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SAS 049 – IT Career Options

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 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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