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

  • Tittyskittles [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Aren’t the working conditions for game developers pretty bad? Also it’ll take a while to make a portfolio and on top of that i generally detest video game aesthetics

    • mayor_pete_buttigieg [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Yes. IDK what these other posters are on about but doing any sort of work like this will pay very, very little and probably be very stressful and full of bullshit.

      There's no point in getting into IT unless you get a normal job (which can be remote these days), because the whole attraction of an IT career is the stable job prospects.

    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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      4 years ago

      That's why I was suggesting freelance and that subreddit. You might be able to pull in some spare cash helping lone/small groups of devs out with some projects. But it doesn't sound like that's something that you'd be into.