Choices choices...

Peace

So here's my problem...

I've done the whole tech support thing, and as a starter job i thought me a lot. however now i look at it and think bad hours, not great pay and a whole lot of bitchy customers with stress to boot.

I've just finished a contract with (a large company) as a programmer, an automation developer to be specific. Contract lasted 15 months and now its back to college time. Final year. I've only got 2 days of lectures so it means basically i have 5 days where i don't even need to leave the house. So what do i do?

I was thinking about a part time position in tele sales. A girl i know works out in Dell and says the hours are good for part timers and its easy money. But i just don't know if i'm a sales kinda guy. So it also leaves tech support open for me, see above. Nobody wants a part time programmer, there's no market for them....sheesk.

What would you guys do?? I know if i got a part time sales/tech support job in Dell it would look pretty good on the CV to a future employer. The whole worked his way through college thing would be a plus. Also the money would be super, it sucks being broke constantly. Should i go back to tech support?....

I find i have a lot of spare time and fell i should do something with it....but i don;t know what!! Feel free to flame me with the whole lazy ass student remarks...its all good.

seamus

To be honest, coming out of college with 15 months dev experience is huge. Take it from someone who's just left college with no relevant experience.

Maybe take it easy for the year. Enjoy it. Find a job completely unrelated to tech, unless obviously you can find a tech job, and just have some craic for the year. Get a job in a local shop, or something else menial.

Once you leave college, you'll have a massive headstart on 99% of the graduates out there.

pebble

What a golden opportunity to get some more experience under your belt. I salute your ambition.

A nice idea would be to look at what area you want to go into. There isnt much point in going into support unless you want to eventually end up as a network engineer or something, so have a good hard look at what it is you want to do.
My thinking behind this is that everyone has to start somewhere. This way, you get a good head start in the field you have choson, you get paid while youare in college (always a plus) and when you leave college you should have a job that you can take on full time, whereas most college students spend a few months bumming around moaning about not having a job.
If you cant decide what it is you want to do, a tech support job is always useful, becasue there is a lot to learn about IT in that job if you keep your eyes and ears open. You can learn everything from the technical basics, right up to the financial and project management type areas of IT. It's all good experience, and again, you will have an unbelivable wealth of knowledge when you go for a full time position.

Go for it, and good luck!