November 15, 2005 at 8:15 pm
Dear SqlServerCentral Community,
I am new to these forums, but I have been receiving your digests via e-mail for several months now. This is quite an impressive site to say the least - great articles & a great community.
I'm in my 30's and have worked in IT since graduating from undergraduate and finally graduate school. Like many in this field, I've been part of the good and the bad. I am a DBA that works in an AIX environment with IBM's UniData database, as well as Microsoft SQL Server 2000 on a Windows Server 2003 platform. I'm also a supervisor, a project manager, web services coordinator, reporting tool guru, just to name a few.
One of the things I love the most is to dabble in new technologies and then pass that onto the user-base. I really don't get to do a lot of that where I am right now, but love it when I do. I do have college-level teaching experience and that leads me to my next question:
Are there any IT trainers that frequent these forums? If so, do you have any words of wisdom that you can pass on to an IT professional that may be considering a slight career change? Is the market good for trainers right now? Do you get a high level of satisfaction from your work? Because of the specific certifications that often follow trainers, do you feel you are always on the 'paper chase?' I hold a BS in CS/Math as well as a Masters in management, so I am well aware of the education factor and how that often accompanies certifications.
I've been in burnout mode for quite some time, and as such would like to explore my options. "They" (whoever can answer the question of who exactly "They" represents can write their own ticket!) say that people change careers 4-5 times in their professional life. This would be my first, and I am in no hurry whatsoever.
Thanks so much.
Infinity
November 16, 2005 at 9:37 am
I don't really know how and if you would be happy but i know that if you want to start in that path there are a couple of route you could take.
In my metro area Portland, OR we used to have a company call Step Technology they provide certify Microsoft training course and 50% of their staff would actually teach the class as well as working as a consultant on different project at different company.
The second route would be to look up your community colleges to see if they need instructor for the class you like to teach. Here at Portland Community College they always look for somebody to teach their class. They don't always pays well but it might keep you happier then changing the whole career.
Good Luck.
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