Hi guys, please I need help with this.

Am a graduate of Business Administration and working in a Bank for quite a while now but would like to become an IT Professional. Where can I really start from?

Your honest opinion is needed.

Thanks

CompTIA

I did this same swap 17 years ago so it should be easier now.

Good luck.

EgunMogaji:
I did this same swap 17 years ago so it should be easier now.

Good luck.

Could you please share how you went about it?

tundechange:


Could you please share how you went about it?

I simply resigned my banking managerial position and applied at an IT firm and I was hired in.

This is in the US though.

EgunMogaji:


I simply resigned my banking managerial position and applied at an IT firm and I was hired in.

This is in the US though.

Cool

EgunMogaji:


I simply resigned my banking managerial position and applied at an IT firm and I was hired in.

This is in the US though.

With all due respect, this is not in any way well detailed or inspiring. One would have expected you to list the steps you took and skills you acquired that qualified you for the IT job.
How long did it take you? What specialisation did you choose and why? How did you handle the interviews and all that. I believe the OP was looking to see all these things and you didnt touch them in your reply. I would be very grateful if you can take your time to highlight the steps you took. Thanks.

obiaguna:


With all due respect, this is not in any way well detailed or inspiring. One would have expected you to list the steps you took and skills you acquired that qualified you for the IT job.
How long did it take you? What specialisation did you choose and why? How did you handle the interviews and all that. I believe the OP was looking to see all these things and you didnt touch them in your reply. I would be very grateful if you can take your time to highlight the steps you took. Thanks.

Thanks @obiaguna, u read my mind.

@egunmogaji, would be nice if you can do as stated above.

Thanks

tundechange:
Hi guys, please I need help with this.

Am a graduate of Business Administration and working in a Bank for quite a while now but would like to become an IT Professional. Where can I really start from?

Your honest opinion is needed.

Thanks

Wanting to become an IT Professional is too broad. The IT field is wide. So what area of IT are you interested in?.

tundechange:


Thanks @obiaguna, u read my mind.

@egunmogaji, would be nice if you can do as stated above.

Thanks

My sole intention was to encourage you by sharing that I successfully did it.

Good luck.

obiaguna:


With all due respect, this is not in any way well detailed or inspiring. One would have expected you to list the steps you took and skills you acquired that qualified you for the IT job.
How long did it take you? What specialisation did you choose and why? How did you handle the interviews and all that. I believe the OP was looking to see all these things and you didnt touch them in your reply. I would be very grateful if you can take your time to highlight the steps you took. Thanks.

With all due respect I've done what I needed to do: encourage OP that it's doable.

If it's not useful then accept my apologies and ignore my post.

NL1960:


Wanting to become an IT Professional is too broad. The IT field is wide. So what area of IT are you interested in?.

That's d decision am trying to make. An area that will be easy for me to comprehend knowing fully well that am not a graduate of Computer Science, let's says Networking, software and hardware stuffs.

EgunMogaji:


My sole intention was to encourage you by sharing that I successfully did it.

Good luck.

OK, thanks all d same

tundechange:


That's d decision am trying to make. An area that will be easy for me to comprehend knowing fully well that am not a graduate of Computer Science, let's says Networking, software and hardware stuffs.

For software, it means you have to do coding. I know of somebody that did accounting in the university and became a success in coding. You got to enjoy coding to be able to make a success of it.

You can talk to the guys in the IT department of the bank you presently work and try to find out from them the area that will be easy for you.

NL1960:


For software, it means you have to do coding. I know of somebody that did accounting in the university and became a success in coding. You got to enjoy coding to be able to make a success of it.

You can talk to the guys in the IT department of the bank you presently work and try to find out from them the area that will be easy for you.

Thanks very much. Am actually making necessary findings through other sources.

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Ok, thank you.

tundechange:
Hi guys, please I need help with this.

Am a graduate of Business Administration and working in a Bank for quite a while now but would like to become an IT Professional. Where can I really start from?

Your honest opinion is needed.

Thanks

Please can u assist me in getting a job in the bank, have followed online stuff but all to no avail........., really need a job. U can contact me --mail-mmesomaches@gmail.com

EgunMogaji:


I simply resigned my banking managerial position and applied at an IT firm and I was hired in.

This is in the US though.

Please since u resign from banking job, can u help me get any of banking job please.....,really in need of a job Contact me Mmesomaches@gmail.com

Juliches:

Please since u resign from banking job, can u help me get any of banking job please.....,really in need of a job Contact me Mmesomaches@gmail.com

This was almost two decades ago and was in the US. I typically don't email with Nairalanders due to privacy.

Good luck on your search.

