Andrew
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Is it worth it? Forget about the money factor, me Dad will pay 
Discuss..
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Brett
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Originally posted by Andrew
Is it worth it? Forget about the money factor, me Dad will pay
Discuss..
I think you need to pass GCSE level first tbh
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Andrew
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Yeah i knew i'd put it like that. Sounds better than 'my'.
I have plenty of GCSEs tbh 
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Cosmo
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depends what in and what you want to do afterwards.
In a lot of cases....no.
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Andrew
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I always wanted to go into IT Support. But there's no money in it right now. I've got an unconditional offer for Network Security. Could be a good one to go into.
There's money in programmming at the minute. Waiting back to hear from some guy over an interview i had a couple of weeks back now.
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James
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You should pick a career based on what you enjoy, not how much it pays.
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James
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I would say a masters is only worth it if the your bachelors degree isn't related to your chosen career path therefore a masters in your chosen career path could prove useful.
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James
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P.s. My friend walked into an IT support role straight from uni on £29k.
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Andrew
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quote:
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You should pick a career based on what you enjoy, not how much it pays.
Yeah but there is no way i can live off 10k I have expensive taste 
I'm gonna call this guy again now..
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SetH
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I always wanted to go into IT Support. But there's no money in it right now. I've got an unconditional offer for Network Security. Could be a good one to go into.
Plenty of monkey 2nd line support/rollout contracts around at the moment £15-£18/hour. I know some contractors that were on £250 a day for doing monkey support where the most challenging thing was installing a TFT monitor and some RAM.
A desktop support engineer in a permanent role can expect 15-24k, do the same role in contracting and with a bit of luck you should earn £30-35k just doing monkey support.
How can you say theres no money in it?
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SetH
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quote:
Originally posted by James
P.s. My friend walked into an IT support role straight from uni on £29k.
More details on that one please. 
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Toby
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You should pick a career based on what you enjoy, not how much it pays.
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but tbh id enjoy a job a lot more if i knew i was geting 60 grand as apposed to 16
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Andrew
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The guy is in yet another meeting 
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ssj_kakarot
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yes its only a year and your dad is paying, why even think about it lol.
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by SetH
quote:
Originally posted by James
P.s. My friend walked into an IT support role straight from uni on £29k.
More details on that one please.
Don't really know much about it other than its for a big law firm in the city.
Not sure what line it is.
It's all about working for investment banks 
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Andrew
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quote:
Originally posted by SetH
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I always wanted to go into IT Support. But there's no money in it right now. I've got an unconditional offer for Network Security. Could be a good one to go into.
Plenty of monkey 2nd line support/rollout contracts around at the moment £15-£18/hour. I know some contractors that were on £250 a day for doing monkey support where the most challenging thing was installing a TFT monitor and some RAM.
A desktop support engineer in a permanent role can expect 15-24k, do the same role in contracting and with a bit of luck you should earn £30-35k just doing monkey support.
How can you say theres no money in it?
I'm looking at a starting rate though.
Uni would be fun though Two of my mates failed last year, another one doing the same masters and i know some girls from the year below who are always up for a laugh 
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SetH
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Yes James, investment banks.
Hes still done bloody well for a graduate position though, that has to be in london city though surely.
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willay
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It support for offices/whaetver and IT support for financial houses is two different things FYI.
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Mase
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I think I'm going to be doing my masters when I finish my degree, as i need to do some 'further learning' if I want to become a chartered engineer.
Mase
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Nath
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Investment banks are in the past.
This is the future:
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Nath
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And that is a big pic right there 
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