WHAT WILL YOU DO IF THE SLOTTING GAME DIES ???????

[JG]

Darn, I put down my late evening snack, raced up here and logged back in to see you say nothing?!? Oh well at least I can watch that Turkish Superman.


Anyway, back on topic, what is a ccna?

And not much to add is there? Excellent debate, but all I would say is don't drift too much, it can be all too easy to get into a happy go lucky mindset, but best to look into something you enjoy doing and go for it.

University is all about what you read. If you're planning on reading clog fetish science, then you better be damn sure you can forge your career in the realms of clog fetish science. Otherwise it's a peculiar three year long (with breaks) piss up where nothing much really happens in your life apart from one long stream of disorderly episodes drinking cheap nasty drinks in holes that smell of Lynx, mould, sweaty shower curtains and stale spilt drinks and chunder. Nowadays though you don't get tax payers hounding you, berating you for wasting their hard earned on clog fetish science courses.

This Cisco systems things sounds darn good, I got to admit. To go from zero qualifications (I may be reaidng too much into that) to doing a course to walking into a 30k min job with good career prospects seems rather nifty. If computahs and telefones and clever technological fings and connecting 'em up and linkin' 'em up is your bag then, well, uffft, that sounds good doesn't it?

Then you have your vocational degrees like Medicine, Law etc which practically guarantee a job, but you have 3+ years of unpaid self financed study to graft through. Depending on the popularity of the course you also have no guarantee of a place, even if you do have the money.
To jump into medicine you're looking at your clinical aptitude test, three As at A level and a cracking CV and persona to give yourself a really good chance. Clog fetish science studies head of department will pay you to put your bottom on their seats.

University is over rated in that you see so many people read something and stroll into a job that they could have bagged themselves three years earlier. However if you were academically bright at school and have the grades, it should not be dismissed. If studying isn't for you, then nothing wrong with learning a trade.

[Slammer]

The same people saying the same old things iN my oponion. We were all dead and buried when the flashbacks were out and that was 2001! It amazes me that people are talking about the 'good old days' in the midst of what was probably the best trick ever. How did this one stay so quiet back in the day? Well gents, its all about a word called SKILL. Come on guys, forget the nostaligc ramblings and stop looking at the past through rose tinted spectacles.

What the flying fudgecake are you talking about?

I dont know anybody that thought the game was 'finished' around that era.


As for why the trick lasted so long, FB wasnt unique in lasting long at that time, all tricks did for many reasons (which should be discussed in a new topic).

[Slammer]

i didnt bother spending much time on finding a job just playing fruits . in 2002 i decided to do a cisco course, evenings partime which took 2 years. once again the same happend, i would get stuck on machine and miss lessons on may occassions. nevertheless i managed to get my ccna.

LOL. Interesting that two Slam players both went down the CCNA route.

If you are single and can travel abroad - the money can be phenominal if you do the advanced course (cant remember its initials).

[supersavo]

Yep the Cisco route can be a good earner, one thing i would say is that the IT industry can be very ageist ( though most of you fellas on here shouldnt have to worry about that for some time yet ;-) )

Personally i entered IT industry in 1990 as a IBM mainframe operator ( used to be the main entry level way of getting into the industry )
After a few years i moved into network support, along the way getting CCNA and i was 3/4 of way through CCNP when i left last IT job in 2002.... was made redundant as my employer was taken over by an American company and they already had enough data-centres in Europe etc etc.

As i got a really good payoff, and my mrs was heavily pregnant, i didnt look for work for a few months, it was also the era of easy Vivid money and the golden days of online casino bonus bagging.....

When i did start looking, i had been "out the loop" for a year or so, and was also over 40.... couldnt get back into IT :-( and after being out of work for over 2 years, cash starting to get a little tight, became a postie to tide me over, BUT still doing it 4 years later, but at least i,m working in a beautiful part of the country, by the seaside, and its a relatively well-paid job down here as coastal/rural areas tend to be on lower average wages.

well i rambled on more than i meant to, but the point is be careful if you are over 40 in IT lol ( to be fair i might have been able to get a contract, but living away from home would have been difficult in my particular circumstances )

My younger brother has the top Cisco qualification ( CCIE ) and is a network manager with Carlton TV and is on big bucks.
CCNA was pretty easy to get ( may have changed now ) just multi-choice questions. CCNP was a lot tougher, and CCIE is the creme de la creme.

