RL professions p99 players

[Cyrano]

Originally Posted by Pimecone [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Dental student graduating in may

What school? I just started.

[Cyrano]

Originally Posted by Yinaltin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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You're a typodont?

[aresprophet]

I manage a cell phone store. A good month brings in more than twice as much money as a bad month, and that's a fun income to plan around.

The funny thing is that despite managing a staff and dealing with customers on a daily basis (and being pretty good at both, all things considered) I have massive social anxiety.

When I get home I escape into video games like EQ to avoid talking to people because I get so sick of people's shit.

[Kurtanius21]

My profession is Lord of the Underworld during the graveyard shifts (Mom's Basement) and the God of War (war against the stupidly bright thing in the sky) during the day.

[Smyd]

Originally Posted by Cypher. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Engineer for a medical device company with a degree in mechanical engineering. Pay isn't bad but the time demands can be heavy sometimes.

back on original EQ i knew a guy in the exact same field, he designed heart saving equipment.

If memory serves me correctly, his char name was Parvo and was on Xegony

[Galelor]

Originally Posted by Alarti0001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

IT is booming and will continue too. As i suggested earlier cybersec, the oil industry and the healthcare field will grow. They get paid alot too. Tech support work is entry level IT. 2 years of that or less and you will get bumped up if you apply yourself. I am making 5 times what I started out at.

I 100% agree. I would add that the best way to make one's self marketable to employers when starting out is to have a college degree. In my experience about 3 out of 10 companies will not even consider a candidate without a degree... I spent 8 years in college with only an associates and 3.6 to show for my time spent. Trust me. Take loans, get grants, scrub toilets, whatever... the kid needs a 4 year degree if he wants to make his life much easier.

My take on certs is that you should get them in your spare time, but they are important. I was a hiring manager in IS, and they are important because they help get in the door. You have to get in the door, display knowledge of your craft, display growth potential, and communicate effectively. A+ may help get a tier 1 Help desk job, but it does nothing beyond that. MS/Oracle DB certs, security certs, networking certs, and Project Management Certs, are IMO where it is at.

FYI, when I was hiring, I needed data analysts with T-SQL experience. (Our pay was competitive.) I could find VERY few people with the technical and communication skills suitable for employment...


My career path:
- Runner/Desk clerk at the CBOT
- Floor clerk at CBOT in bean options pit for a large group
- Help Desk Technician for a company that served Firestone
- Implementation Specialist for company that built health care revenue cycle software
- Project manager for implementations of health care revenue cycle software
- Team lead/manager for a data team in a workers compensation/insurance industry (Microsoft Shop). 15-20 employees local and off shore, all with T-SQL and programming experience.
- Owner Operator of A-1 Concrete Leveling and Foundation Repair (chicago south)/ IT Consultant (over the off season.)

I got out of IT because I was tired of working forever hours for someone else's company, and too many years of too much desk time was making me fat.

[webrunner5]

I am retired. Good Job trust me. Worked for years at GE in Cincy Ohio where they make all the big jet engines. Worked in the test cells running them. Great job also. Then moved to Florida and worked in Sewer Plants in Bonita Springs and Fort Myers. A lot of money in that shit if you get my drift.

[Barkingturtle]

Don't all you IT guys feel like the next twenty years will find you replaced by robots? Shouldn't we be going back to school to learn how to most efficiently serve our robot overlords?

[Galelor]

Originally Posted by Barkingturtle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Don't all you IT guys feel like the next twenty years will find you replaced by robots? Shouldn't we be going back to school to learn how to most efficiently serve our robot overlords?

In IT, 80% of one's time is already spent fixing automation or existing functionality... Does that count?

[nilbog]

Originally Posted by Barkingturtle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Don't all you IT guys feel like the next twenty years will find you replaced by robots? Shouldn't we be going back to school to learn how to most efficiently serve our robot overlords?

When the robot overlords need repairs, to whom will they turn?