Popular Post pantscat Posted November 11, 2014 Popular Post Posted November 11, 2014 Hello all, I don't normally post much of a personal nature here, I try to help people out and I've found Edugeek to be an amazing resource for when I've been stuck and needed some ideas, so thanks to you all for being such a great and positive community. Today is my last day working in education. I decided quite some time ago that although working in education was fun, and at times rewarding, I wanted more of a challenge and have always been curious about what life would be like working out in the "real world". I hate to use that phrase as I've seen so much prejudice against IT in education and a great deal of it is completely unjustified, after all, how many other environments are there where you're expected to be able to be completely confident with every piece of IT kit available, as well as be able to manage staff effectively, plan and manage budgets, be a competent project manager and learn how to use and be an expert in any piece of software that is waved under your nose? Not many I'd imagine. Anyway, I digress. I'm indulging my curiosity and will be going off next week to return to London to work for a small-ish IT consultancy to focus on a more technical role - no more staff management, lots of networking, lots of VMware and a whole load of other things that I've probably not anticipated, too. Not quite sure what the point of this is other than to say thanks. Ant 13
robjduk Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 Good work getting the job. Its funny that I am not the only one who wants a job in the real world. Think you hit the role of IT manager in education exactly in your message and hope to find a job like yours in the next couple of years and become a real IT professional. 3
bossman Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 @pantscat: I fully concur with what you stated in you post and it must feel like an adventure all over again? I wish you all the very best in your new post 1
Fazza Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 Good luck out there in The Real World - remember that EduGeek is not just for people who work in Education so you can still continue to post questions on here etc. 1
round2it Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) Edugeek members have saved my A** so many times Big Thanks go out to everyone. I do try and help others where i can and contribute to the community. We have some really smart people on here, I don't think I could do my job without you all. @pantscat Good Luck You know when a site is invaluable when you type www. and edugeek pops up first Edited November 11, 2014 by round2it 2
pantscat Posted November 11, 2014 Author Posted November 11, 2014 Thanks all - much appreciated. I'll definitely "pop-in" when I can. @bossman, yep - definitely an adventure... feel equal measures of excitement and trepidation! Good job I'm leaving now before I'm institutionalised... 1
mikes Posted November 11, 2014 Posted November 11, 2014 One of my big nightmares is waking up to find that it is 10 years in the future and I have amnesia... and I still work at the school
win Posted November 12, 2014 Posted November 12, 2014 When he realises how boring the business world is, he'll be back! Good luck, hope it goes well ps that middle paragraph describing an IT manager in education is spot on! 1
Quackers Posted November 12, 2014 Posted November 12, 2014 Be interesting if you could post back in a few months to see if you actually prefer it. I have a few friends who work in the 'Real World' with IT Support jobs and they envy me because i get to play with so many different things. One is a Cisco engineer and he does Cisco routers, and Cisco Switches, thats it and hates that he cannot work on the Servers or the Clients it is purely the network infrastructure. Another is an Exchange admin for a big company but dislikes he is not allowed to do anything else, need something changing in AD the AD team has to deal with that. Where as us in Education IT normally have they keys to every device and system and get to be knowledgeable in many different areas. 1
witch Posted November 12, 2014 Posted November 12, 2014 One of my big nightmares is waking up to find that it is 10 years in the future and I have amnesia... and I still work at the school It is and I do (still work here, that is)
GREED Posted November 12, 2014 Posted November 12, 2014 Good luck in your new venture, I'm sure there is enough technical support available here to still make Edugeek useful to your new role!
Steven_Cleaver Posted November 22, 2014 Posted November 22, 2014 As everyone has said good luck with your new role .
elsiegee40 Posted November 22, 2014 Posted November 22, 2014 I missed your post due to a call from the big O... Something you definitely won't miss in your new role Good luck and don't be a stranger
pantscat Posted November 26, 2014 Author Posted November 26, 2014 Well. I'm now midway through my second week and I have to say that there is life after education. But, having said that, my first week was a bit rocky and it was a massive culture shock. One that I was expecting, but still pretty tricky to get my head around. Things are going well so far, but I've got quite a lot to learn from a technical perspective, so if anyone knows any good free teaching materials for Citrix or Pix firewalls I'll let you claim a free drink from me. You'll have to come to London, mind. Thanks to everyone for the well wishes. Just wanted to keep in touch with a really lovely and valuable community.
elsiegee40 Posted November 26, 2014 Posted November 26, 2014 Can't help with your training needs, but glad things are going OK
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