Caporegime
Working with computers is something I see mentioned often but if you're talking working with computers in the sense of putting them together then this is fairly simple and doesn't pay well, you'll need to specialise in an area but before that you'll need to dabble in a few different areas to figure out whether it's going to be tedious, satisfactory or something you actually enjoy and even then this can and will change down the line.
You can go pretty far starting off in a help-desk role and going through the Cisco or various other qualifications with a good attitude, willingness to solve problems that aren't straightforward and relative to other professions the work isn't that hard on you in the sense of once you get past the phone monkey role you aren't just constantly answering calls and fixing mostly simple issues. When the poo comes through the letterbox and hurtles towards the fan though it can get hectic, stressful and leave you drained with the extra hours required but there aren't many well paying careers that don't include those at some point.
One quality that's overlooked often is responsibility and by that I don't just mean taking on as much as you can but being able to communicate well when you've screwed up or speaking up when you believe you have what it takes. It sounds simple but you'll find once you start working that issues just end up being passed up and down the ladder as few are willing to realise or they'll willingly ignore when the responsibility is their own.
You can go pretty far starting off in a help-desk role and going through the Cisco or various other qualifications with a good attitude, willingness to solve problems that aren't straightforward and relative to other professions the work isn't that hard on you in the sense of once you get past the phone monkey role you aren't just constantly answering calls and fixing mostly simple issues. When the poo comes through the letterbox and hurtles towards the fan though it can get hectic, stressful and leave you drained with the extra hours required but there aren't many well paying careers that don't include those at some point.
One quality that's overlooked often is responsibility and by that I don't just mean taking on as much as you can but being able to communicate well when you've screwed up or speaking up when you believe you have what it takes. It sounds simple but you'll find once you start working that issues just end up being passed up and down the ladder as few are willing to realise or they'll willingly ignore when the responsibility is their own.
