There was a thread on something similar but I can’t seem to find it so I’m gonna ask again.

Looking for some advice in getting into IT. Any tips or pointers are much appreciated. I come from a design background and have spent the better part of the last decade doing that until I got laid off in September. Most of the jobs in that field are now contract work and have a great deal of marketing involved which I hate plus the field is competitive. I’m just trying to make some decent money while working the least amount as possible. I’m fortunate that I managed to have some cash through art sales that I’ll be alright for a few months. Might as well took to a better career path.

I’m going to try to do the a plus certificate this month but what are some other areas to look at? I hear good things about Cisco or net app

  • sexywheat [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    A plus will get you an office job where you'll be spending most of your time swearing at broken laser jet printers. That said, it's good foundational knowledge.

    By and large the whole industry is being migrated to "the cloud". If you want to stay ahead of the game, my recommendation would be to get an entry level certificate in how to manage AWS or Google Cloud servers. Pretty much all the major hosting providers are migrating away from their data centres and towards Amazon.