JungleX3: lets be real what isnt
justmata: exactly
JungleX3: i was driving outta state and saw gas prices that were over $4
justmata: just glad I have a great career doing exactly what I wanted to do as a teen.
justmata: and its almost $5 here for gas
justmata: ugh
JungleX3: soon you wont be able to drive to work with how everything is lookin
JungleX3: ayo? whatcha do if you dont mind me asking
JungleX3: $5 is crazy
justmata: I'm a network engineer, for a local government. working on a public safety radio network for police and fire department. I'm a team of 1, so I am crazy busy during the day
JungleX3: O: thats amazing!!!
JungleX3: i wanted to be in the same field but i went to school and got screwd with debt
justmata: so when a cop or firefighter pushes the button on their "walkie talkie" I make the behind-the-scenes network possible
JungleX3: so do you work more in comp sci or telecom?
justmata: I went to school at 18, and realized I knew more than what they were teaching and dropped out. I recently went back to school to get my AAS in cyber sec only cause no one in the fam had a degree
JungleX3: ik you can listen in to those frequencies with a HAM radio, mainly bc ive done it with mine, but i never really thought about it as a network engineer but i guess it would be
JungleX3: i went for cyber sec too!!
justmata: to answer telco or comp sci, I am in the middle. I worked telco for years but focused comp sci
JungleX3: i didnt graduate tho sadly i ran out of funs and couldnt continue schooling
JungleX3: funds*
justmata: IMO schooling is a money grab. you can literally learn it all online, or with a company that is willing to train
justmata: I left high school with a Cisco certification, but worked telco for 12+ years after that, which barely touched cisco stuff. But I learned Juniper JunOS on my own, and that's what I do now.
justmata: i run an MPLS network built on Juniper equipment I built myself
JungleX3: see i went to a trade school in highschool for electrical engineering, electronics and telecommunication, and i loved it!
justmata: it's a great career path tbh
JungleX3: yeah but nobody wants to put there neck out for someone with certs at a young age around where i live. like im young and easy trainable, all i need is field work and i work circles around the older guys.
justmata: i was grateful that I worked on old school radios that were new in the 70's, during my 20's. and working on various old school telco tech
JungleX3: thats not me saying that they arent good or that im better, bc i know im not
Jaque10: I see, that's crazy xD
Jaque10: you have like one out of 5 green lines on tab
Jaque10: or had
Polski_Szlachcic: i need to get richer bro
Jaque10: why?
Polski_Szlachcic: donate later
Polski_Szlachcic: i can donate to ppl
Jaque10: for what?
Polski_Szlachcic: for example making events more compepetive by adding more to the price pool
Polski_Szlachcic: umm..
Polski_Szlachcic: cya
Jaque10: cya