[nfbcs] job market

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

Off of what Jim is saying, I work in school districts all over the country
and they are all PC server based and most have those types of labs with
some schools with both Mac and PC...but it is still very much a PC world
Denise

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Jim Barbour via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> I haven't seen the argument on the other list, so it's hard for me to say
> who's right.
>
> Macs are rarely used as servers, soo there's not a lot of demand in the IT
> world for people with strong OSX skills.
>
> Macs are often used as user workstations, so someone generally has to
> build the company image for Macs, worry about virus scanning, and provide
> helpdesk support.
>
> I will say that I work as a principal systems architect in IT mostly
> worrying about UNIX machines.  Most of my coworkers, all sighted, use Macs
> and prefer Macs. So, knowing how to use a Mac as your own personal
> workstation is valuable, just not sufficient to get you an IT job.
>
> Jim
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 09:48:03AM -0500, Todor Fassl via nfbcs wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am currently discussing the IT job market on another list. But it's a
> list
> > for Mac users. Of course, those people insist the job market is better
> for
> > Mac users than it is for Windows users. I find that concept bizarre.
> What do
> > you all think? If I'm in the IT job market, am I better off knowing
> Windows
> > or Mac OS?
> >
> >
> >
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