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

Credits:

Music by Ian Mayzak

Podcast edited by Jesse Rutledge