I live in a small town and used to work with a guy who was Microsoft Windows phone support at one point before they transferred the role to India. He wasn't a p

I live in a small town and used to work with a guy who was Microsoft Windows phone support at one point before they transferred the role to India. He wasn't a programmer. He wasn't an admin. He was phone help support as in "I can't get teh google to come up when I push the power button... pleaz help!". He has gotten the best job offers in the area including an interview for head of IT for the entire school district. He doesn't even have a college degree. He is good guy and I enjoyed working with him, but at the risk of sounding dismissive I didn't observe him to be very motivated nor a top level problem solver nor see that he possessed much high level knowledge. Point being... with people who don't know better the word "Microsoft" on a resume is a golden ticket and a guarantee that one is top caliber talent and highly knowledgeable. So there is that in your favor....