| the decision to pursue a computer career is a great | | | | class and I just knew that's what I wanted to do. |
| choice. I can vouch for that personally -it's the most | | | | Here's the key - don't select a field just because it's |
| important career decision I have ever made. Having | | | | considered "hot". There was a particular technology |
| said that, I know from experience that it can be hard | | | | that was hot when I attended school, and you could |
| to decide which computer job to pursue! Many of | | | | make a million dollars a week, etc. I took a class in |
| you are attending or thinking of attending a tech | | | | that technology and it just didn't grab me, so I |
| school such as ITT Tech or ECPI, and once you get | | | | moved to a networking class and the rest is history. |
| started you may be overwhelmed at the number of | | | | I'm not saying every day on any job is going to be |
| fields you can enter from there. | | | | fun, but I will say that if you gotta work, you might |
| Should you specialize in Microsoft networking | | | | as well enjoy it. When attending a computer school, |
| software, or email programs, or Novell, or Cisco, or | | | | take a wide variety of classes and find out what you |
| Linux, or network security, or voice over IP, orÂ….? | | | | really enjoy doing. Once you figure that out, let |
| The list goes on and on. I faced a similar decision | | | | nothing stand in your way, get as much hands-on |
| when I attended a computer school. I took some | | | | training as you can, and you're well on your way to a |
| programming classes, and while they helped me | | | | satisfying information technology career. Besides, |
| understand computer logic, it just wasn't what I | | | | when you do what you love, the money always |
| wanted to do for a living. Then I took a networking | | | | follows. |