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wexie · 02-11-2013 12:00AM

Me? wrote: »

That's a good question, What IT qualifications would open doors?

YMCA, probably back doors.

Get a CCIE and you'll be able to write your own checks*

*disclaimer : this may take a while

Rabelais · 02-11-2013 12:03AM

It's a fascinating area. Changing the lives of everyone. Not all of it positive though. Privacy is becoming a very obtuse sort of concept.

02-11-2013 12:04AM

wexie wrote: »

Get a CCIE and you'll be able to write your own checks*

*disclaimer : this may take a while

Yes, but a CCNP opens doors as well

Stheno · 02-11-2013 12:05AM

197th User Id wrote: »

How information-technology-ish are you.

Im thinking about getting some IT qualifications cause that will help me get hot chicks.

I can count on one hand the amount of hot guys I've met working in IT in the past 16 years.

Actually it was just one.

IT guys generally aren't the most alluring.

Just get over the fact you look like a nerd, and accept you'll never bag whatever current hot burd adorns your walls.

131spanner · 02-11-2013 12:06AM

I'm an expert with Word, good with Powerpoint, average with Access and poor with Excel

02-11-2013 12:08AM

131spanner wrote: »

I'm an expert with Word, good with Powerpoint, average with Access and poor with Excel

I excel* at excel.

*When I fill in my expenses.

mark renton · 02-11-2013 12:08AM

Its not actually the qualifications that impress the hot chicks, its the bmw that the money buys

TheBody · 02-11-2013 12:08AM

wexie wrote: »

Get a CCIE and you'll be able to write your own checks*

*disclaimer : this may take a while

Are they the crowd that run the buses?

wexie · 02-11-2013 12:08AM

Stheno wrote: »

I can count on one hand the amount of hot guys I've met working in IT in the past 16 years.

Actually it was just one.

IT guys generally aren't the most alluring.

Just get over the fact you look like a nerd, and accept you'll never bag whatever current hot burd adorns your walls.

really?

when did we meet again

starlit · 02-11-2013 12:09AM

Technology savy enough with I.T qualifications and work experience but going into a different discipline give me better career direction casting net wider with new skills with the hope of a stable job!

02-11-2013 12:10AM

TheBody wrote: »

Are they the crowd that run the buses?

There's an extra C there, I wonder what that stands for.

Media999 · 02-11-2013 12:11AM

timthumbni wrote: »

Not trying to be racist either but you will generally find Indian IT workers to be very much better than their Irish counterparts. Just saying.......

Thats why they get all the donkey work in IT. The brains behind it dont have to be dealing with gob****e customers who cant figure out why their internet doesnt work.

Media999 · 02-11-2013 12:12AM

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

I wrote a linux kernel module once. The cursor did not make it onto the next line after "insmod"

Worst nerd joke ever.

crazy cabbage · 02-11-2013 12:13AM

There is almost nothing any qualification can teach you that you can't teach yourself for free, especially when it comes to IT stuff. You just need the discipline.

I am not going to advertise anywhere in particular but if you have the interest there is tons of tutorials on you-tube that bring you from installing whatever software you need, to the basics of said software, to fairly advanced stuff.

What i would do is come up with some sort of project idea (Web app or android app or idea for a program or webpage/website ect) and find out what software/ programming languages you will need in order to accomplish your project and learn them.
Im in college at the min and find i learn sweet **** all doing the **** that i am told to do. Learn much more and get much more interested by going off and learning what i need in order to accomplish something I want to do.

Of course this way you don't get an expensive bit of paper at the end :pac:

02-11-2013 12:18AM

crazy cabbage wrote: »

Of course this way you don't get an expensive bit of paper at the end

Problem is, that it's that piece of paper that gets you the job!
Without it, your application usually gets "filed".

197th User Id · 02-11-2013 12:19AM

mark renton wrote: »

Its not actually the qualifications that impress the hot chicks, its the bmw that the money buys

My mom says Im not allowed to drive, if affects my sinuses, I get all stuffy.

Sh1tbag OToole · 02-11-2013 12:21AM

crazy cabbage wrote: »

There is almost nothing any qualification can teach you that you can't teach yourself for free, especially when it comes to IT stuff. You just need the discipline.

I am not going to advertise anywhere in particular but if you have the interest there is tons of tutorials on you-tube that bring you from installing whatever software you need, to the basics of said software, to fairly advanced stuff.

What i would do is come up with some sort of project idea (Web app or android app or idea for a program or webpage/website ect) and find out what software/ programming languages you will need in order to accomplish your project and learn them.
Im in college at the min and find i learn sweet **** all doing the **** that i am told to do. Learn much more and get much more interested by going off and learning what i need in order to accomplish something I want to do.

