Tips on shifting career to IT

[chr0nic82]

Meron bang advantage ang pagiging ECE grad/licensed kung papasukin ang Networking? Mukang isa yan sa mga magiging tanong pag sa interview eh, preparing lang. Maraming salamat sa mga sasagot.

[igzy]

Meron bang advantage ang pagiging ECE grad/licensed kung papasukin ang Networking? Mukang isa yan sa mga magiging tanong pag sa interview eh, preparing lang. Maraming salamat sa mga sasagot.

Possible sa Accenture. Sa Cisco position nila.

[katkat090808]

nakuuu ok sana ang exam at interview sa accenture madali lang pero after 2mos. i failed in the bootcamp training as Software Testers. ECE po ako at walang kaalam alam sa prog lang. any companies out there na katulad ni accenture na madali lang exam pero nagpprovide ng bootcamp? gagalingan ko na po sa training ko para hindi na ko bumagsak.

[popoycanton]

kamusta na mga 30ish career shifters to IT, meron na ba success story? parang ang hirap maghanap ng company willing to accept shifters for training.

[zeroneux]

I too would like to shift my career into an IT field more specifically in Networking. I am currently on my early 30's and an ECE graduate but unfortunately set the wrong foot to another field (Human Resources).

How did I get to this field? Maybe I had this mistake of letting fate drag me to where I should go instead of me dictating my own fate. After graduation, I was hired in one of the premier manufacturing industry as an Engineer and stayed there for a year. I felt bored due to the routinary type of job, not to mention the 4-2 shifting schedules while working for 12 hours a day. I turned to academe where I teach Engineering subjects, I stayed there for 5 semesters. I then decided to accept a job in an Overseas Recruitment agency as an IT Officer where I am in charge of creating databases using MS Access for different departments, provides assistance in PC Hardware and Software troubleshooting and maintenance and basic networking. After 3 years I was asked by the management if I could take a position in the recruitment where they gave me an increase in my salary of which I gladly accepted. After another 2 years I left the company as I cannot see any growth in my career. I was hired then as a Call Center Agent but felt like the job's not for me and left after 2 months. I was then contacted by an Oil & Gas Construction Company for a Human Resource job and that's where I am today.

Few months ago, I had this uncomfortable feeling as I felt that I do not value my job anymore. It was more fun for me way back when I was still an IT guy. This made me decide to undergo training in the networking field. And now, I felt very much serious about this. I would like to be in the networking field for the rest of my career.

I was hoping that after my training, I get this chance to shift my career in the networking field. In God's will.

[jayc333]

@zeroneux saan ka po nag training i would like to undergo trainings po sana as well..

[albertos]

Possible sa Accenture. Sa Cisco position nila.

yes, with a possiblity but i would like to contest the possibility.
I am an ECE grad also, even non-ECE are also getting the cisco position even chemichal engineers as long as you are good.
If you want to build a career in IT forget about your pride of being licensed ECE, you will going to eat that when you enter IT. ECE license don't matter in IT. Mostly of my officemates are license but they did not renew theirs because it is useless.

[albertos]

I too would like to shift my career into an IT field more specifically in Networking. I am currently on my early 30's and an ECE graduate but unfortunately set the wrong foot to another field (Human Resources).

How did I get to this field? Maybe I had this mistake of letting fate drag me to where I should go instead of me dictating my own fate. After graduation, I was hired in one of the premier manufacturing industry as an Engineer and stayed there for a year. I felt bored due to the routinary type of job, not to mention the 4-2 shifting schedules while working for 12 hours a day. I turned to academe where I teach Engineering subjects, I stayed there for 5 semesters. I then decided to accept a job in an Overseas Recruitment agency as an IT Officer where I am in charge of creating databases using MS Access for different departments, provides assistance in PC Hardware and Software troubleshooting and maintenance and basic networking. After 3 years I was asked by the management if I could take a position in the recruitment where they gave me an increase in my salary of which I gladly accepted. After another 2 years I left the company as I cannot see any growth in my career. I was hired then as a Call Center Agent but felt like the job's not for me and left after 2 months. I was then contacted by an Oil & Gas Construction Company for a Human Resource job and that's where I am today.

Few months ago, I had this uncomfortable feeling as I felt that I do not value my job anymore. It was more fun for me way back when I was still an IT guy. This made me decide to undergo training in the networking field. And now, I felt very much serious about this. I would like to be in the networking field for the rest of my career.

I was hoping that after my training, I get this chance to shift my career in the networking field. In God's will.

The best of luck to you. Just show your passion and in time you can have that IT position.
Be careful also with the use of the word "passion". Passion means "actively" pursuing your ambition and not "passively". Actively means doing something even without others tell you to do it example are hobbies. Let me site an example here is an example sentence, I hope you could get the idea -- "One of my hobby is stocks trading, I research, read news and do my own forecast even without others telling me to do so, I also do things for stocks plainly because I want to do it. During some free time I converse with fellow stocks traders" Now that is passion.
I hope that piece of advise help you, some managers can ask you that.
cheers.

