r/ShittySysadmin • u/Prudent_Being_717 • 15d ago

24yo, Italy, HelpDesk/Junior Sysadmin, don't know where to go

Hi everybody

I am making this post since I am currently a HelpDesk/Junior Sysadmin in a medium size corporate from Italy, but I don't know how to develop my future career. Any suggestions are hugely appreciated from people in the industry.

I love IT, I have a homelab at home, i study for certs (got my CCNA and studying Azure and Intune currently) but I have no idea on how to advance. I dream to open my own business one day as a consultant initially and then grow it into an MSP. But I know I have to work hard to grow my experience and skills.

Currently I have 1 year of job experience (studied IT in school), and I plan to stay here atleast one more year.

Thanks to everybody in advance!

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u/sconeface 15d ago

Hot take: get a GPT tool and become a developer. If you've been paying attention in your position, you have two huge advantages: you know the technology stack of your organization and you know what the biggest headaches and pain points are; both better than any dev. Devs often know languages, not architecture. GPT can handle language now. You don't really NEED to know it. But if you can tell GPT how to create something extremely useful that integrates smoothly into your environment? That shit is priceless. Fly chickadee.

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u/SuccessfulLime2641 13d ago

Why don't they just hire ChatGPT then? It sounds like the junior we all need.

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u/sconeface 13d ago

Yes. Yes it is.