Of course this way you don't get an expensive bit of paper at the end :pac:

You're better off finding a programming language you actually like using and then doing something interesting with it. I tried the whole mobile app thing years ago before the term 'app' was invented, but as it turns out I absolutely despise Java and anything to do with it. So off to do something else for me..

Agricola · 02-11-2013 12:32AM

"My servers never go down...... unlike me

"

- Smooth IT technician's chat up line

crazy cabbage · 02-11-2013 12:39AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Problem is, that it's that piece of paper that gets you the job!
Without it, your application usually gets "filed".

I know and i hate our education system because of that. That piece of paper doesn't mean you can do your job any better that someone who is self taught. But that is a whole other debate...

Either way i thought the op was in it for the chicks

You're better off finding a programming language you actually like using and then doing something interesting with it. I tried the whole mobile app thing years ago before the term 'app' was invented, but as it turns out I absolutely despise Java and anything to do with it. So off to do something else for me..

Different approaches i suppose. Yea you have to like whatever language you will be using but OP presumable have very little programming knowledge so has no idea what he likes/dislikes. I find I learn programming better by coming up with an idea, trying to see where the gaps in my knowledge are and then filling in said gaps so i can complete idea.

02-11-2013 12:43AM

Agricola wrote: »

"My servers never go down...... unlike me "

- Smooth IT technician's chat up line

No,... they blame the network!

Transcript from a couple of days ago...
"Network's down"
"No it isn't, look I can browse the web!"

"That's cached!"
"No it isn't. look I’ve, just updated that page on boards.ie!"

"Fúck!, that bloody server's fked again!""

smurfjed · 02-11-2013 12:50AM

If you want hot chicks just lie and say you're a pilot. They throw themselves at ya, trust me.

this works wonderfully, especially when you usually have a 5 star hotel room just around the corner

Nadser · 02-11-2013 12:57AM

BSc and MSc. I am a hot chick B-)

thecatspjs · 02-11-2013 01:32AM

crazy cabbage wrote: »

There is almost nothing any qualification can teach you that you can't teach yourself for free, especially when it comes to IT stuff. You just need the discipline.

I am not going to advertise anywhere in particular but if you have the interest there is tons of tutorials on you-tube that bring you from installing whatever software you need, to the basics of said software, to fairly advanced stuff.

What i would do is come up with some sort of project idea (Web app or android app or idea for a program or webpage/website ect) and find out what software/ programming languages you will need in order to accomplish your project and learn them.
Im in college at the min and find i learn sweet **** all doing the **** that i am told to do. Learn much more and get much more interested by going off and learning what i need in order to accomplish something I want to do.

Of course this way you don't get an expensive bit of paper at the end :pac:

I agree with everything you say there. Going to college, however, helps to develop all of the ''soft skills'' that employers cream themselves for though (supposedly, some people are hopeless).

I personally think college is brilliant, but I've been at it for 8 years so I would say that! It has helped me become employable in a few different areas that I would never have considered. So for people like me who are less focused and have nothing in terms of career goals - it's worth every penny :pac:

Hello_MrFox · 02-11-2013 01:43AM

How long would it take me to learn Java to an employable level?

TheBegotten · 02-11-2013 01:44AM

I'm the unofficial tech support for all my teachers. My specialty is unfamiliar functions of MS Word and re-installing internet explorer.

TheBegotten · 02-11-2013 01:45AM

Hello_MrFox wrote: »

How long would it take me to learn Java to an employable level?

How long is a piece of string?

Cee-Jay-Cee · 02-11-2013 01:48AM

If Ctrl+Alt+Del or switching it off/on again doesn't cure it then I'm stumped.

Hello_MrFox · 02-11-2013 01:52AM

TheBegotten wrote: »

How long is a piece of string?

I'm sure someone could give me a rough time frame.

NoClues · 02-11-2013 01:58AM

They need to start teaching software development, databases, networks, etc at 2nd level. Even as leaving cert options. Given the amount of people employed in IT in this country and the revenue it generates for the state, coupled with the fact we still have to import a large percentage of the IT workforce it really is a no-brainer. Also the industry is never going to shrink, it may transform but ain't going anywhere anytime soon.

NoClues · 02-11-2013 02:00AM

Hello_MrFox wrote: »

I'm sure someone could give me a rough time frame.

To an employable level for an entry level development job I'd say between 6 months to a year depending on your background and interest level in development

Employers usually look for other skills too such as database or networks as it's very rare for applications to be completely standalone without interacting with a database or network

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