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    How did you get started in IT?

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    • black3dynamiteB
      black3dynamite
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      In 2003, started college and while in school I volunteered. In 2005, I was offered a part-time job at the college. And in 2006, I was offered a full time job at the college.

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      • MattSpellerM
        MattSpeller
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        Same as everyone else I think, killed my boss. As he was dying, mortally wounded by my sword, he whispered the admin credentials to me. As is tradition.

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        • BRRABillB
          BRRABill @Dashrender
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          @Dashrender said in How did you get started in IT?:

          geezz this thread is almost 3 years old.

          How can anyone find this old stuff?

          I can't find stuff in threads from yesterday with the search.

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          • dafyreD
            dafyre @BRRABill
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            @BRRABill said in How did you get started in IT?:

            @Dashrender said in How did you get started in IT?:

            geezz this thread is almost 3 years old.

            How can anyone find this old stuff?

            I can't find stuff in threads from yesterday with the search.

            Umm... Google?

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            • BRRABillB
              BRRABill @dafyre
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              @dafyre said

              Umm... Google?

              Bah. I like to use the search box and struggle for 15 minutes.

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              • dafyreD
                dafyre @BRRABill
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                @BRRABill said in How did you get started in IT?:

                @dafyre said

                Umm... Google?

                Bah. I like to use the search box and struggle for 15 minutes.

                Me too, ha ha.

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @BRRABill
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                  @BRRABill said in How did you get started in IT?:

                  @Dashrender said in How did you get started in IT?:

                  geezz this thread is almost 3 years old.

                  How can anyone find this old stuff?

                  I can't find stuff in threads from yesterday with the search.

                  Tags.

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                  • stacksofplatesS
                    stacksofplates
                    last edited by stacksofplates

                    I guess I've always been in it. My dad had a side business and ran a PDP 11 for his company. He did all of their internal IT also. He gave me a Tandy 1000 when I was around 3 and it had a game called Amy's First Primer http://www.danielsays.com/ss-gallery-dos-sw-amys-first-primer-12.html
                    Load the truck was the best!

                    Then moved to a 386 and then a 486. We had a program called HDM IV (I think). It gave us a menu interface that we could assign programs to. I mostly used it for games (like Wolfenstein 3D and Doom). I also did my 5th grade science fair project on the internal parts of a PC.

                    As I got older I started helping him with his business. I had a couple classes in high school and college. I was hired as a project engineer before I graduated and I did a lot of help desk stuff for them since internal IT was in a different area. I ended up starting my own consulting business which wasn't a super success money wise but I learned a ton by doing that. When Bentley was born I started working for a small manufacturing shop. Now I'm a systems engineer/administrator for a fortune 1000.

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                    • coliverC
                      coliver @MattSpeller
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                      @MattSpeller said in How did you get started in IT?:

                      Same as everyone else I think, killed my boss. As he was dying, mortally wounded by my sword, he whispered the admin credentials to me. As is tradition.

                      Was their lightening? I remember vaguely being electrocuted after beheading the previous admin.

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @coliver
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                        @coliver said in How did you get started in IT?:

                        @MattSpeller said in How did you get started in IT?:

                        Same as everyone else I think, killed my boss. As he was dying, mortally wounded by my sword, he whispered the admin credentials to me. As is tradition.

                        Was their lightening? I remember vaguely being electrocuted after beheading the previous admin.

                        Classic!

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                        • travisdh1T
                          travisdh1
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                          I've always loved computer, they're logical, whereas people almost never are. Actually started as an assistant to the sole IT person at the county Career Center. I ended up as said assistant because nobody else knew a thing about computers/networking and I was in a program that was supposed to give me some training in that. One of the best things that could've happened for me, as I got a little real-world IT experience while still in high school, and also other business basics like accounting and management principals (or, what people say they should be anyway.) So I can have conversations with accounting, finance, marketing, etc and have a clue.

                          Spent two years getting a worthless piece of paper. "Associates of Computer Repair and Network Technician" between 1997 and 1999. During that same time I was working for a large car parts manufacturing plant as an IT Co-op, where I was hired on after graduating and continued to work there till 2002.

                          And that's where I got started.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
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                            Pinging on this as it is a good topic and it would be great to see new stories coming out of it.

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                            • notverypunnyN
                              notverypunny
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                              I've always been into electronics and how things work. My first real summer job in HS (apart from yardwork / babysitting etc) was a student position setting up a CAP (Community Access Program) site, basically a gov't sponsored location where people could get online or get general computer and internet exposure. From there it was a long and winding road through an attempt at university (2 yrs) and a 7 year run doing customer service and tech support in a couple of different call centers. Due to "restructuring" I was able to return to school with gov't assistance and did a 2 yr college program in Networking and Security..... Got into Linux because I got fed up with having to fight with windows and overpriced software, cut my teeth on Slackware back in 2004 or so.

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                              • tonyshowoffT
                                tonyshowoff @Bill Kindle
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                                @Bill-Kindle said in How did you get started in IT?:

                                handed me a CD and that boot floppy said good luck and to make sure I brought back his CD.

                                But did you give back the CD or not? Five years is far too long to leave us hanging.

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                                • tonyshowoffT
                                  tonyshowoff
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                                  My story: I studied nuclear science, I loved my classes... yes that's a song but it's actually true so I said it that way. What's funny is during that time I was doing some computer stuff for people, learning to program for fun on my own time, and then because people stopped making nuclear weapons I ended up getting a job programming for one of the world's largest ISPs (more like an internet gateway at the time) working on their new fangled Instant Messaging system, then I did some other IT work after I was downsized because management was absolutely stupid in every possible way. I realised I could make more money doing it myself than working for someone else and it went from there. It came easier to me than it does a lot of people and I'm not sure why. The only certifications I ever got were because an employer wanted me to or because in some cases vendors required one for some dumbass reason.

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                                  • coliverC
                                    coliver @tonyshowoff
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                                    @tonyshowoff said in How did you get started in IT?:

                                    world's largest ISPs (more like an internet gateway at the time)

                                    Was it AOL?

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                                    • tonyshowoffT
                                      tonyshowoff @coliver
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                                      @coliver said in How did you get started in IT?:

                                      @tonyshowoff said in How did you get started in IT?:

                                      world's largest ISPs (more like an internet gateway at the time)

                                      Was it AOL?

                                      Ssh, it's a secret

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @coliver
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                                        @coliver said in How did you get started in IT?:

                                        @tonyshowoff said in How did you get started in IT?:

                                        world's largest ISPs (more like an internet gateway at the time)

                                        Was it AOL?

                                        It's like SOL, but one step worse.

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                                        • WrCombsW
                                          WrCombs @Katie
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                                          @Katie said in How did you get started in IT?:

                                          How did you get started in IT? Was that always a career goal?
                                          At professional events I meet a interesting mix of people who have either always gone in for IT or related fields such as computer science, and then there is the more intriguing set of folks who never intended to do IT to begin with. Personally IT was never a career goal for me, but something I fell into during college.

                                          What's your story?

                                          I started here at this website Mangolassit
                                          before that I did a few A+classes in Middle School/highschool.
                                          from there I went to ML and have been learning ever since.

                                          I got started in the Job im in now because i have "Superb Customer service" according the my boss- who was a regular at the gas station i worked at.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @WrCombs
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                                            @WrCombs best place to start!

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