I just graduated from a 4-year uni in the US with a degree in information systems, and worked a little over two years in helpdesk during it and during the summers. I was wondering what is the best path from now to start working at a school/school district or local government? I've worked in larger companies and would not rather do that as working in smaller companies (less than 1k people) i find more enjoyable. Should I try to get A+ cert or any other tips?
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Adrian Price
Jaxon Moore
Invest in chainlink and retire before you start working. Also certs are a meme and not a powerful one.
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Benjamin Wright
A+ helps. Microsoft Server certs will be more valuable and useful. Especially if you can take Azure related courses and get certs.
My path was:
Start helpdesk at a shitty nearly bankrupt hospital. Slowly take on more responsibilities, til the hospital received some funding for a new medical record software. Volunteered to go for training on that software, and turned that training and set of certs into a 6 figure salary less than 3 years later.
It's about becoming valuable to your company so they start investing in you. Some of these windows bootcamps and training courses can cost 5-15,000$. Not feasible for most individuals.
Soon as you build a skillset and a resume, go become a contractor for a year or two and then settle down somewhere. You'll hone your skills and prove you can take your skills on the road.
Jaxon Ward
A+ is unnecessary after a degree and 2 years experience. I would recommend working forwards Sec+ and CCNA and finding a junior network admin gig. Then move into architecture/security where the money is at. That’s the path I took. Wouldn’t change a thing. Do your best everyday, be early and stay late.
Adrian Parker
I'm doing Cybersecurity. Any tips? Doing AWS cert, and currently a junior.
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Brody Perry
The whole IT field is full of unbathed magic the gathering playing aspies.
Ayden Bell
do you think my degree would be enough with me experience factored in? I live in New York and was looking at jobs around 60k or so, and don't want to kinda reset everything
Nathaniel Bailey
How do I even get my foot in the door, I assume the ats is swallowing my resume. It's not like I'm in the boonies, I'm half an hour from Atlanta but despite having a degree and portfolio nobody wants to even contact me about an entry level job.
The only actual offers I get are pajeet recruiters that want me to train for 6 weeks in Alaska before shipping me off to god knows where to steal a portion of my paycheck for 3 years
Gavin Scott
>working at a school/school district or local government?
You have to literally suck dick
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Henry Kelly
a couple summers ago I worked as basically a helper to the IT department of this smaller company (had about 4-5 total people who worked in IT) and the guys I helped were network/sys admin guys and loved what they did. Can you stay at these smaller companies to get those promotions or is it only possible if you go to those massive corporations?