/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Network Engineer / Systems Administrator

IT is the place to be, good work environment, good pay, challenging creative work. Don't become a datacenter slave, don't work for helpdesk/tech-support (e.g. repair shop), start as an intern at either your college (if you're in college), or find your way into a consulting company. Get MCITP Certs for starters, CompTIA certs are worthless trash. Cisco or Citrix are great specialties (CCNA is insanely hard though).

If you can't break in as a consultant or intern, sign up for a security camera / alarm-system company, or work for a telecom (but avoid the monoliths like Comcast or AT&T, you'd need to go in, and ask, "How do I go from where I am now, to configuring with layer-three switches or installing racks or whatever it is you want to do".

Everyone gets treated like crap for their first two years, as in, bad pay / internship, so just stay persistent and work hard while building your resume, employers notice.

>>8234010
History major, was going to be a teacher, teaching sucks horribly. Just love computers. Best thing on your resume, is "able to learn quickly". Two applications at IT companies in my town, second one took. I was asking to be an intern in return for a year of work experience. After four months they hired me full time. Company culture is awesome, we had a pie & cupcake break last Tuesday, I'm the office DJ (iPod playlist) on Monday and Friday [Metallica, Van Halen, Pink Floyd, Guns n Roses), it's super relaxed. IT is amazing, it just bleeds money and you get to see the most amazing technology. We are a consulting firm, basically everything from fixing little machines geek-squad style to designing networks with ~25 $12,000 servers. Nine employees.

Picture related, is what I got to work on on Friday.