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B-sting, the sysop
After university, you need a job. In my case, I started doing some work for
Operator Groep Delft. The sent me out to various companies ranging from schools, hospitals, an insurance company, and so on to do their IT helpdesk. I knew a thing or two about computers and with a university to degree could say I had some analytical talents.
The truth was that as far as ICT went, I knew very little. But since I have a talent in picking up stuff, especially if I'm interested in it, I greedily did a lot of internal courses and learned a lot 'on the job'. With having a different place to work at about every 3 months, I not just got computer skills and knowledge of 'how to do stuff' (and especially how
not), but also insight in how different types of companies work in different ways. I got to fine-tune my people skills with that.
After a few years, I had to make a choice. I could keep being a helpdesk-person I was at that time and still try to get a job in what I studied for. Or I could grab an opportunity and develop myself into a ICT specialist. I decided to grab the chance I was offered and did certification courses (among which Certified Novell Engineer). In true
OGD-style I took some jobs way heavier than I was trained for and learned the ropes the hard and the fast way. It made me the IT specialist I am today and this approach keeps getting me better, smarter and professional at what I do on a daily basis.
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