I'm in Chicago (I don't care), I'm honestly not really good at computers, I just know a lot the basic end user shit. All I can say is that I can learn and can put up with stress decently.
Chicago isn't bad as well, I just never think about it.
I mean, honestly, being able to learn quickly and being able to deal with stress are key skills, especially once you start getting up the ladder.
Finishing the A+ will be good for getting your foot in the door to desktop support, and from that, you can springboard into servers and networking.
@anthropicprincipal is very right about figuring out where you want to go work-wise.
Personally, I've done the path of Help desk -> desktop support -> Systems Administration -> DevOps Engineer. Not everyone does that and it's very your milage may vary
You can definitely get those things in tech. Definitely finish A+ and keep looking for desktop roles.
Put some time in to learn Powershell (critical for managing Windows these days) and Python (honestly, just a good tool to have in your toolbox) as well. Learning to code is dumb, but every level of tech is moving to being managed programmatically.
FWIW, recruiters I worked with have an office in Chicago. I was pretty happy working with them the last two times I was looking for work https://motionrecruitment.com/
Yeah, I guess I'm not really surprised. I kinda just tossed it out there in the off chance.
It's absolutely incredibly demoralizing to look for new work. I've got a friend that's been trying to get a data analyst job for a while now and it's been rough. I have another friend that was looking for an entry level front end dev job for a long time and got lucky because a company took a risk on him.
Another thing to do, is look at Meetup.com and see if there are any technical groups the pique your interest. Even if it's above your skill level, it would be good way to network and meet people.
I'm in Chicago (I don't care), I'm honestly not really good at computers, I just know a lot the basic end user shit. All I can say is that I can learn and can put up with stress decently.
Chicago isn't bad as well, I just never think about it.
I mean, honestly, being able to learn quickly and being able to deal with stress are key skills, especially once you start getting up the ladder.
Finishing the A+ will be good for getting your foot in the door to desktop support, and from that, you can springboard into servers and networking.
@anthropicprincipal is very right about figuring out where you want to go work-wise.
Personally, I've done the path of Help desk -> desktop support -> Systems Administration -> DevOps Engineer. Not everyone does that and it's very your milage may vary
I just want a stable schedule and enough money to support my S/O and hobbies. I don't think my feet are wet enough to know whats good for me yet.
Fair enough.
You can definitely get those things in tech. Definitely finish A+ and keep looking for desktop roles.
Put some time in to learn Powershell (critical for managing Windows these days) and Python (honestly, just a good tool to have in your toolbox) as well. Learning to code is dumb, but every level of tech is moving to being managed programmatically.
FWIW, recruiters I worked with have an office in Chicago. I was pretty happy working with them the last two times I was looking for work https://motionrecruitment.com/
I couldn't find an option for entry level gigs.
Yeah, I guess I'm not really surprised. I kinda just tossed it out there in the off chance.
It's absolutely incredibly demoralizing to look for new work. I've got a friend that's been trying to get a data analyst job for a while now and it's been rough. I have another friend that was looking for an entry level front end dev job for a long time and got lucky because a company took a risk on him.
Another thing to do, is look at Meetup.com and see if there are any technical groups the pique your interest. Even if it's above your skill level, it would be good way to network and meet people.