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A question for IT professionals?
I have my degree in Management Information Systems which covers a very general area in IT. I currently work an entry level position as a generalist, mostly helpdesk. This is my first job in IT and I've been here about 9 months. The thing is, I still sometimes feel like I don't know a lot. Sometimes my boss and coworkers go into "IT jargon" and I feel like they are speaking another language! I do my best to research things and try to understand, I'm definitely an intelligent person, but still I sometimes feel like I'm "out of my league". IT can be extremely specialized and when a Network Engineer starts going off about Cisco and networks I just feel so lost. Is this normal for a person starting in IT? When first starting in IT I'm wondering if many had similar experiences or feelings? Thank you!
3 Answers
- spare_widgetLv 77 years ago
This is your first IT job and you acknowledge that IT can be an extremely specialised area. You only work in one specific area, so it would be unrealistic to expect you to know everything - for now.
You feel out of your league - that's normal - because you are. You are not a fully trained network engineer, so it would be irrational and unreasonable to expect you to behave and understand like a fully trained network engineer. If that is where you want to be, and you have access to the appropriate training, you'll get there, and then you can confound newbies with your show-off TLAs (three-letter acronyms) for everything.
Well... except for BUS - coz that's already a 3 letter word.
Don't try to run before you can walk, young jedi. It will come.
- Anonymous7 years ago
Most of the people who have experience don't know what they talking about..so no worries. Just be glad you are around them and try to learn as much as possible. If you don't understand, google it.
- Anonymous7 years ago
I can help you, give me 20 min and I'll be back.
