What Are You Doing Right Now
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Not sure this guy is cut out for IT.
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2010076-how-to-enter-it-in-my-particular-situation
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@scottalanmiller Probably as cut out as anyone at Level 0. He needs to understand that you can acquire skills without actually having a job in IT. The greater problem though (as you pointed out), he doesn't seem to know what he wants to do. I can empathize as "what I want to do" has evolved since I career changed into IT.
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No certs, no education (in IT), no experience, no posting on IT social media, no home lab, lots of time wasted on things that show he's not researched properly before jumping in, literally less than we use to choose high school kids!
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@scottalanmiller Level 0 rather than Level 1, where most of use start.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
No certs, no education (in IT), no experience, no posting on IT social media, no home lab, lots of time wasted on things that show he's not researched properly before jumping in, literally less than we use to choose high school kids!
and he's personally attacking you now
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Ha! I haven't followed the thread since Scott first linked it.
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The amount of wow there.....
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
No certs, no education (in IT), no experience, no posting on IT social media, no home lab, lots of time wasted on things that show he's not researched properly before jumping in, literally less than we use to choose high school kids!
and he's personally attacking you now
What else is new?
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@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Ha! I haven't followed the thread since Scott first linked it.
It's not very good and he's not learning from the thread.
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@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
No certs, no education (in IT), no experience, no posting on IT social media, no home lab, lots of time wasted on things that show he's not researched properly before jumping in, literally less than we use to choose high school kids!
and he's personally attacking you now
What else is new?
I think Scott is a very misunderstood guy on SW or maybe in general
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@EddieJennings said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller Level 0 rather than Level 1, where most of use start.
No, he's not ready for an L0. He has NOTHING to show right now. Not a thing. That's a big problem.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
No certs, no education (in IT), no experience, no posting on IT social media, no home lab, lots of time wasted on things that show he's not researched properly before jumping in, literally less than we use to choose high school kids!
Sounds like a coworker of mine. No ambition in IT, texts his wife all day long, doesn't even close out tickets on the helpdesk. The only reason why he's here is that he's buddies with my boss.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
No certs, no education (in IT), no experience, no posting on IT social media, no home lab, lots of time wasted on things that show he's not researched properly before jumping in, literally less than we use to choose high school kids!
and he's personally attacking you now
What else is new?
I think Scott is a very misunderstood guy on SW or maybe in general
Just in general, lol.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
No certs, no education (in IT), no experience, no posting on IT social media, no home lab, lots of time wasted on things that show he's not researched properly before jumping in, literally less than we use to choose high school kids!
and he's personally attacking you now
What else is new?
I think Scott is a very misunderstood guy on SW or maybe in general
Definitely on SW.
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@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
No certs, no education (in IT), no experience, no posting on IT social media, no home lab, lots of time wasted on things that show he's not researched properly before jumping in, literally less than we use to choose high school kids!
Sounds like a coworker of mine. No ambition in IT, texts his wife all day long, doesn't even close out tickets on the helpdesk. The only reason why he's here is that he's buddies with my boss.
Well, given that they are happy to keep him, seems like it would be silly for him to work harder, right?
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
No certs, no education (in IT), no experience, no posting on IT social media, no home lab, lots of time wasted on things that show he's not researched properly before jumping in, literally less than we use to choose high school kids!
and he's personally attacking you now
What else is new?
I think Scott is a very misunderstood guy on SW or maybe in general
Definitely on SW.
It takes folks a while to get used to you and realize that you're not personally attacking them.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
No certs, no education (in IT), no experience, no posting on IT social media, no home lab, lots of time wasted on things that show he's not researched properly before jumping in, literally less than we use to choose high school kids!
Sounds like a coworker of mine. No ambition in IT, texts his wife all day long, doesn't even close out tickets on the helpdesk. The only reason why he's here is that he's buddies with my boss.
Well, given that they are happy to keep him, seems like it would be silly for him to work harder, right?
But that is the problem. The only person willing to keep him is my boss and only because he's his buddy and a warm body. Nobody else is really happy with him at all.
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@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
No certs, no education (in IT), no experience, no posting on IT social media, no home lab, lots of time wasted on things that show he's not researched properly before jumping in, literally less than we use to choose high school kids!
Sounds like a coworker of mine. No ambition in IT, texts his wife all day long, doesn't even close out tickets on the helpdesk. The only reason why he's here is that he's buddies with my boss.
We (Laura and I) have a friend (Daniella) who has a boyfriend (Tim). Tim constantly talks about wanting to get into IT. Daniella's father has given him a ton of networking equipment and explained how to create a low cost lab in order to aid in the learning process. It's been 6 months and Sunday I asked how far along Tim is. All of the networking equipment her father gave him is sitting inside of the trunk of his car and never left it since the night he put in it there. Her never created a lab and has never read a book. I asked if he is still interested in learning IT. Daniella says it's all he talks about.
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@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
No certs, no education (in IT), no experience, no posting on IT social media, no home lab, lots of time wasted on things that show he's not researched properly before jumping in, literally less than we use to choose high school kids!
and he's personally attacking you now
What else is new?
I think Scott is a very misunderstood guy on SW or maybe in general
Definitely on SW.
It takes folks a while to get used to you and realize that you're not personally attacking them.
Which indicates a total lack of professional interaction experience. Just not pandering and condescending often sets people off. Do they actually want me to just mock them?
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@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@NerdyDad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
No certs, no education (in IT), no experience, no posting on IT social media, no home lab, lots of time wasted on things that show he's not researched properly before jumping in, literally less than we use to choose high school kids!
Sounds like a coworker of mine. No ambition in IT, texts his wife all day long, doesn't even close out tickets on the helpdesk. The only reason why he's here is that he's buddies with my boss.
Well, given that they are happy to keep him, seems like it would be silly for him to work harder, right?
But that is the problem. The only person willing to keep him is my boss and only because he's his buddy and a warm body. Nobody else is really happy with him at all.
So? Why would he care about that? He's doing a job that makes the boss happy. What other people think of him isn't really relevant, is it?
