IT Employment

Who got in simply because they could breathe have become very succesfull 1-900 operators.

The really good breathers make BIG bucks. LOL

I should of known. I simply tried to get a good idea of what the money in certain aspects from real time associates was. And wah-la jokes!
I am trying to see if there is something that I can achieve that will meet or top my broker pay.

Got the lame jokes... As for as facts <---- NO!

You can check out salary.com for certain positions, then take about 10% off the figure and you 'can' obtain that. Don't expect to enter the field as a Network Architect level III though. PC Support is where you will most likely start.

Thanks for the reply.
I am just having a hard time trying to get into a career with something that I enjoy doing (G.Design\Networking). If I cant support myself and family.
Cant find the way to make the switch right now.

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Read the posts carefully & you'll realise we're telling you to be very carefull.

I'm guessing Tony has been at it as long as I have.....20+ years.

What we're saying is there is no EASY way into IT anymore..................and you've got to really love the work (like anything else) to make a GOOD living.

In my neck of the woods the cost of living is low & the quality of life high.

Average Lawyer & Doctor = 90K

Average Doctor = 90K

Average Gov Employee = 50k

Average IT = 65k...........Average NOOBE = 25k.........Average with 15 Years = 80k & 150k

Are these in Cdn dollars or US dollars? From what I recall, you are on the East coast of Canada?
Myself, I changed careers from being a mechanic to getting my degree in April of last year. Ihave been laid off since Sept of last year.
The jobs for networking here where I live are pathetic. I have only had 1 interview since Sept and the job went to someone who worked internally within the hospital.
I went to school for 3 years and did an 8 month work term at 10.00 an hour. When I got my degree, I was offered 12.50 an hour which is approx 26K/year.
Does that sound pathetic or is that about right for the experience I have?

Your in Thunder Bay?

In New Brunswick....I'd expect someone who works in Break/Fix (Say for Xwave or CGI) to make about 35k at entry level which is what I'm understanding is your situation.

For the Feds, Province or a Hospital, probably 5k more.

I would have expexcted more out of you 'upper Canadians' :-)

Thunder bay is only maybe 140k people and nearest big city is Winnipeg.Where I was working before in T.B , it was mostly Sysadmin stuff and help desk , Active directory, Windows , Solaris admin ... no programming. I didnt do much Cisco stuff or Networking which I majored in that area at school.We also did alot of Linux and solaris stuff in labs and very little windows.If I was back in Calgary, where i went to school, I would have a job in my area ,for sure.Here , I think you have to be a jack of all trades.
Its kind of frustrating not being able to find work in my area that i went to school for , especially when I owe 20k for student loans.
I was hoping to devote alot of my time to Cisco learning but over here, I may not find a job doing that anyways.
Its a small community here and you have to be in the right place at the right time.
Changing careers was a hard thing to do especially
going back to school in my late 30's.