I have the tag *Consultant* on my Job Spec, but hate that word, just to much experiance of meeting Boot Camp/Paper MCSEs.
But that aside, the main reason i have posted is because i really feel i can do more than DB Consulting and Win2K Network Admin.
A couple of things have got me dreaming.
It is a 50/50 between Security or 3G/Bluetooth/GPRS/GSM (Wireless voice/data, VoIP e.t.c. the whole bundle, H323 the lot)
How do you get into that line? without blagging it and getting way!!! out of my depth.
A friend works as solution sales for a Voice/Data specialist and i know he could get me in, but i'm reluctant to go into their IS department as LAN Admin or the like when i already do it here (and do not dislike it!)
Problem is on their Security side and the Voice/Data parts, i know they offer excellant training onsite and offsite courses, but it is getting the foot stuck in the door, getting them to recognise that i will learn it but am coming from a entry level rather than experianced.
When i got in on the entry level to MS based technical support and then installation and consulting with my current employer, there is a flood of resources to fill your head.
Looking for Security (beyond MS based) resources and Voice/Data is a bit hit and miss!
You either get into Link Loop with all the available Training sites (dont trust them anyway, to many offering MCSEs on a plate)
And don't get me started on how am i going to get the experiance, short of hoping that EBay might one day have a dirt cheap Alteon Switched Firewall, Sun Solaris box or Nokia VoIP Gateway (oh god! the cost!) i dunno what i am gonna do.
None of what i will do will be employer sponsored (he'd have a fit if i asked him to send me on a course to learn any of this)
Thanks
But that aside, the main reason i have posted is because i really feel i can do more than DB Consulting and Win2K Network Admin.
A couple of things have got me dreaming.
It is a 50/50 between Security or 3G/Bluetooth/GPRS/GSM (Wireless voice/data, VoIP e.t.c. the whole bundle, H323 the lot)
How do you get into that line? without blagging it and getting way!!! out of my depth.
A friend works as solution sales for a Voice/Data specialist and i know he could get me in, but i'm reluctant to go into their IS department as LAN Admin or the like when i already do it here (and do not dislike it!)
Problem is on their Security side and the Voice/Data parts, i know they offer excellant training onsite and offsite courses, but it is getting the foot stuck in the door, getting them to recognise that i will learn it but am coming from a entry level rather than experianced.
When i got in on the entry level to MS based technical support and then installation and consulting with my current employer, there is a flood of resources to fill your head.
Looking for Security (beyond MS based) resources and Voice/Data is a bit hit and miss!
You either get into Link Loop with all the available Training sites (dont trust them anyway, to many offering MCSEs on a plate)
And don't get me started on how am i going to get the experiance, short of hoping that EBay might one day have a dirt cheap Alteon Switched Firewall, Sun Solaris box or Nokia VoIP Gateway (oh god! the cost!) i dunno what i am gonna do.
None of what i will do will be employer sponsored (he'd have a fit if i asked him to send me on a course to learn any of this)
Thanks