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11/10/12 at 7:19am
I think we all start out in Desktop Support. Luckily, I quickly grabbed the Desktop Engineer role at a previous employer when it opened up, and that opened up so many doors for me. I'm 23 with no more than 4 years of enterprise IT experience, but I have touched and learned so many different products, OS's, environments, etc. I love what I do, and I especially love the Desktop Engineer side of things (Microsoft SCCM, software packaging/distribution, creating OS images, policies & security, etc). Standardize, Streamline, Simplify...that's what I am all about.

I also love working with Microsoft's new Private Cloud stuff, which is awesome. Virtualization is the future (even though it's already here). I never thought I would be making ~70k/yr at 23 years old, in central KY mind you...cost of living is cheap, so the money is great. I recently applied (and have interview soon) for a multi-year Systems Engineer contract job with the US Army, around $85k/yr. I'm so excited!
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11/10/12 at 7:38am
I am in the same boat at the moment.

Im 23 and own my small computing business down in the south west of england doing the same kind of building, repairing ( calling up people to sort out their shrinking internet explorer ) etc. I am doing a lot of web design at the moment which is nice. My intention is to finish doing enough of my mcts exams to get my mcitp ( microsoft certified IT professional ( which is active directory, server, and windows 7 i think and then I intend to go into a 'proper' tech support role part time and carry on running the business part time to get the best of both worlds which i love.

I totally agree with what everyone else has said (altho i said it first wink.giftongue.gif ) and im really glad that you have decided to pass it on, as I say I am in the same boat and I certainly would not want that kind of responsibility at all.

Also wanted to say if you ever get stuck with any problems, feel free to hit me up smile.gif us home 'fleecers' need to stick together tongue.gif
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11/12/12 at 10:04am
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Yeah, 'fleecing' home users is what most freelance IT engineers do, I have trouble 'fleecing' and choose a more honest approach. It means I don't earn much money.

IT engineers don't bother with home users because their skills are wasted there... and home users can't afford them. wink.gif
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11/12/12 at 10:37am
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IT engineers don't bother with home users because their skills are wasted there... and home users can't afford them. wink.gif

Yup.
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