[Closed] Seems a lot of us work in IT

I have no idea what IT actually means though I suspect some people might think I work in it. Can't be many people who don't use a computer as part of their job these days though, do they all work in IT? They probably work with IT?

You sound like the sort of person who if I said I had just been to Tenerife would reply you've just been to Elevenerife.

That's not the way to make friends

I have no idea what IT actually means

Information Technology

HTH

In a previous life I was an application specialist for systems used in engineering asset management. Worked 9 years in the rail sector and a similar amount of time in the telecoms industry prior to that - initially working on call centre implementations before moving more to the engineering side.

For the last 4 years I've looked after IT for a small travel company so jack of all trades, master of some. Do everything from web, networking, telecoms (inc contact centre), DBA, data analysis and development to fixing the dishwasher and unblocking the drains (really!). Was quite a steep learning curve as working for bigger companies we always had backup for that sort of thing or the physical kit was hosted offsite so wasn't really exposed to the sharp end of IT all that often.

Can't be many people who don't use a computer as part of their job these days though, do they all work in IT?

No.
The same that people don't work in the Automotive Industry just because they drive as part of their job.

Telecoms erm Engineer/Manager/Developer and general [s]computer[/s] dogsbody for a very small firm.

Been at it for 15 years and I've fixed anything from PC's to blenders or put up a very large sign on the new building but then I was an integral part of an MVNO launch a few years ago.

Madness everyday which half the time is showing the accountant how to actually use a PC...love it to bits and everything above is expected in my role as 'The IT Guy'

'DevOps' is what the current name for what I 'do'

Infrastructure automation, continuous integration, automated testing, etc.

Worked in IT ( Computers ) since leaving school - 38 years ago. Seen lots of changes, worked for a retail company for 26 years till it went under with mainframes, unix and windows based servers. Currently working supporting an Insurance Software package for global clients. Lots of roles over the years. Mixture of good and not so good !

I work for a small managed services / solutions provided. I install / support and repair anything and everything we decide to sell. Servers, firewalls, printers, wireless networks, pc's and lots more. Work both on the help desk and out on customer sites.

Very much a jack of all.

I act as a bridge between our borderline care-in-the-community IT technicians and the outside world for an IT support Company, but in seriousness I'm called a "solutions manager" the Tech Guys identify a need with our support clients, or they ask us to help with some task or other and I come up the solution, or solutions - usually at different price pints. This can be a simple as a new PC or a complex as a new back-office system.

I also in charge of our marketing, recruiting new clients, stopping existing ones leaving, keeping the junior guys busying setting up hardware and occasionally installing new kit.

I work I'm just called "the sales guy" with the occasional hint of hostility.

Lync / Skype for Business consultant in a company that does nothing but that. It has it's challenges but is usually a lot of fun.

Geologist->Remote Sensing Analyst->Software Engineer->Dev Manager. Now working with mobile apps, NFC, mobile money and the like

Digital TV Set Top Box development for me. A mixture of cable, satellite and terrestrial delivery systems. Done everything from low level bootloaders to UI work to certification work.

Technical Architect responsible for client devices for large retailer, and since outsourcing all technical roles to India one of few who actually know how anything works. Trying to sneak skills back onshore under the guise of 'Agile'.

I run the team looking after the firms telecoms and video conferencing across the UK, Europe and a few sites in Asia. Full contact centre as well with the usual bells and whistles too

I get to restart our works shitty server now and again on a Saturday because I'm the only one stupid enough to be in work at the weekend.

Does that count?

I'm a solutions engineer for an international internet security company. I quite like the job and get to travel all over the place for free!

My title says 'IT Business Relationship Manager'

To my customers I am the the person tha can get their call escalated, to the techies I am a liability.

I was a java programmer until recently. Listening to uber geeks all day was boring as hell and I luckily managed to get out via redundancy.

Keeping fingers crossed I don't have to venture back into that murky world.

to the techies I am a liability

You're also the person the techies won't answer the phone to, reply to emails, instant messages, etc. 😉

I reckon a fellow STWer started at my firm today. Got the round robin email from our big boss .....

Project supervisor
Late 20's
Mad keen MTBer
From Sheffield

Anyone? 🙂

Thought it might be interesting to see what part of IT you work in.

Hows that working out for you? 😕

What a strange comment m360?I have actually found peoples responses interesting. Thanks for your input and have a nice day.

I teach and consult SAP on the logistics side of things, but have spent last few years mainly in the utilities side of things.

I worked in IT for exactly 8 months as a mainframe systems programmer. The yawning void of my future scared me, so I left and now my only IT involvement is writing my website and coding the backend for that.

I'm an infrastructure specialist for a local authority. Everything from IP switching/routing through FC/SAN's to ESXi and Windows servers.

I'm the kind of oddball that actually enjoys sorting out other peoples crappy server room cabling.

IT is such a broad term, even programming is very broad from people using the latest wiz bang framework to people developing on bare metal to people developing scientific and engineering code.

I do a bit of hardware and a bit science / engineering. It's about the most interesting form of it I can think of but I want out. It too much of a greasy pole for me with too little opertunity to go self employed unless you are a contractor which seems to leave you still tired to working in the same fashion..

Server architect for a games company here. Means a bit of sysadmin/ devops, bit of coding, bit of drinking tea in meetings.

Re-boot consultant

Business Analyst in the automotive industry specialising in data to and from the car and associated cloud/app services.

BA in welfare reform stuff.

*shoots self in head*

Re-boot consultant

😀

Architect for one of the big consultancies. Bit of software solution architecture, technical architecture, technical management, pretty broad remit of whatever the client needs really.

Security Response Manager for a multinational software development company.

Currently sat at home in front of a brand new linux machine because I just could not think of a reason to put Windows on it.

I always remember being at a friends parents BBQ many years ago and I was introduced by said parent to one of their friend who,on hearing what I did, exclaimed their son also worked in computers.
I replied 'wow, he must be small', my greatest moment ever....Associate Director, AV, Acoustic and IT consultancy, running the Singapore and Hong Kong Offices.

Business Architect for a FTSE 100. Despite having no technical background whatsoever I have full accountability for all aspects of the strategy, architecture and design, so how difficult can it be. Me and a 100 plus globals, there that should sort it 😆

For my sins I have the grandiose title Network Consulting Engineer and I design and implement wireless networks. It is actually harder than it sound trying to get 1000s of clients onto 1000s of access points and educate customers that its not perfect.