Best IT career until the crash?

[Deja Q]

Poll question: Best IT career until the crash?

[ET Awful]

1. Hey! One of my best friends is one of those dweebs on the Best Buy

Geek Squad . . . and believe it or not, when it comes to individual PC's, he does pretty much know it all (of course, he learned most of it from me, but that's beside the point). Kid doesn't know jack about networking though :).

I like being the IT administrator for a small company that will always need an IT administrator. It works for me.

[Deja Q]

3. I couldn't get a job there.

Despite over a decade of experience.

I had to pass one of those personality profile tests, you see.

Besides, I'd likely report them if even one license of Ad-Aware was illegit. (it ain't free for corporate use.)

[Droopy]

2. Other: Truck driver.

[ThoughtCriminal]

4. Game design

At least you can have fun, even if you don't get paid.

[usedtobesick]

5. have to agree with the game designer

option... getting paid would make it the ultimate job ever....

[Deja Q]

6. We could all move to Asia. After all:

1. I've seen LOTS of adverts for game design, being pimped by some gaudy looking 18 year olds to lure others to get hooked into these naff programs.

2. By the time those naive kids graduate, every shred of game design (like animation design is) will be shipped to Korea, India, or China where piracy rates are astronomical. Junior or lil'Debbie won't be happy when they wake up...

[demnan]

7. I voted dba

he/she who holds the key to the database holds the key to everything.

[Modem Butterfly]

8. Headhunter

I was a headhunter during the boom, and we made money hand over fist. It was great while it lasted.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

10. Dirt bag ........... lol. Just kidding.

[Modem Butterfly]

11. I've been called worse!

One thing I developed was a very thick skin. I've heard just about every variation of "Fuck off and die," Doesn't bother me in the least.

My partner was a PeopleSoft Consultant through the boom, and I used to negotiate all his contracts. Man, that was fun!

[Crazy Guggenheim]

9. I was a Inhouse Tech Support Engineer. Aside from analyizing

and patching the LAN and everyone's workstations, I also made purchasing decisions for software/hardware, wrote manuals and training documentation, etc.