The hours suck. The bigger the company, the more it suck.\u2029\u2029 Banks do their promotion of\u00a0application, system, network to live from 2 to 3 am or later.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There are systems that are even more heavily used than banking systems, eg transport and shipping systems.\u00a0 These changes are done on Christmas and New Year.\u00a0 So you can kiss November and December holidays goodbye.<\/p>\n
A large portion of IT employers expect you to know your stuff and certified\u00a0eg MCSE, MCSA, CCNA etc.\u00a0 There is very little upgrading\u00a0provided.\u00a0 Any training is likely very niche and targeted.\u00a0 So you will need to do a lot of self study and face time with a virtualization software.<\/p>\n
Due to the continuous interaction with many different systems and requiremens, pace of learning\u00a0can very different. In 6 months, what you learn at a systems integrator job is more than 3 years at a end user sysadmin.<\/p>\n
After going throuhgh all the above, you will be certified in in a few areas.\u00a0 The vendors roll out new version of their products every 2 or 3 years, the related certification needs to updated and renewed.\u00a0 For systems and applications, sometimes you can use virtualization to\u00a0test drive during lull time aka at home.\u00a0 No so\u00a0such luck for network engineers, as they need the physical boxes.<\/p>\n
So for all these what do you get?\u00a0 The ability to change the productivity of the users\u00a0and if you are at an online shop, the bottom line.<\/p>\n
Lastly, here is something for you to think about:<\/p>\n
For males, there is a\u00a0more than a good chance\u00a0you wife is an accountant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
PS: Do you know it is really difficult to hire a male Chinese Singaporean\u00a0 Citizen Network Engineer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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