Master the following: Project management, windows server/AD, IIS versions 5-7, load balancing technologies, and most importantly, security.
The place I work for wants experience over degree for my position, degrees for all new programmers though.
Who still has a 9-5?
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Master the following: Project management, windows server/AD, IIS versions 5-7, load balancing technologies, and most importantly, security.
The place I work for wants experience over degree for my position, degrees for all new programmers though.
I've been on my own for 2 years. My biggest enemy has been being complacent. Especially during the summer time. I always have things on cruise control, but I am capable of so much more.
I guess it's ok of dealing with these type of problems. Sure beats the problems I would have, if I had a boss.
I guess it's ok of dealing with these type of problems. Sure beats the problems I would have, if I had a boss.
Could you write your story in detail...I need a new blog lander. JK.
Anyways, not 9-5 but still a student where my parents expect me to eventually have a 9-5. Hoping to get shit working right so I can prove to them, and myself in a way, that I can bank without a corporate job.
Still in good ol' American university system, culturally acceptably postponing my entry into the workforce. :bowdown:
any idea why corporates prefer windows over linux. Same quality work and security can be achieved through linux.
The question is irrelevant. Each problem requires a unique solution. Corporations find the path that (they think) best solves the problem.
[That and no one wants to deal with the chronic-masturbating pothead Linux admins..]
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Same boat as a couple others. I have a 9-5 @ a very large company, where I'm fairly high up. Thing is, unlike most corporate jobs, I actually really dig it.
Love my boss & small team, the work I'm doing is both continually interesting & challenging, the pay & benefits are fantastic (like stupid to walk away from right now), and the accompanying lifestyle is pretty plum (20-40% from home, never work past 6pm, rarely travel anymore). Plus my work is fairly complex and analytical, so I don't have to micro-manage or babysit teenager-like idiots (i.e. I get to cherry pick smart people to work with & for me).
That said, I know that as I continue to move up the ranks, it won't always be as low-key and flexible. So that's my motivation for dabbling in IM -- pay down debts, have some supplemental income, and build passive income-generating assets.
The downside is that my day job setup is so sweet right now that I find myself only doing IM activities that I find interesting & engaging. Which means I'm building much slower over the last year than I originally planned due to lacking a real sense of urgency and find myself focusing more on short-term campaigns rather than building long-term scalable infrastructure. Something of a Catch-22.
But hey, all of that just sounds like lazy self-justification. I won't lie, I definitely envy the guys here netting $100k+/month and know that while I might be in a very comfortable situation right now, I will probably never scale to that level doing what I'm doing without out putting in 10+ yrs of time and being very, very lucky.
Love my boss & small team, the work I'm doing is both continually interesting & challenging, the pay & benefits are fantastic (like stupid to walk away from right now), and the accompanying lifestyle is pretty plum (20-40% from home, never work past 6pm, rarely travel anymore). Plus my work is fairly complex and analytical, so I don't have to micro-manage or babysit teenager-like idiots (i.e. I get to cherry pick smart people to work with & for me).
That said, I know that as I continue to move up the ranks, it won't always be as low-key and flexible. So that's my motivation for dabbling in IM -- pay down debts, have some supplemental income, and build passive income-generating assets.
The downside is that my day job setup is so sweet right now that I find myself only doing IM activities that I find interesting & engaging. Which means I'm building much slower over the last year than I originally planned due to lacking a real sense of urgency and find myself focusing more on short-term campaigns rather than building long-term scalable infrastructure. Something of a Catch-22.
But hey, all of that just sounds like lazy self-justification. I won't lie, I definitely envy the guys here netting $100k+/month and know that while I might be in a very comfortable situation right now, I will probably never scale to that level doing what I'm doing without out putting in 10+ yrs of time and being very, very lucky.
I still have a 9-5 but I like my job, although I'd like it more if I made more money. I'm still working on the aff marketing stuff in my free time and hope I can make it work out someday. I'll never give up on it.
Even worse: 8-5
Oh so true.. but in reality it's still worse.
Up at 6:30am
Leave at 7:00am
Arrive at 8:00am
Leave at 5:00pm
Get Home at 6:00pm
So that's um.. 11.5 hours of the day gone.. /cry
I don't dislike my work (software programmer), but I dislike the daily routine.
haha consultant here:
up 0600 - do some IM/reading
work starts 0730
leave work 1800-1900
gym til 2000-2030
home by 2030-2100
Um, my whole day.
up 0600 - do some IM/reading
work starts 0730
leave work 1800-1900
gym til 2000-2030
home by 2030-2100
Um, my whole day.
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