Is it hard to get in an IT career?
My current job is a dead end. I'm pretty tech savvy, I'm thinking about switching careers. I don't know if it's possible though
41-45, F
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CountScrofula · 41-45, M
Depends on what you want to get in to. Some kinds of careers take years ot training, others you can pick up with a certification. If you're tech savvy just like - good with personal computers I'd actually recommend something like business analysis. Aint' that hard to get in to.
Lilliesandlight · 41-45, F
@CountScrofula what does a business analyst do? And how do you get into that type of work?
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@Lilliesandlight Are you good with math?
Lilliesandlight · 41-45, F
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
@Lilliesandlight So let's say there's an office that wants to install a new big expensive database.
The BA's job is to find out how they currently do work, document it (lots of diagrams, workflows, etc...) and trnaslate it into instructions for the kind of system the technical people need to install. You can get certifications for Business Analysis at most polytechnics.
The BA's job is to find out how they currently do work, document it (lots of diagrams, workflows, etc...) and trnaslate it into instructions for the kind of system the technical people need to install. You can get certifications for Business Analysis at most polytechnics.
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@Lilliesandlight I don't know the particular details of a business analyst but I can promise math helps. Business afterall is mostly crunching numbers. This might be an angle to take.
Lilliesandlight · 41-45, F
@CountScrofula what's a polytechnic?
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
@Lilliesandlight Oh like a trade school same place you'd learn to be an electrician.
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@CountScrofula we are talking now in educational trades? I don't know many colleges that are good in IT that are good at electrical trades.... but maybe I'm showing my ignorance upon this.? :)
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
@SW-User Well that's what a polytechnic will teach it may be a different term regionally they're also called technical institutes. Places you go for two-year programs or specific certifications that train you in a specific trade rather than a more generalized education.
So you'd go there to learn specific IT skills, industrial trades, agriculture, health tech, etc...
So you'd go there to learn specific IT skills, industrial trades, agriculture, health tech, etc...
Lilliesandlight · 41-45, F
@CountScrofula hmm. Maybe I can consider an associates degree
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@CountScrofula Yes, I do know in some way... and it all falls under trades. Though agriculture, health care even though they overlap with colleges are most often taught in university. Polytechnic mostly means applied.