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Spunky

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To give a short background of myself.. I am 21 years old, and I'm graduating from college next month w/ a degree that would allow me to (hopefully) get a job in the IT field. I am working for a software development company now as an intern and sending out resumes looking for positions. Now on to my delima.....

About 4 years ago I worked for a pretty big company out of high school but I was at the low-end of the stick.. meaning I was one of the grunt workers (manual labor). Last week I contacted the operations manager at my old workplace concerning a reference. He gave me a reference to the IT manager at the companies headquarters, whom I spoke with briefly about some positions. Well today, I recieved an email from the operations manager whom I had contacted about the reference. He wants to know if I am interested in coming back and going through an upper-management training program for 1 year and then starting a career with their company in the management staff. After the training program, the job has great benefits.. insurance, car and good pay. All of this sounds great.... but I have a degree in something completely different. I can't say I'm not interested in going back to work there and taking this position but I sorta had my goals set to enter the IT field (if I can find a good job).

But anyways.. here I am... 21 years old, almost a graduate.. sitting here with dollar signs flashing through my head. Wondering... should I wait and try to find a job in what I am trained for and love? Or should I accept this position and go ahead and start my career doing something else and possibly end up loving it too? SO confused.........
 
Spunky said:
To give a short background of myself.. I am 21 years old, and I'm graduating from college next month w/ a degree that would allow me to (hopefully) get a job in the IT field. I am working for a software development company now as an intern and sending out resumes looking for positions. Now on to my delima.....

About 4 years ago I worked for a pretty big company out of high school but I was at the low-end of the stick.. meaning I was one of the grunt workers (manual labor). Last week I contacted the operations manager at my old workplace concerning a reference. He gave me a reference to the IT manager at the companies headquarters, whom I spoke with briefly about some positions. Well today, I recieved an email from the operations manager whom I had contacted about the reference. He wants to know if I am interested in coming back and going through an upper-management training program for 1 year and then starting a career with their company in the management staff. After the training program, the job has great benefits.. insurance, car and good pay. All of this sounds great.... but I have a degree in something completely different. I can't say I'm not interested in going back to work there and taking this position but I sorta had my goals set to enter the IT field (if I can find a good job).

But anyways.. here I am... 21 years old, almost a graduate.. sitting here with dollar signs flashing through my head. Wondering... should I wait and try to find a job in what I am trained for and love? Or should I accept this position and go ahead and start my career doing something else and possibly end up loving it too? SO confused.........

Well bro you sure got yourself an interesting situation.

In this situation I would follow my heart and goals and in your case, go into the IT field.

My 2 cents.
 
If you are the kind of person who doesn't like having a job that they don't enjoy...then follow your heart and do IT work.

If you can handle sticking it out at the other place for a while...then do that. If it doesn't work out, then you always have your degree to fall back on.
 
The Republican said:
Look into Microsoft. I dont know if you would want to relocate to Seattle but they plan to hire over 4,000 people in the near future. No harm in submitting your resume.

Can you provide more info on this?
 
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