Hi everyone! I need some help. I’m in my mid-thirties, and I had a growing career that, since covid, has gotten so flaky I can’t properly provide for my family anymore. I have always been interested in tech, and would like to start a career but I’m not sure how to.

Can anyone in the field give me some advice? I don’t have much college experience, only did 1 year 17/18 years ago. Looks like I need some sort of college degree, which I’m fine with.

I also saw some online “bootcamp” things… are they good? I would like to do something where I was helping companies be protected from hackers and work from home as much as possible. White hat hacker type of thing… if that’s real!

Thank you everyone!

  • electric_nan
    10·
    1 年前

    Currently in my first IT job. I’m over 40, and been intheis job less than a year. Computers have always been a hobby of mine. A couple years ago I started taking some classes at the local community college: networking, cyber sec, sysadmin… After 6 or 7 classes, a professor recommended I apply for this job (Helpdesk+). I think certs are a great idea, and I’m planning to get some myself as I plan to steer into infosec. You really can’t beat personal networking/connections though. I got mine through school, but also maybe there are some clubs or events like a local Linux Users Group where you can meet people and make friends.