[magusbuckley]

Hello:

I started working on computers at a very young age. Flash forward 20 years. I took a year and a half of programming courses because I wanted to get into Video Game programming. Later, when I realized I really should have gone to a specialized school for that - and the fact that I learned, straight from Nintendo, that programmers have no say so in game development - I changed majors and earned a degree in networking. At that time, Novell was king. I've been working as a tech for a casino on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for nearly seven years now. Our Director recently retired and our company brought in someone from the outside. I applied for the position but was told I didn't qualify becuase I didn't have enough management experience. In our small department of only four people, there is no manager! I see now I'll never have an opportunity to move up.

This, and other factors, have me in a frizzy and now, after all these years, I don't like coming to work any more. I haven't minded pulling cable, creating new network segments, building and installing PCs, running server backups, etc. all these years, but I certainly don't care to do this kind of work for the rest of my life.

With a small amount of programming under my belt, a networking degree, and a worthless Novell certification, I wonder what my next move should be?

If I am interested in IT Management, what courses should I take for that? Any ideas on where a top notch IT guy can get a good job right about now?

Any and all information will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Magus

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ive been doing similar thing i've got a degree in management but have moved to a rural area with no big companies.
i've got alot of computer knowledge and always fixed problems at work as most offices call in a repair man.
my idead has been to set up my own business doing this if youve got the drive you can make a good living from the research i've done you can make between 50,000 an 100,00 net profit a year.
i already know people in the industry that do this comfortably.

not sure if this helps but its quite easy to set up and you'd be suprised how cheap initial costs are

[Cl455icCh4o5]

ive been doing similar thing i've got a degree in management but have moved to a rural area with no big companies.
i've got alot of computer knowledge and always fixed problems at work as most offices call in a repair man.
my idead has been to set up my own business doing this if youve got the drive you can make a good living from the research i've done you can make between 50,000 an 100,00 net profit a year.
i already know people in the industry that do this comfortably.

not sure if this helps but its quite easy to set up and you'd be suprised how cheap initial costs are

[magusbuckley]

Chaos:

Thanks for the reply.

I actually started doing computer repair work on the side under the Cyberhive name. I've owned the .biz for a while and just aquired the .com a few weeks ago from another company (haven't posted my site there yet). I started that business because I realized people at my work were more than willing to pay me a little something to get their machines going. I've always charged about half of what the big boys charge in my area. I don't advertise or anything so my clients consist of friends and co-workers mostly. I've though, for a while, about putting this business in a building somewhere but I'm not ready to make that leap. Every time I really sit down and think about it, I talk myself out of it because I'm convincing myself that people are going to buy all-in-ones, laptops, etc. and bypass desktops alltogether. Over time, I can see myself trying to repair PCs that manufacturers no longer make.

At any rate, I am right in the middle of madness at work. My new boss started yesterday. I wasn't there as I'm off on Thursdays and Fridays. Unless he comes in this weekend for a special "intro" meeting for me, I won't see the guy until Monday. I'm ready to leave, but feel trapped. My networking degree is practically worthless as we focused on Novel (got a cert for Novel as well - ha). Now, IF I see a networking position open, they require Cisco programming, VOIP maintenance, SQL maintenance, WAN experience, etc. All stuff I don't have have much experience with.

I dropped by a local college the other day and am checking out the MIS courses. Apparently, that Management of Information Systems.

I hope this is the right direction. For now, I'm just glad to know I'm putting wheels in motion to make my big escape.

Thanks,

Magus