tech and you know it.
>>54072950
Yep, that's the one. Honestly though, I'm mostly just dicking around with JCL to kick stuff off or manipulate report data.
>>54072965
Some of the things I've seen blow my mind. A project's lead developer tells them that there's no way the project will take less than two years, and their response is to hire a group of Indian consultants who assure them that it'll be done in a year flat, no problem. They were shocked when it took two and half years, and laid off a bunch of people.
I've already dodged one such project, but I'm keeping my resume ready so that I don't have to put up with bullshit like that.
>>54072509
I almost got a jr sys admin job seems so comfy stuck in a fucking service desk job right now
>work
Network Engineer
>edu/cert?
B.S./Too many certs to list
>job/pay?
You already asked this/$85k
>region/place?
New England
>how do you feel about your job/career/etc whatever
It's ok. Server people are stupid and will always blame the network for anything that goes wrong.
> Job: Casino Software Developer
> Education: Vocational (Electrical engineering)
> Software Developer/1500$ in month
> Location: Estonia
Stressful. Management wants me to experiment on different HTML5+javascript frameworks.
>>54073273
Dude, move to Finland, way better pay here for Casino Software Dev.
I'm about to be going to a decent University (UH@Cl) to get a BAS in IT/Info systems
If you're wondering why I'm doing that instead of CS it's because I can't into math. And I like working with computers.
How fucked am I? I figure there are always business and schools that need someone to do IT shit for them.
I already have an associates in general studies but thats pretty useless tier.
>>54073292
Any nice companies?
We are working for a company based in Norway.
Basically, it's outsourcing.
>>54073322
RAY, Veikkaus, Paf.
>QA (testing pcb's, blue collar)
>high school
>$18/h
>Swe
>It's good but dead end, going to study this or next autumn.
>>54073528
Learn some programming, go into Unit Testing.
>>54070152
wait, so can you not get 801/802 certified anymore or what
>>54069815
>dropped out of computing science
>ISP techsupport, ~1500$ / mo
>north Sweden
>meh
>>54073712
you will have till June 30th, 2016 to take the 801/802 exam according to some quick information I found.
>>54073948
€2200+ HelpDesk/Service Desk/Tech Support in Finland. :(
>>54073988
at least you're making decent cash
>>54069815
>work
Sysadmin
>edu/cert?
None
>job/pay
27.50 burger bucks/hr
>region/place?
East Coast
>how dobyou feel about your job/career/etc whatever
Pretty comfy but I don't want to be here forever
Help desk for government
None other than very interested in computers and using them my whole life, basically a power nerd
35/hour and part of the gov union
British Columbia
>mobile developer
>BSc
>£20k (~$28.4k)
>uk
>job is great and possibly good opportunities for advancement faster than a normal company since I was hired really early on (startup) and company still growing
>>54069815
>work
Software Engineer
>edu/cert?>>54069815
BS CS
>job/pay?
Probably going to bring in 120k this year from bonuses and stuff.
>region/place?
Texas
>how do you feel about your job/career/etc whatever
I haven't started yet, it's my first job. It's a decent size startup but I want to move to a bigger more stable company later.
>>54072201
Linux
Nginx (previously Apache)
MySQL
PHP
>RuneScape bots
>still in school
>Beijing
>$180k last year
>Developer Mainly web stuff C#
> Bsc Games development
>dunno £20k i think
>UK
>I like it were a small "tech agency" so its not all web sites, lots of quirky marketing jobs worked with big clients. ill prob need to leave though for a significant pay rise
>>54069815
>work
Server monitoring
>edu/cert?
Vocational School (Business IT)
>job/pay?
€50k+
>region/place?
Finland
>how do you feel about your job/career/etc whatever
Used to work in Onsite Support -> Helpdesk -> current job. Absolutely hate customer support now, love my current position though. 4 days of work (12hour shifts), 6 days off, repeat.
>>54074168
>180K
That is in American dollars right?
I didn't know gold farmers made near that much.
>>54074210
I'm not a goldfarmer, I make and sell RuneScape bots.
>>54074043
gotta get on that gov teet
>>54074200
shit that's what I want to do now. I work help desk for a hospital mostly middle age women call in the most annoying people basically
>>54069815
IT "assistant" though my job has been increasing more and more, that once my review is up I'll basically be like pay up or I'm out
Associate's Degree with A+ (I know..)
