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How to Get Any IT Job
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IT doesn’t just mean the guy who comes to fix your PC when it breaks down. The technology industry has developed a diverse range of careers, including everything from tech support specialists to database administrators to specialized project managers.
Whether you’re just starting your IT career or looking to take the next step up the ladder, InsideTech is here to help. To get started, check out this quick glance at the relative experience and education required for various IT careers, and click any of the careers on the list to browse through brief descriptions of each job and its requirements.
When you find a job you like, follow the links to the Next Steps on that career path, or if you’ve been in IT for a while and you know what you want, just pick that career from the list below and jump right in.
Browse IT Careers
- Get a Tech Support or Help Desk Job
- Get a PC Repair Job
- Get a QA Engineer Job
- Get a Web Design Job
- Get a Web Development Job
- Get a Computer Programming Job
- Get a Network Administrator Job
- Get a Database Administrator Job
- Get a Software Engineering Job
- Get an IT Management Job
- Advance to CIO, CTO, or CSO
manthedan
6 months ago
2 comments
I read all the blogs on this article and have come to the conclusion that you cannot put IT fields and salaries into catagories. Where you live, what a company is looking for, and how badly the company needs that position filled all come into play. A CIO in one company may make more than his IT people, but in another he doesn't make as much as his most important IT guy. Also, if you private contract you will always make better money because you work for yourself. All your work may come from the same place but you aren't really an employee.
DavidR75
7 months ago
6 comments
Everyone wants to earn more money, get a better job, increase their income. The economic climate may be bad but it's definitley still possible to achieve this in a job, especially with IT jobs. IT Training isn't necessarily the only answer. There are other ways to study and learn new technology to help you make the big money. Job opportunites will be there and reading the right ebooks will help.
Regards,
David
http://www.jacksguides.com
DavidR75
7 months ago
6 comments
Everyone wants to earn more money, get a better job, increase their income. The economic climate may be bad but it's definitley still possible to achieve this in a job, especially with IT jobs. IT Training isn't necessarily the only answer. There are other ways to study and learn new technology to help you make the big money. Job opportunites will be there and reading the right ebooks will help.
Regards,
David
http://www.jacksguides.com
DavidR75
7 months ago
6 comments
Everyone wants to earn more money, get a better job, increase their income. The economic climate may be bad but it's definitley still possible to achieve this in a job, especially with IT jobs. IT Training isn't necessarily the only answer. There are other ways to study and learn new technology to help you make the big money. Job opportunites will be there and reading the right ebooks will help.
Regards,
David
http://www.jacksguides.com
scotlynhatt
9 months ago
30 comments
Ummm. I think this chart is off. It does not address that many tech companies have a technologist track, which peaks at fellow or architect as well as a management track that is geared towards people who either choose to manage or are unable to deal with the higher technology altitudes. The option to become executive at the VP level is available for either track. As a Senior Software Engineer, I am able to command a salary that is at a peer level with people two levels higher in the org chart from the management perspective. My point is: when a company takes its IT seriously, the be all end all of an IT worker is not the manager position.
JoeBuddha
9 months ago
6 comments
You're missing SDET's. I've been one for over ten years, and good SDET's are like hen's teeth. I know: I tried to hire one, and it took two months to find someone at all competent. I just got laid off a couple of weeks ago, and had a job offer within two business days of putting out my resume.
Youngsa
about 1 year ago
8 comments
according to this chart more experience and more education apparently means pants-on-head retarded IT lackeys who still cant grasp the concept of Xwindows, or GUIs, they would not survive in the Linux world I dwell in...muahahaha...
aunjar
about 1 year ago
14 comments
I think the article points to how broad the technology industry is. There are sooo many fields that one can enter. On one hand this is great becuase there exist a field for just about anyone to enter and flourish.
But on the other hand, this is what makes the tech industry so confusing, it can be a bit over whelming for newbies.
skibopile
about 1 year ago
2 comments
i am very much interested in the it path career it is a great path. i like mostly the software development programme . in which you sit down put together packages of logical commands to develop a full intergrated programme
eksodystech
about 1 year ago
4 comments
I agree with UnkieBo . Location has alot to do with you landing the perfect IT job. I'm smack dab in the middle of a college town so its harder for me to find a IT job since everyone around here just happen to be fellow techies.
cabledog
about 1 year ago
2 comments
I am looking for a job as a data,phone,and coax cable installer.all the links I find lead me to PC repair or programing jobs.I have no experience in these fields. What should I enter in my job search to locate installer positions. Thanks, Michael Bruckhart michaelbruckhart@yahoo.com
rdquintas
about 1 year ago
2 comments
I think this graphic is misleading.
The fact that you change category doesn't necessarily mean you need or have more experience.
That is ridiculous.
I'm a software developer and work as a freelancer.
I have more than 10 years of experience on this area and I don't plan to "climb the ladder" of
developer > administrator > IT manager > etc...
Why ?
Because I prefer to be really experienced on what I do.
The market pays for that.
Right now I earn much more than any (permanent) IT manager or CIO.
Besides, when I close my computer I usualy don't bring work home.
It's really "unplug and play". ;o)
... go and tell that to an IT manager.
An IT manager is not more experienced than a software developer.
It just has a different set of skills.
An IT manager doesn't necessarily earn more than a software developer.
At the end, it all depends if you like what you do - then try to be the best in what you do.
Be the most experienced with your skils.
Don't worry too much with the next step.
...and if one day you decide or have the oportunity to try that next step... believe me, you will
start it with NO experience at all.
/Ricardo Quintas
narg
about 1 year ago
46 comments
This article shows how more and more IT work is becoming highly specialized. The need for true IT generalists still exist, but these roles are more often being filled by people who don't have the real broad range skills of a generalist.
Andy90
about 1 year ago
6 comments
You gotta be kidding me. The C-level people are the people with the highest levels of education and experience? Experience of what, exactly? Most of those fossils are still struggling to grasp Windows Explorer, let alone server clouds and application frameworks. Education? The majority of people entering IT these days have Master's degrees, and in a decade or so many entrants will probably have have to have PhDs. Many C-level IT people entered the field when even a Bachelor's was seen as over-educated.
As a consultant, I've worked in literally hundreds of places, and the only thing C-level people - and to a lesser extent their subordinate managers - are distinguished in is childishness and instability.
richzee
about 1 year ago
4 comments
I did not find this useful at all. In my previous role, I worked as part of a help desk, but not a typical help desk. All of the staff was very well versed in anything from installation and troubleshooting to project management and infrastructure. Where would people like this fit into the market today? I just don't believe that technology careers are as cut and dry as it is displayed here in the article. As a manager, I look for people to be well versed in multiple areas. Even just starting out, having a broad range of skills vs. a specialty is extremely helpful to both manager and employee.