[albertos]

Hello I'm new here sa Pex. Sa kaka-search ko sa web, I found this very useful topic and did some backreading. I'm also planning to shift to an IT career.

Kaso, I'm already in my 30's. I already graduated years ago from a Science course and have been working in a company. I felt bored and unfulfilled in my job so I decided to shift to an IT career.

I think I went about it the wrong way. Nagsisisi ako kasi instead of taking short IT courses, I went back to college to study Comp Eng.
Now, I regret my decision. I could've gotten a headstart on an IT career without spending more years in college. I'm graduating this March.

Tanong ko lang po, ano ang job prospects sa IT para sa katulad ko na may edad na?

I think may talent naman ako sa programming at steep ang learning curve ko. I have the logical/analytical thinking skills and the IQ needed for programming. On the other hand, iniisip ko na sa networking ako na field. Balak ko nga sana mag-aral ng Cisco at kumuha ng Cisco certs. Pero mukhang mas mahirap ata mag-break into the netwroking niche kasi most positions need experience and not just certs. Like what the following poster said:

Quote:
Originally Posted by AAA2010
How come i haven't heard much about I.T.-Networking here?


There's a lot of rave as far as programming is concerned especially JAVA and SAP but i haven't read anyone showing interest about Networking.


Is it because Networking is not in demand or probably doesn't pay that much?
i think it's because it's more difficult to train and gain experience in Networking so many of the career shifters opt for the easiest path.


Based on my age and non-IT experience, would you advise me to go into programming? or networking? Or is it totally late for me, either way?

Iniisip ko, I could choose programming. That way, if no company would hire me, I could work as a freelance programmer (meron bang freelance network admin?). Or is it naive to think that I could make a living doing freelance jobs?

I have the passion and interest for this field, I'm willing to work hard, and I really don't mind having an entry-level position. I just wanna get a foot in the IT door if given the chance.

I appreciate if there's anyone here who could give me any advice. I'm getting this gnawing feeling that I made the wrong decisions along the way and I'm always second-guessing myself.

Please don't be afraid to give me a frank assessment of my situation.

Thanks in advance!

Cisco Networking is a bit a mainstream nowadays. Almost all schools offering IT/engineering courses have Cisco on their curriculum. If you really want to enter in this field you need an experience OR spot that chance of companies when they are hiring fresh grad for a networking position OR get CISCO certifications. While waiting for the chance you can try other job somewhat related to Networking like Linux/Unix system administrator ( some networking position require you to have skills in shell scripting ) then go back to Networking then certainly they will hire you. The Unix/Linux-Cisco combo is IMBA.!! hehe

[zeroneux]

The best of luck to you. Just show your passion and in time you can have that IT position.
Be careful also with the use of the word "passion". Passion means "actively" pursuing your ambition and not "passively". Actively means doing something even without others tell you to do it example are hobbies. Let me site an example here is an example sentence, I hope you could get the idea -- "One of my hobby is stocks trading, I research, read news and do my own forecast even without others telling me to do so, I also do things for stocks plainly because I want to do it. During some free time I converse with fellow stocks traders" Now that is passion.
I hope that piece of advise help you, some managers can ask you that.
cheers.

thanks for your advise sir. i can bet you're one of the networking professionals. am i right?

[zeroneux]

@zeroneux saan ka po nag training i would like to undergo trainings po sana as well..

as much as i would like to tell you, i can't yet.. better do some researches first. i don't want to be blamed should the outcome of your training don't come into fruition.

[weew]

gusto ko rin magshift ng career, i've been working 4yrs in a bank, pero resigned na ko, looking for an IT related work particularly networking. Kaso i dont have background sa pc troubleshooting, pero masaya ko pag ako nag aayos ng pc b4 sa office namen. Banking & finance pala course ko. Is there any trainings for networking job?

[rstawid]

for shifters to IT you can take ITDC program of UP Diliman, it's a one yr certificate in IT program.

[fadeawayprodigy]

Hello guys. I'm a fresh IT graduate a former nursing student and it is true na sobrang daming opportunities for ITs ngayun saka malaki din talaga ang sweldo. Advice ko lang sa inyo mag specialized kayo sa isang IT field. Dun kase sa Alma Mater ko 3 Majors pede mo pagpilian either Software Engineering(developing applications, systems this is my Major), Networking or Multimedia(in our school more on Designs, rendering, Video editing etc.).

Saka hinde din madali ang pagiging IT akala ko nung mag i-IT ako dahil mahilig ako maglaro ng computer games saka babad lage ako sa harap ng computer yun pala puro programming at Flow charts, algorithms na minsan talaga nakakafrustrate at nakakasakit ng ulo well para sakin kase hinde naman ako magaling mag program.

