I LOVE this article! My advice to anyone listening to me has always been "Make it happen for yourself because no one else is looking out for you!" My nephew threatens to put this in my eulogy.
Don't have the so-called experience? Nonsense! I participated in too-many-to-count technology working groups (remote, online) with some of the most notable in the security and tech industries and literally worked for FREE to get the experience I was after. (DO the research... working groups really are a "thing".)
And formal education? Not to toot my own trumpet, but I obtained 19 certifications and/or designations and/or licenses over a period of 19 years (and this was aside from the standard, company internal job training). And they are some pretty scary acronyms; PMP, CBAP, Service Now, TOGAF, ITIL v3 and v4, CSM, Oracle DBA, Agile, etc., and was studying for CISSP until job elimination. And my grandest feat of all was teaching myself Python and Git and AWS Cloud tools because the team I was working with as a "Requirements Analyst" used these tools. I wanted to do the developer work and so I just injected myself. Like I said, make it happen!
I am just sharing this so that anyone out there who is suffocating in a going-nowhere-job with inept leadership or who feels hopeless about wanting to pivot and change and hustle and grow, have some faith in yourself because you can make it happen. Be resourceful!
My entire IT career of 36 years was spent
With the same company. Ugh!, don't do that.
There is a point of diminishing return haha.
Anyone besides me doing the math?
36 minus 19 equals 17! Like Dierks, I have have to ask myself "What was I thinkin'?".
I LOVE this article! My advice to anyone listening to me has always been "Make it happen for yourself because no one else is looking out for you!" My nephew threatens to put this in my eulogy.
Don't have the so-called experience? Nonsense! I participated in too-many-to-count technology working groups (remote, online) with some of the most notable in the security and tech industries and literally worked for FREE to get the experience I was after. (DO the research... working groups really are a "thing".)
And formal education? Not to toot my own trumpet, but I obtained 19 certifications and/or designations and/or licenses over a period of 19 years (and this was aside from the standard, company internal job training). And they are some pretty scary acronyms; PMP, CBAP, Service Now, TOGAF, ITIL v3 and v4, CSM, Oracle DBA, Agile, etc., and was studying for CISSP until job elimination. And my grandest feat of all was teaching myself Python and Git and AWS Cloud tools because the team I was working with as a "Requirements Analyst" used these tools. I wanted to do the developer work and so I just injected myself. Like I said, make it happen!
I am just sharing this so that anyone out there who is suffocating in a going-nowhere-job with inept leadership or who feels hopeless about wanting to pivot and change and hustle and grow, have some faith in yourself because you can make it happen. Be resourceful!
My entire IT career of 36 years was spent
With the same company. Ugh!, don't do that.
There is a point of diminishing return haha.
Anyone besides me doing the math?
36 minus 19 equals 17! Like Dierks, I have have to ask myself "What was I thinkin'?".
I don't have an answer.
What a wonderful example of success created through your own self motivation. Really impressive and inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing.
Hey! I play banjo in rabbit dog. Thanks for listening and shouting us out.
It's a great record - Congratulations!