i have read the replies on this subject and i have come to the
conclusion that it's true we are underpaid and over worked but on
the other hand the fun with have and some of the benefits like free
computers, granted they are cast off's but i set these up for people
who have nothing and pass them on, it's a great feeling.
i work in one of the departments at leeds uni as a techy, when i
started i got £10,500 i am now on £11,800 after nearly two years
which i think is quite a good rise but i still have to have a second
job to pay the bills and get a bit of spending money which i think is
wrong, but hey what can i do! you shouldn't have to have two jobs
when you are a techy it's just not right or am i wrong in thinking
this?
i have always wanted to work in a school as a techy although most
people tell me that it's a thankless job and i would be better off not,
the only thing is i don't have the qualifications to do much which is
really depressing because i consider myself to be very good as a
techy i may not be too hot on the network side at the moment but
in my last job i ran a novel 3.1 network for 6 months on my own
when the network manager went of on sick! i have experience with
NT workstation/server, novel 3.1/3.12/4.11, dos, windows
3.1/95/98/me/2000 and xp, linux, office 95,97,2000. i also have a
good knowledge in electronics so i do allot of soldering and things
like that. basically i can fix most things that go wrong with a pc.
ok sorry just realized that i went into selling mode then but you get
the idea, i am only 21 which does go against me but i think i get a
rough deal with my pay and workload.
how come everyone asks for mcse's now and things like that, it's
not giving the people without them a fair chance like me, i could
apply for a job now that i know i could do very well and not even be
considered for it because of my qualifications which i think is
wrong, granted i think they have to be taken into account
sometimes but not as much as people are at the moment, what
ever happened to just being able to do the job and getting on with
it, i personally think that people with more qualifications may not
be the best people for the job as sometimes they may be more
interested in bettering them self than bettering the system which
they are supposed to be supporting.
ok enough of my rambling now, i would like to here other people's
views on this, and i don't mean to offend anyone if i have.
cheers
Tom
On 31 Oct 2001, at 8:59, Mark Evans wrote:
From: "Mark Evans"
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but schools in their current mindset could never pay a non-teacher that sort of money, or anything close.
Yet they pay Microsoft whatever is demanded. This is the most amazing and inexplicable fact of the lot.
Not just Microsoft, one of our staff has just ordered a piece of software which is nearly 200 pounds per machine. Problem is we are not even sure that it will work on our machines in the first place.
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