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Bit of career advice

Jul 15, 2015 3:28PM PDT

So, I'm still very young and recently got an IT job in my work. IT is the industry I wanted to work in so I got lucky when a position became available. My role is as a systems technician.

Here is the thing, I have no qualifications and to go far, I'm going to need to get some! I think if pushed my company will pay for some courses for me. I'm in the middle of doing my research on the courses, but what would you recommend?

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Most common 1st step?
Jul 15, 2015 3:51PM PDT

-> Step 1: Earn a Bachelor's Degree <-

Later steps are certifications. Complete step 1 first.

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UK, not US
Jul 15, 2015 4:03PM PDT

And if I'm actually based in the UK...Grin

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Then get that 1st step done but in UK.
Jul 15, 2015 4:24PM PDT
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See what's out there
Sep 14, 2015 3:17AM PDT

I would too agree with R. Proffitt in getting a degree. However, as with many professions there are other ways to get where you want to go in your career without having to go to University/College. As you have mentioned, your company may pay for some courses for you. If you don't already know the foundations, brush up on them. There are a lot of web resources in the form of tutorials, cheap online courses etc. - figure out what you do and don't like doing and take it from there. Hope this helps!

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I think you need to find an area to
Sep 14, 2015 9:44AM PDT

specialize in (Networks, Servers, Security, Database software or even Cloud technologies.) I'm in software as I was a developer and now I do software specs, support 3rd party applications. I haven't done any coding except MS Sql in 10 years.