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Previously on "Is IT Support dead?"

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  • alreadypacked
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    Originally posted by MikeC1408 View Post
    Do this people not even bother looking at your CV's
    I think most of them wouldn't know how to open attachment if they could find it. It's the only reason I can think of for some of the calls I received in the past. Now I don't put a phone number on my profile any more.

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  • MikeC1408
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    Originally posted by alreadypacked View Post
    So if it's not an agent trolling, then its someone's other login.

    It's sasguru I claim my £5
    No I'm not an agent and you don't win a fiver either Sorry

    Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
    I read it as the sarcastic impression meant the £10 per hour role with a view to going permanent was meant in jest.
    Yes I was being sarcastic. That said, I did receive this offer from an agent this morning. Do this people not even bother looking at your CV's

    You think that's bad you should have seen the perm wage

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  • Clippy
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    Originally posted by alreadypacked View Post
    So if it's not an agent trolling, then its someone's other login.

    It's sasguru I claim my £5
    In that case, can I have half an hours IT Support please.

    My toaster won't work.

    Can I have a call ref no too, pretty please!

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  • alreadypacked
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    Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
    I read it as the sarcastic impression meant the £10 per hour role with a view to going permanent was meant in jest.
    So if it's not an agent trolling, then its someone's other login.

    It's sasguru I claim my £5

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  • oracleslave
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    Originally posted by alreadypacked View Post
    What age are you 12?

    I got the impression that most of the contractors on here were high end, highly skilled people, mostly under utilised in their current roles.
    I read it as the sarcastic impression meant the £10 per hour role with a view to going permanent was meant in jest.

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  • alreadypacked
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    Originally posted by MikeC1408 View Post
    IT Support Defo not dead.
    Just been sent a Spec for a 1st Line Support in Reading for £10/Hour 3 month with view to perm.

    Anyone interested drop me a pm
    What age are you 12?

    I got the impression that most of the contractors on here were high end, highly skilled people, mostly under utilised in their current roles.

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  • MikeC1408
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    IT Support Defo not dead.

    Just been sent a Spec for a 1st Line Support in Reading for £10/Hour 3 month with view to perm.

    Anyone interested drop me a pm

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  • PRC1964
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    Originally posted by zeitghost
    Chim chimeny chim chimeny chim chim cherooooooooo....?

    There was an article in the paper the other day about someone who's set up a chimney sweeping business... seems to be doing well...

    My grandfather was, amongst other things (like running a market garden), a chimney sweep.
    Fortunately our one didn't burst into song (it would probably have added an extra £20 to the bill).

    I did make sure to shake hands with him though.

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  • unemployed
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    Originally posted by dr_beat View Post
    That's good! Glad it's working out for you!
    thanks

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  • dr_beat
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    Originally posted by unemployed View Post
    i actually still do support but it is more infrastructure based not really visiting users desktops or anything like that.

    i do the odd contract here and their to keep busy , got a couple of interviews this week for some perm jobs so hopefully i will get one of those.
    That's good! Glad it's working out for you!

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  • unemployed
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    Originally posted by dr_beat View Post
    LOL

    I've read some of your past posts unemployed. What are you working in these days? I take it you're out of support for good?
    i actually still do support but it is more infrastructure based not really visiting users desktops or anything like that.

    i do the odd contract here and their to keep busy , got a couple of interviews this week for some perm jobs so hopefully i will get one of those.

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  • dr_beat
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    Originally posted by unemployed View Post
    support people will always be needed, as when the developers eventually break their pc they need a support monkey to rebuild it.

    lol, the joys or arguing with developers about not saving data on their local hdd, "i know best im a developer" what if your hdd dies "i will fix it im a developer"

    shame they can`t fix the wanky oracle database that crashes every 2 days first.

    thank god i don`t need to deal with people like that anymore
    LOL

    I've read some of your past posts unemployed. What are you working in these days? I take it you're out of support for good?

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  • mace
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    Was it ever alive?

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  • unemployed
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    support people will always be needed, as when the developers eventually break their pc they need a support monkey to rebuild it.

    lol, the joys or arguing with developers about not saving data on their local hdd, "i know best im a developer" what if your hdd dies "i will fix it im a developer"

    shame they can`t fix the wanky oracle database that crashes every 2 days first.

    thank god i don`t need to deal with people like that anymore

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  • Sockpuppet
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    IT support is dead.

    I am generally better than 99% of the "support" guys I see and I also work as a trucker!

    Current role I am doing some data analysis with some vba and VB6 thrown in for good measure. Not amazing but good enough considering that I didn't know VB until 3 days ago - learning on the job is the ways its meant to be.

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