Thanks Faith, but I should have mentioned that the management traineeship is only on paper. I am actually a tech support dude. Here they don't do what you describe - taking someone round the place and having him learn how the place operates. the first assignment is something like "so and so cannot print, go and sort him out... by the way, ever worked with a dot matrix printer??"

Now about CISSP, is there a way I can have the DVD uploaded to my.co.ke/pub??? Admins???



2009/7/23 Faith Nkatha <nqatha@gmail.com>
Hi simon,
I go with tito on this. As you know, there's so much that's coming up within the banking industry as far as technology is concerned. The first option that the IT firm to whom the services will be outsourced will be to get a well versed technical person with an understanding of the banking industry, especially at an operational level. Don't be in a rush to change so quickly. Prod your boss to get you to more challenging positions. You're a management trainee - that's a person who's taken through every aspect of a company to understand it as they are groomed to take up the challenge of management. it's not an opportunity given to many and this allows for you to ask for a challenge whenever you feel that you've gained the understanding of a certain task or operation.
Challenge your boss to use your skills and need to learn to grow the company also and you just might get more.
I started off in customer service but ensured that i was in IT, sales, logistics and as much as i could do... and it's helped a great deal.
If the boss is not enthusiastic about this, leave!
 

Nkatha Makeba

There is no poverty that can overcome diligence


2009/7/22 Njoroge Tito <titonjoroge@gmail.com>
@Simon - i hope your employer has never heard of skunkworks.


My opinion - talk to your boss.. explore what other opportunities there are in that current organization that you may be interested in. Also, use the "bored" time to learn about other things in the financial world.. Learn their business, learn the industry, their ways of working. Don't limit yourself to the computer, explore.Maximize the opportunity, while at the same time, don't underperform in your role. Every organisation has something to offer, even if it is "how not to do business."

when it comes to challenge - find you passion and look for something along those lines.

To leave or not. Hard question.

Tito.

2009/7/22 aki <aki275@googlemail.com>

Hey Simon, thnks for that recent tip on SDK on my still troubled c sharp journey. my adv would be that firstly leaving too soon would like bad on your resume and may affect your next job prospects.  You can use the less challenging times to eg study and build on better times ahead. Its one of those things one has no control over. :-)




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