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You can make physical things you can be proud of, and you don't have to use a computer. Also, at some level, it is "design" work, because even if you don't draw up the plans, you have to make decisions about how things fit best and what works where, &c.
http://careers.state.gov/officer/index.html http://careers.state.gov/specialist/employment.html#IMS
I think sys admins generally make more than developers do (unless you are an upper tier programmer).
Having spent the last 15 years as a developer, I'm now working toward a career as an opera singer (I'm a tenor). Admittedly I find it difficult to identify many similarities between opera and software development. People often make a connection between music and mathematics, but for me the non -mathematic aspects of opera are what I find most attractive. The sheer thrill of dramatic expression through controlled scre…
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Found from another site, good details:
Even now jobs are plentiful.
All it takes is two years at a community college at one of three community colleges in the country.
Entry level average wage is low to mid $30's.
Average wage with three years job experience is mid $50's to mid $60's with more available in larger metro areas. To give one example the average annual wage for an entry level technician in Omaha, Nebraska is $36,784.32, with $61,195.93 to someone with five years experience and $73,401.73 to senior level (ten years) technicians.
The majority of companies are union companies and while technicians are considered management most companies offer benefits such as medical, dental and retirement plans.
This is not a pipe fitter or installer job. Installers are suffering unemployment, 40% in some areas of the country, but unemployment does not extend to the technicians.
The work is not physical with 75% to 95% of your time spent in an office environment in front of a computer screen. The work is always challenging and fun, it is not a boring job.
This job is different from about any other in the universe because once fully certified (5 years) you don't get the boss and HR bullshit you hear about in other places of employment because you are not easily replaced.
Having spent the last 15 years as a developer, I'm now working toward a career as an opera singer (I'm a tenor). Admittedly I find it difficult to identify many similarities between opera and software development. People often make a connection between music and mathematics, but for me the non -mathematic aspects of opera are what I find most attractive. The sheer thrill of dramatic expression through controlled scre…
Software development and filmmaking have may common points (the process)...and that's why I'm considering switching to filmmaking....
Somebody somewhere is doing your dream job as a bridge to doing their dream job.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I hear this very often - I am working at a job which I dont want to do till I achieve a financial goal. For folks who know what they are passionate about, I wonder if it is worth it in the long term to postpone following their dream. Especially in a country like US or Uk, where standards of living are pretty reasonable for most professions. I for the most of my life did not even know what I really like - by the time…
Possibly a little deep for this thread (just considering its not my thread), but my dream isn't a career change, its slightly higher - freedom from money. If money no longer plays a factor in my life, then I don't have to choose one thing to do, I can do whatever I want when I want. For me that's travel, adventure and photography (landscape, wildlife, culture). There's two ways I can achieve my goal, make enough so t…
I think this is what most people with businesses hope to achieve. This is also why I love the idea of a software company. You can pretty much run it from anywhere with an Internet connection.
I am an electrical engineer and in the same boat as you. While being an engineer can be rewarding, the sedentary aspects kill the reward. It is physically draining. To remedy the situation, I decided to get a Ph.D. and become a professor. I am in my first year of grad school right now. While I know that professors have to do a lot of paper writing and grant writing, most of their work isn't necessarily computer relat…
Having spent the last 15 years as a developer, I'm now working toward a career as an opera singer (I'm a tenor). Admittedly I find it difficult to identify many similarities between opera and software development. People often make a connection between music and mathematics, but for me the non -mathematic aspects of opera are what I find most attractive. The sheer thrill of dramatic expression through controlled scre…
Are there any contemporary opera houses where you actually get boos if you perform badly?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxyBxbGF-Qg
That's Roberto Alagna getting booed in Aida at La Scala in Milan in 2006. La Scala has a reputation for this sort of thing.
Boos were also heard (directed at, well, the director) at the premiere of Luc Bondy's new production of Tosca at New York's Metropolitan Opera just a few weeks ago. http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/the-boos-for-to...