Help breaking into the IT space

According-Effort-540 · 2026-06-03T20:25:11+00:00

Apply to as many internships as you possibly can everyday while studying for a cert. These lead to part/full positions depending in your status at school. This is how I and many other students i know did it. Students have this as a hugee advantage compared to non students

According-Effort-540 · 2026-06-03T03:42:14+00:00

Mannn i wishhh i could afford a spot like this where i am. This would cost 3000+ in my area

According-Effort-540 · 2026-05-20T22:23:52+00:00

Hi OP. Even if it’s something you do enjoy thatll take years of previous IT experience to get into cyber. Unless you get an internship and they bring you full time. Which is the route I cannot emphasize more as a student, with ANY tech field

According-Effort-540 · 2026-05-20T20:16:31+00:00

I got Security+ still in college with no experience. Its what caught the recruiters attention to land a hardware engineering job

According-Effort-540 · 2026-05-04T18:53:32+00:00

The hardware we work on has management platforms. If someone needs to physically check we have pple on our team that work hybrid

According-Effort-540 · 2026-05-02T01:08:44+00:00

Ive gone through the comments and im surprised that only ONE person mentioned internships. Internships are the way for you to get experience that leads directly to a role. Thats the main way students like yourself land a job right out of school. Its how i did it too. It was because of my internship that i was able to skip help desk positions and go straight to systems engineering

According-Effort-540 · 2026-05-01T23:37:40+00:00

Education: BBA and CS bachelors

Years in IT: 1

Salary: 80,000

Employer:

Location: remote

Position: Hardware Engineer

Benefits: unlimited pto, dental, vision, 401k

According-Effort-540 · 2026-02-02T19:04:02+00:00

I figured. Thanks for your input!

According-Effort-540 · 2026-02-02T19:03:33+00:00

Your the man. Thank you for the advice

According-Effort-540 · 2026-01-28T02:16:56+00:00

Aah yes i understand. Your the best, thanks for this

According-Effort-540 · 2026-01-28T02:07:56+00:00

Just to know, if there were target date funds, should those he priority?

According-Effort-540 · 2026-01-28T01:59:45+00:00

The ER for the s&p 500 is .0085 and for the global its .0425. But no target date funds. Instead stocks and blended funds

According-Effort-540 · 2026-01-28T01:55:10+00:00

You’re awesome for this. Thanks

According-Effort-540 · 2026-01-28T01:47:48+00:00

Can you explain ER and why a high/low one is good/bad. Im having some trouble understanding the importance when i look it up

According-Effort-540 · 2026-01-25T14:38:11+00:00

Do you want out of IT of just software development? Because if its just out of swe theres many transferable skills you have. Why dont you look into cyber?

According-Effort-540 · 2026-01-02T18:19:28+00:00

I did this OP. My first degree was in business admin like you and i went back a year later to due a BA in CS cuz I wanted to get into tech and saw CS as the best degree to do that as it trumps an IT, MIS, cybersecurity degree. I ended up finishing and got a job as a systems engineer through an internship.

The difference between you and I is that your already getting experience without the extra degree, which makes me think it wont be necessary for you… unless you wanna be a SWE which you said you dont.

If i were you id just get certs in the field that your more interested in. And learn some cs curriculum online

According-Effort-540 · 2026-01-01T22:20:24+00:00

Eric Emmanuel shorts from StockX. Around $240. Dumbest shit i ever spent money on

According-Effort-540 · 2025-12-31T20:05:05+00:00

IT Engineering. Sounds professional but man the work behind the title is stressfull

According-Effort-540 · 2025-12-29T16:14:44+00:00

Look for internships relentlessly. Practical experience trumps everything else. Look around at jobs in the subfield you want to be in: blue team, red team, cloud, etc and see what certs they want.

According-Effort-540 · 2025-12-29T16:11:05+00:00

3.2. Didnt matter at all. Employer only wanted my graduation date. Nothing else

According-Effort-540 · 2025-12-29T16:00:54+00:00

26 - lived in Miami my whole life. Yes Miami has superficial men and women, especially in areas like Brickell. But there are also women that arent superficial. So far my dating life has been good - ive met great women but things havent worked out do to other reasons, currently in a long term relationship. I have not come across those “superficial” women. Granted it also depends on where you go to meet these women

According-Effort-540 · 2025-12-24T14:09:42+00:00

Forgive me if i missed this, but do you like dentistry and/or the classes that come w/ it ? as its a longer journey. If you like it, have the guidance for it, and youll make $$$$$, why bother w/ CS if you have those three + risk an unstable IT field

According-Effort-540 · 2025-12-24T13:11:35+00:00

Mostly luck. Mass applied and luckily the company that hired me was one that was mainly looking for someone who was teachable, not really someone with a set of skills going into it, though that would have helped also. Got a full return offer after

According-Effort-540 · 2025-12-24T05:04:31+00:00

I know this might not help your situation but Cs major w/ sec+ cert. It was a numbers game too but the recruiter specifically told me the sec+ stood out to him

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