IT for a construction company, which means a lot of shit. I'm salary ($30k) so hourly rate is around $14.5 I believe
New York City, baby
I like the job, really.
>>54074217
Are you excited for NXT?
>>54071777
Have you considered that there's an addendum to "you're so great/talented"? It's "at your price point". Not to bust your balls, but you may just be good bang for their buck.
>>54074569
>I'll basically be like pay up or I'm out
You better have a fucking offer for another job before you try to play this card. I've seen so many retards try this, get let go, and then have no job at all.
>>54074725
So you're saying I should start interviewing for other places before my performance review?
How the hell am I supposed to interview while working full time?
>>54074743
>So you're saying I should start interviewing for other places before my performance review?
Yes. From your post it sounds like you have a very generic and easily replaceable skillset (no offense). The company is likely to bring someone else in at the same pay who is the same as you or even better than you. Of course if they like you they'll probably give you the raise, but are you willing to risk losing the job without a backup plan?
>How the hell am I supposed to interview while working full time?
PTO? Sick time? Are you not allowed to take a day off?
>>54074839
It's a fairly small sized company (~300 employees) with an even smaller IT team (like 5 of us), so I don't think they really want to get rid of me.
I'll try to be careful and not get overly cocky though.
>>54069971
>27.5/hr
Literally what I made at Coles stacking shelves when I was 21.
>Systems Engineer
>Bachelors in Journalism, Minor in CS, no certs
>$77000/yr
>Silicon Valley (in b4 poor)
>I fucking love my job. Work for a video game company, it's chill as fuck, play Street Fighter every lunch, met some great people, and get to fulfill a childhood dream. I turned down a pretty big paycheck to take this job and I don't regret it at all.
>work
coder
>edu/cert?
one of the best of my country
>job/pay?
2600€/month
>region/place?
France Paris
>how do you feel about your job/career/etc whatever
it's cool
>>54074710
i'm getting below average pay while clearly being an above average developer in this field
there are places offering up to 1.5x my current salary for almost the exact same job
so no, this is not the case
>>54070483
Wow I'm on 5k more on a shitty help desk job, you're getting cucked DESU m8
>Americans and that 40+ hour work week
It's madness you know.
>>54074839
is it possible to have a 'standing offer' from another company just in case you got fired? like, i work at company A, and talk with company B. could company B say 'yeah we will hire you any time in the next 6 months if you choose to jump ship from company a'?
>>54075725
It's illegal anon.
>>54075725
>jump ship from company a
What does it mean?
>>54069815
>Work in a NOC
>none/none
>network analyst / $63,000/yr
>western half of the usa
>love the job
protip: pad your resumes, but don't lie; then fake it until you make it sons
>>54075799
Fuck, anon. Help me. I want your position but no certs and no exp. I'm in DFW if it matters and my background has been in manufacturing/logistics.
>>54075799
How can you pad your resume without lying?
>>54075774
"Jump ship" means to quit/leave the job. In the post's context it would mean "yeah we will hire you any time within the next 6 months if you choose to leave your job at company a"
>>54076268
Why would it be illegal?
>>54075725
Its not illegal but most companies are NOT going to give you a standing offer unless you're at the top of your field. Generally you have a week to say yes/no before they move onto another candidate.
Systems engineer (mainly do automation and config management)
Dropped out of CS
Midwest, work remote for Bay Area company.
$115k
1) did your job require a credit check before they hired you?
2) did this impede you from getting the job?
>>54069815
>pharmacist
>microbiology major w/ Pharm.D
>$59/hr
>North Texas
>being a retail pharmacist is boring as fuck
>>54069815
>Software developer
>Computer science from generic state school - 2 years out of school
>65k
>Midwest usa
>I took this job over a higher paying one to stay in the area for friends/family. It was a mistake, it's boring as fuck corporate bullshit compared to the startup I interned at.
Knowing so many people working at a huge company is enlightening. Internal API responses in development return production data, management almost always approves access to APIs because they get so many requests and can't be ass'd to read them all. There is almost no two-factor authentication, so a hardware keylogger in a DBA's keyboard would get a good set of credentials to get access to shit. Management is paranoid over security (because they could go to jail), but they don't fund any work to improve it.
A few years ago someone with a forged cert attached a kali linux box to the intranet and changed some intranet sites, just to prove it was possible and their security was shit. This is a fortune 50 financial/insurance company if that makes you all feel better. They cover up data leaks unless required to disclose them by law.
