12 Jan 2012, 11:42 am
12 Jan 2012, 12:30 pm
Most of IT is nothing like working on PCs. Helpdesk maybe is. But you really don't want to work helpdesk! It is a thankless job and it involves a lot of social interaction and good communication skills.
What is which IT job like? 
Network operations, systems operations, analysts, security, database administrators, developers, project managers, testers, etc etc.... are all vastly different from one another. IT people typically specialize in one area. The IT is just too big and complex for one person to do it all.
IT backend is a good place for aspies. Databases, networks, servers, etc... It usually takes a 4 year college degree or several years of experience in lower positions (helpdesk for example) before someone would hire a network administrator.
Basically you'd be working with things like e-mail servers and web servers, and large networks, and ethernet switches and routers and firewalls (with hundreds of ports... nothing at all like what you have at home).
You can start by pulling up a list of IT jobs a a large company, just to get an idea of the scope of it all:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/jobs/ref=j_sq_ ... &x=26&y=11
https://careers.microsoft.com/search.as ... all&p3=all
As to how to get into the field: go to school, and volunteer at a non profit as their tech person. Then get hired at an entry level position somewhere when you graduate. Work your way up.
12 Jan 2012, 12:36 pm
What is which IT job like?
Network operations, systems operations, analysts, security, database administrators, developers, project managers, testers, etc etc.... are all vastly different from one another. IT people typically specialize in one area. The IT is just too big and complex for one person to do it all.IT backend is a good place for aspies. Databases, networks, servers, etc... It usually takes a 4 year college degree or several years of experience in lower positions (helpdesk for example) before someone would hire a network administrator.
Basically you'd be working with things like e-mail servers and web servers, and large networks, and ethernet switches and routers and firewalls (with hundreds of ports... nothing at all like what you have at home).
You can start by pulling up a list of IT jobs a a large company, just to get an idea of the scope of it all:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/jobs/ref=j_sq_ ... &x=26&y=11
https://careers.microsoft.com/search.as ... all&p3=all
As to how to get into the field: go to school, and volunteer at a non profit as their tech person. Then get hired at an entry level position somewhere when you graduate. Work your way up.
Dilbert, IT isn't my field exactly; I'm a librarian. But back when I first started in the field back in the mid-nineties, I thought seriously about orienting myself toward computers for the reasons you mention. I'd rather deal with things than people too. What I found out at the time was that becoming Microsoft Certified was the sine qua non. Is this no longer the case?
12 Jan 2012, 1:02 pm
12 Jan 2012, 7:33 pm
