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skipdogg
Nov 29, 2004
Resident SRT-4 Expert

DTaeKim posted:

My wife is looking for remote work. Is IT/an associate's degree in computers the best way to start on that path?

There's remote work these days for a lot of different industries. I have a neighbor who's a Nurse that works remotely, he does informatics I think. I mean IT has an abundance of remote work available, and it pays pretty well, but I wouldn't tell someone to go into IT if they want to work remotely. IT is also very broad. Project Management, being a SCRUM Master, Analyst roles, there's lots of ways to be in IT or IT adjacent without needing a degree in computers.

I started my career with an AAS in IT, and it got me my first job as a jr admin/desktop support person for 42K a year, and from there I worked my way up. I wouldn't recommend it though, it takes a while to work your way up and there's other ways to get your foot in the door without starting out doing desktop support. Salesforce certificates/training, Google Cloud/Amazon/Azure certificates/training, Security training (SOC Analyst), there's a bunch of options out there that I would recommend before doing what I did.

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