SAS 049 – IT Career Options

About this episode

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