# First IT job **URL:** \ **Category:** useful info\ **Created:** [December 21, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394 "2017-12-21T19:12:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RoadRunner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/roadrunner/32/63_2.png) [@RoadRunner](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RoadRunner)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/41 "2018-01-09T19:50:03Z")
> [@Woodman](#): > > They aren’t exactly the latest, ahem… models any more. Ba dum, tssss! Good one. ---
**Author:** ![Darktan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/darktan/32/36_2.png) [@Darktan](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Darktan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/42 "2018-01-17T13:02:22Z")
I figured this was as good a place to put this as anywhere else. So I noticed this on the Google homepage this morning. [Google IT Certificate](https://blog.google/topics/grow-with-google/it-support-professional-certificate/?utm_source=HPP&utm_campaign=IT%20Cert) As a person with basically no certs but a lot higher in skill set than this, I’m wondering if I can blast through it for the credit. The course looks fairly easy to me with a few bumps. It might be worth it just for the experience. You can test out of a course too. Then again, my 2nd thought tells me this is just an excuse for me to stop studying for my Linux certification… ---
**Author:** ![Johtoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/johtoguy/32/917_2.png) [@Johtoguy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Johtoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/43 "2018-01-30T18:20:48Z")
What do you guys do when you have finished all of the assigned work and your hands are tied so you aren’t aloud to do new to advance work. Im hitting a lot of this at my contract job. We are very limited in what we are allowed to do when working and once it is done, we sit there twiddling our thumbs. ---
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/44 "2018-01-30T18:35:40Z")
Read up on the tools you’re using. Learn them inside and out, backwards and forwards. Double-check the work you’ve done. ---
**Author:** ![Johtoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/johtoguy/32/917_2.png) [@Johtoguy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Johtoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/45 "2018-01-30T18:37:34Z")
We have learned our tools inside out, left to right, etc… and we have been double, triple and quadruple checked. Its rather frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![RRabbit42](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/rrabbit42/32/79_2.png) [@RRabbit42](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RRabbit42)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/46 "2018-01-30T19:58:51Z")
> [@Johtoguy](#): > > We are very limited in what we are **aloud** to do when working Are you under a gag order, or have you just been told not to make too much noise? 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Johtoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/johtoguy/32/917_2.png) [@Johtoguy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Johtoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/47 "2018-01-30T20:22:42Z")
I work In a hospital that believes “silence helps the healing”. ---
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/48 "2018-01-30T20:26:29Z")
_ahem_ “allowed” is the word you were looking for, not “aloud” @Johtoguy ---
**Author:** ![Johtoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/johtoguy/32/917_2.png) [@Johtoguy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Johtoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/49 "2018-01-31T15:12:52Z")
Oops!!! That is purely on me. I am surprised you didn’t catch that I wrote guys twice back to back! ---
**Author:** ![Nabiki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/nabiki/32/935_2.png) [@Nabiki](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Nabiki)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/50 "2018-01-31T15:33:51Z")
Oh, we caught it. We were just being polite and not mentioning it. Until a good pun presented itself, at least. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Woodman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/woodman/32/24_2.png) [@Woodman](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Woodman)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/51 "2018-01-31T16:24:08Z")
> [@Johtoguy](#): > > We are very limited in what we are allowed to do when working and once it is done, we sit there twiddling our thumbs. This was always my curse. I always had positions where I would often have pauses in the action. I usually justified goofing off by mentioning the fact that I pulled a 50 hour week last week or whatever. What’s the point of being salaried if you only get to overwork, not underwork. ---
**Author:** ![Johtoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/johtoguy/32/917_2.png) [@Johtoguy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Johtoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/52 "2018-01-31T16:39:59Z")
Good thing I went back and fixed it! ---
**Author:** ![RoadRunner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/roadrunner/32/63_2.png) [@RoadRunner](https://cog.discourse.group/u/RoadRunner)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/53 "2018-01-31T17:16:05Z")
Fixed one, missed one ---
**Author:** ![Johtoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/johtoguy/32/917_2.png) [@Johtoguy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Johtoguy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/54 "2018-01-31T18:17:49Z")
That’s life! ---
**Author:** ![MikeP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MikeP](https://cog.discourse.group/u/MikeP)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/55 "2018-01-31T19:54:23Z")
> [@Johtoguy](#): > > I am surprised you didn’t catch that I wrote guys twice back to back! > [@Nabiki](#): > > Oh, we caught it. We were just being polite and not mentioning it. This ^ Given threads like [this](http://cog.discourse.group/t/things-you-wish-you-could-say-everywhere/542/1647) do you really think we didn’t spot it? 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Johtoguy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/johtoguy/32/917_2.png) [@Johtoguy](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Johtoguy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/56 "2018-08-08T21:43:42Z")
Well that particular job was fun while it lasted. I learned what I do and don’t like when it comes to work. I have now moved onto a better and much less stressful work environment at B\*\*\* \*\* \*\*\*\*\*. The pay is better and the co workers are not trying to cut everyone’s throat to get a permeant job. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Ars](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/lee_ars/32/2338_2.png) [@Lee\_Ars](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/57 "2018-08-22T21:07:11Z")
> [@Johtoguy](#): > > I have now moved onto a better and much less stressful work environment at B\*\*\* \*\* \*\*\*\*\* Bill & Ted’s? I love those guys! ---
**Author:** ![Force10](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/force10/32/1550_2.png) [@Force10](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Force10)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/58 "2018-08-22T22:57:00Z")
Most excellent! ---
**Author:** ![moufassa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/moufassa/32/41_2.png) [@moufassa](https://cog.discourse.group/u/moufassa)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/59 "2018-08-23T04:33:59Z")
> [@Force10](#): > > Most excellent! Totally bodacious! ---
**Author:** ![Rizak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/cog.discourse.group/rizak/32/4190_2.png) [@Rizak](https://cog.discourse.group/u/Rizak)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 11:44am UTC](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394/60 "2018-08-23T11:44:45Z")
Actually, both bogus AND heinous. Station. [Previous page](https://cog.discourse.group/t/first-it-job/1394.md?page=2)