New to TE, trying to shift gears after 12 years so far in IT

Squished · 2018-02-20 08:27:03

Hi All, new to the group here. I've been in IT for roughly 12 years now. Started off like everyone as a desktop analyst and have most recently for the last 8 years been Manager/Director of IT for a decent size ($10m) non-profit with a few people working under me. The job I miss the most I think is working for a private DoD…

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February 2018

scaredoftests wrote: »

What are you interested in? If you are working, would your company pay for it? If so,go on from there.

My job prior to the one I'm in now I worked as a DoD contractor on a help desk but I was the sole liason between us and the security services department doing virus/malware forensics and remediation stuff. it was very much entry level (given my position at the time) but I loved that work. I still love that work so I'd love to shift gears towards security work. All my recent experience is Management/Client services which I also love but I'm getting somewhat tied of dealing with customers (coworkers).

My company won't pay a dime of it, I'm on my own at the moment. We didn't even get a cost of living increase this year and I've been there 8 years. Budget is very tight with the 7 month old sitting next to me as I type this right now.

[2018] - A+ 901 (PASS), A+ 902 (PASS), Project+ (PASS), Security+ (PASS), Network+(PASS), CySA, Cloud+
[2018] - MBA - IT Management - WGU (PASS)

HR: “What if we train them and they leave?”
ME: “What if we don’t train them and they stay?”
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