I have a master's degree in something useless job wise and have had military experience.

  • s0ciety [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    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/

      • s0ciety [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        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.