I recently graduated with my Master’s in CIS six months ago, and I want to start in IT. This will be a career change for me, so I dont have any IT work experience. I originally started my education years ago in programming, so going into IT is not some new revelation. I’ve spoken to a person I know in IT, and he seems to think that taking a position at the “help desk” is not going to lead to much since you arent really gaining any experience in any of the life cycle areas. My question is should I be looking for something that is more career directed, or is this about the best I can expect starting off with having the education, but no tangible IT work experience.
