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What's an IT profession that is realistically possible to self-study for and become proficient enough in to get employed within a year? (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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By employed I mean get a job in the industry either offline or online. Ideally something that would highly likely remain in-demand in the near future.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. So is your advice to, basically, study networking?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Not only networking unless you just wanna be a network admin. But networking is one of the most important components, you need the basics to be a good sys admin regardless.

Understand IP addressing, subnets, DHCP, DNS, OSI model, basics of packet anatomy, basics of routing and switching.

Have a solid understanding of those things plus a few other networking subjects, you'll be able to troubleshoot really well. Don't be the sys admin who barely understands IP addressing, I've known that person...not good.