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Ugh. I am reading report after report regarding how f'ed up the industry is, and how much the salary's are dropping and the raises are shrinking.
I even read this one article today on MSN...
http://tech.msn.com/ip/msnart86.asp
This article talks about some companies offering 1% raises to their IT people. ONE ****ING PERCENT!!!! LOL
The cost of living (inflation) for this year is 3-4% alone.... so raises arent even keeping up with the cost of living.
I think reading this article really kicked me in the butt to go out and get some sort of certification. You never know when you will be out of a job... and I make a pretty decent salary right now (better than most in my field of work)... it may be hard to find another job right now that will pay me what im making now.
I am actually do for a raise at the end of the week, so it will be really interesting to see what the job offers me. Even in this crappy market, im lucky enough to work for a company that is still profitable (Public Relations). Last year I asked for 10% and i got 10%. I will be asking for 10% this year, ill be curious to see what i'll end up getting.
I spoke to the CFO last week, and at least he gave me his word that he plans on keeping all of the department and we could work here as long as we want. Yeah i know nothing is written in blood, but at least its something.
Now for the certs. If I don't get the 10%... i am going to push for company paid training. I want to get cisco certified, since this will probably compliment me the best being a network administrator. Do any of you guys know any good schools that will give you hands on experience?
Obviously NYC people would give me better answers, but im sure there are some national schools that some of you might be familiar with. I want to get an idea as to how much classes would cost so I can bring this to my employer as part of a counter-offer if my raise doesn't come through.
I was reading online about some web-based training.
http://www.techies.com/techpro.html
They have courses you can take online. I havent tried one of the free ones yet.... but for $80 for all of those online courses (MCSE, CNE, CCNA, etc).... that doesnt seem like a bad idea. Anyone ever try these? Im sure i can get my job to pay for the $80 but thats an absolute LAST resort. LOL I guess I can apply what i learn here to the equiptment I have at the job.
Well any suggestions appreciated. I have never been too high on certs... but maybe now it might be worth getting one or two.
I even read this one article today on MSN...
http://tech.msn.com/ip/msnart86.asp
This article talks about some companies offering 1% raises to their IT people. ONE ****ING PERCENT!!!! LOL
The cost of living (inflation) for this year is 3-4% alone.... so raises arent even keeping up with the cost of living.
I think reading this article really kicked me in the butt to go out and get some sort of certification. You never know when you will be out of a job... and I make a pretty decent salary right now (better than most in my field of work)... it may be hard to find another job right now that will pay me what im making now.
I am actually do for a raise at the end of the week, so it will be really interesting to see what the job offers me. Even in this crappy market, im lucky enough to work for a company that is still profitable (Public Relations). Last year I asked for 10% and i got 10%. I will be asking for 10% this year, ill be curious to see what i'll end up getting.
I spoke to the CFO last week, and at least he gave me his word that he plans on keeping all of the department and we could work here as long as we want. Yeah i know nothing is written in blood, but at least its something.
Now for the certs. If I don't get the 10%... i am going to push for company paid training. I want to get cisco certified, since this will probably compliment me the best being a network administrator. Do any of you guys know any good schools that will give you hands on experience?
Obviously NYC people would give me better answers, but im sure there are some national schools that some of you might be familiar with. I want to get an idea as to how much classes would cost so I can bring this to my employer as part of a counter-offer if my raise doesn't come through.
I was reading online about some web-based training.
http://www.techies.com/techpro.html
They have courses you can take online. I havent tried one of the free ones yet.... but for $80 for all of those online courses (MCSE, CNE, CCNA, etc).... that doesnt seem like a bad idea. Anyone ever try these? Im sure i can get my job to pay for the $80 but thats an absolute LAST resort. LOL I guess I can apply what i learn here to the equiptment I have at the job.
Well any suggestions appreciated. I have never been too high on certs... but maybe now it might be worth getting one or two.