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Even a decade ago I heard Jr Linux Admins -- 20 year olds -- who dropped out of college talking about how the juice wasn't worth the squeeze. Like, they live a
by red-iron-pine 3y ago
Even a decade ago I heard Jr Linux Admins -- 20 year olds -- who dropped out of college talking about how the juice wasn't worth the squeeze.
Like, they live around Northern VA, get a job working in a data center, snag a couple of certs, and then run with it. Maybe get an Associate's at the NVCC or via online orgs like U-MD.
Having done hiring in that demographic there was definitely a difference in the Jr Admin population who had real 4-year brick-and-mortar school degrees vs. those without, but I wouldn't be surprised to see that trend decreasing.
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- alistairSH 3y agoMy son roughly falls in the "dropped out, career in IT" category, but I doubt he'd ever claim the juice (college) wasn't worth the squeeze. He just wasn't ready for higher ed at age 18. He did eventually complete a stack of certs and an AAS but he'd be the first to admit he shouldn't have stuck it out. A few things, based on his experience... it took time to get into IT - instead of going to college, he was working low-wage PT jobs. The starting salary was low. It's not like he just dropped out and fell into a six-figure career (which might have been possible 20 years ago, when IT-savvy early career folks weren't as common).