Upstate NY Tech Postings
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I can't imagine. But I guess if you're not set in one place, and have intentions to move that may make everything much easier. Are you moving between new places each time?
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@blayn said:
I can't imagine. But I guess if you're not set in one place, and have intentions to move that may make everything much easier. Are you moving between new places each time?
Yes, all new places. Panama -> Nicaragua -> Argentina -> Chile -> Italy -> ?
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Would I be correct in assuming your work isn't local for each of these… destinations, rather most of your work is remote?
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@blayn said:
Would I be correct in assuming your work isn't local for each of these… destinations, rather most of your work is remote?
Correct, I work remotely and just move as opportunity exists.
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@blayn said:
Would I be correct in assuming your work isn't local for each of these… destinations, rather most of your work is remote?
I am not moving like @scottalanmiller but very little IT work requires physical presence anymore.
I work for a 6 person consulting company and I recently moved from St. Louis to Chicago. I have not changed jobs. I do not plan on changing jobs. Prior to moving this past June I have worked from home for almost 6 years (since Dec 2009).
I also go to Japan for 3+ weeks as much as I can afford it and the in-laws let me. That has worked out to every other year. While there, I still work. I do take it a bit easy and generally only end up with 30ish billable hours a week though.
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My IT knowledge isn't quite in-depth enough for remote work at this point anyway. A lot of my experience is on-site support and production. While I find an opportunity for primarily remote work very enticing - I'm not sure I'm qualified in too many areas for that, and don't have large enough a client base, or steady projects for those areas I am.
Still trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up.
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@blayn said:
My IT knowledge isn't quite in-depth enough for remote work at this point anyway. A lot of my experience is on-site support and production. While I find an opportunity for primarily remote work very enticing - I'm not sure I'm qualified in too many areas for that, and don't have large enough a client base, or steady projects for those areas I am.
Still trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up.
Depending on what your on-site support tasks are it is likely that you have more than enough experience to work remotely. Especially if you are willing to put forth the time and dedication to invest your time to learning new systems and processes.
After twenty-five years of IT work being done on-site I'm now working remotely and continue to expand my knowledge and skills. I've taken what I have applied over those many years, and what I have picked up on the last two employments working with servers and services and apply it to my day.
While it has been a bit of a transition from being at the server, being at the problem, I've just expanded on doing the remote work I was already doing more of. I was on a team that supported thirteen automotive plants across the US and Mexico using remote support, then picking up use with LogMeIn, VNC and TeamViewer... ScreenConnect has been easy to learn, and gives the same 'freedom' as being at the desk to perform the tasks needed.
So don't think you may be lacking in experience,.. you may not actually lack what is needed.
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I should add, that I work with some of the best people in the IT world. From personalities to knowledge,.. each one are easy to get along with, work beside (as beside as you can get being 500-2000 miles apart), and talk with.
I don't feel that I work FOR them... I work WITH them. and that to me makes a huge difference in an office environment.
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Aww thanks @g-jacobse
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@g-jacobse That's really encouraging to hear. I'm very familiar with VNC, LogMeIn and TeamViewer. The latter being what I use most frequently on my support calls to my freelance clients.
I'm absolutely LOVE learning new things, in fact I think that's what has led me down the path as a generalist - I adore finding new technologies and learning how they work.
I would love to work in an environment where my peers are knowledgable as well as easy to get along with. I feel as though kindness rules, and we all have things to learn as well as a responsibility to share knowledge. So, as I mentioned, it's really encouraging to hear that you work remotely alongside those sorts.Perhaps my "lack of knowledge" has more to do with ignorance of where to find those types of roles and how to promote myself to be considered for them.
Thanks for sharing that though. I truly does make me feel a bit better about the outlook.
