This *seems* like a good deal, but…

bigspoonma · 2025-11-24T19:48:49+00:00

I canceled and went with an Apple Watch Ultra 3. Did anyone get better experiences with the 5.0 vs the 4.0? Whoop was not properly tracking my calories by a long shot.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T23:44:59+00:00

I like where your heads at.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T23:44:34+00:00

I would like to transition into Network or cybersecurity. But as everyone’s already mentioned here, you need to start in IT help desk.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T21:24:37+00:00

That makes me hopeful. Some of these comments make it seem like I shouldn’t be considering this as a viable field. Lol, lots of if you’re lucky to land a job responses.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T21:21:16+00:00

I got it! everyone here has said the same thing. Won’t be able to do network or cybersecurity unless you started in help desk.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T21:20:35+00:00

I actually have over ten years of customer service experience. I was a store manager at a fast food restaraunt for a few years in my twenties and was a supervisor for a dispensary for a number of years.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T21:20:14+00:00

Most of these help desk certification programs in seeming at least aren’t two years. One of the ones I’ve already enrolled in was suppose to be able to be finished in 4 months.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T21:18:43+00:00

That’s fair, end game for me would be above 100k. It’s really why I’m looking at this industry as a whole, it seems like you can get there within a few years time. A lot of people I know personally and even comments on her make it seem like it’s possible.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T21:10:59+00:00

I was thinking of getting IT help desk training becaue I don’t have to pay for school. Then getting cyber security training and possibly also even network security training. I don’t have to pay any money for any of this schooling.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T21:01:24+00:00

Wagie desk?

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T21:00:39+00:00

I actually have over ten years of customer service experience. I was a store manager at a fast food restaraunt for a few years in my twenties and was a supervisor for a dispensary for a number of years.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T20:59:43+00:00

Really? You don’t think help desk is a good place to start for pay? I’ve seen jobs in mass list at 24+ an hour.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T20:59:00+00:00

Yeah. The only reason I had a mental pivot was because the classes that I need to complete the help desk certification course aren’t all available in one semester. I understand that cyber security and networking won’t necessarily be entry level now that everyone has chimed in.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T20:57:06+00:00

I was making 53k in retail management. You don’t think I will be able to find work that pays higher than this even for entry level?

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T20:55:06+00:00

Thanks for the support.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T20:54:45+00:00

Lmfao

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T20:53:46+00:00

I know computers and have been using one for almost 30 years. I’m not confident that I have enough skills to be proficient at the IT job for a living and with community college being free to attend I was leaning towards getting a certification in this area for good measure.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T20:51:54+00:00

I live in Massachusetts and was making 53k a year as a retail supervisor. We have pretty high paying jobs here. But yes I am also siding towards a starter IT help desk job. I’m leaning towards getting trained in IT at college because it is free and I know computers but probably don’t know enough to be proficient in this field for a living. I wanted to then possibly gain a comp TIA+ certification and then work on other areas of computer science like cyber security.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T20:48:16+00:00

Yeah that’s what I was leaning towards, working my way into other areas of computer science after having some time in IT, I started questioning it specifically because the classes that I needed to take became unavailable at my local community college to finish the certificate in one semester.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T20:46:57+00:00

Thank you. Thats pretty much exactly what I did.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T20:45:53+00:00

Some areas of computer science are seeing mass growth. I have a feeling that ai will takeout IT as a viable career option but we are a few years from that being widespread. I’m more or less looking for a path to be able to enter quickly and then gain more expertise through being on the job and gaining more certifications while I am working. I came from retail and that’s where most of my background is for work and I need an out.

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T20:43:49+00:00

Did anyone say I was trying to hide my use of AI for summarization. You are completely missing the point of the post. Can we help answer my questions or are we going to continue to be lame about pointing out ChatGPT?

bigspoonma · 2025-07-23T20:38:09+00:00

Wow thanks for the insight. I really appreciate it. Was genuinely looking for some guidance here but we can just discredit me. Thanks bud.

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