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[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Certifications certifications certifications. Get your A+ or net+, apply for shitty remote help desk jobs like support.com. They will suck and you'll get back to back calls, but keep your ears to the ground and a few months experience should be all you need to hop to something else. A lot of places are desperate for competent techs. Degrees don't prove anything, I'm fact it seems like kids are graduating with these technical degrees and zero actual practical knowledge.

Source: My decade long IT career off just an associates degree.

[–] MasterNerd@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can confirm this. I was able to get a decent job right out of highschool with my certs I got at a technical college. Really as long as you can prove that you're a fast learner, passionate about tech, and have the skillet to back it up it's not hard to find a job. In my experience at least, which to be fair is only 6 years

[–] ademir@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 11 months ago

I bet find an IT job is a lot easier when you are called MasterNerd

[–] Seasm0ke@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Absolutely correct. Every single place outside of giants like Google take equivalent work experience instead of a degree. I dont even have an AA but I have 16 years experience and 11 certifications and make low 6 figures.

[–] makunamatata@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

I vouch for that. That’s how it is done. Good job laying down the steps; want to add that job hopping is important too early on.

  1. Get a phone help support job 1.5. Keep applying to get other better paying support job, within or outside the company
  2. Work in parallel getting trained and certified in A+ etc 2.5. Keep applying to get other better paying support job
  3. Get more certificates 3.5 Keep applying to other jobs of interest and desired pay
  4. Repeat step 3.5 until retirement.