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What direction to go in IT

  • 15-10-2014 8:57am
    #1
    icanmunch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 156 ✭✭


    Hi guys,

    I have been working in a help desk role for the last year and have learnt alot so far. I dont think there is much room for salary increase so I want to change the path I am going in. I want to do whatever exams I need and then start job hunting again. I was thinking of doing a few microsoft exams in office 365 or virtual environments. That was just idea but I really dont know if there is any better topics to study in order to increase my chances of getting a well paying job? Some people are telling me to look into data basing, others are saying it security so im confused on what would be the most benifical!


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  • #2
    batman400
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭batman400


    Safest bets and most future prevalent would be the following areas / routes.

    Networking - You will need a cisco certification
    Business Intelligence - You could for example learn some SQL, and Oracle databases, get a starter job in a DB role and have the company pay for you to get certified.
    Programming for the web - AngularJS (javascript), MVC, .Net, PHP, Ruby etc

    All the best!


  • #3
    Mr. Loverman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭Mr. Loverman


    This question comes up every week.

    A. What do you want to do
    B. What are you good at

    Picking a random career direction based on a strangers advice is not a good idea.


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