[budgieb]

Hi all

im hoping somone can help me, or point me in the right direction please.

I'm currently a royal marine, and am i keen home cinema/IT enthusiast. after gettin blown up too many times im looking to change my career, and am giving some thought as to what would be a good career path.

I have just started studying with the open university towards a degree in Business I.T. which i can change routes of my degree if needed. I already have several IT qualifications (comptia a+, security +, network +, MCP win2k, NVQ 3 etc) from before i joined the marines and worked as a network administrator. i would appreciate any advice on what areas would be relevant e.g. sound engineering, if i would be looking at a future career in possibly designing and implementing custom home cinemas/smart homes.

Also if possible what kind of money does such a career offer, and would this be a wise career move? (job availablility) also what jobs are there in this industry that i could consider. I could continue with my career in IT and look to earn upto 40-60k, can any career in this area, match these kind of wages, as id much prefer to do something i enjoy a lot more.

Many thanks for any advice given.

gaz

[101music]

Hi Gaz,

I would say it's entirely possible to earn that kind of money, but you'd have to either learn to be a ****-hot Crestron/AMX programmer with a full diary, or run your own business.

My brothers been a Royal Marine for more than three years, thankfully he's back from Afghan now for a while...honestly, I don't know how you brave blokes do it.

Much respect

Adam

[budgieb]

hi 101, thanks for you reply m8, so u dont think those kind of wages are a realistic expectation? im doing a degree now, so will be looking at leaving the marines in about 4 years realistically, dont want to waste my time studying something that wont get me a good career outside. looks like i may just continue studying the IT route then, and just keep these side of things as a hobby.

cheers for the chuck up, glad to hear your brothers back safe n sound! from herrick 9? tell him i said hes a sprog and that he should look into doin an OU course if he can, as even if hes a lifer, he still needs somethin for when hes a civvy, i wish i started mine earlier.

cheers m8

gaz

[vex]

Even running your own business would be tough to generate those kinda figures for at least the first couple of years.

The amount you spend reinvesting in both hardware and time learning new stuff is massive.

HTH

V.