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Joey

Joey

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Jun 14, 2020
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I'm having this slight glimmer of hope within me and I know this probably sounds corny as hell...haha

I have no experience in IT at all and I'm not even in college. I do know that the way the world is, it's never too late to change my life around.

The hardest part is always the beginning because you don't know what to do. I literally have to throw myself in the fire to burn. I have to burn in order to learn.

Anyone that works in technological fields, have good advice for me on how to start, in the absolute beginning?

Thank you.
 
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Sensei

Sensei

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Nov 4, 2019
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I don't work in a technological field, but I did study a little bit of computer science in college and I've dabbled in web design, so I have a word of advice for you and that is to be persistent. You need to keep programming until you get over the "threshold of understanding", i.e. when you understand how programming really works or its "nature". It's a bit like learning a new language, really. You won't become proficient before you start thinking in the other language instead of your own. In short, keep programming until you get over the threshold. and don't give up.
 
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I used to work in a IT call centre (there were only 12 of us) for a large pharmaceutical organization, if you've ever seen 'The IT Crowd' it's exactly like that. The pay was good (£30k/yr plus benefits) but it was soul crushing to the point where I started to poke around in the 2nd line queue and solve their issues. My manager didn't like that lol. I got a month training and basically watched my future colleagues fix the same 10 issues, then escalate to 2nd line if it was a database issue or engineering for hardware. Suuper easy even for non-tech savvy. Hopefully the place gives training and you'll be fine, it's honestly mostly
"Did you turn it off and on again"
"Yes"
"Did the screen go black and the button went orange?"
"No I turned it off by the screen"
"Right, yeah that's not the computer, the computer is a box under the desk"
"Oh yeah! I see it!"
"Right, hold the button down (in my head: jesus fucking christ every time)"
"Okay it's saying stuff on the screen now"
"Yup. It will do, just give it a couple mins"
and so on and so forth lol
 
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I used to work in a IT call centre (there were only 12 of us) for a large pharmaceutical organization, if you've ever seen 'The IT Crowd' it's exactly like that. The pay was good (£30k/yr plus benefits) but it was soul crushing to the point where I started to poke around in the 2nd line queue and solve their issues. My manager didn't like that lol. I got a month training and basically watched my future colleagues fix the same 10 issues, then escalate to 2nd line if it was a database issue or engineering for hardware. Suuper easy even for non-tech savvy. Hopefully the place gives training and you'll be fine, it's honestly mostly
"Did you turn it off and on again"
"Yes"
"Did the screen go black and the button went orange?"
"No I turned it off by the screen"
"Right, yeah that's not the computer, the computer is a box under the desk"
"Oh yeah! I see it!"
"Right, hold the button down (in my head: jesus fucking christ every time)"
"Okay it's saying stuff on the screen now"
"Yup. It will do, just give it a couple mins"
and so on and so forth lol
I'm actually kind of excited now actually! I need a major change in my life. :p
 
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bunny

bunny

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on the same boat as you, op. good luck with everything.
 

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