In this episode I give an overview of several of the IT career paths common in the IT field. The field is so vast and varied I was only able to scratch the surface here.
- IT Support
- Call Center
- Corporate Help Desk
- Sole Proprietor
- MSP
- Storage Admin
- EMC/DELL
- NetAPP
- 3PAR
- Nutanix
- Database Admin
- MSSQL
- Oracle
- MySQL
- Networking Admin
- Cisco/HPE/Juniper/Palo Alto, Fortinet
- ISP, Corporate, Consultant
- AWS, Azure
- Developer
- Traditional Apps
- Mobile Apps
- Web Apps
- DevOps
- SecOps
- Cyber Security
- PEN Testing
- Log Review/Maintenance
- Design/Architecture
- Risk Management/Business Continuity
- Architect/Sales Engineer
- Years of experience
- Deep product knowledge
- Good interpersonal skills
- Partially a sales role
- IT Management
- IT Manager
- One Segment
- IT Director
- Multiple business segments
- Day to day operations
- CIO
- Strategy and leadership
- IT Manager
- IT Project Management
- Internal
- VAR
- Education
- Blogging
- YouTube
- Podcasting
- Classroom
- One on one
- Books
- Final Thoughts
- Think about the kind of work you really want to do
- Make a plan for how to get there
- Look at LinkedIN profiles for others with that job
- Start somewhere
Credits:
Music by Ian Mayzak
Podcast edited by Jesse Rutledge
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