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Thom McKieran Microsoft Administrator, AAC Services Additional Details |
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Biography:
I got in to computers through my Dad. He liked to dabble in programming and this new fangled thing called the internet. I was soon hooked playing games and chatting to friends on ICQ (as well as the odd bit of homework) and it seemed an obvious path to make mega bucks in my future career.
I didn't really know where to start so, when I was 18 I took a couple of City & Guilds qualifications in Databases and Networking. A friend on the course told me about a job going as the IT technician at their school. Amazingly I got the job and was really thrown in at the deep end. I managed to sort out the network and bring in a Win 2000 AD server and they promoted me to the new position of Network Manager. The school grew more and more dependent on IT for its students learning as well as back office administration. They sent me on a night course to gain a BTEC in Computing followed by the MCSA qualification. I got experience of a very wide range of technologies on a network of over 500 devices and over 1100 users.
After 5 years I moved on to a job as a network consultant, however, this turned into a sales job which I wasn't very happy with and I could feel my knowledge slipping away. I soon left that job (after 3 months) and have been working at my current job for just over a year. It's quite a change being in a business environment but its great to be part of an intelligent team of techies! Still waiting for the mega bucks though J
Top 3 Challenges:
1 - Users not understanding what they are doing
2 - Trying to standardise the mess of bespoke systems and hack jobs that were put in place before I arrived
3 - Implementing business continuity in the event of a disaster
If you were a superhero who would you be?
I think it would have to be Iron Man. He can fly, very intelligent, has all the best gadgets and shows that there is more to gain in life than the amount of money you have.