[nfbcs] job market

[Jim Barbour]

Sorry to be a downer, but I'm not such a fan of David's advise.

There's only so much anyone can learn, and if your goal is to get a job in IT then spending time learning either the Microsoft or LInux ecosystems will get you much further than learning the Mac ecosystem.

If your job is to become a technology trainer or similar job where you
need to advise folks on what type of technology they should acquire,
then yes knowing as much as possible is a good thing.

Jim

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 03:27:16PM +0000, Hyde, David W. (ESC) via nfbcs wrote:
> The best thing, of course, is to have as much expertise in as many areas as you can. I know this is hard in an ever changing technology world, but the more you know, the better you can adapt to the inevitable changes, and the more you bring to the table for your employer.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Denise M Robinson via nfbcs
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 10:22 AM
> To: Jim Barbour; NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] job market
> 
> 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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