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Go back to school in debt or do sysadmin work? (pricefield.org)
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I feel like the post's title does not do this one justice, anyway, I recently graduated college with an associate's in computer programming, however, I honestly lack skills beyond very basic programming skills. I have ADHD and autism and have a ton of trouble self-teaching myself things, I managed to teach myself some intermediate skills in docker and general Linux system administration when I was younger and still use it today. I feel like getting a job as a sysadmin might make more sense but for some reason, I feel like on paper my resume would just hit the shredder.

I lack min wage work experience as I did not work in college and I kinda wonder if I have the work a min wage for like 2 years to get a normal job. and if I should get off HRT cause min wage jobs in the south don’t like trans people, and that it’s just gonna get banned anyway

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Secondly, what you’re looking for is an entry level helpdesk type job. It’ll likely pay ~$20/hr. You don’t need any experience at all to land this job. You’ll need to do that for 2-3 years and then you’ll be ready for jr. SysAdmin. Your associates goes partway, but you’d need some certifications to get a foot in the door. The CompTIA certs are a good place to start. M365 certs are good too. Look at Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert.

Yeah I see that, I have also seen a few that seem to pay a bit more but require Docker and Kubernetes experience which I kinda have. And yeah certs likely would not be a bad idea.