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Is Help Desk a Launchpad or a Dead End?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the or-just-hell-on-earth dept.

Tracy Mayor writes "Is a gig on an IT help desk really the career death it's always assumed to be? Not always, this Computerworld writer found out, just don't get comfy and stay too long. "

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  1. Re:italics by kellyb9 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Use the italics tag much? N o t R e a l l y
  2. Re:Who knows by ArhcAngel · · Score: 2, Funny

    HDI certifications are a joke.

    Here let me fix that for you

    HDI certifications are a cruel, joke.

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    "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K
  3. Re:A great start by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It was a great start for me. Once a Help Desk Jockey, now a CTO for a multi-million dollar corporation - and in a relatively short timeframe (in my early 30's)....passionate and driven...myriads of technologies...sharp, busy, and seasoned...add to success...professional growth.

    I believe you because you have all the buzzwords down and still manage to misuse 'myriad.'

  4. The long and short of it... by chooks · · Score: 2, Funny

    Short answer: Yes

    Long answer: Yyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssss

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    -- The Genesis project? What's that?
  5. Re:Don't think of it as just Help Desk by Aggrajag · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh crap, after reading the parent I think I was hired by IBM Global Services.