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    What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?

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    • WrCombsW
      WrCombs @WrCombs
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      @WrCombs said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

      @FrostyPhoenix prosueing a career!

      trying things out, seeing what makes my mind jump up and down like a kid with a bunch of sugar whos about to watch his favorite movie ( i say this, because my almost 2 year old son, who was hanging out with his grandma earlier, is hyped up on sugar and as i was turning his favorite movie on, he was jumping up and down and had the biggest smile on his face) and see what i love about it! Thats why im on this site, see how everyone reacts to each other and so on. also not to mention, I started my NTG internship yesterday.

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      • wirestyle22W
        wirestyle22 @WrCombs
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        @WrCombs Congratulations! That is an excellent opportunity. Everyone I have interacted with from NTG has been extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Happy to count them among my friends now.

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        • Minion QueenM
          Minion Queen Banned @wirestyle22
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          @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

          @WrCombs Congratulations! That is an excellent opportunity. Everyone I have interacted with from NTG has been extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Happy to count them among my friends now.

          Aww thank you. We love you too!

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          • wirestyle22W
            wirestyle22 @Minion Queen
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            @Minion-Queen said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

            @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

            @WrCombs Congratulations! That is an excellent opportunity. Everyone I have interacted with from NTG has been extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Happy to count them among my friends now.

            Aww thank you. We love you too!

            I keep telling @scottalanmiller I don't accept proposals this early in the season. He keeps trying though

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            • WrCombsW
              WrCombs @wirestyle22
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              @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

              @WrCombs Congratulations! That is an excellent opportunity. Everyone I have interacted with from NTG has been extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Happy to count them among my friends now.

              couldn't agree more!! everyone is very helpful and i have faith that one day i will be as knowledgeable and helpful as them!

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              • Minion QueenM
                Minion Queen Banned @WrCombs
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                @WrCombs said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                @WrCombs Congratulations! That is an excellent opportunity. Everyone I have interacted with from NTG has been extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Happy to count them among my friends now.

                couldn't agree more!! everyone is very helpful and i have faith that one day i will be as knowledgeable and helpful as them!

                How to win the NTG team over. Show initiative and have a good sense of humor. Oh minion gifts and chocolate help as well

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                • WrCombsW
                  WrCombs @Minion Queen
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                  @Minion-Queen minions as in like Bob the minion? on netflix? i have almost a hundred dollars worth of merch. want some?? i dont think a 2 year old needs it!

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                  • wirestyle22W
                    wirestyle22 @WrCombs
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                    @WrCombs Brownie points acquired. I think you might unlock an achievement.

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                    • Minion QueenM
                      Minion Queen Banned @WrCombs
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                      @WrCombs said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                      @Minion-Queen minions as in like Bob the minion? on netflix? i have almost a hundred dollars worth of merch. want some?? i dont think a 2 year old needs it!

                      I will have to take a pic of my minion wall when I get back home. I have tons of figurines and stickers etc.

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                      • JaredBuschJ
                        JaredBusch
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                        After getting out of ITT (that place can burn in hell) in 1993, I took a job as an alarm installer for a local alarm company in St Louis.

                        One day in my second week they sent me along with their guy that did all the card access stuff. After watching him single finger type in a few commands, I asked what he was needing to do and I took over. The autoexec.bat file had been overwrote by some other software the client tried to install on the PC and I had to put some settings back in that was required for PC-PAK (the access control software) to run.

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                        • WrCombsW
                          WrCombs @wirestyle22
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                          @wirestyle22 im hoping!

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                          • wirestyle22W
                            wirestyle22 @JaredBusch
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                            @JaredBusch said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                            After getting out of ITT (that place can burn in hell) in 1993, I took a job as an alarm installer for a local alarm company in St Louis.

                            One day in my second week they sent me along with their guy that did all the card access stuff. After watching him single finger type in a few commands, I asked what he was needing to do and I took over. The autoexec.bat file had been overwrote by some other software the client tried to install on the PC and I had to put some settings back in that was required for PC-PAK (the access control software) to run.

                            I literally cannot picture you installing alarms. Crazy

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                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch @wirestyle22
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                              @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                              @JaredBusch said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                              After getting out of ITT (that place can burn in hell) in 1993, I took a job as an alarm installer for a local alarm company in St Louis.

                              One day in my second week they sent me along with their guy that did all the card access stuff. After watching him single finger type in a few commands, I asked what he was needing to do and I took over. The autoexec.bat file had been overwrote by some other software the client tried to install on the PC and I had to put some settings back in that was required for PC-PAK (the access control software) to run.

                              I literally cannot picture you installing alarms. Crazy

                              I did not do basic systems for long. I specialized in access control systems which were all controlled by software on a PC.

                              I also was the only one that could knew how to program alarm systems via serial port. Back then, all the techs just did it all by hand through the system keypad.

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                              • dafyreD
                                dafyre @wirestyle22
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                                @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                                @WrCombs Brownie points acquired. I think you might unlock an achievement.

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                                • wirestyle22W
                                  wirestyle22 @JaredBusch
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                                  @JaredBusch said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                                  @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                                  @JaredBusch said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                                  After getting out of ITT (that place can burn in hell) in 1993, I took a job as an alarm installer for a local alarm company in St Louis.

                                  One day in my second week they sent me along with their guy that did all the card access stuff. After watching him single finger type in a few commands, I asked what he was needing to do and I took over. The autoexec.bat file had been overwrote by some other software the client tried to install on the PC and I had to put some settings back in that was required for PC-PAK (the access control software) to run.

                                  I literally cannot picture you installing alarms. Crazy

                                  I did not do basic systems for long. I specialized in access control systems which were all controlled by software on a PC.

                                  I also was the only one that could knew how to program alarm systems via serial port. Back then, all the techs just did it all by hand through the system keypad.

                                  Yeah it just reminds me of Einstein being a patent clerk. Brilliant people doing odd jobs is always a little mind blowing

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                                  • Minion QueenM
                                    Minion Queen Banned @dafyre
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                                    @dafyre said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                                    @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                                    @WrCombs Brownie points acquired. I think you might unlock an achievement.

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                                    This just made me LOL literally. Getting a weird look from random Developer across the desk from me (no idea who he is).

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                                    • wirestyle22W
                                      wirestyle22 @Minion Queen
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                                      @Minion-Queen just say "Memes" he'll understand

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                                      • WrCombsW
                                        WrCombs @Minion Queen
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                                        @Minion-Queen said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                                        @dafyre said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                                        @wirestyle22 said in What was your FIRST IT job? And how did you get it?:

                                        @WrCombs Brownie points acquired. I think you might unlock an achievement.

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                                        This just made me LOL literally. Getting a weird look from random Developer across the desk from me (no idea who he is).

                                        that is awesome!

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                                        • JaredBuschJ
                                          JaredBusch
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                                          Still have the key ring I carried. So let me know if you ever need into an alarm panel.

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                                          • s.hacklemanS
                                            s.hackleman
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                                            First full time job I had was being put in charge of cleaning up and managing a retail store database of over 100,000 DVD, Video Game, and Music titles while I was in college. I started writing code to make work easier, then slowly started cleaning up networks and eventually was put in charge of all things IT. By the time I left we had over 45 stores, and a PCI compliant hub and spoke network between them all.

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