/rant
>>54073044
Because the company hired me to be a wire tech, I don't know what the position was before I got there. We do more than just premises wiring now anyway so it makes sense right? I keep being told we're stealing service tech jobs too.
>>54073149
it is, but its dull a lot of the time, so i try to stay busy elsewhere
>>54078165
enjoy it I have to take calls for mostly middle aged women who are beyond retarded hosptial help desk pays decent but their voices enrage me damn midwestern accents. Luckily they behave themselves mostly they know they're being recorded
I always wonder whenever American said 100k/yr, does it mean he only get paid once a year?
>>54078214
if its salary they usually get paid the same I think like every two weeks or month basically they work 40 hours and get their pay. Also it means you could work 80 hours and you still get paid the same salary no overtime
>>work
web dev
>>edu/cert?
CS degree
>>job/pay?
40k/year
>>region/place?
Alberta Canada/small company
>>how do you feel about your job/career/etc whatever
feel like I should quit. Job is always stressful with major scope creep from accounts. Things always breaking, people stressed out around me, get texts during off time pestering me to fix shit or add features for approaching deadlines. I'm 7 months into this job straight out of school... fuck my life
>>54069815
>Work
Kind of Help Desk for an ISP
Im kinda help desk because only half the day I spend helping customers and users. The other half I spend fixing broken stuff.
>edu/cert
Still in school working towards a BS in comp info systems
A+
CCENT
holding off on the second half of my CCNA because it would expire like one year after I graduate.
>job/pay
already said, ISP tech. 12$/hr (tragically underpaid)
>region/place
USA West of the Mississippi lol
>How do you feel about your job
Only down side is the pay and the fact that I'm overworked between full time school and work. Other than that chill. I'm conflicted. Pic related.
>>54069815
> fired from helpdesk cause i couldnt afford cert classes
>BS IT, none
>....
>midwest
>glad i got fired cause i was being payed in the bottom 20th percentile for helpdesk, looking for something more hands on like fiber tech.
>>54078920
>12$/hr
you're not overpaid most places for your type of work pay about that maybe a little more
>>54078954
>help desk
>certs
fucking u wot m8
>>54078980
>overpaid
No I said underpaid. Considering the minimum wage in my stat is 10$/hr due to high living expenses.
I don't think I'm that far under the bar. 13 or 14 I'd be happy.
>>54078985
new IT director required all IT staff, no matter what they do to get the ITIL cert, first job out of college and got no money, worked there for 2 weeks before they wanted me to pay 1.8k for the course, managed to talk them into a much cheaper test for 360$ but didnt pass the first time, they acted surprised when everyone else who took the expensive course passed, it was paid for by the company. and i had to pay for it myself. even had well over the 75% first contact closure rate they wanted. also 90% of people that worked there made double what i did and didnt know what a start button was.
Staples
self taught/Apple Product Professional/A+
Tech Associate/$11.35/hr
Canada
I like it, but I wish I could use my potential elsewhere.
>>54069815
>IT/Developer
>Currently Studying SE
>12usd/day
>México (Fuck my life, the reason why my pay is shit).
>i feel like SHIT eve tough my pay isn't that bad as the majority of Mexicans (normal). I'm actually waiting for a project that my boss (not the owner but the head of IT) is putting together to start working (out the company i work for) which promises that we will get good money (i trust him).
>>54069815
> Network engineer
> College dropout
> 50k/year + benefits w/ 401k or IRA matching
> Rural idaho
> Place is chill af, family owned, play pool three times a day in the lounge
>work
front end web dev
>edu/cert?
dropped out of college, self taught
>job/pay?
$78,000 USD
>region/place?
St. Louis, Missouri (go Cards!)
>how do you feel about your job/career/etc whatever
it's bretty gud. Been at it for three years. Wasted a lot of time in customer service etc. before actually pursuing a worthwhile career doing something I enjoy, and I wish I hadn't done that.
Upward mobility is pretty good, lots of jobs out here, great work/life balance too. Super happy all around desu senpai
>>54069815
>middle school coding teacher
>dropped out of CS degree in junior year, might go back next year
>$25/hr
>PNW
>Chill and not a lot of actual work. Kids can be fun/annoying depending on my mood. Kind of feel like I should be doing more, hence why I want to finish my degree and make actual software
>>54079114
no offense but how can you be satisfied making less than $15 an hour? I made minimum wage ($10) back when I lived with my parents and even then I couldn't imagine paying bills with that, unless I lived an extreme poorfag lifestyle.
