good jobs come from the inside (Score 1)

I have been a tech since 14 ( 28 now, dos age 4) and now work maintaining a mainframe( the z800) for a datacenter ( great job). I have been the on-site guy for big companies that want the job done asap, and will cut any corner to do so. As well as the small companies that like to do good work for their customers so they will come back. I have seen about a 3-5 year burnout rate for techs in all fields of support, and the only ones that have job are the ones who network the best. Side note: Support as a whole is not a place to stay, the iron assed lifers have a certain attitude that they have that will allow them, and only them, to continue past the initial 5 years of self-loathing and humanity draining known as helldesk. These are just good places to find out which of your talents in computers will best serve your future. So: 1) NETWORK NETWORK NETWORK !!! 2) Do great work, everyone can do good work, but great work stands out p.s. take any shot you get, this eceonmy is very unforgiving right now, but just right now