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<blockquote data-quote="xtsg" data-source="post: 123997"><p>it&#039;s true that our UPS skills are not good enough.&nbsp; I&#039;ve also had to rework my resume hoping to make what I have look good enough for the outside world.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been contracting for a while, and that&#039;s quite the eye-opener.&nbsp; I make half the money, but the skill set is what I&#039;m after.&nbsp; I worked at UPS for almost 10 years, and chose to leave, because I got bored and they offered to pay me to leave, and I&#039;m still glad I did.&nbsp; Like previous posters have stated, I&#039;ve been interviewed by several real IT people who actually know their stuff, and know if I do or don&#039;t.&nbsp; I&#039;ve taken hand written tests and tests over the internet, and I&#039;ve gotten better because of the contracting.&nbsp; It&#039;s really tough out there, but don&#039;t regret anything, because there are more opportunities out there...you&#039;re just going to have to study and learn to catch up with the real IT people out there.&nbsp; It&#039;s been a real learning experience, but I&#039;m glad I did it, because I&#039;ve got so many more skills now than what I had 5 months ago.&nbsp; Yea, I know the job is cushy...but man it feels good to use my brain again!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="xtsg, post: 123997"] it's true that our UPS skills are not good enough. I've also had to rework my resume hoping to make what I have look good enough for the outside world. I've been contracting for a while, and that's quite the eye-opener. I make half the money, but the skill set is what I'm after. I worked at UPS for almost 10 years, and chose to leave, because I got bored and they offered to pay me to leave, and I'm still glad I did. Like previous posters have stated, I've been interviewed by several real IT people who actually know their stuff, and know if I do or don't. I've taken hand written tests and tests over the internet, and I've gotten better because of the contracting. It's really tough out there, but don't regret anything, because there are more opportunities out there...you're just going to have to study and learn to catch up with the real IT people out there. It's been a real learning experience, but I'm glad I did it, because I've got so many more skills now than what I had 5 months ago. Yea, I know the job is cushy...but man it feels good to use my brain again! [/QUOTE]

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