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IT support. I've had 2 jobs in this industry, one was a glorified call center and the other one was in house IT team. I've handed in my notice and this is my final week.
I didn't have any plan for what to do when I quit other than to "try and find what I enjoy" but I don't really have any passions. I don't really enjoy IT support. I'm in the process of setting up a dropshipping website, I've started writing an ebook and I'm about halfway through.
I've just had a recruiter call me about another desktop support position in the center of London for an asset management company. Now this might be a fantastic position, but I also am doubtful of whether I enjoy this career, in fact I would say I don't like it at all.
Is it worth taking this job since I have no idea what else I want to do, and all my experience is in this industry? I currently live at home and have been able to save, moving would mean rent etc which is fine, but what if I hate it? I have about £26k saved at the moment, mostly in index ETFs
help me /biz/
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Try it, you're climbing the ladder without noticing.
Every IT job starts at the help desk don't fret
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>>1944833
In all seriousness I did something similar (leave my job to pursue my passion) and am now experiencing more or less the the same thing but my job revolved around customer service (being treated like dogshit) It sounds like you have a few things you're currently doing but it depends on how passionate you are to pursue them imo. I'm at a crossroads where my investments are going to take some time until I see the fruits of my labor and I've made my peace with it. If you're not hurting for money I'd take the time to go on a small vacation not too far out of town and clear your head. See what next step feels best to you. I'm just waking up so this I know all this I typed out sounds like ass.
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>>1944947
>>1944953
thanks for your replies. I guess these are the two options I can do, either take some time off and work on personal projects and see how they go, or jump into another position and carry on working my way up. I guess I can take a few months out and if they ask why just tell them working on personal projects, I guess a dropshipping website, stock trading and writing are all valid experience to say if asked
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>>1944947
>Every IT job starts at the help desk don't fret
No they don't, not nowadays anyways. IT helpdesks are the jobs where the ones without skill/ambition go to wither. The ones who will succeed in live become programmers / specialists / managers and keep developing their skills to make it.
IT/Software is a hard and often unrewarding business. But If you're good, it can really pay off.
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>>1944947
Nah man comp sci majors want coding jobs, the losers end up at geek squad type positions
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>>1945009
What else is there to specialise other than coding? I was thinking networking but it's complex as fuck ;[
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I graduated with a bachelors degree in IT science and applied for a support engineer job, liking it so far but I'm planning on quiting after I made enough to do a world trip
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>>1945054
It is complex, even more so if you go for certs that are brand-specific, like Cisco. But really all it is a ton of fucking study, trial and error, and taking the cert tests fully knowing you're going to fail the first and second time.
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>>1945054
No it's not. Just learn the basic OSI and understand how routing works an youre pretty much set. The issue here is that with Architecture As Code becoming the thing, you really need to understand some level of programming to deal with modern networking solutions.
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>>1945018
He wasn't talking about coders.
IT is an extremely broad field with lots of high paying positions.
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