The Sa Wasteland

[Inline 6]

sounds like ya might be giving up too easly dave. they love that sh*t

u need a few naggin phone calls and parking a $500 sh*t box out in their carparks slagging the buisness quality etc

power to the people

[scandyflick]

lol, unfortunately my shit box is my daily driver, cant park it in an all day for a month to prove a point.

[Inline 6]

Ill lend you mine then biggest s box of them all. people can't cross it without staring

understand the feeling though its a pain in the rear trying to deal with these companys when they want to be difficult. shame customer satisfaction is not a top priority

[Dohmar]

Tafe cert 3 is a waste, Ben and I had this discussion a few weeks ago,,, the IT market in Adelaide is saturated which drives the pay down, but hey if you want a job, EDS helpdesk will hire you... they will hire anyone with a heartbeat and can turn on a PC..lol

a few good jobs exist in IT, mostly working out on military projects in the dirty north.

too many kids will work in IT for 25k in this town..lol when before they would command 45k + which is still lousy pay for how much you have to know

Yeah it took me a long time to earn the wage I get now, and its all based upon actual skills (I'm not yet RHCE certified but close)... $35-45k jobs were all I was able to get up until a couple of years ago when I had some specific skills that were required (and my 15 years experience in the field).... EDS, CSC, etc are all big corps that pay a decent wage for their employees however it can be a bit like shooting yourself in the foot - you can get stuck doing mundane work without actually learning anything and thats where the problem lies - in IT you constantly have to be upskilling as the industry changes every few months (hardware, software, marketing directions, financial climate etc)... and it can change very very quickly.

If I was doing in Syd what I'm doing here, I'd probably be earning another $20k on top... that seems to be the general rule of thumb... only downer is Sydney is expensive and that extra $20k really negates itself in terms of lifestyle.. hopefully we start getting paid more as our cost of living increases but so far its been a bit disappointing.

Other thing with IT is that there are loads of people who say they deliver services, such as onsite companies and PC repair shops but the actually skilling is generally disapoointing. There are also a lot of dodgy people in the IT game that don't care about reputation or the quality of their work and they let it down for everyone. I've had the fortune to work at some great places (like my current employer) but sad to say at least half the places I've worked have left me very disappointed with their ethics, management or simply their procedures (or lack thereof)...

-D

EDIT : The only things that are defence related in IT are generally software development. DSTO is a client of ours and we look after their infrastructure and certain niche applications but the lions share of defence work is code.

Edited April 21, 2009 by Dohmar

[Normsta]

Fun Fact: Australians downloaded 81 Petabytes in the December 2008 Quarter.

1 Petabyte = 1000 terabyres = 1m Gigabytes.

[scandyflick]

Fun Fact: Australians downloaded 81 Petabytes in the December 2008 Quarter.

1 Petabyte = 1000 terabyres = 1m Gigabytes.

Fact: That's a lot of porn.

[Inline 6]

FACT: with the clean feed filter crap the gov proposed that could drop by as much as 99% of that figure

[JMW]

Hrmm... how about these??

Reduced 87% 1151 x 620 (165.66K)//

And thats how good quality dumps should look, not like the crap poor Dave got landed with

to GKTech

Edited April 21, 2009 by Jamesrb25

[scandyflick]

my own fault really though. shit happens. gonna have a mate of mine clean it up a bit (re-weld it, grind it all smooth), then ill sell it for a tidy profit.

[JMW]

Thats the way Dave, make the best of a bad situation. Shouldn't be hard to off load either

[scandyflick]

when life gives ya lemons...

... give em to someone who knows how to weld and go from there.

[Madaz]

Lol and hope they have.nt seen this thread

[scandyflick]

how many silvia drivers frequent the sa wasteland on sau? the crazy whoring probably scares em off.

[Damo_R34]

If you have bought a dodgy product, and have gone out of your own way to fix it and make it better, i dont see why Dave can't sell it for at least the same price as he paid for it.

[D_Stirls]

the GKtech stuff is normally pretty good i have not really ever heard of any complaits on NS which is where Greg sells most of his stuff. Reason it look shitty on the inside is because it's welded on the inside, pretty much all the other dumps (Advance, CES) are only welded on the rear of the flange and not on the inside.

If you get your money back go and get an advance one piece, they are as good as CES IMO and they are in Adelaide.

http://www.advanceheaders.com.au/

[scandyflick]

yeah, i could be making something out of nothing, but that pic doesnt show how jagged it is in places, ill have it cleaned up and see how it goes, then ill look into the am and advance options.

[SLED]

Reduced 87% 1151 x 620 (165.66K)//

And thats how good quality dumps should look, not like the crap poor Dave got landed with

to GKTech

lol, those bellmouths probably cost 4 times more as well.......same old story, you get what you pay for.

[scandyflick]

yeah, tomei dump is about $300 more than the one i got. but hey... shit happens. everyones gotta buy some cheap shit at least once.

[Inline 6]

about $300 more than the one i got. but hey... shit happens. everyones gotta bang some cheap sl*t at least once.

slight adjustment and im done

[scandyflick]

lol, yeah... that too.