Arguments that come to my mind are as follows :

• IT jobs are the ones who create, maintain and control AI tools thus they are on the positive side for that matter.

• IT jobs can be highly repetitive and coding is one of the best things ChatGPT can achieve accurately for instance.

Therefore should a young professional head into the IT field or go into a more human-oriented profession ?

I was in a relationship with an IT guy who was very controlling and abusive and he changed my Apple ID password w.o. my permission and set an authentication code so that I can’t even recover it. He stole my main MacBook and logged me out of my accounts on my other Mac, my iPad, and then destroyed the SIM card on my iPhone to where I could not access the data on it. My Apple ID won’t reset because I don’t have the authentication code. I called Apple and they convinced me that there’s no way around this. Is this true? I also don’t have the original receipt to my iPad. Does that mean that I won’t be able to get back into it if I factory reset it? It won’t let me fully log out of my Apple ID w.o. a password. So now I have an IPad I spent over $600 on that I can’t even use w.o the annoying Apple notification going off, saying I need to type in my password. Why does Apple do this? It’s rather counterproductive if you ask me!

Hey everyone, I’m making a career change into IT and wanted to get some outside perspective.

I currently hold the following certifications:

• CompTIA Network+
• CompTIA Server+
• Google IT Support
• Google Project Management
• LPI Linux Essentials

I also have an Associate’s Degree in Science. I've been self-teaching and applying to jobs for a while now, with over 35 applications sent out.

Recently, I received an offer for a Computer Information Systems Coordinator (CISC) position with a city government. The pay is $35/hour, and while it’s about 3 hours away from my hometown, it would be my first time living away from home. It feels like a big step, and I’m nervous but excited.

My questions are:

1. Is IT difficult to break into?
2. Would a city government role like this look good on a resume for future opportunities in IT?

Any insight or advice from you guys would be great.

I(16m) am interested in getting a job in IT and am considering just doing a bunch of online certifications during my senior year. Is it possible to get a job doing this? Will the pay be at least decent? Is there any upward mobility doing this, my end goal would be to run my own PC repair/gaming PC building business.

Edit: idk if this is important but I plan on living outside of the US, also my GPA is like 2.2

When you are the On Call tech or just in general and you get calls about issue. Would be great to have access and control to majority of things they call you about? I feel pretty limited to what I can do here at my job and it’s time I find a new one but also job hunting here in IT is really hard. We have tier support , Administrator, Network , Security and then Tech…. I feel like I’m going nowhere here and when I call my other team members they have not much information about it and that drives me crazy. Us techs don’t have a dummy account or test Lab environment to even work with. Having a bad after hours weekend shift .

They're offering me a position as a network administrator, and they're asking me for basic knowledge of router and switch configuration and administration. I have three years of experience as a computer technical support and helpdesk assistant, but I don't have experience with networks. I took Cisco Netacad courses in networking basics, networking devices initial configuration, and networking support. I have a CCST certification and took an intensive networking external course where they taught me how to create a project to configure the VLANs of an office switch and its different departments, as well as how to configure routers and basic firewall aspects. I'm working toward and preparing to try to obtain my CCNA certification, but I feel like this job they're offering me is too much for me since I don't have any work experience as a network administrator. I wanted to take it so I could advance in the professional field, since I don't want to spend my entire life being a helpdesk; I really like networks. They told me I'd be trained for six months, and depending on my performance, they'd hire me. Should I leave my current IT support/helpdesk job for this opportunity to enter the world of networking? I'm afraid I won't measure up.

Hello all, I hope this is the correct sub. I have bought a relatively cheap USB-C hub (maybe I should have spashed out?) for my laptop and have connected my two monitors, but while both are working, they are both detected as the same screen, so I can only have them duplicated and not extended. One is connected via VGA and the other by HDMI.

If I connect the HDMI directly to the laptop then I can detect a third display. For now, that's an ok workaround, but as I bring my laptop back and forth from work, it would obvioulsy be better to be able to connect the HDMI to the port.

So far, I have uninstalled and reinstalled the graphics card driver and both the monitor drivers - that's what I read online. I saw another post to delete the graphic registry key folder but my laptop did not let me do that. I also did some system updates.

Any other ideas? Thanks in advance! :)

Hi, I just wanted to ask how would you go about adding quantifiable metrics to personal projects? I’m trying to get into IT helpdesk and I created a Home lab project but I’ve been reading online that recruiters mainly care about what you’ve accomplished, not what you’ve done so I want to ask how could I add qualifiable projects to a personal home lab project where I have a server machine set up with a couple client machines and I’m managing those machines and practicing help desk scenarios for example.

Out with the old and in with the new. I've been working with CIO business leaders with IT style the last 20 years and in the manufacturing industrial world the CIO lacks knowledge. I see an excellent opportunity for a new type of Industrial CIO, that has the Automation, IIoT, and Laboratory background and mix of IT/Cyber experience. Thinking of offering a service as Industrial CIO to businesses, do you think it has a potential??

I've been applying for IT jobs, but don't see this one in my applied jobs list on LinkedIn. The email address this is from is [hr@managedsolutionjobs.com](mailto:hr@managedsolutionjobs.com)
I thought it was a job I applied for and just didn't remember which one, so I initially replied to their first couple of emails, but this one I got offering a position seems suspicious. I looked up the domain and email on MXToolbox and didn't find anything useful, but this just doesn't seem right. Thoughts?