Peter i concur... On May 25, 2013 12:10 PM, "Peter Osotsi" <peter.osotsi@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wednesday, I had an interesting discussion with a client in Karen, she wanted cloud at the office. So I downloaded Microsoft Skydrive and did the nitty gritties, then I said ... look, you got cloud! And there was a small cloud on the task bar, unmistakably, she exclaimed "sure I can see cloud - woww, but how does it work?". So we sat down for a lesson on cloud computing, and I was paid.
Regarding budgets, I have had to work with almost no budget at all, where resultant results are expectant to the skies, man, IT is not a place for the faint hearted. Then you meet the sharks baying for your job, offering clouds and other nice hearings. Man, your boss feels you are the most worthless person on earth until you are gone. You stop picking their calls and the sleek talking cloud man is delivering acid from the cloud, I mean, IT is like the most misunderstood woman.
Peter
On 5/24/13, Francis Njenga <korefn@gmail.com> wrote:
One must be in love to get into this...
If you not doing it for the money, fame and chicks(means something in slang) that should come with it. You wake up and forget what happened yesterday.
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On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 4:41 PM, dan wanjohi <nadwanjohi@gmail.com> wrote:
Number 3 & 4
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 2:54 PM, wa <wanangu@gmail.com> wrote:
Raise your hand if you’ve nearly quit your job on at least a few occasions. Go on. You don’t have to be shy. We all know that IT is one
of
the more stressful careers you can choose. And unfortunately, universities don’t teach you coping mechanisms for getting through the days/weeks/months that can turn into long years. Let’s take a look at a few reasons you might decide to leave that beloved career in IT. 1: Stress
Don’t let anyone ever tell you that a career in IT is easy going. It’s a rare occasion that someone will have a job in the IT field where there isn’t stress. Remember, IT is disaster management. When a client or user calls you, it’s almost always an emergency that must be taken care of immediately. And when you are working on those jobs, you had better get everything right, as failure could cost you a contract or a job. What makes this worse is that the stress rarely lets up. Every minute of the day, you are working and working harder than you might expect.
2: Hours
If you want a Monday through Friday, 9-to-5 job, look elsewhere — IT seems to be a job you carry around with you 24/7. Not only do you put in more hours in the office (or the field) than your average professional, you also have to work outside the office to keep your skills up and make sure you’re better than the guy standing next to you. And the people who aren’t your clients or users (friends and family, for example) will want to take advantage of your knowledge and keep their computers running smoothly for free.
3: Getting paid
If you are an independent contractor, one of the most stressful issues you face is getting paid. I can’t tell you how many consultants I know who have had to make threats or use an attorney to get paid. And when you’re freelancing, if they don’t pay you, you don’t eat. That is some serious stress there. You don’t have the advantage of having that regular check coming in weekly or biweekly. Honing your interpersonal skills is key to keeping those relationships as good as possible. Good relationships (even with not-so-good people) will go a long way to make sure you do eventually get paid.
4: People (in general)
This one I hate to mention. A long time ago, I was a positive, upbeat, people-loving kind of person. But after being in the consulting business, I’ve found myself getting taken advantage of, used, abused, unpaid, underpaid, unappreciated, and more. It’s a constant fight to resist wanting to retreat to the woods and off the grid. That is not to say that people, in general, are bad. It’s just that when you have your IT hat on, people seem to look at you in a different light. You are both savior and sinner in one stressed-out package.
5: The chain of command
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