Another thing to remember is dapat marami kang alam na programming languages mula sa basic HTML, CSS, saka mga PHP, VB, C#, C++ etc at dapat maka "master: ka ng one or two programming languages. Saka marami paring mga lumalabas na bagong programming languages every now and then tapos dapat marunong ka din sa mga Database (eto one of my weakness). Based on my own experience i-guguide ka lang ng mga teachers pero ikaw mismo dapat talaga may initiative para "Masterin" ang mga programming languages nato. Dapat din talaga gusto mo at may tiyaga ka mag search sa mga debugging errors. basta magegets nyo din yan hehe

Truth be told I am not very good in programming but I was hired in my current company because I am an IT grad that gives me an edge to the other applicants for a job that requires minimal IT skills.

I truly believe na kaya talaga maturuan sarili mo. Kase ako mas marami ako natutunan sa bilang IT nakuha ko lang sa sariling sikap at hinde sa school. Marami na din naman nagpost ng mga links kagaya ng w3schools.com saka yung iba pede mo isearch sa google. I have a former classmate who dropped out of school and directly went to the IT field and is a much much better programmer than I am today. I say if you really really want it then go for it! Kanya kanya lang diskarte yan hehe advantage din kung merun kayong mentor

Mga possible jobs for IT: Web Designer, Programmer, Graphic and Web Design Artist, Mobile Apps Developer, Quality Tester, IT head dami pa possibilities are endless.

Good Luck mga sir!

[weew]

may IT trainee po ba? networking, system administrator? puro programmer trainee nakikita ko..

[Annunaki]

Ano kaya ang marerecommend nyong books na related sa programming, balak ko kasi magshift ti IT specifically programming

[twyxted]

Hello everyone! This thread was really nice. Sa totoo lang, kahit papaano naiinggit ako sa inyong mga career shifters dahil madali kayo makakapag shift kahit papaano. Ako kasi college undergraduate at sa totoo lang, wala ko maiproprovide na credentials dahil luku-luko ako nung panahong nag-aaral ako sa AMA Main Campus. Pero kahit papaano, I've landed a job in Gaming Industry and worked there for almost 5 years and was able to achieved an Asst. Manager position to one of our game products pero wala na rin ako dun recently lang and now on the job hunt.

Hindi rin ako basta basta makakapag-apply for programming position dahil basic lang ang alam ko sa programming at karamihan ng alam ko na natutunan ko from my everyday experiences sa work ay mostly related sa network system.

Tanging pag-asa ko now eh yung Cisco Certified Network Associate fast track course (5 days) module 1 - 4 na i-tatake ko this coming October 8-12, 2012. Since meron pa naman ibang mga company na tumatanggap kahit papano ng CCNA Trained lang at hindi pa certified ng Cisco. $295 kasi ang certification exam at need ko pa mag-ipon.

Kung meron sa inyong naghahanap ng CCNA Bootcamp Training (5 Days), check nyo ang MNET-IT Training Solutions (www.facebook.com/mnetsolutions?ref=ts&fref=ts) (www.mnet-it.com/index.html). Yung CCNA Bootcamp nila eh walang pre-requisite at ang training is from Zero Knowledge. Mas mura din.

[samang]

ang ganda ng trend na to mga PEXers!!

salamat andami ko natutunan.

nurse kasi ako at hell, alam niyo namang lahat na walang trabaho ang nurse. 24 nako at gusto ko na ng matinong trabaho!!!

ang problema ko na lang, perang gagastusin pang-aral.

lagi ko ngang sinasabi dito sa bahay na gusto kong magIT kasi uunlad lang ng uunlad ang computer era. wala ng balikan to.. puros computer na tayo ngayon..

anu kaya maganda? short courses lang o *** 4 years ka ulet magaaral ng IT sa college??

[twyxted]

ang ganda ng trend na to mga PEXers!!

salamat andami ko natutunan.

nurse kasi ako at hell, alam niyo namang lahat na walang trabaho ang nurse. 24 nako at gusto ko na ng matinong trabaho!!!

ang problema ko na lang, perang gagastusin pang-aral.

lagi ko ngang sinasabi dito sa bahay na gusto kong magIT kasi uunlad lang ng uunlad ang computer era. wala ng balikan to.. puros computer na tayo ngayon..

anu kaya maganda? short courses lang o *** 4 years ka ulet magaaral ng IT sa college??

Just take the IT Short Courses that you want. Marami na nag-ooffer ng short courses na school like Mapua, UP, at Meralco Foundation (MFI). Mas mainam kung short courses kasi hands-on talaga unlike sa regular 4 years course since graduate ka na naman.

[samang]

Just take the IT Short Courses that you want. Marami na nag-ooffer ng short courses na school like Mapua, UP, at Meralco Foundation (MFI). Mas mainam kung short courses kasi hands-on talaga unlike sa regular 4 years course since graduate ka na naman.

salamat salamat!! *** sa UP eh sa Diliman dba? ayos malapit kami dun! pero *** training na yan eh 1 year dba? eh kumusta naman *** employment? kasi baka *** employer, mas pipiliin nila *** naka graduate ng 4 years ng IT..

bwisit kasi tong nursing sa panahon namin.. sayang na sayang oras ko