Mid-Career Career Path Dilemma - Help!
europop
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Hey all,
Long time lurker over the last decade, first time poster
After years in the wilderness being stuck in Desktop Support I finally broke out into 3rd line.
Specialization from here seems more important than ever. And a recent co-worker of mine reminded me of the importance of certs.
But what direction do I go from here? I had a CCNA many years ago and never got to use it. I have to say that I don't have a massive passion for a Networking-only career.
Storage? Seems to be big now. Again, interesting to me but not overriding everything else.
Windows stuff is interesting but it seems like being a Windows-generalist is a sure route to low money for the rest of your life.
SQL? I don't want to be a DBA.
Dev-Ops looks interesting because it rewards a number of different disciplines.
My huge problem is that I like variety a lot. But I need to specialize. I feel sometimes like just flipping a coin so I can choose an area of specialization.
Anyone ever have this problem or have any advice?
Long time lurker over the last decade, first time poster
After years in the wilderness being stuck in Desktop Support I finally broke out into 3rd line.
Specialization from here seems more important than ever. And a recent co-worker of mine reminded me of the importance of certs.
But what direction do I go from here? I had a CCNA many years ago and never got to use it. I have to say that I don't have a massive passion for a Networking-only career.
Storage? Seems to be big now. Again, interesting to me but not overriding everything else.
Windows stuff is interesting but it seems like being a Windows-generalist is a sure route to low money for the rest of your life.
SQL? I don't want to be a DBA.
Dev-Ops looks interesting because it rewards a number of different disciplines.
My huge problem is that I like variety a lot. But I need to specialize. I feel sometimes like just flipping a coin so I can choose an area of specialization.
Anyone ever have this problem or have any advice?
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chopsticks
Member Posts: 389
Go for Security. It's fun with variety.
http://www.techexams.net/forums/general-certification/98739-my-switch-ops-cybersecurity-certification-roadmap-2014-a.html -
europop
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Is a lot of it policy rather than technical stuff? Does one have to be a certain personality type to do security?
I've considered it but, again, it never had huge appeal for me.chopsticks wrote: »Go for Security. It's fun with variety.
http://www.techexams.net/forums/general-certification/98739-my-switch-ops-cybersecurity-certification-roadmap-2014-a.html