How long did it take you to break into the IT field? (Your first full time IT job.)

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I sort of got my first job by accident. Wasn't trying to get into the It field per se, just to get into any field. Once I got in, I stayed. Changing jobs from mainframe operator to Unix admin, however, took about two years.

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Two and a half months and still looking.

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I sort of fell into my first IT job too. I just new the right person. He ran his own bussiness & knew my parents. I was 15 & really had no intention of working quite yet. I had fixed his home computer before so he knew that I knew what I was doing. He needed a Network Anaylst & a PC/Netowrk support person who could help out when they switched from there lovely WANG computers to IBM Pentium 100MHZ running Windows 3.11! I was down with PC hardware & troubleshooting, but I hadn't had any experience with networking! What a way to get experience! It was great! I was very fortunate, and he was lucky too because he didn't pay me much to do what I did! $5.50/hr. But it was good experience (expecially for my first job) & it paid better than minimum wage! Plus it got me started in IT.

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It took me a little over 3 months after I got my A+. I got a help desk support job at a local internet company. I love it but I wish sometimes I could be in the field working then answering phones in a small cubicle... Maybe one day!!!

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Had my first for 10 years. taken me 5 months to get my second.... Thats what I get for living in Utah.....

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2 days for the first job. 5 years later, I got my current job

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Originally posted by Teck Shark
they switched from there lovely WANG computers to IBM Pentium 100MHZ running Windows 3.11!

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I have a WANG running in my house. I got it from a teacher I had in high school. It's a dedicated snake machine. I also have an 8 inch WANG (heh) disk somewhere. I like to whip it out from time to time and impress people by it's size.

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Originally posted by Bigg

I have a WANG running in my house. I got it from a teacher I had in high school. It's a dedicated snake machine. I also have an 8 inch WANG (heh) disk somewhere. I like to whip it out from time to time and impress people by it's size.

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So you like to whip out your 8 incher to impress people... hmmmm... ever thought of professional help? j/k

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Dropped out of school in november, got my A+ in January, Network+ in March, start work at a helpdesk on the 8th. Of course, I've got a few years experience working part time in various capacities, but this is the first full time job, and an opportunity I filled, instead of creating it for myself.

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