[Wolves] OT: IT career advice

Sun Jul 24 06:23:28 BST 2005

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Chris Ball wrote:

> If you are looking for a course, I suggest Computeach
> (http://www.computeach.co.uk), they have been rather good with me and
> did (I don't know if they still do) a combined MCSE/CCNP course for
> about £5,000. They are also an agency and guaruntee to find you some
> work if you pass the course (they start looking once you've got three
> units of your MCSE under your belt).

I have an interview with Computeach on Wednesday.  They seem to offer
similar to Advent in terms of acting as an agency and getting you into
jobs after you have attained MCP (quite why I should need to be a male
chauvinist pig to work in IT I'll never know).

> It really depends what you want to do in the IT sector, it's a huge
> field. As you are from an Education background, have you considered
> doing IT training? With the popularity of the new ITQ and the ECDL I'm
> sure you could get some work teaching that (although I fear the money is
> not great in most places).

I think it would be good to get experience in working in the field
first, before training others.  Always the best way I think.

> Remember though, it's never as fun as it looks :P