Sophos 4.0 on Win98/ME

[kevinmcaleer]

Micheal, I don't work for a school now! I got head hunted by Becta, after implementing FITS. I've got my own IT consultancy now Advice Factory ltd, which I have a contract with Becta through; all from being a good network manager. You practically have to be an alchemist, but instead of changing lead into gold, you change sh!t into a state of the art network.

 

I remember starting as a technican, with an RM lan manager 2.0 network running Windows 3.0 and Some old Nimbus 186's...

 

-Kev

[witch]

I actually love my job (both of them) and in fact the report I put in to the head was about solutions, not problems. At work I am extremly positive and work very hard to get the best out of the systems I have - I am helpful and try to do anything I am asked to do if I possibly can. I am aware of the image of an IT person who, when asked to do anythng, sucks his teeth and shakes his head - as I used to work with one.

(I dont really appreciate being patronised about my attitude to work)

I am, however, grateful for the advice and will try again with renewed vigour

BUT as I only work for 8 hours a week at one school and 10 at the other it is very hard to establish the sort of relationships with the staff that are needed. There is also a problem with the staff as the head tends to employ the ones who are not super IT literate, so running a Win 98 system is fine by them as it does everything they want it to do!

Both my schools are running deficit budgets which makes the whole thing academic at the moment as there is no money for anything at all.

I really wish I could just get them to see the disaster that is looming - I don't want to sit back and watch them sink and just say 'I told you so!'

[kevinmcaleer]

There is also a problem with the staff as the head tends to employ the ones who are not super IT literate

 

Lol! I know exactly what you mean. Its like in the interview, they ask "Are you any good with computers?" if they answer yes, they dont get the job!

 

-Kev