>>54069845
exactly this except in east coast america
>>54075047
>Bachelors in Journalism
>I turned down a pretty big paycheck
doubtful
>>54079379
Get your degree, I believe in you anon. Classes wise senior year was my favorite.
>IT specialist in the military and a computer technician in the civilian side
>Army training, some years of college
>9/hr for civilian
>treated like shit in both
>>54069815
>Software Engineer
>Masters in Electronic and Computer Engineering
>Software Engineer/£30k
>UK
>Not enough flexible working and I don't particularly enjoy the work as it's so process driven that I don't have much flexibility on how I work.
I want to start my own company, do projects as I need and travel more. But until the magic idea happens, I'm a wage slave.
>>54070210
>2.5K
>top salary
>actually calling some one a dumbfuck
Get a load of this slavshit.
>>54081223
reminder that average slav earns 300 a month
>>54081285
300$ USD?
>>54081285
What a fucking shithole senpai.
>Machine operator at aerosol can manufacturer
>associates degree for secondary education
>40k plus benefeits, endless ot for extra dosh
>US east coast
>Its repetitive but dat pay for pushing buttons and sorting cans makes me feel good rubbing it into hs classmates who got a degree to work at mcdolan's to pay off their loans. New car, new apt, paid my college loan off early but no gf to spend money on ;_;
>>54081223
>>54081304
see >>54071868
why are western males such sheltered, uneducated dumbfucks?
>>54081407
It is funny when a dumbass slavshit goes to an american website to tell them they're dumbfucks. Don't you have your own imageboards? Fuck off to whatever shithole you came from, poorfag.
>>54081587
>I have no argument and no knowledge of the world outside of good old Dumbfuckistan
>>54081626
Why should I care about slavshits and their poor ass country?
>>54081642
>being willingly ignorant about anything when all of mankind's knowledge is at your fingertips
>>54081689
Is it really that hard to wrap your head around the fact that most people in the US don't give a fuck about other countries? I'm not sure they'll be able to point to Russia on a map, because no one gives that much of a shit about it.
>>54081395
Don't worry, they'll surpass you by far within a few short years.
>>54079394
I still live at home and don't really have any bills to pay?
>>54081587
Putinlandia is pretty much a barren shithole, mini putins have their agenda about pushing it as a great "country"
>work
Data Management
>edu/cert?
BS in Mathematics
>job/pay?
75k+/yr
>region/place?
South, low cost of living
>how do you feel about your job/career/etc whatever
Excellent pay, great benefits, work from home options.... but not what I envision myself doing longterm. I'm using the company's educational assistance to enroll back in school as a stepping-stone into a PhD program. It isn't easy... but I'm doing all I can to make it work so I can move on with my life.
Most of my team members are technical and ironically I'm viewed as non-technical because I'm not the engineers developing for production environments. I don't code on a day-to-day basis but I do a ton of self-study on my own. The hard part isn't coding, it's understanding the 100s of data sources they use and how they're connected and understanding political landscape.
I don't know. I just want out. I want to be doing research. I'm never excited about work and feel like I'm dying of depression for not being in grad school. My undergrad grades are shit, so taking courses now to improve my GPA to improve my chances at top grad schools. Luckily I already have recommendation letters + research experience as an undergrad. Within the next few years I'll be applying for PhD programs at top schools. My self-study is going along nicely. Been reviewing and understanding theoretical math in CS. It's like an extension of what I studied in my math degree. Plan to do more research on the side with some professors. I really hate corporate life. Most of my coworkers are cogs. They're more interested in the political game than anything else. I'm taking courses next semester at a top school with a clean slate GPA. This is the first step at improving my situation before I apply. All I do is self-study CS, I'm getting ready.
>software engineer
>informatics engineering
>€550/mo
>greece
>easy job but shit pay
>Work
Junior Software Dev
>Edu
Associates in CompSci, Bootcamp
>Job/Pay
Insurance Company/$47/year
>Region/Place
San Antonio, TX
>Feels
If every dev shop was like this, I would probably just kill myself right now. I've posted here before, but basically no versioning control, no testing, etc.
Have a couple of interviews lined up this week in Denver though, so I'm hoping for a change.
>work
software engineer
>edu/cert?
bs electrical/computer engineering 3 yrs ago
>job/pay?
