Hmmm... Just a lurker but always interested in salary discussions.
MBA, BS, AA, VCP, MCP, MCDST, CWP (Webmaster cert), A+, one cert from MCSA and working on the CCNA this year as well as considering a run at my DBA (Doctorate in Business Administration focused on network security). I've enjoyed 13+ years of experience starting as a desktop support tech and I worked my way up to where I am now. I am currently a Systems Engineer for a government contractor working on tactical networks for the military. I find myself working mostly as a project manager these days and we have lots of PMPs types around here doing the same thing. Mid/high-60s - not bad really and I get to work on some really cool, cutting edge stuff. Short commute, sunny/stormy Florida and the wife has a great job too. No tag line H/R being the salary Nazis that they are! V/R, Jeff On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Tom Strader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Working for a non-profit org, I feel very fortunate to just be employed in > today's economy. > > > > Many eons ago, I was working for Schwan's Sales, specifically Red Baron > Pizza as a route salesman working 18 to 20 hours days, away from home 4 days > out of the week driving 1500 to 1800 miles a week when I realized this old > body wasn't going to hold up working like this so I purchased an NRI McGraw > Hill C+ Programming course that included a 286 PC with two floppy drives in > it, no hard drive and a cheap monochrome monitor; I was in heaven. Got A+, > Network+ and Server + soon after that. Started my own business in 1986, > worked that while still working as a route salesman at Cheerwine Bottling. > > > > Operated the local BBS, Bill's Graphics BBS for a while. After that I > obtained MCP for NT, then MCSE. Made the full-time plunge into the IT field > as a configuration technician for then Duke Power (Duke Energy now), from > there to an Assistant System Administrator position for Lockheed-Martin at > the Fieldcrest Canon Mills plant PC conversion. Went from there to a Systems > Admin position in Charlotte, NC; then to IBM Global services as a Server > Systems Engineer at Belk Store Services. Ended up here at the PAC and have > been here for the last few years. > > > > I'm on salary, above 50 for sure but definitely not at Don Ely's level. > UDAMAN Don!! > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 10:56 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: IT Salary Survey > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: IT Salary Survey > > > > > > > Going more South is even worse. 50k is an excellent salary in Tampa right > now. I am paying most of my techs based on experience and > certifications(that they actually use) between 35k and 55k + bonuses based > on performance scorecard. > > > > Greg > > > > > From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 5:16 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: IT Salary Survey > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: IT Salary Survey > > > > > > > 50K isn't bad unless you consider my $7000 worth of property taxes I have! > What department did you work for? > > > > > John W. Cook > > System Administrator > > Partnership For Strong Families > > 315 SE 2nd Ave > > Gainesville, Fl 32601 > > Office (352) 393-2741 x320 > > Cell (352) 215-6944 > > Fax (352) 393-2746 > > MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ > > > > > From: Za Vue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 5:06 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: IT Salary Survey > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: IT Salary Survey > > > > > > > Anyone making over $50K in Gainesville is doing okay John. That city is so > dead. I used to work for UF as a senior IT admin(40 servers, 1000+ users), > and I am ashame to even mention that salary. :-) > (There were two live gators in the pool the week I moved down to UF to work. > They finally fenced the pool. Gators are more protected then humans.) > > -Z.V. > John Cook wrote: > > Graduate of the School of hard knocks, Certified Working Chef, 8 yrs in IT, > see sig for certs , 250 users, 20 servers, I make a little over 50K but I do > run the IT department even if my boss doesn't realize it! > > > > John W. Cook > > System Administrator > > Partnership For Strong Families > > 315 SE 2nd Ave > > Gainesville, Fl 32601 > > Office (352) 393-2741 x320 > > Cell (352) 215-6944 > > Fax (352) 393-2746 > > MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ > > > > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 4:44 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: IT Salary Survey > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: IT Salary Survey > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
