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Nov. 10th, 2008 10:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sessifetI think I may be a geek.
During a channel conversation tonight, someone mentioned some issues they'd been having with their internet connection. Immediately something in my brain went 'ding!' and it started to list all the ways in which I could determine what and where it was going wrong. I like the job I have now. I get to work with computers and such, but at no point has my brain gone 'ding!' when someone's mentioned a software/hardware problem.
In the past few weeks, I've had a few people on the phone who've been asking about what they need to get VPN working for them at home. Of course, there's the standard 'you need to request an account' and such, but I've found myself getting more into the conversation if they're asking about how to set up wireless and when they're asking for an explanation about VPN and why it doesn't work with certain ISPs etc.
I enjoy these conversations. I enjoy giving advice and being able to help them figure out (to a certain extent) why they can't the basic internet connection. I've forwarded at least three people to their ISP because I was able to determine that the modem was screwed and in one case that there was something going awry further down the line.
I start my new job on Monday the 17th. I want to start my new job. I like working with computers, but it seems I am more comfortable with the ISP side of things. I like the field. Maybe it's because it's got less variables to track. Maybe it's because I feel more at ease there. Maybe I am just better at this side. All I know is that I like it and I want to work on it and I am terrified they're going to give me a call this week telling me they've changed their minds and not to bother.
Did I mention I really want this new job? I want to see how far I can get and how much I can learn. I honestly am not sure there is something I've wanted this much, apart from moving to the UK. A permanent job in a field I can see myself working on for at least the next decade or so.
So not only am a potential geek, I am also thinking of my future and of what I want to do when I grow up.
Help?
During a channel conversation tonight, someone mentioned some issues they'd been having with their internet connection. Immediately something in my brain went 'ding!' and it started to list all the ways in which I could determine what and where it was going wrong. I like the job I have now. I get to work with computers and such, but at no point has my brain gone 'ding!' when someone's mentioned a software/hardware problem.
In the past few weeks, I've had a few people on the phone who've been asking about what they need to get VPN working for them at home. Of course, there's the standard 'you need to request an account' and such, but I've found myself getting more into the conversation if they're asking about how to set up wireless and when they're asking for an explanation about VPN and why it doesn't work with certain ISPs etc.
I enjoy these conversations. I enjoy giving advice and being able to help them figure out (to a certain extent) why they can't the basic internet connection. I've forwarded at least three people to their ISP because I was able to determine that the modem was screwed and in one case that there was something going awry further down the line.
I start my new job on Monday the 17th. I want to start my new job. I like working with computers, but it seems I am more comfortable with the ISP side of things. I like the field. Maybe it's because it's got less variables to track. Maybe it's because I feel more at ease there. Maybe I am just better at this side. All I know is that I like it and I want to work on it and I am terrified they're going to give me a call this week telling me they've changed their minds and not to bother.
Did I mention I really want this new job? I want to see how far I can get and how much I can learn. I honestly am not sure there is something I've wanted this much, apart from moving to the UK. A permanent job in a field I can see myself working on for at least the next decade or so.
So not only am a potential geek, I am also thinking of my future and of what I want to do when I grow up.
Help?
