Career change to security systems engineer

[Nero]

2 minutes ago, Amps said:

We've just lost an engineer to a Sky who is following the 40k carrot. No idea how many hours it takes to hit 40k though.

I've earnt 45k the last few years. 15k of that on overtime which has now grounded to a halt. And that's having 1 day off a fortnight. Like I've said, there's no future there. Sky engineers will not exist in 10 years.

[goncall]

2 minutes ago, Nero said:

There's no future working for sky. No one will have a dish in ten years or even a set top box. We'll all have an app in our smart TVs. Sky Q is being launched without a dish next year. Need I say anymore.

Have a look at smart metering installations ,got them installed a few month ago by eon and those lads seem happy,job and knock decent money the two that came were ex bg  one gas one electrical but they said they do train people up 

[PeterJames]

The industry is changing, but I would say its actually going in a direction that it once was. Years ago it used to be only the bigger houses with plenty of contents worth stealing, soon followed by smaller and smaller properties. Now many of the smaller domestics are diying or using one of those app systems that dont really work(Sooner or later though someone will invent a reliable one that will work). I do not see this as a problem we dont get many small domestics anyway, we prefer the bigger jobs that are reliant on an approved security system for insurance purposes.  

[Amps]

3 minutes ago, PeterJames said:

Now many of the smaller domestics are diying or using one of those app systems that dont really work

I disagree.

Pyronix Euro 46 App panel works very well.

[Nero]

6 minutes ago, PeterJames said:

The industry is changing, but I would say its actually going in a direction that it once was. Years ago it used to be only the bigger houses with plenty of contents worth stealing, soon followed by smaller and smaller properties. Now many of the smaller domestics are diying or using one of those app systems that dont really work(Sooner or later though someone will invent a reliable one that will work). I do not see this as a problem we dont get many small domestics anyway, we prefer the bigger jobs that are reliant on an approved security system for insurance purposes.  

That's what I was hoping to get into really. More the commercial side of things than residential properties. I live on the border of London, there must be stacks of commercial work in the city. 

[PeterJames]

6 minutes ago, Amps said:

I disagree.

Pyronix Euro 46 App panel works very well.

I wasnt refering to industry ones I meant apps like Homey Nest and Ring all now selling security cameras and wifi door contacts ect 

[al-yeti]

1 hour ago, Nero said:

There's no future working for sky. No one will have a dish in ten years or even a set top box. We'll all have an app in our smart TVs. Sky Q is being launched without a dish next year. Need I say anymore.

Lol

1 hour ago, goncall said:

Have a look at smart metering installations ,got them installed a few month ago by eon and those lads seem happy,job and knock decent money the two that came were ex bg  one gas one electrical but they said they do train people up 

Smart meters good money, seeing as they incompatible with each others systems lol 

[al-yeti]

42 minutes ago, PeterJames said:

I wasnt refering to industry ones I meant apps like Homey Nest and Ring all now selling security cameras and wifi door contacts ect 

Expensive though

[PeterJames]

16 minutes ago, al-yeti said:

Expensive though

Even more so when they dont work

 

[datadiffusion]

Indeed, this generation of satellites will almost certainly be the last, for UK TV at least. Broadband as delivery is the only sensible future.

 

The Openreach shakeup can only accelerate 'dry' DSL (without an associated POTs line and all that entails). Its already available in trial areas and will only become more common.

Edited April 18, 2017 by datadiffusion