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highly sought after over other "paper" qualifications. I know this is not
strictly true, however I'm wondering how possible it would be for someone
like me with extensive knowledge but basically a school leaver, to get a
foot in the door?
I wouldn't be bothered in the slightest by lowish wages (hopefully better
than my peers who left school to go into full time work), or doing donkey
work to begin with. I do have experience, as I have been working since the
age of 13 as a "freelance computer consultant", advertising in the
Friday-ad, which basically involves mainly simple work such as replacing
dead hard drives, ugprades, troubleshooting Windows problems, networking
etc. I've never touched on web design, but I managed to come up with
www.modders.net <http://www.modders.net> in the space of a few hours by
extensively editing a template (without any prior knowledge of html) and
also (semi) incorporated a PHP/MySQL backend with no prior knowledge of that
either, just be using pieces of sample code and things I picked up through
skim-reading tutorials. I'm an extremely fast learner, and I'm pretty
certain I could have a working knowledge of html, php and mysql with minimum
hassle.
Can anyone offer some insight as to whether it's possible? This isn't
purely hypothetical as I'm not really enjoying college, not because of the
teachers, pupils or lessons, but because I want to get my teeth into
something slightly more practical. Sorry if I've gone on a bit here, it's
just something I've been thinking about for a while now.
Thanks in advance
Adam Smith
P.S. Yes I know I'm using OE, it's not by choice and the situation will be
rectified soon ;).
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=562133013-06012003>Adam,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=562133013-06012003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=562133013-06012003>I left
6th form after my A's and became a Microsoft Certified Professional (I know, I
know, but it got me a job ok? :op ) anyway, to cut a long story short, I went
to one interview after I was made redundant where they told me that I was
over-qualified for the helpdesk work I was going for, and they were worried that
I would get bored and leave.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=562133013-06012003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=562133013-06012003>Basically, I'd agree that the best thing to do is get
out there and get some experience. I've since left IT altogether and I'm
doing a degree after taking 2 years out. I want to become a
nurse/paramedic and I'm applying to be an auxilary nurse at my local hospital so
that I have some experience when I apply to do my second degree (the one in
nursing...).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=562133013-06012003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=562133013-06012003>If I
make it to management level in the course of my career, I am determined that I
will take experience on equal terms, if not slightly better terms, over
qualifications, as it tends to demonstrate that people know what they are doing
and know how to apply what they have learnt...</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=562133013-06012003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=562133013-06012003>Hope
this helps,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=562133013-06012003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=562133013-06012003>Matt.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Adam Smith
[mailto:adamjsmith at clara.co.uk]<BR><B>Sent:</B> 06 January 2003
09:49<BR><B>To:</B> sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Sussex] An
odd question....<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi. You guys seem like the right sort of
people to ask about this, and I know I'm not going to get my head bitten off
for asking here, so I have a little query for you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm currently at Park College, Eastbourne doing
AS levels, planning to go onto university, as this is the normal path to take
to get a good career. However, I'm hearing a lot of stories about
graduates having serious problems finding work, even after spending ~6 years
of their life and thousands of pounds getting a degree.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From what I've read/heard, IT is the kind of
industry where experience is highly sought after over other "paper"
qualifications. I know this is not strictly true, however I'm wondering
how possible it would be for someone like me with extensive knowledge but
basically a school leaver, to get a foot in the door? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wouldn't be bothered in the slightest by lowish
wages (hopefully better than my peers who left school to go into full time
work), or doing donkey work to begin with. I do have experience, as I
have been working since the age of 13 as a "freelance computer consultant",
advertising in the Friday-ad, which basically involves mainly simple work such
as replacing dead hard drives, ugprades, troubleshooting Windows problems,
networking etc. I've never touched on web design, but I managed to come
up with <A href="http://www.modders.net">www.modders.net</A> in the space of a
few hours by extensively editing a template (without any prior knowledge of
html) and also (semi) incorporated a PHP/MySQL backend with no prior knowledge
of that either, just be using pieces of sample code and things I picked up
through skim-reading tutorials. I'm an extremely fast learner, and I'm
pretty certain I could have a working knowledge of html, php and mysql with
minimum hassle.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can anyone offer some insight as to whether it's
possible? This isn't purely hypothetical as I'm not really enjoying
college, not because of the teachers, pupils or lessons, but because I want to
get my teeth into something slightly more practical. Sorry if I've gone
on a bit here, it's just something I've been thinking about for a while
now.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Adam Smith</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>P.S. Yes I know I'm using OE, it's not by
choice and the situation will be rectified soon
;).</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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