[geeks] Thoughts on IT work in public schools?

[Nick B]

k-12 - I can't decide between "Abandon hope all ye who enter here" and
"Work makes you free".
College - No experience, but I've heard good things a bout the environment
from coworkers.

Nick


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Nathan Raymond <nraymond at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anyone with any experience working IT in public education?  I'm
> contemplating it as a future career move, and I'd love to know more from
> people's first-hand experiences.  This job would be managing the
> infrastructure to four grammar/middle schools and a high school.
>
> While I've done work in private education (my first paid job was IT work
> for the prep school I went to many moons ago, and I did VAX and UNIX admin
> work on the side during my computer science undergrad years, and I've done
> some IT consulting for a few private schools recently), I have not dealt
> first hand with a public school (and never went to one, either).  I'd
> expect there to be a lot of politics, and potential budget issues.  I know
> they tend to have unions as well.  Anything else I should be aware of, or
> to look for?
>
> - Nate
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