They also do security related qualifications, CCSP ? or similar, likely to be lucrative with he focus on network security nowadays.

[Slammer]

Yep the Cisco route can be a good earner, one thing i would say is that the IT industry can be very ageist ( though most of you fellas on here shouldnt have to worry about that for some time yet ]

Yeh, I think its the same with everything though to be honest. Surprised your 'experience' didn't yield you a long way in this sector though. I'd sooner have experience over youth running my network any day, considering the costs + applications to the company if said network should fallover.

CCNP was a lot tougher, and CCIE is the creme de la creme.

CCIE - Thats the one! Massive money, but generally expected to work abroad. No use to me either Im afraid.


Nice to see some mature and qualified posters on this forum for a change

[redlinesman]

'As for why the trick lasted so long, FB wasnt unique in lasting long at that time, all tricks did for many reasons (which should be discussed in a new topic)'


Read my post again slammerboy, you seem to have got a little confused. Im certainly not talking about the trick that your thinking of. Its very decent and long since obsolete but I suspect you just didn't have the skill back in the day. Forgive me if I sound bigheaded, but this was one of the best and it did last for nearly a year.

[Slammer]

[quote="&quot"]'As for why the trick lasted so long, FB wasnt unique in lasting long at that time, all tricks did for many reasons (which should be discussed in a new topic)'




Yeh, apologies - I've already had a phone call about my message. I misinterpreted your message, plain n simple.

For the record, I do know what your rambling about anyway but it was not so good due to quantity limitations. But you are right, it was good and its definatly better than playing Coppa Load of This with your 87000 sticking out your pocket.

Anyway, best just to leave it at that for now, lest said the better to be honest.

[Slammer]

"We were all dead and buried when the flashbacks were out and that was 2001"



So I go back to my original reply. Why the hell were you dead n buried in 2001 !?!?!

[grandslam88]

http://www.technojobs.co.uk/jobs/ccna that was one of the reasons why i chose to do it , however i moved away from networks and into the insurance industry and studying for my CII , i find that when you are studying and working in the same field, then it can be fair to say however with far less distractions then you tend to do better,

im not saying by doing these extra qualifications one can walk into a job, but you have to be realistic in the ' credit crunch ' what employes are looking for. yes i had gaps in my cv but managed to pull through, it wasnt easy, but the courses helped.

in completing the exmas and with the qualification , i had to be realsitic , as i knew it wasnt easy to walk into a job. but if you aim low , work hard, as if your in a good compnay , hard work and an aptitude for whateever your doing , doesnt go un noticed. so when your applying for internal jobs up the scale it becomes easier.

[Been-Grant-Mitchell'd!]

Though I don't have a lot on paper, I have worked, and very long hours at that. This is something I continue to do as a player.

However, for the last decade people have been saying this game is coming to an end, much like around five years ago when it was all Diamond Mines and such like. Then Fireballs and all sorts arrived on the scene (along with a threefold in the number of players), and everyone was saying how great it was again, and that the game was safe for the forseeable future.

Personally, I'd say that there'll always be ways of making money in this game as new technology brings new opportunities.

Now I work with someone who like myself, has saved most of what he's made from fruits and plan to go into some sort of business with him. I have no idea what that may be yet, neither do I know how to manage a business. Will just have to take a course in business studies and hope to find something that I can invest in.

[greenbelter]

made a bit of money from it, more than i would working most places my age anyway.

Well McDonalds doesn't pay that much anyway

[GaryChandler]

Surely some of you old timers that have been in the game for 10-20 years must have atleast 100k - 200k plus like a small house maybe so you shouldn't really have much to worry about.

[greenbelter]

You could always sell remote Jammers like Daz he must rake it in

[MoterWayServiceMan]

i dont understand y u lot keep moaning sayin its cumin 2 an end it will always be the same as long as pubs and arcades have feature machines u mite just have 2go the extra mile 4ur money.

[harry2]

Arcades and pubs are shutting in their hundreds and there are no fruit machines in the bookies any more. Haven't you noticed.