A year ago I started a position in Desktop Support. I’ve learned all that there is to learn about the job in the last six months, and although I’ve asked my boss for additional responsibilities, he’s slow in making it happen. I want to become a sys admin at some point, but the only experience I’ve had with servers is what I’ve thought myself. I could get certified in a certain server technology but that won’t get me anywhere without experience, and desktop experience don’t really transfer into anything else. I thought about leaving IT altogether and maybe pursuing a skilled trade. That way once I have the experience, it will open a lot more doors for me, not to mention better pay. I think that with IT, in order to get a position you really want, you either have to know someone in management, be very very lucky, or have years of experience, all of which don’t apply to me. I’m thinking long and hard about this decision. Is there anything I can do to make myself more marketable, so that if I decide to leave this job in a couple years, I won’t be restricted to only working desktop jobs? Lack of server experience is my brick wall.
