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Network Admins need to be Computer Scientists?
LockedHi all,
I am in my second year of Uni for BIT major in networking and I was in a subject and the lecturer totally scared me off and made me lose confidence.
Since 2000 or during my high school years I was the IT guru and wiz cause i spent lots of time researching IT stuff online, doesn’t make me an IT pro but I was confident about a lot of computer related issues.
Now my lecturer said to be a good Networking admin you have to be able to
*have 5AM Nights as you’ll be working from 12am till 5.
*be very good at programming or at least write lots of code to automate things
*throw away the old pc crap and get a mac :'( (hugs my darling Toshiba)
After hearing that, I wanted to drop out of uni, my programming is rubbish, in high school I made games and apps with drag and drop tools but since Uni I am an average + a bit IT performer.
My question is do i need to be good at programming? I know how to write basic console apps and what not but I am not capable of detecting a hacker in a networking by seeing how code in my system has been changed etc.
I always thought I could do IT and be a consultant or Admin (my wish was admin) and do general admin work like hardware and software config and repairs and help the employees of the company, is it still possible or am I living an old dream?
I am also almost towards the end of my degree but I still don’t feel confident enough to be an IT professional (without giving it a bad name) did most of you professionals learn on the job after graduation or were you equipped from uni primarily?
Last question is a dodgy one really, I hear many stoires about successful IT people and they made it up there because they asked and by chance they got a rare opportunity, so I am asking now anyone got any IT opportunities for a NSW, Australia IT kid? lol anyone from Google or microsoft?
thanks for hearing me out, I am a bit down so I’ve typed a lot of stuff up I appologise for that, its just that I’ve been first in IT undefeated at school, and even won IT comps in newspapers (maybe only due to scaling? as my part of the world sees IT as lame :o) and this is a sudden shock to me that I am not as good as I think I am even though my uni records show me as a high performer.
P.S. My degree co-coordinator has since pulled me out of that subject but what the lecturer said still bothers me. Also would like some info on Macs, I am a Windows fan but if Mac is going to be needed for me to not lose my career I’d think about it.