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What's an IT profession that is realistically possible to self-study for and become proficient enough in to get employed within a year? (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by SurpriZe@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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By employed I mean get a job in the industry either offline or online. Ideally something that would highly likely remain in-demand in the near future.

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[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It took me 6months of playing around my organizations M365 tenant to become very proficient in the Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps) to the point where my last 2 jobs have all been related to solutions and training with M365.

All I do is use these tools and show other people how to do their work in it and all of a sudden I’m employable and in demand.

It’s not even really IT.

[–] SurpriZe@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Where would you suggest starting out? Is there a good course?

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just sign up for a free 3 month M365 tenant. You can set it all up yourself and have access to the full suite as global admin.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/commerce/try-or-buy-microsoft-365?view=o365-worldwide

[–] SurpriZe@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. Is this the most in-demand IT-related thing I can learn these days to get employed remotely?

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Nope. I’m sure there are more in demand things one can learn that are IT-related. I just don’t know of them so I can’t say.

[–] Flumpkin@slrpnk.net 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Another criterion might be to be self employed. I have little experience with that and it probably has it's pro's and con's but depending on what corporate culture you'll face as an employee. But it might be worth keep it in mind when choosing your profession.

[–] SurpriZe@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

What path would you recommend to take for that?

[–] yoz@aussie.zone 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mate IT is not lucrative anymore. Get into plumbing that's where the real money is. $200 for 30mins and then $40/15mins.

[–] SurpriZe@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks for the advice. But then how can I immigrate to Europe from a 3rd-world country using this skill? I plan to study for a Bachelor's in IT to get the initial study visa to then proceed into employment and hopefully permanent residency. And I'm also much more into computers than pipes, been my whole life.

Plus, the IT skills might allow me to work online for any company in the world, regardless of where I'll end up being.

[–] yoz@aussie.zone 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Can't commen t on immigration but not all IT jobs gets you work from home option. IT is really broad- IT operations which include service desk, desktop support, sys admins and other engineers like wintel, storage, devops etc then there is software where you can be either tester , product owner, developer etc and I guarantee you not everyone gets remote work.

[–] SurpriZe@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What do you think you can recommend for a future digital nomad to study now? What to really dive into to become successful in the near future?

[–] yoz@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

[–] SurpriZe@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

What course would you recommend to begin with?

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