What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?
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I'll go first...
Doing a Lotus Notes migration to Exchange for a law firm in NYC.
I was the guy reconfiguring blackberries for a few weeks in the back office
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Doing PC / Laptop repair and sales for a little company that went out of business. Owner was a manager of FutureShop and I worked there - he hired me right off the floor to come run one of his stores.
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I did Tier 1 and 2 support for a local company. The person who was my boss didn't like the IT stuff so much, he was a web developer who dabbled in IT, so I took over pretty much all the IT responsibilities in the first few weeks.
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Was the receptionist for Digital Computer Corporation and hung out with the Helpdesk team a lot. Started learning how to do bench services and basic office troubleshooting.
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I was a file clerk for a local car dealership, and happened to be answering an IT related question as the IT administrator was walking in.
Was given a job in that department the following day.
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no It job really, however i did help my dad and my uncle with some things growing up.. reinstalling OS, updating OS, finding breach points for virus' , and containing virus'
Nothing further other than a few part changes and building family desktops. -
The question was a rather simple one;
"What's the difference if I leave it open and click the minimize button versus closing it?"
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@WrCombs said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:
no It job really, however i did help my dad and my uncle with some things growing up.. reinstalling OS, updating OS, finding breach points for virus' , and containing virus'
Nothing further other than a few part changes and building family desktops.You are on the right track, then! Any interest in getting into IT as a career, or is it more of a hobby for you?
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@DustinB3403 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:
The question was a rather simple one;
"What's the difference if I leave it open and click the minimize button versus closing it?"
Oh lawd, had a number of those thrown at me while working at the law firm
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@DustinB3403 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:
I was a file clerk for a local car dealership, and happened to be answering an IT related question as the IT administrator was walking in.
Was given a job in that department the following day.
Same here! Came from office services/copy boy background.
How I miss the whireof the Xerox sometimes....
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@Minion-Queen said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:
Was the receptionist for Digital Computer Corporation and hung out with the Helpdesk team a lot. Started learning how to do bench services and basic office troubleshooting.
That's cool! I have an office services bg/copy boy kinda thing. Never imagined to be working in IT 8 years later
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Made some warehouse management software when I was 14, during summer holiday
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I dove right in as a helpdesk guy for Rockwell Automation just as I got out of highschool.
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@thwr said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:
Made some warehouse management software when I was 14, during summer holiday
Man! Is it still in use to this day? Did you continue doing software development?
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@thwr said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:
Made some warehouse management software when I was 14, during summer holiday
I wonder how many people fall into IT from a development background. Seems like a logical step for some people.
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@coliver said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:
@thwr said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:
Made some warehouse management software when I was 14, during summer holiday
I wonder how many people fall into IT from a development background. Seems like a logical step for some people.
Yeah, it does. Not all of us... but a lot of us. I actually started out as a Turbo Pascal / VB for DOS developer.
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@FrostyPhoenix said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:
@thwr said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:
Made some warehouse management software when I was 14, during summer holiday
Man! Is it still in use to this day? Did you continue doing software development?
The company closed its doors 10 years ago or so, but they used it up to that point as far as I know.
I'm still a developer for the most part, but also an admin (I would say 70/30). Jack of all trades, embedded, Linux, BSD, Windows, you name it.
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When I was in college we had a computer "lab" for the Electrical Tech dept (lab in quites of you coudl call 2 non-networks computers a lab I guess) They were always breaking down and I was fixing them up on my own. My dad was a computer hobbiest so I had access to magazines (at the time) like PC Magazine, Computer!, Computer Shopper (remember those? as big as a phone book!) so that was actually how I learned about computers, reading and fixing up the lab stuff. After I graduated I applied to Ingram Micro for their call center thinking I was going to sales but was interviewed by one of the tech support managers. I ended up getting hired, had 3 days of training then thrown to the wolves on the phones every day. Picked up quite a bit and learned both Customer Service skills and tech skills as I went along
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@FrostyPhoenix prosueing a career!
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I took a test at a local major hospital and was hired as an Anaesthesia tech in the operating room (trained on the job). After 2 years an IT position opened up. At that point I was building my own arcade sticks and had just finished an Arduino LED controller. I brought it with me into the interview and explain how I did it. I was hired on the spot.
