Its not a rumor... ;)

[Skyview]

Congratulations! It's tough (not even considering the exams in this case) to change careers and takes a lot of courage and commitment  :up: If I might ask, has your career to date been in IT at all or are you doing a 180 compared to the work you've done previously?

[IchBin]

Pretty much a 180 over a progression of time though. My main position is Shop Manager, where I am in charge of the guys working in our shop and all the equipment etc. Although, the company I work for is family related I've become the only in house IT guy for their construction company. I've built all 8 of their computers, setup and maintain their network, implemented an automatic backup service for all stations, setup email/web and file server. Not to mention the software support for everyone that doesn't know how to use a computer. And that would pretty much be everyone. On top of that, I've added a inventory software tracking system for all of their equipment and sundry items for job costing... The list goes on and on. This has all happened over the last 2 years. Hence, the reason I'm in school for it and ready to move on. lol

[brianjw]

Man I HATE reading. I would've passed out if i had to read those books, lol

[Skyview]

Pretty much a 180 over a progression of time though. My main position is Shop Manager, where I am in charge of the guys working in our shop and all the equipment etc. Although, the company I work for is family related I've become the only in house IT guy for their construction company. I've built all 8 of their computers, setup and maintain their network, implemented an automatic backup service for all stations, setup email/web and file server. Not to mention the software support for everyone that doesn't know how to use a computer. And that would pretty much be everyone. On top of that, I've added a inventory software tracking system for all of their equipment and sundry items for job costing... The list goes on and on. This has all happened over the last 2 years. Hence, the reason I'm in school for it and ready to move on. lol

Sounds like you've got a plan - and that's always a good thing. Looks like it will be a good natural progression though since you've been doing IT stuff for a couple of years. Good luck in your new career!

[IchBin]

Thank you! I really appreciate your sentiment.

[PhilH]

Congrats Ich! We can celebrate in a couple of weeks when I am in town.

[vanguard]

Good job IchBinâ„¢

[Nokonium]

May you never lose the thirst for knowlege

[Ken.]

Congrats IchBinâ„¢!!!


Oh... And just so you know, it won't stop here!
You'll likely still be taking classes even after you retire!

[Ephemeral]

Wow. Well done. What kinds of stuff will you actually be programming?