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I just started my career in IT, I only have about 3 years of experience in the field. The biggest issue with finding young people, imo, is wanting people with experience. Fresh outta college kids aren't going to have the knowledge and experience most entry level positions are looking for. I got incredibly lucky with my career, but I know people who were brilliant in college (I was not) who are currently working retail because it's so hard to get into entry level positions.
This was more of a comment on the poster above feeling like he's gonna be irrelevant when he's older. That's not true, at least in my experience, if you are passionate about IT, your knowledge will age like fine wine.
I didn't mean to imply that you should have all the experience right out of the gate, just that you may start out thinking you know all that and will be irrelevant by 30, but that's not the case. Wait until you find out all the stuff you don't know! (this is a good thing, not bad)
Ah okay. I misunderstood a bit lol. I work at an MSP, so I learned that I don't know jack shit on day one. Every single work day I am met with something new and wacky to fix. The horrors persist, but so do I.
That's a great place to get a lot of technical, customer service and project management experience.
It is. I don't plan on leaving the place any time soon.