What do you do for a living????

MeTaL · 06-10-2005, 09:45 AM

I work at a very large company, contracted out to another large company to do Deskside PC support

I used to work for the large company until they outsourced the IT. My job has not changed, I just get paid by a different company, and benefits and stock options and stuff changed

I really like my job, many ask why not move up, easy, I am paid well, work 8:30-5, no mandatory OT or on call. Perfect for having a young family. Makes it hard to leave! There is a job opening back at the large comany, e commerce spot, looking after their servers and what not, I would learn alot, but am a tad comfortable with this job right now. 5-8 years from now, that e commerce job would look very attractive, but right now, with a young boy, not sure I would want to try and learn alot of new things, work at night (from home usually, on call).

Anyways just curious what you folks do?

Soul · 06-10-2005, 09:53 AM

I work for a larger call center outsourcing/collections company as a systems engineer.

LoPo · 06-10-2005, 09:54 AM

Director, IT Systems

Work for a small company(130 employees)
More or less responsible for our 33 server infrastructure, WANs, security, firewalls, phones, building security, planning, budgeting, remote access systems...um, ya anything and everything related to technology.

I started working here internally full time just over 2 years ago, worked as their consultant for 4 years prior to that. I ran my own IT consulting firm for over a year with a partner, and prior to that I worked for a consulting company for 3+ years.

dbabe · 06-10-2005, 09:59 AM

I have 3 jobs...

I'm the general manager of an ammunition manufacturing company, I secure mortgages on commercial properties for a real estate investor, and I'm a wife/mom.

Soul · 06-10-2005, 10:00 AM

Lopo - How did your security audit go?

MeTaL · 06-10-2005, 10:02 AM

I think it would be cool to be in charge of more things, but being in a company with about 3500 PC's in this location, it is more than enough to keep me busy. No I am not alone.

Makes it very challenging sometimes, being limited to just the PC, you have to try and work with so many other 'teams', and that is like pulling teeth sometimes. We are the ones in front of the client, so everything is our fault, and everything gets pushed to us, we basically have to prove something is not our problem before someone else will look at it! Argh. get tired of telling other teams how to do their job.

Soul · 06-10-2005, 10:04 AM

I hear ya Metal, I did the desktop side for a couple of years, and it was always a battle to get it moved up the chain

dbabe · 06-10-2005, 10:05 AM

the more you are in charge of, the more

gets flung on you when things go wrong

rS · 06-10-2005, 10:09 AM

I work for a pipeline company that runs pipelines all across the U.S., but I run a storage facility ( Terminal ) that brings in the gasonline, diesel, etc.. off the pipeline and store in the big tanks.

Being the only here.. I am the secretary ( all the daily inventory, and paperwork ), the janitor, the pipeliner, the tank gauger, the mechanic for the tank farm, loading rack, etc.. ****.. what ever job needs to be done, I have to do it.

each tank is 56 steps, 40 feet to the top.. its alot of fun when I have to grab samples of all 5 gasoline tanks at 1 time

MeTaL · 06-10-2005, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dbabe

the more you are in charge of, the more

gets flung on you when things go wrong

That is one of the biggest reason I keep telling team leader/manager I have no interest moving up the chain. I am a grunt, and happy to do it!! I send the BS to them!!

I tell them, keep giving my my 2-3% raise(lucky to get that these days, many on team got a big fat 0%) and I am a happy