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Thread ID: 137027	2014-05-14 21:37:00	How did you get your current job in IT?	Webdevguy (17166)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1375023	2014-05-14 22:38:00	Started my own IT business. :D	CYaBro (73)
1375024	2014-05-14 22:39:00	:+1: Although I own a car, I refuse to use it for commuting ;) Considered taking the train? less stress :)	Webdevguy (17166)
1375025	2014-05-14 22:40:00	What about public transport? Or if you have issues with that, what about working remotely? Had public transport in Auckland, when if I was living up there. The bus stop to go to town and back was outside the front gate / across the road. Here, in Taupo, it's at the end of this road (about 200m away), around the corner / across the road. To go to town Only way I have been helping where I am, is with teamviewer, if it's not hardware related. Otherwise whoever will have to bring whatever here, if they're local	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1375026	2014-05-14 22:44:00	Had public transport in Auckland, when if I was living up there. The bus stop to go to town and back was outside the front gate / across the road. Here, in Taupo, it's at the end of this road (about 200m away), around the corner / across the road. To go to town Only way I have been helping where I am, is with teamviewer, if it's not hardware related. Otherwise whoever will have to bring whatever here, if they're local That also works :) Whats the demand like for IT type work in Taupo..?	Webdevguy (17166)
1375027	2014-05-14 22:53:00	Have no idea. I usually help family / or my flatmate's family. If they've got probs. It's just a hobby , it's not what I do daily as in a job. I dont have a business, or a job There are stuff-all computer shops around here (within walking distance). So, if I want something hardware related, I'll get it online. Probably from Auckland. And recently, I've used Ebay for spare parts (little things), for this netbook. Because it's cheaper (the price / and postage), than buying it here in NZ.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1375028	2014-05-14 22:57:00	Started my own IT business. :D The same here :thumbs: Started off doing about 6 months contract work for a guy, he then suggested I start my own business as he was thinking of getting out of it in a couple of years time, that was in 2003 and if I had my own business I could get work when he didn't have any for me. Been going ever since. PS The boss is a real slave driver sometimes :D CYaBro will know what I mean :D	wainuitech (129)
1375029	2014-05-14 23:05:00	Considered taking the train? less stress :) That's a trick question, right? :p	pcuser42 (130)
1375030	2014-05-14 23:07:00	That's a trick question, right? :p No. Should it be? I know Auckland traffic sucks. I drive in it when I drop my fiancee off in downtown CBD.	Webdevguy (17166)
1375031	2014-05-14 23:59:00	"I got my Job straight from School and went through 4 years of tech courses and company training courses to get qualified. Originally I was a post office then telecom employee until they were sold off and changed to a contracting model. I no longer work for that company but am doing essentially the same type of work for a different one. To sound like an even older bugger than I am back when I started it was a career you got and had for life and many of the older staff worked their entire career in the same job, these days if you get past the first year you are doing well. " Ditto! Started with NZBS radio (before TV in NZ) moved to TV (while computers were on punched cards) eventually got started on PCs around 1980. I know very few these days who are in a "career" and I think it's unproductive for the whole country when companies struggle on with over 50% of their staff still learning the ropes (and moving on before they understand the ropes!). It seems that skills in "management" are more important than skills in making the product.	coldot (6847)
1375032	2014-05-15 00:25:00	Ditto! Started with NZBS radio (before TV in NZ) moved to TV (while computers were on punched cards) eventually got started on PCs around 1980. I know very few these days who are in a "career" and I think it's unproductive for the whole country when companies struggle on with over 50% of their staff still learning the ropes (and moving on before they understand the ropes!). It seems that skills in "management" are more important than skills in making the product. I think that a lot of jobs would benefit with retaining some older experienced staff in amongst the "Facebook generation". As long as the experienced staff are still open to learning new ideas, which a lot are. From what I've been told, management skills need to encompass an understanding of technology, the ability to communicate ideas and problems clearly with other staff and customers and the ability to be a problem solver and the ability to organize and prioritize all rolled into one person.	Webdevguy (17166)
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