Career changers to I.T - CompTIA

Kiechi · 6 Apr 2018 at 13:05

Currently undertaking the CompTIA A+ with the intent to obtain the "trifecta". Hoping that'll be enough to get me into the interview room and all should be good from there. Anyone else in the process of, or has tried and succeeded in transitioning into an I.T career? Especially with the use CompTIA?

Kiechi · 6 Apr 2018 at 20:19

mmcg1 said:
I was going to go down that route and decided to give web development a try after some advice here and elsewhere. I'm now two months in to learning web development and absolutely loving it. Today I deployed my first small web app.

Have a go on FreeCodeCamp and see if it's for you. I'm having way more fun doing this than I was having with my A+ studies.

That's awesome. I'll look into web development, but not sure if it'll be for me. So far, I'm really enjoying A+. Maybe this is coming from a place of ignorance, but I love the whole modular process of building PC's, understanding the roles of each component, how they operate as a whole and having a general sense of how and why a computer works. Similarly, low level programming is also of great interest because of the close interaction with the hardware.

How far did you get into your A+ studies?

Kiechi · 6 May 2018 at 11:59

Zairs said:
I did this.

I was foimg from crappy jo to crapy job before (im 36 now)I studied and passed my a+ a couple of years ago. It took me a few attempts to get a job from it but I did eventually get a good support job and I was able add to my exaperiance, I'm now looking to move on and progress.
I may do another cert, although I don't think I'll do net+ as I think the Cisco one's are better and have higher standing with employers.

Thanks for your reply. Are you still doing desk support? or are you looking to progress into something a little more specialised?

Kiechi · 16 Jun 2018 at 12:12

Career change! Did some work shadowing of support staff and realised that the job really isn't what I want to do. Decided software is where it's really at and have embarked on doing a MSc in Software engineering. That way, I can specialise and reach a level of proficiency that'll allow me to go entrepreneurial. Support work = salary fo lyfe. I think I rather take the risk. Thanks to all who contributed!