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    What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?

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    • Minion QueenM
      Minion Queen @wirestyle22
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      @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

      @WrCombs Congratulations! That is an excellent opportunity. Everyone I have interacted with from NTG has been extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Happy to count them among my friends now.

      Aww thank you. We love you too!

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      • wirestyle22W
        wirestyle22 @Minion Queen
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        @Minion-Queen said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

        @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

        @WrCombs Congratulations! That is an excellent opportunity. Everyone I have interacted with from NTG has been extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Happy to count them among my friends now.

        Aww thank you. We love you too!

        I keep telling @scottalanmiller I don't accept proposals this early in the season. He keeps trying though

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        • WrCombsW
          WrCombs @wirestyle22
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          @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

          @WrCombs Congratulations! That is an excellent opportunity. Everyone I have interacted with from NTG has been extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Happy to count them among my friends now.

          couldn't agree more!! everyone is very helpful and i have faith that one day i will be as knowledgeable and helpful as them!

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          • Minion QueenM
            Minion Queen @WrCombs
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            @WrCombs said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

            @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

            @WrCombs Congratulations! That is an excellent opportunity. Everyone I have interacted with from NTG has been extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Happy to count them among my friends now.

            couldn't agree more!! everyone is very helpful and i have faith that one day i will be as knowledgeable and helpful as them!

            How to win the NTG team over. Show initiative and have a good sense of humor. Oh minion gifts and chocolate help as well

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            • WrCombsW
              WrCombs @Minion Queen
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              @Minion-Queen minions as in like Bob the minion? on netflix? i have almost a hundred dollars worth of merch. want some?? i dont think a 2 year old needs it!

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              • wirestyle22W
                wirestyle22 @WrCombs
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                @WrCombs Brownie points acquired. I think you might unlock an achievement.

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                • Minion QueenM
                  Minion Queen @WrCombs
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                  @WrCombs said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                  @Minion-Queen minions as in like Bob the minion? on netflix? i have almost a hundred dollars worth of merch. want some?? i dont think a 2 year old needs it!

                  I will have to take a pic of my minion wall when I get back home. I have tons of figurines and stickers etc.

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch
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                    After getting out of ITT (that place can burn in hell) in 1993, I took a job as an alarm installer for a local alarm company in St Louis.

                    One day in my second week they sent me along with their guy that did all the card access stuff. After watching him single finger type in a few commands, I asked what he was needing to do and I took over. The autoexec.bat file had been overwrote by some other software the client tried to install on the PC and I had to put some settings back in that was required for PC-PAK (the access control software) to run.

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                    • WrCombsW
                      WrCombs @wirestyle22
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                      @wirestyle22 im hoping!

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                      • wirestyle22W
                        wirestyle22 @JaredBusch
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                        @JaredBusch said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                        After getting out of ITT (that place can burn in hell) in 1993, I took a job as an alarm installer for a local alarm company in St Louis.

                        One day in my second week they sent me along with their guy that did all the card access stuff. After watching him single finger type in a few commands, I asked what he was needing to do and I took over. The autoexec.bat file had been overwrote by some other software the client tried to install on the PC and I had to put some settings back in that was required for PC-PAK (the access control software) to run.

                        I literally cannot picture you installing alarms. Crazy

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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch @wirestyle22
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                          @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                          @JaredBusch said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                          After getting out of ITT (that place can burn in hell) in 1993, I took a job as an alarm installer for a local alarm company in St Louis.

                          One day in my second week they sent me along with their guy that did all the card access stuff. After watching him single finger type in a few commands, I asked what he was needing to do and I took over. The autoexec.bat file had been overwrote by some other software the client tried to install on the PC and I had to put some settings back in that was required for PC-PAK (the access control software) to run.

                          I literally cannot picture you installing alarms. Crazy

                          I did not do basic systems for long. I specialized in access control systems which were all controlled by software on a PC.

                          I also was the only one that could knew how to program alarm systems via serial port. Back then, all the techs just did it all by hand through the system keypad.

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                          • dafyreD
                            dafyre @wirestyle22
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                            @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                            @WrCombs Brownie points acquired. I think you might unlock an achievement.

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                            • wirestyle22W
                              wirestyle22 @JaredBusch
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                              @JaredBusch said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                              @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                              @JaredBusch said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                              After getting out of ITT (that place can burn in hell) in 1993, I took a job as an alarm installer for a local alarm company in St Louis.

                              One day in my second week they sent me along with their guy that did all the card access stuff. After watching him single finger type in a few commands, I asked what he was needing to do and I took over. The autoexec.bat file had been overwrote by some other software the client tried to install on the PC and I had to put some settings back in that was required for PC-PAK (the access control software) to run.

                              I literally cannot picture you installing alarms. Crazy

                              I did not do basic systems for long. I specialized in access control systems which were all controlled by software on a PC.

                              I also was the only one that could knew how to program alarm systems via serial port. Back then, all the techs just did it all by hand through the system keypad.

                              Yeah it just reminds me of Einstein being a patent clerk. Brilliant people doing odd jobs is always a little mind blowing

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                              • Minion QueenM
                                Minion Queen @dafyre
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                                @dafyre said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                                @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                                @WrCombs Brownie points acquired. I think you might unlock an achievement.

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                                This just made me LOL literally. Getting a weird look from random Developer across the desk from me (no idea who he is).

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                                • wirestyle22W
                                  wirestyle22 @Minion Queen
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                                  @Minion-Queen just say "Memes" he'll understand

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                                  • WrCombsW
                                    WrCombs @Minion Queen
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                                    @Minion-Queen said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                                    @dafyre said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                                    @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                                    @WrCombs Brownie points acquired. I think you might unlock an achievement.

                                    0_1470168268014_bribe_minion_queen_achievement.gif

                                    This just made me LOL literally. Getting a weird look from random Developer across the desk from me (no idea who he is).

                                    that is awesome!

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                                    • JaredBuschJ
                                      JaredBusch
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                                      Still have the key ring I carried. So let me know if you ever need into an alarm panel.

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                                      • s.hacklemanS
                                        s.hackleman
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                                        First full time job I had was being put in charge of cleaning up and managing a retail store database of over 100,000 DVD, Video Game, and Music titles while I was in college. I started writing code to make work easier, then slowly started cleaning up networks and eventually was put in charge of all things IT. By the time I left we had over 45 stores, and a PCI compliant hub and spoke network between them all.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
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                                          First "job" was at thirteen years old as an intern for Eastman Kodak in software engineering.

                                          First non-intern job was for Kettering University as a programmer at eighteen.

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                                          • DashrenderD
                                            Dashrender
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                                            I had a summer job in high school writing a survey program in Fortran. I guess it was an intern type job.

                                            I don't recall when, but some time later I rebuilt a complete PC network Win 95 for a non profit.

                                            First full time job was bench tech support at nights for a West Teleservices.

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