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Seriously, how can I career change into IT
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Date: June 13th, 2012 9:21 PM
Not engineering or programming. IT.
For example, I know a guy that manages the email servers for a nonprofit. Real cush, easy as shit gig. He doesn't have a STEM degree nor does he know how to do that programming or hardcore shit. He's just kinda good at computers.
How do I get into that racket? |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 9:23 PM |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 9:44 PM
are you saying you want to be some sort of back office IT administration monkey focusing on one product or system? those guys make shit money and don't tend to develop transferable skills. their jobs are also easiest to offshore or outsource. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 9:45 PM |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 9:52 PM
in both cases the pay is probably around $40k with shit benefits and no chance for advancement and no status within the firm. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 9:53 PM
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Date: June 13th, 2012 9:57 PM
There are people who handle purchasing, whether for desktop stuff or mobile products that usually fall under the IT umbrella. There are project management guys who handle migrations, deployments, desk moves.
There are AV guy if a company is big on events/displays etc.
There are guys who manage infrastructure
Telecom, and so on
None of those roles can be outsourced really, as they require an on site presence. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 10:01 PM |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 10:05 PM |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 10:05 PM
What is this sponsorship flame |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 10:07 PM |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 10:11 PM |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 10:13 PM |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 10:14 PM
and who is going to hire you as a contractor if you don't have the certifications for them? go find me a vendor that's willing to. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 10:15 PM |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 10:19 PM Author: ,,.,,..,,,..,,.,.,,..,,,..,,.,.,.,..,.,.,.,,.,,.,.
You can get the certs by paying for training and taking tests. Why is this so difficult for you, FRIEND?
Ok since you want to play retard flame I'll be bait for a few minutes, you get the certifications by a company sending you to SAP in one of their 3 locations (assuming you're in north america) and once you're there you complete the week long course and take the test. You don't just pay a sum of money and show up to their training facilities, a company that has a relationship with SAP's ERP system usually pays for you to go to SAP and get trained. I'm guessing you were a poli sci shithead and hate what you're doing right now? |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 10:21 PM
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Date: June 13th, 2012 10:22 PM Author: ,,.,,..,,,..,,.,.,,..,,,..,,.,.,.,..,.,.,.,,.,,.,.
No, you can pay for approved training wo company sponsorship.
Lol well if you really believe you can do something, maybe you can. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 9:42 PM
Life is good my friend. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 9:43 PM |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 10:19 PM |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 10:22 PM |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 10:07 PM
shit can be done, just have to be actually passionate about doing it and no just doing it for the sake of doing it. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 9:43 PM |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 9:46 PM |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 10:47 PM
Get to know people, just like any other industry. The handful of people who had JDs and made the transitions all did it through connections and not pedigree.
If you're looking to stay away from the heavy duty technical work, there's still a number of roles out there - sales, management, project management, etc. Mostly these require prior experience in those areas even if not IT.
Managing e-mail servers sounds like a complete SHIT job though and not interesting nor well paid at all. IT is an extremely broad field and managing e-mail servers sounds liek the shittiest of the shitty. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 10:58 PM |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 11:01 PM |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 11:03 PM
I do general troubleshooting and project based stuff. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 11:10 PM
edit: meant to respond to diabolical |