Well as i mentioned briefly before, I finally got a real full time job. The company I now work for is called the GDR Group, which stands for the initials of the three partners that started the company. More info about the company can be found at our website, but basically GDR Group is a total solution provider. Companies need many things to get started and to keep them running. Internet access, structured wiring, telephone deployment, web development, outlook network services via exchange, file and print sharing, firewalls, VPN’s, and the list could go on. The idea behind GDR Group is to have all of these services setup and maintained through one party. No longer will the customer have to call several diffrent providers and staff full time employees to provide these services withing their company. GDR Group sends out techs, uses its telco contacts to improve data and voice service deployment, and contracts out good voice and data cable companies to setup and maintain your business so you dont have to. Ok enough talking about what my company does, as for what I do, Ive been meeting the clients in the San Jose and greater bay area, and learning how each client is setup. The typical place has a t1 for data, another for voice, a sonicwall firewall, several vpn connections, several 2000 or 2003 servers providing basic day to day tasks that small to medium sized businesses need. my job is to drive to these companies, wherever they are, and perform routine maintinence tasks on their servers, install patches on their desktops, and troubleshoot and fix any computer, internet, or phone problems they might have. We are the people they call whenver they have any kind of comptuter issue, and we have decent response time.

With all that said, and almost a couple weeks now under my belt working there, im starting to feel more confident, and ive visited clients by myself now. Im also looking into getting a new-ish car to use for work, since ill be driving a lot. I think im gonna get a 2004 mazda 3 hatchback. 160hp 5 speed manual with 17″ rims and lots of extras for the price, and its a lot of fun to drive. The problem is finding a good used one for the right price. Since its still such a new car, there arent too many used ones out there, and the ones that are there are selling for close to the cost of a new one. zoom zoom.