943,923 Members | Top Members by Rank

Ad:
Jun 3rd, 2004
0

what are some professional options

Expand Post »
not sure if this belongs here but i figured you guys and girls are as good to ask as any. i have recently changed my major to information technology (technical concentration) because i absolutely love troubleshooting other peoples computers. i spend hours upon hours trying to solve virus, internet connection, and other common problems that people have and i love every second of it. my only problem is that after taking my first semester of IT classes, all that we do is learn programing. a student could get straight As in all their IT classes and still not even know what spyware is. websites with tech support, google and myself have taught me everything that i know, not my university. i guess i want to know if there are other options for my career vs just programming. did i declare the wrong major? do i even need to finish college to make the sort of profession i mentioned above. i know there is money in this profession and i would really appreciate some suggestions
Similar Threads
Reputation Points: 10
Solved Threads: 0
Newbie Poster
rbk25 is offline Offline
14 posts
since May 2004
Jun 3rd, 2004
0

Re: what are some professional options

Your IT classes sound more like my computer science classes. IT schools have programs that teach technical support/networking, which seems to be what you want. If all you're doing is programming, then you seem to be enrolled in a computer science program or a programming track of IT. What do I think you should do? Well, this topic has been beaten to death by many, including myself, so I'll refer you to some other threads where you'll see what others think:

http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforum...read.php?t=591
http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforum...ead.php?t=2068

If you have any other questions after going through all those posts, just feel free to ask.
Team Colleague
Reputation Points: 262
Solved Threads: 18
a.k.a inscissor
samaru is offline Offline
1,227 posts
since Feb 2002

This thread is more than three months old

No one has posted to this discussion for at least three months. Please let old threads die and do not reply to them unless you feel you have something new and valuable to contribute that absolutely must be added to make the discussion complete. Otherwise, please start a new thread in this forum instead.
Message:
Previous Thread in IT Professionals' Lounge Forum Timeline: Cscgal wouldja add a Delphi forum here?
Next Thread in IT Professionals' Lounge Forum Timeline: Kid's Tutorials on Computers





About Us | Contact Us | Advertise | Acceptable Use Policy
Forum Index | Build Custom RSS Feed


Follow us on Twitter


© 2011 DaniWeb® LLC