$115k + ~30-50k bonus
>region/places
seattle
>how do you feel about your job/career/etc whatever
pretty much maintaining legacy code for a $30b business so it's pretty much a country club, going to move to a more leading edge part of tech soon.
>DevOps engineer
>Computer Engineering Bachelors
>SysEngineer at $70k
>Chicago
>I'm head of IT, chief security officer, and then I spin up EC2 instances on the side. #AgencyLife so the pay is lower and the work is multifaceted but I get a shitload of freedom.
>>54072509
That was seriously the funniest thread Ive ever read. XD
>helpdesk
>humanities lmao
>17.50
>midwest
>im new and not used to being employed so im optimistic
>>54069815
>work
Onsite IT Technician
>edu/cert?
HS: IT/Tech concentration
College: Vocational degree Systems Administration/Computer Networks
>pay?
$16/hr (this is decent middle-class-tier level here) + approximately $580/month for travel expenses and the like (about $400 of these are profit after paying for gas and shit)
>region/place?
Islamic Caliphate of Swedistan
>how do you feel about your job/career/etc whatever
Fucking hate it and I always have, but I'm not qualified for anything else. Applying for the Police Academy this year, hopefully I'll get in. The fact that I'd rather wrestle junkies for less pay should tell you how much I hate the industry.
> product support for firewall vendor
> College diploma
> L3 Support / 84K
> East Canadia
> Challenging and rewarding and constantly learning/experimenting , playing with expensive firewalls in the lab and reading up on new things coming out before they are actually implemented and how the vendor side of things actually work and what direction the industry is going towards.
Downside is lot's of dickwaving and needless drama from customer's , our own staff , people being unreasonable in general , company is not very open with functional specs with it's own support staff.
>SOC Intern
>Working on BA in unrelated shit
>16/h
>Northeast USA
>Could lead to a well paid full time job in Sec so I am feeling alright
>new grad Soft Eng at Investment Bank
>BS in Comp Sci
>85k + bonus
>NYC
>Good
>>54085232
goldman sacchs only gave you 85k?
>>54085300
Morgan Stanley. 85k is the standard in this industry for employees they value. (friend at goldman in tech making 85k. friend doing investment banking at barclays making 85k) The team I'll be on gives bonuses of 20-30k
Network consultant
Creative writing and English
£27k pa
England
Pretty good, started as tech with zero IT exp but enjoying developing my skills
>>work
software engineer
>>edu/cert?
Just got my CS degree
>>job/pay?
$100k + 10k bonus
>>region/places
Silicon Valley
>>how do you feel about your job/career/etc whatever
pretty comfy. I get free breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, games, drinks, gym, etc all on-site. Working on an open source NLP library, so that's satisfying
>>54085426
Pretty dank friendo
>>54069960
They update it about every 3 years like almost every comptia cert
time like this make me so jealous of you 1st worlders ;_;
you only have to work for a day or two and have enough money for a good graphic card while I have to work for a month.
Should I take an unpaid IT internship if it's at the office of the secretary of state?
>>54069815
>>work
Engineering manager
>>edu/cert?
BEng Aerospace Engineering
>>job/pay?
$70k CAD
>>region/place?
Canada
>>how do you feel about your job/career/etc whatever
Looking good, not bad for a 26 year old! I rose quicker through the ranks because I good program and it looks like magic to the boomer generation.
>work
Systems admin and 1st line support
>edu/cert?
IT A-level and L3 apprenticeship
>pay?
£19.5k + quarterly bonus
>region/place?
UK
>how do you feel about your job/career/etc whatever
IT in this country is massivly underpaid, unless you're in London. Though considering what other departments get paid (the same or less than me), I have little stress. Sales and stuff looks like a fucking nightmare at times.
>>54085426
What kinda shit did you do outside of your actual education to land such a great job?
>>54085328
fair. i think i was offered 80k at goldman a few years ago so that's reasonable. IT work? (non-trader facing). how do you like the suit culture? also how well do you get by on that salary in NYC? (all of these are concerns I had that pushed me to seattle)
Work: Director of Tehcnology
Edu/Cert: No college. A+, Security+, ACMT, other basic meme Apple certs
Pay: $70k
Place: SoCal
Plans: I hope to be here another year and then advance internally with a 25% pay increase. My workload is extremely comfy right now though so it's hard to imagine leaving it just for more money. Pretty low stress.
