{"id":368,"date":"2020-10-01T21:13:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T01:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sysadminshow.com\/?p=368"},"modified":"2021-06-02T22:33:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T02:33:29","slug":"sas049","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sysadminshow.com\/sas049\/","title":{"rendered":"SAS 049 &#8211; IT Career Options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>IT Support<\/strong><ul><li>Call Center<\/li><li>Corporate Help Desk<\/li><li>Sole Proprietor<\/li><li>MSP<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Storage Admin<\/strong><ul><li>EMC\/DELL<\/li><li>NetAPP<\/li><li>3PAR<\/li><li>Nutanix<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Database Admin<\/strong><ul><li>MSSQL<\/li><li>Oracle<\/li><li>MySQL<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Networking Admin<\/strong><ul><li>Cisco\/HPE\/Juniper\/Palo Alto, Fortinet<\/li><li>ISP, Corporate, Consultant<\/li><li>AWS, Azure<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Developer<\/strong><ul><li>Traditional Apps<\/li><li>Mobile Apps<\/li><li>Web Apps<\/li><li>DevOps<\/li><li>SecOps<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Cyber Security<\/strong><ul><li>PEN Testing<\/li><li>Log Review\/Maintenance<\/li><li>Design\/Architecture<\/li><li>Risk Management\/Business Continuity<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Architect\/Sales Engineer<\/strong><ul><li>Years of experience<\/li><li>Deep product knowledge<\/li><li>Good interpersonal skills<\/li><li>Partially a sales role<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>IT Management<\/strong><ul><li>IT Manager<ul><li>One Segment<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>IT Director<ul><li>Multiple business segments<\/li><li>Day to day operations<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>CIO<ul><li>Strategy and leadership<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>IT Project Management<\/strong><ul><li>Internal<\/li><li>VAR<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Education<\/strong><ul><li>Blogging<\/li><li>YouTube<\/li><li>Podcasting<\/li><li>Classroom<\/li><li>One on one<\/li><li>Books<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Final Thoughts<\/strong><ul><li>Think about the kind of work you really want to do<\/li><li>Make a plan for how to get there<ul><li>Look at LinkedIN profiles for others with that job<\/li><li>Start somewhere<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Music by Ian Mayzak<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Podcast edited by Jesse Rutledge<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9163\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-368-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/sysadminshow.com\/wp-content\/audio\/SAS_049_-_IT_Career_Options.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/sysadminshow.com\/wp-content\/audio\/SAS_049_-_IT_Career_Options.mp3\">https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/sysadminshow.com\/wp-content\/audio\/SAS_049_-_IT_Career_Options.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/sysadminshow.com\/wp-content\/audio\/SAS_049_-_IT_Career_Options.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sysadminshow.com\/?powerpress_pinw=368-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/sysadminshow.com\/wp-content\/audio\/SAS_049_-_IT_Career_Options.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"SAS_049_-_IT_Career_Options.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('368-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_368-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_368-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; 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