FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
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I currently have an office based job working for a university basicly just inputting details etc,
I recently applied for a job within the university but for an IT Assistant just got back from the interview and thought that they made it sound really crap compared to what i read in the job description.
They have now offered me the job but i really dont know what to do as i relaly like what im doin at the moment and the risk of not liking where i move is what scares me.
Is anyone here familior with IT and know whats involved with 'Taking tapes out and putting new tapes in regarding servers etc'. Apparently that has to be done on a daily basis taking approx 3/4 of the day, i was hoping it would involve more problem solving work like fixing ppls computer etc setting up new pcs etc and working within the 'KITS' team.
Any ideas of what i should do.
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danward
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Registered: 14th Nov 06
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When I 'did the tapes' at my job it took literally 2 minutes a day. It involved simply changing the backup tapes and ensuring that it had worked, and fixing it if it hadn't.
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
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Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
Is anyone here familior with IT and know whats involved with 'Taking tapes out and putting new tapes in regarding servers etc'. Apparently that has to be done on a daily basis taking approx 3/4 of the day, i was hoping it would involve more problem solving work like fixing ppls computer etc setting up new pcs etc and working within the 'KITS' team.
Any ideas of what i should do.
If you haven't ever had any IT training, it's unlikely you'd get to be able to do these jobs.
I think they key word with this place is 'Assistant'. It may mean you get more training and so on, therefore better prospects?! Did you ask about this in the interview?
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
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Im a computer technician in a university, the female students are great, the staff are great but the job can get really really really boring. You will have days where you sit and do nothing, literally nothing all day.
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deano87
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Originally posted by johnhara1
the female students are great.
Obviously not in Luton. There are near on zero hotties. Leeds however 
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Andrew
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I'd call them back and ask what tasks you would be doing. Sounds a bit boring just changing tapes all day. Plus, what happens when the company upgrades hardware to newer hard drive/chip devices?
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Corsa_Joel
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Registered: 3rd May 07
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Originally posted by deano87
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Originally posted by johnhara1
the female students are great.
Obviously not in Luton. There are near on zero hotties. Leeds however
Get yourself down to Dunstable mate. 
Are you currently at Luton uni? 
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M2RTY
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"feet on the street"
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deano87
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Originally posted by Corsa_Joel
Are you currently at Luton uni?
Currently as in studying - yes, until June '09.
Currently as in time - no, I'm at home 
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pow
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quote:
Originally posted by johnhara1
Im a computer technician in a university, the female students are great, the staff are great but the job can get really really really boring. You will have days where you sit and do nothing, literally nothing all day.
Im the head techie at a school and I feel the same, some days everything breaks at once, some days cs is my friend
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paul.mitchell1984
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Registered: 31st Aug 06
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im coming to dunstable in next few week, is there a student night o i can try and wing it at work what day to come down haha
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lil_g
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Registered: 29th Oct 06
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Originally posted by deano87
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Originally posted by johnhara1
the female students are great.
Obviously not in Luton. There are near on zero hotties. Leeds however
Deano you must be around at the wrong times 
My missus is hot 
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deano87
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Originally posted by lil_g04
My missus is hot
Agreed - she doesn't go Uni though.
Does she?! 
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lil_g
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Originally posted by deano87
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Originally posted by lil_g04
My missus is hot
Agreed - she doesn't go Uni though.
Does she?!
Nope shes only 17 So no PL pics getting her insured on BIGGEV
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deano87
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Originally posted by lil_g04
Nope shes only 17 So no PL pics getting her insured on BIGGEV
Lies. The law has been reduced to 16. Getting her insured on that, however, is a BIG mistake.
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lil_g
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I know
I said it to her infront of Gervais at Ace Cafe
I think he almost cried and liz wasn't having any of it anyway
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Deadude
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Registered: 30th Jun 07
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changing tapes take 3/4 of the day lol wtf? do they have like 800 servers?? the process of changing a tape (assuming its setup right)
1. press eject
2. take tape out
3. put tape in
Done
/sarcastic. its hard to get ur head around i know it is really complicated
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RichR
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I have to change the tapes and it takes a maximum of 10mins and we have a server which could run most small countries even though only 7 people work on computers in the whole business
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RS6
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quote:
Originally posted by johnhara1
Im a computer technician in a university, the female students are great, the staff are great but the job can get really really really boring. You will have days where you sit and do nothing, literally nothing all day.
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