I was working as a network systems admin/helpdesk manager/desktop support supervisor in a college at a major university. Wasn't the greatest pay ($35k less than what I could have been making in private sector), but it was stable.
I left in May to move to Pittsburgh with my wife, she was to finish her MBA (accelerated 1yr) at PITT. I started looking here in Feb. 2001. It's Feb. 2002, and still nothing. I was made one offer of 27k per year for a Network admin. I can make more at the Quick Lube Oil chnage station down the street. Since I never finished my 4-year, I decided to go back to school. Actually, I HAD to. The only way for my wife and I to pay rent was with the extra student loan money. So I'm finishing my BS in the evenings and on weekends so that I CAN work. Still unemployed. Maybe I should become a welder.
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I was working as a network systems admin/helpdesk manager/desktop support supervisor in a college at a major university. Wasn't the greatest pay ($35k less than what I could have been making in private sector), but it was stable. I left in May to move to Pittsburgh with my wife, she was to finish her MBA (accelerated 1yr) at PITT. I started looking here in Feb. 2001. It's Feb. 2002, and still nothing. I was made one offer of 27k per year for a Network admin. I can make more at the Quick Lube Oil chnage station down the street. Since I never finished my 4-year, I decided to go back to school. Actually, I HAD to. The only way for my wife and I to pay rent was with the extra student loan money. So I'm finishing my BS in the evenings and on weekends so that I CAN work. Still unemployed. Maybe I should become a welder.