What do you do to fund your gaming habits?

[Mudhippie]

Im an IT guy for a major hospital organization. I also do computer work on the side and I am looking to work on a potential fitness business. If I could just get the home computer work and fitness businesses off the ground I could avoid "working for the man" someday!

What about you? What funds your gaming?

[Phoenix S117]

Working at Walmart. I work in photo, though, so it's not so bad. I enjoy most aspects of photo.

[BingJohnson]

Network security for a power generation company.

[Mudhippie]

Phoenix - Nothing wrong with that. A job is a job.

Bing - Netsec eh? I've always had an interest in network security work. How do you like it?

[CastlevaniaNut18]

Registered Nurse

[Sondiame]

Steal Lunch Money and don't pay for field trips. Got a Job now though as a Computer Guy.

[bottle]

I make plastic cups.

[Setharion]

You know what i do already Mud but for those that dont, i do plumbing/heating/AC/remodeling type stuff.

[Manny-Calavera]

I work in the IT department of a local business. Basically what i do is network maintenance.

[BingJohnson]

Jun 16, 2011 19:42:06 GMT -5 Mudhippie said:

Phoenix - Nothing wrong with that. A job is a job.

Bing - Netsec eh? I've always had an interest in network security work. How do you like it?

It's ok. As you can imagine it can get kind of boring. But when you get to do the investigative parts of the job it can be fun. Setting up a port sniffer on a network to try and figure out why data is being lost is pretty fun. But a lot of it is more along the lines of following up on automated alerts for system breaches and finding out that someone fat fingered a password 4 times.

[Obiwan316]

I working in accounting and finance.

[Setharion]

Jun 17, 2011 8:28:35 GMT -5 BingJohnson said:

Jun 16, 2011 19:42:06 GMT -5 Mudhippie said:

Phoenix - Nothing wrong with that. A job is a job.

Bing - Netsec eh? I've always had an interest in network security work. How do you like it?

It's ok. As you can imagine it can get kind of boring. But when you get to do the investigative parts of the job it can be fun. Setting up a port sniffer on a network to try and figure out why data is being lost is pretty fun. But a lot of it is more along the lines of following up on automated alerts for system breaches and finding out that someone fat fingered a password 4 times.

Bing, what would a person do to get into that field. Is it a must to go and get schooling on it?

[BingJohnson]

Jun 17, 2011 12:22:44 GMT -5 Setharion said:

Jun 17, 2011 8:28:35 GMT -5 BingJohnson said:

It's ok. As you can imagine it can get kind of boring. But when you get to do the investigative parts of the job it can be fun. Setting up a port sniffer on a network to try and figure out why data is being lost is pretty fun. But a lot of it is more along the lines of following up on automated alerts for system breaches and finding out that someone fat fingered a password 4 times.

Bing, what would a person do to get into that field. Is it a must to go and get schooling on it?

I kind of just fell into it. I have a B.S. in I.T. and a M.B.A. I got a job doing desktop (troubleshooting PC and network issues). They needed a security guy, so I started helping out. Eventually they made me a security guy.

I would say you need at least a B.S. in Information Technology or Information Sciences. From there, maybe work on a CompTIA Security+ certification. I think they are pretty easy to get. The ultimate security cert though is the CISSP. I am still just working on getting enough work experience to be able to get the cert.

[Laxdragon]

I do a combo of sysadmin and web coding for a small software developer.

You may or may not have heard of us: www.codeweavers.com
(for fun, do the Konami code on my companies website )

[potterscrow]

Retail(furniture) Management. Been doing it too long.

[Kinikko]

Crew trainer at McDonalds. Before my job I'd save up Christmas and birthday money for months.

[People Is Tasty]

I'm a prostitute by day, batman by night.











I actually work part time at a local video game/rental store and bring in more money working tech support and such for friends, friends friends, friends friends mothers.

[mrdelltoid]

Digging change out of the cracks of couches.

[Mudhippie]

Jun 17, 2011 12:36:45 GMT -5 BingJohnson said:

Jun 17, 2011 12:22:44 GMT -5 Setharion said:

Bing, what would a person do to get into that field. Is it a must to go and get schooling on it?

I kind of just fell into it. I have a B.S. in I.T. and a M.B.A. I got a job doing desktop (troubleshooting PC and network issues). They needed a security guy, so I started helping out. Eventually they made me a security guy.

I would say you need at least a B.S. in Information Technology or Information Sciences. From there, maybe work on a CompTIA Security+ certification. I think they are pretty easy to get. The ultimate security cert though is the CISSP. I am still just working on getting enough work experience to be able to get the cert.

The certification seems easy enough. I think I could definitely get into Netsec. I have been in computer support with some background in LAN support and Datacomm over the past 10+ years. I have been looking within the organization for openings in other areas of IT. This is one I'd like to possibly pursue. I do have a 2 year degree + an additional over 10 years experience. I think that counts for something without having a BS or higher degree.

[NeoFoxTrot]

I'm a Data Analyst for an IP Intelligence company.

[dunker]

I publish a small antiques publication that's a subsidiary of my Dad's newspaper. He has aspirations of me one day taking it.

Within that I: Manage both my dad's website and my own, write for both the newspaper and my publication, and sell ad space for my publication.

I stay pretty busy.

[teylix]

I'm a mechanical lead engineer at michigan state university working on FRIB (facility for rare isotope beams).

[Mudhippie]

Jun 22, 2011 22:56:07 GMT -5 teylix said:

I'm a mechanical lead engineer at michigan state university working on FRIB (facility for rare isotope beams).

That sounds interesting. How dangerous is that?

[Eradiani]

technical support for a major security company

I weep as my software engineering degree collects dust