assuming you want to stay in IT you wanna think about what you enjoy, its not just about the title, or even the money (to a certain extent of course).
I had a spell managing, and did not enjoy it compared to being more hands on, and not having to fuss over sick time, lateness, holiday scheduling and all that more mundane stuff, seeing someone achieve on a task is a reward for sure, but the mundane stuff was not for me. (as an example) where you want to be in 5 years is doing what you enjoy for a decent salary, because more important is life outside of work and I think most people lose sight of that and define themselves by what they do and not who they are: you won't see too many coworkers at a funeral, and those who do go do so to honour the person, not the job title (sorry to be morbid) in 5 years I want to enjoy my job, feel I have done something worthwhile each day, but go home at the end of the day to live my real life, not vastly different from what I do now, just in the wrong country lol those 5 year questions are there to test you on goal setting and other similar motivational work related factors, and if you don't know where you want to be, that could be fair, if you think it could hurt your career, guess what they want to hear and lie lol because you are the only one who will look after you anyways ;-) On 15/04/2008, Rob Bonfiglio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Like when you realize that everyone you work with is an idiot? > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Don Ely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sometimes being that guy even has its drawbacks... > > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Jonathan Link <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > Yeah, I want to be the tech guy all the other tech guys come to when > > > they have a question. > > > Keep the users away... > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 1:29 PM, Don Ely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Trust me, you do NOT want be that guy... > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 10:19 AM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Same job, just better & more knowledgable at it! I want to be the > > > > > guy *everyone* goes to when they have a tech question... > > > > > (He says, during a lull in an MS Exchange 2K7 class.). > > > > > > > > > > Dave "42, but not retiring this year..." Lum > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Tim Vander Kooi > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > ] > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:53 AM > > > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: RE: Where do you want to be in 5 years? -- CIO, Manager, > > > > > Same > > > > > > position??? > > > > > > > > > > > > Personally, I would love to be a CTO someday, but that requires > > > > > working > > > > > > for a company that is large enough to have a CTO which is > > > > > something I'm > > > > > > not big on. (I prefer working for SMBs much more than larger > > > > > corps. Way > > > > > > less politics, way more action.) I would rather stay where I'm at > > > > > than > > > > > > move towards CIO though. I consider myself more an architect than > > > > > an > > > > > > interior designer. > > > > > > Tim > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Jon D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 7:19 AM > > > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > > > > Subject: Where do you want to be in 5 years? -- CIO, Manager, > > > > > Same > > > > > > position??? > > > > > > > > > > > > Someone asked me today where I want to be in 5 years and I have > > > > > no > > > > > > idea. I'm curious where youguys want to be in 5 years... > > > > > > Do you have aspirations to become a CIO, or a network manager, or > > > > > > start your own consulting practice? > > > > > > > > > > > > Really, I'm looking for more ideas of where to go from here. > > > > > Right now > > > > > > I'm a "Sr. Systems Administrator". 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