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Attention Apprentice Plumbers

  • 10-11-2005 3:53pm
    #1
    Gaz25
    Closed Accounts Posts: 164 ✭✭


    I currenlty finished 2 years in college studing IT and have just applied for my first job and have a interview. The job is working with a Irish ISP just to gain some experience.

    I was thinking of applying for a Apprenticeship plumbing, but im not sure? I was just wondering if you would recommend it and what the exams where like.
    I'm not afraid of hard work, but i think i would like, so im just looking for some good advice.


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  • #2
    TempestSabre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,142 ✭✭✭TempestSabre


    Basically you're making a guess on which will be better in the long run, say 4-20 years from now. No one can know that. However there is still a shortage of tradesmen, and they get paid well. (Once they've served their time). IT well its a mixed bag. But I won't say the prospects are as good unless you move into the business/management side of things fairly early.

    Thats my guessing anyway.


  • #3
    useeme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 307 ✭✭useeme


    Gaz25 wrote:

    I was thinking of applying for a Apprenticeship plumbing, but im not sure? I was just wondering if you would recommend it and what the exams where like.
    I'm not afraid of hard work, but i think i would like, so im just looking for some good advice.

    Why do you want to be a plumber? If its for the money forget it.


  • #4
    Gaz25
    Closed Accounts Posts: 164 ✭✭Gaz25


    Yeh, the money is one part of it, the other is you can travel and work with a trade. I was thinking of doing a another computer in FAS but i dont know what would be the best.

    I think now days you need to be earning about €30,000 - €35,000 to have a good life.

    Any idea's on what computer course would be good for the future etc


  • #5
    AARRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    Gaz25 wrote:
    Any idea's on what computer course would be good for the future etc

    Learn Mandarin (Chinese) instead!

    Predicting IT is near impossible...


  • #6
    [Jackass]
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,193 ✭✭✭[Jackass]


    But Mandarin is a dead cert, right? ;)

    Wait a minute...what?


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