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This is a question concerning career advice, originating from a NEET.
I've escalated from 2 1/2 years of sitting at home and hating myself. I've got a job at a call center, making ~$12 an hour and now I want to go back to school. I'm trying to figure out how to do this, because I have already dropped out and have a student loan.
I took a single semester, passed the singular class I took, but was not able to fill out my FAFSA for the next term due to my mother being incapacitated. I couldn't fill it out without my mothers tax information. I have my eye on Saint Petersburg College in Florida. (Since one of the campuses are local to me) I'm looking to get into systems administration, and I want to know if I can go back to school (part time, so I can also go to work to pay off any debts) and if so, how would I even begin to go about it?
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Is "Bachelor of Applied Science in Technology Development and Management" even a valid degree? It sounds like they had to rename it to something bizzare because it doesn't follow any regional requirements for just "BaS in Systems Administration" or "BaS in Software Development"
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I'm not above bumping this until I get a response.
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I spoke to the head of IT at my job to try to get an idea of what he would personally be looking for if I want to be hired, and he said experience was key, and degree came secondary.
Should I start creating sandbox environments for demonstration purposes? I am aware of individuals building blogs to demonstrate proofs of concept.
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Bump. Why am I not getting any responses?
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Sys admin jobs don't go to people without experience in IT. They just don't. One big fuckup in sys admin can be all it takes to sink a company. For this reason, companies pretty much never hand the keys to anyone with less than a decade of experience in IT.
>Should I start creating...?
Yes. You should always be creating, and you should finish at least half of the things you start, and should document things you finish on an online portfolio for prospective employers to look through. All this falls under the heading of, "building credibility."
Beyond that, I don't have much advice to give, but there's tons for you to get, if you Google for it. Look for people telling their stories about how they broke into the industry. It will help you get a sense for the time scale you should expect things to happen at.
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