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In search for advice - a career in Information Technology?
I was recently made redundant from an office administration job. I was there for 15 years and do not have any other type of office work experience. I am now thinking of having a career change and going into I.T. Do you think that would be a good idea? What computer training & course provider should I choose? Do you think it would be worth investing time & money in learning a computing skill when I hear that a lot of jobs go to people from India etc, who are prepared to work well below the going rate?
Public Comments
- IT jobs are not the kind of thing you can go into casually this late in your career. The people you'll be up against for positions have used computers since they were 10 years old, have just taking years of college courses, and spend all of their free time tooling around on their computers. You can't be a hobbyist with computers and succeed here. I would try for something that's closer to your strengths, like another office administration position while you get a business management degree. Bottom line is, you should do what your happiest doing. If that's working on computers, then who am I, some stranger on Yahoo! Answers, to tell you not to try. It's going to be tough, but not impossible if you have the drive, determination, time, money, and talent to pull it off. I wish you the best of luck.
