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Career switch to IT
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:56 am
Posted on 8/16/19 at 11:56 am
I’ve been thinking about switching career fields to the IT industry, but I’m curious as to what’s the best way to go about doing that. Saw a post on the OT this morning with a poster recommending udemy and pluralsight and will check them out but, what value do online courses like that have for someone without any background in IT? Would a complete career switch like this require additional education? Fwiw my degree is in Econ and I have some solid, non IT related professional experience.
Wasn’t sure if I should post this on here or on the OT but figured I’d get less bullshite on here
Wasn’t sure if I should post this on here or on the OT but figured I’d get less bullshite on here
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Posted on 8/16/19 at 12:02 pm to FortyCreek
Get a help desk job, SOC, or something entry level like that to get experience. Study from there and move on or up. Don't just get certs with no experience.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 2:02 pm to FortyCreek
If you have a degree but not much IT exp look into getting a customer success management position. You will start off around $50k plus bonuses—after a few years at this position you’ll have a better idea what you want to do in the IT field with legitimate IT exp.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 2:23 pm to FortyCreek
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Posted on 8/16/19 at 2:37 pm to FortyCreek
I'm in IT, I have but one recommendation. Learn data manipulation, whatever that may be. ETL, reporting, data science, etc.
Every single company has loads of data and they are all moving in the direction of using that data to make accurate business decisions.
I'm an ETL architect and our company was just purchased in a multi billion dollar deal. They are getting rid of application developers left and right, they are hiring data people left and right.
Learn SQL then dial into what interests you in the process.
Every single company has loads of data and they are all moving in the direction of using that data to make accurate business decisions.
I'm an ETL architect and our company was just purchased in a multi billion dollar deal. They are getting rid of application developers left and right, they are hiring data people left and right.
Learn SQL then dial into what interests you in the process.
Posted on 8/17/19 at 12:30 pm to FortyCreek
Maybe look into some business analyst positions (or computer systems analyst positions) in finance/Econ. You can leverage your Econ knowledge in this positions.
Posted on 8/17/19 at 1:23 pm to FortyCreek
data science my man. once you learn to pull the data and create the reports you've got the background to explain them too. you'll be in a good place
Posted on 8/17/19 at 1:56 pm to oklahogjr
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data science my man. once you learn to pull the data and create the reports you've got the background to explain them too. you'll be in a good place
Not a bad suggestion. Learn Hadoop and get a certification. There are plenty of options.
I've worked in IT for 20 years btw. If that doesn't interest you learn coding, networking, databases, cloud etc. IT is a fairly generic term. There are tons of specialties under that umbrella. I have hiring input in my department and we do not worry about someone having a degree outside of the field very much.
Posted on 8/17/19 at 2:33 pm to fallguy_1978
My it org is also balls deep in all this data science stuff and automation/ai, if you can know that stuff and also be a "thought leader" then you'll make bank until the next it fad comes along in five years.
Hey do yall remember VMWare and SixSigma Black Belts lol?
Hey do yall remember VMWare and SixSigma Black Belts lol?
Posted on 8/17/19 at 2:35 pm to FortyCreek
Get bicsi cert for fiber optics and learn how to do basic windows and cisco shite. You'll never be a billionaire but you'll never be unemployed. You may never own a second home on the beach but you can damn sure rent one whenever you please.
Posted on 8/17/19 at 3:10 pm to deeprig9
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Hey do yall remember VMWare and SixSigma Black Belts lol?
We still use the hell out of VMWare
Posted on 8/17/19 at 3:56 pm to FortyCreek
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Fwiw my degree is in Econ and I have some solid, non IT related professional experience.
Be looking for a low-to-mid-level management spot. Don't try to bullshite actual computing / networking / storage experience, push your current skills as a way to help solve their problems. Learn a few buzzwords going in, but again, don't try to claim expertise with them, just join the conversation.
Once you get in, look around and decide if you want to go techy or not, but really, truly good managers are very rare in IT and it's because IT doesn't breed management skills. Bring some in and join the fun.
Posted on 8/17/19 at 6:00 pm to fallguy_1978
Salesforce developer. Possessing the ability to create data models, understand business logic, build the user interface and ensure the security of the customized applications. There are a number of organizations who are shifting from IT to Cloud and CRM, and within my organization Salesforce admins and Developers are in extremely high demand.
Posted on 8/17/19 at 7:25 pm to Breauxsif
We don't use Salesforce but Azure and other cloud skills are fairly helpful. Everything is software driven now.
Posted on 8/17/19 at 8:31 pm to Breauxsif
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Salesforce developer. Possessing the ability to create data models, understand business logic, build the user interface and ensure the security of the customized applications. There are a number of organizations who are shifting from IT to Cloud and CRM, and within my organization Salesforce admins and Developers are in extremely high demand.
servicenow is a bigger growth market and easier to penetrate requires pretty much same skills except you work with it guys instead of sales people. Salesforce admin dev isn't as sweet a gig as it used to be
Posted on 8/17/19 at 8:35 pm to FortyCreek
Data management, AI and robotics are the future.
Posted on 8/17/19 at 8:43 pm to FortyCreek
You know how to restart your computer?
Posted on 8/18/19 at 2:18 am to Golfer
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You know how to restart your computer?
OP is looking for advice a-hole.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 8:36 am to FortyCreek
My advice would be to find a way to leverage the skills/experience and education you already have and parlay that into your next opportunity.
Data science is a great suggestion, and another easier/faster track is to get into data analytics. If you can learn how to then manipulate that data (like mentioned with ETL for example) as well as translate or convey that data to the C-suite folks you'll be in a pretty good spot.
Most of our BAs come from a testing or data background and that's a truly sweet gig though not always stable unless you go into healthcare IT.
Data science is a great suggestion, and another easier/faster track is to get into data analytics. If you can learn how to then manipulate that data (like mentioned with ETL for example) as well as translate or convey that data to the C-suite folks you'll be in a pretty good spot.
Most of our BAs come from a testing or data background and that's a truly sweet gig though not always stable unless you go into healthcare IT.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 9:35 am to Breauxsif
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OP is looking for advice a-hole.
Touche'
My attempt to bring some light OT humor to the thread failed. Carry on.
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