💻 Breaking Into IT: Smart Tips for Absolute Beginners
🚀 Why Choose IT?
- It’s one of the fastest-growing industries worldwide
- Remote jobs, global opportunities, and high salaries
- You don’t need a CS degree to get started anymore!
🧭 Start With Just One Skill
- Don’t try to learn everything at once
- Pick one path:
- Web Development (HTML/CSS/JS)
- Cloud (AWS, Azure)
- Data Analytics (Excel → SQL → Python)
- Cybersecurity (CompTIA, networking basics)
- Web Development (HTML/CSS/JS)
- Get good at one thing → then expand
🔧 Tools You Must Learn (Early!)
- Git & GitHub – Version control is a must
- VS Code – Clean, popular code editor
- Command Line (Terminal) – Essential across all domains
ChatGPT/Copilot – Your AI study buddy
💼 Real-World Projects > Just Certificates
- Apply what you learn:
- Build websites or dashboards
- Contribute to GitHub repos
- Freelance small gigs (Fiverr, Upwork)
- Build websites or dashboards
- Show your work online (GitHub + LinkedIn = 💼 portfolio)
📚 Good Free Learning Platforms
- freeCodeCamp.org
- CS50 by Harvard on edX
- Google IT Support
- AWS Skill Builder
📲 Build Your Tech Presence
- Post learning updates on LinkedIn:
“Built my first REST API today!”
“Solved 50 LeetCode problems this week” - Networking opens more doors than just applications
⚠️ Don’t Burn Out
- Learn in 1–2 hour daily sprints, not 6-hour marathons
- Focus on consistent progress, not perfection
- Take breaks. Stay human. It’s a marathon, not a hackathon.
🧠 Fun Fact:
Many IT professionals today started from YouTube videos and Google searches — not elite universities. You can too. 💪