As I come into 2013 I am really unsure of my future in the workplace. I have been taking some classes at the local college in computer network engineering and I really don't think I learned a great deal because the classes too fast. They were not the typical 16 weeks. Try 8 weeks of information overload and couple this with it being online vs. in person. Couple this with needing to take a certification exam in order to be job worthy. My next class is Network Fundamentals and it is online with no textbook.
What concerns me with this is not only is there alot of information to be learned and exams to be passed by experience is a big requirement in order to land a job in the field. I have no idea how I would get this experience. I want to stay with the company I work for because it has a nationally recognized IT department and I have been with this company for near 15 years. I work in data entry which is basically an accounting job. I have asked myself, should I keep going with this computer route and bust my tail to get certifications and then somehow find my way through and hopefully get a break down the road or should I look for something else?
The only other road I looked into in regards to my job is business analyst but this involves some programming, database and accounting. At least with this area I would have some experience in and could move up if I wanted to but I am not sure I want a salary job.
Over on the shelf, so to speak, I played with the idea of some kind of journalism BUT the pay isn't that great and a person has to really love to do journalism in order to be one. Blogging itself is a kind of journalism anyway and I am a news junkie to the max. It is really ridiculous.
What would your advice be for me?
JW
2 comments:
Do you have any knowledge or experience in web design? It seems to be a hot job area now, and I don't think the internet is going away anytime soon. If you know a language other than English that's a bonus. Many companies want to establish a multilingual web presence. I was in preliminary talks with a gentleman who wanted me to make a german version of his company's site. They didn't have the money in their budget as it turned out :( but it shows that a little HTML and foreign language knowledge can get you in the door.
Steve
I have no knowledge or experience in web design. Matter of fact, I didn't plan on doing anything with computers until June 2012. At that point I was working on a BA interdisciplinary studies cog in psychology and communications BUT I work for a supermarket company. I couldn't figure out how I could use this Degree with them so I decided to look into computers. I took a Java Programming class online through the local college. I was doing ok until I had one assignment I simply didn't understand how to work it even when communicating with the professor. It was only. So I went to the college to talk to the director of the computer engineering depart. He broken down the levels of IT for me. Infrastructure, programming, web design. Infrastructure fascinates me the most out of it all. So, I have completed 2 A+ classes now and am beginning Network Fundamentals. I think the flaw in A+ is that it goes too fast with too much information. A student doesn't learn alot but as I did just surfed the wave. My downfall in this whole thing is the lack of experience while staring at needing to be certified in A+ and the other classes of certs down the road.
Currently I do accounting/data entry.
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