Op good move! I took same decision in 2014 after I lost my job as Gas Station manager. But then I knew precisely what I wanted to do. I knew about Linux before then. So I dua-boot my laptop with Ubuntu and I started learning Linux leveraging on free course on www.edx.org . Although along the line I had to take up a teaching just as a matter of survival but I never let go of my desire to continue to learn Linux. Even though I'm yet to get a first job as Linux system administrator , I'm very proficient in both redhat as well as Ubuntu (there are fundamental differences between these two Linux distro.) . And I have a couple of droplets set up with EC2 AWS and digitalocean (these are cloud servers). In addition I also learned Ansible automation tool which allow sysadmins to manage several servers with minimal effort.
I'm very happy with my progress so far and I'm absolutely confident of brighter future in the IT world. It's the future of the world and so many things are changing dramatically.
It depends on your interest and future plan. This field is very vast but honestly I will suggest you take a look at open source technology.
One area I wouldn't advise you to consider is programming. I have my reason.

Good luck Op.

Juliches:

Please can u assist me in getting a job in the bank, have followed online stuff but all to no avail........., really need a job. U can contact me --mail-mmesomaches@gmail.com

Most Bank jobs now na man know man except for a general recruitment stuff. Am actually a junior staff so cant really pull strings. You can check out some recruiting agents like ICS, Workforce, etc. I pray that God will grant your heart desires soonest in Jesus name.

Barywhyte:
Op good move! I took same decision in 2014 after I lost my job as Gas Station manager. But then I knew precisely what I wanted to do. I knew about Linux before then. So I dua-boot my laptop with Ubuntu and I started learning Linux leveraging on free course on www.edx.org . Although along the line I had to take up a teaching just as a matter of survival but I never let go of my desire to continue to learn Linux. Even though I'm yet to get a first job as Linux system administrator , I'm very proficient in both redhat as well as Ubuntu (there are fundamental differences between these two Linux distro.) . And I have a couple of droplets set up with EC2 AWS and digitalocean (these are cloud servers). In addition I also learned Ansible automation tool which allow sysadmins to manage several servers with minimal effort.
I'm very happy with my progress so far and I'm absolutely confident of brighter future in the IT world. It's the future of the world and so many things are changing dramatically.
It depends on your interest and future plan. This field is very vast but honestly I will suggest you take a look at open source technology.
One area I wouldn't advise you to consider is programming. I have my reason.

Good luck Op.

@barywhite, thanks so much for the inspiration. I pray that your efforts in life will be crowned with God's grace.

Have actually done some research work and decided to start with Comptia A+, proceed to Comptia N+ and subsequently CCNA. I wish to be major in System/Network Administrator/Technician and Hardware maintenance/repairs.....I hope I am on the right track.

tundechange:


@barywhite, thanks so much for the inspiration. I pray that your efforts in life will be crowned with God's grace.

Have actually done some research work and decided to start with Comptia A+, proceed to Comptia N+ and subsequently CCNA. I wish to be major in System/Network Administrator/Technician and Hardware maintenance/repairs.....I hope I am on the right track.

Exactly! That's the way to go. Sysadmin! I suggest you start with comptia+linux . There is track for that. I thought it 2 years ago in Ibadan. Sorry that I'm biased towards Linux! The 90% world IT infrastructure sit comfortably on Linux kernel. Microsoft is only good for user friendly stuff ( whatever that means). Let your learning platform for sysadmin be Linux not windows. It's a suggestion o.

Barywhyte:


Exactly! That's the way to go. Sysadmin! I suggest you start with comptia+linux . There is track for that. I thought it 2 years ago in Ibadan. Sorry that I'm biased towards Linux! The 90% world IT infrastructure sit comfortably on Linux kernel. Microsoft is only good for user friendly stuff ( whatever that means). Let your learning platform for sysadmin be Linux not windows. It's a suggestion o.

ok, can i just go for Comptia Linux+ straight away or i still have to go thru A+ et N+ as prerequisites?

tundechange:


Most Bank jobs now na man know man except for a general recruitment stuff. Am actually a junior staff so cant really pull strings. You can check out some recruiting agents like ICS, Workforce, etc. I pray that God will grant your heart desires soonest in Jesus name.

Amen�� Thanks

tundechange:


ok, can i just go for Comptia Linux+ straight away or i still have to go thru A+ et N+ as prerequisites?

Yes directly. No intermediary

Barywhyte:


Yes directly. No intermediary

OK thanks, but I learnt its good to do A+ and N+ first being a beginner in d field.

Thanks for your help.

tundechange:


OK thanks, but I learnt its good to do A+ and N+ first being a beginner in d field.

Thanks for your help.

Yes..... That's true. But I think u can equally starts with Linux. Any of these choices is actually OK.

Ur welcome.

Barywhyte:


Yes..... That's true. But I think u can equally starts with Linux. Any of these choices is actually OK.

Ur welcome.

OK, thanks a bunch!

tundechange:


OK, thanks a bunch!

Sure thing man!

tundechange:


Ok, thank you.

You are welcome.
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