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Am going to keep it short. Am 26 currently been working for uber and lyft. I got admitted into Arizona State University last year. My entrance exams included mathematics. I have always struggled with mathematics all my life and the most i can do is basic number sets and operations and that's it. Please don't bother recommending any way to improve because trust me i have tried. My mom is a teacher and a counselor and my dad was a teacher as well. All my siblings are well educated in math and they have tried and i have deleted my YouTube, Facebook, gym membership etc. to focus and nothing has changed and even fell in love with it but every time i would fall asleep during math's class. Please please please please, if anyone has a good career advice or any solution to bypass this and get into a career that is rewarding and deserves my handwork, i will appreciate it. I've had no zeal to move on with life anymore because of am very ambitious, good person and hardworking. I wanted to plead to my fellow humans for help and that's all i have before i make my next decision!

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[โ€“] ech0 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Get into a field like IT where Certifications are more important than your degree. I only have an A.A.S degree because I also struggled with Math just like you. ADHD + TBI. It prevented me from getting B.S.

I instead got about 5 different Certification in IT and now whenever I interview I usually have multiple offers in a couple weeks.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank youu Soo much. And what certifications do you recommend? and sources you got them from. Am sure you understand how mentally grueling and unfair this stuff is! ๐Ÿ˜•

[โ€“] ech0 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Start with your MTA. That's the basic IT cert for getting into Help Desk type roles.

From there your next cert should be A+. If you can skip the MTA and get A+ by itself that'd be good but A+ is harder.

From there it depends what you want to do it IT. Networking? Get the Network+ Cert. Cyber Security? Get the Security+ and CISA and CISSP certs.

I'm a Systems Admin. So I got these Certs (Most recent at top).

Start at the bottom and go up. Skip VMware unless you want to be a VMware Architect

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

CompTIA Security+ (SY0-501) โ€“ Security Plus

Apple Certified Associate โ€“ Mac Integration

CompTIA A+ (220-901 and 220-902) โ€“ A Plus

VMWare Certified Associate (VCA-WM) โ€“ Workforce Mobility

VMWare Certified Associate (VCA-DCV) โ€“ Data Center Virtualization

Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) โ€“ Windows Operating System