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Systems admin/Networking careers

  • 06-05-2012 04:59PM
    #1
    Elessar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,260 ✭✭✭


    I'm not sure where else to put this but hopefully a few of you could help me out.

    I work full time in a completely non-tech related field that I am not entirely happy in and in the next year or so I am considering going back to education and learning about and working in a sys admin/networking role.

    First of all, is this possible without going to college full time for a degree? A route that I have seen into this is CompTIA A+ / CompTIA Network+ then the MCITP - Server Admin cert. Would this be a good way? A benefit for me would be that I can do those courses part time.

    Would I be able to get a job in this area with the above certs under my belt? I.e. Is there something else I should ideally have (apart from a Bsc/BA), or would the CompTIA Network+ and/or the MCITP be (generally speaking) sufficient?

    Really, are there jobs out there for network admins? Is there a demand? From what I can see at least, most of the in demand IT skills at the moment are software based, I haven't seen a lot of job adds for network/sys admins, but that's only from a few searches on the job sites.

    Any help would be appreciated!

    EDIT: Sorry mods please delete this thread it is in the wrong forum.


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