Chris Stark’s Blog

Told ya it wouldn’t be a month…

Work have been kindly enough to allow me to complete my HNC at college! But i have to start studying the Microsoft Certified Support Technician (MCP) for the company, which is not a problem as it’s the way i personally want to go!

My Network+ study is going very well! I’ve got around 200 pages left in the Mike Meyers all in one book (and yes i’m taking it in). Once i’ve completed reading the book i’m moving straight onto the CBT Nuggets trianing videos and loads of practise questions from the mike meyers cdrom and various sites.

So by the end of this year i should be A+, N+ and MCDST qualified! though i would like to get another MCP by the end of the year.

Everything is going great, looking at getting a 03/04 plate Renault Clio around October ish and doing some driving about…

Thats it for now!

// CsTarX

Hello,

It’s been a while since i last posted, nearly around a month damn i’m getting lazy.

My new job is great and i’ve been enjoying the work! I really need to start slapping my self and try harder to fix problems in quicker times and starting using my head without diving into things (Bad habbits.)

My Network+ study is going slowly… i was expecting to take the exam this month but due to working and such i’ve become lazy! Anyways i’ve been studying in my lunch break and should have this done within the next month or 2.

That’s the post over for another month… nah it’ll be shorter then a month, i promise!

// CsTarX

Today i received my offer letter for a postion of Trainee Service Engineer for Business Computer Solutions starting on July the 10th. Yes this does mean i’ve finally got my big break!

I can’t wait to start a proper career and enjoy working life and looking smart! I’m also hopeing i can progress within the company and will give it my all.

Today i handed in my notice to the CO-OP and next Sunday is my last working day, i sooo can’t wait.

This week i’ve been working at Pfizer’s and i’ve totally enjoyed it. The experience has been great, have picked up some useful skills and more customer facing skills which shall help me in my new job. Got another 2 weeks at pfizer’s and going to enjoy it.

// CsTarX

Got a 3 week contract with a Blue Chip Company called Pfizers dealing with memory installs with desktops and laptops. This could get extended depending how well i do (won’t be a problem).

This is my foot in the door and got a real chance of progressing from here!

I got contacted by an agency from jobsite.com (my CV is registered there) and Neal from the agency has been top notch calling me, letting me know whats happening and i’ve finally signed a contract!

So pleased atm, goes to show work hard and you get rewarded.

My Mike Meyers Network+ Certification book arrived today and now studying towards that. Looking at a one month time span to pass this… thats around July/Mid July.

Shall be A+ & Network+ Certified soon.

On other notes i turned 20 last saturday, day after i was A+ Certified.

Also, i got some very useful experience with the Thanet Development Trust helping with support and maintenance.

That’s all, life going great and soon hopefully i will break into the IT industry.

// CsTarX

Yup that’s right. Passed my OS today with a score of 604.

I didn’t like that exam one bit as i wasn’t sure if i passed at the end, but luckily enough i passed.

Now onto my N+ Cert.

// CsTarX

Not posted on here in a while, i’m still alive.

I’ll do a full post of what i’m up to in a week or so, rather busy at the moment.

// CsTarX

Today i successfully configured my Cisco 2501 router to ping servers on the internet and forward conenctions to my ADSL router.

My Cisco 2501 router doesn’t have a ADSL modem built in, so i had to manually set the default gateway for the Cisco router to my ADSL router which at present is (192.168.0.1). I then had to set a DNS server, again my ADSL router. The Cisco router was getting the IP of google fine but wasn’t pinging it, so i had to enable something (i forgot now, but i enabled about 3 different things at once) and can now ping google.co.uk!

I then changed my default gateway on my XP machine to 192.168.0.30 (Cisco Router) and the Cisco Router was successfully redirecting the connection to my ADSL Router! Otherwise i wouldn’t have been able to access the interweb.

Next job is to limit my speed to a 56k speed and see how slow the Internet is and to see if speed limiting works. I got another Cisco 2503 router which i have a couple of new ideas for.

Might take the CCNA one day!

Just got a new job working for budweiser, how cool is that? Also got my own email address: cstark@budwesier.com. The pay isn’t bad either and the people are great! you even get to have beer on breaks!

Dream come true!

// CsTarX

I’ve now got a nice 8Mbps connection, it rocks.

In other events, i’m still trying my best to get a job in IT related work and should be expecting a call tomorrow hopefuly.

// CsTarX