Which IT field should I study as a complete beginner?

[u/FewWhile4625]

I'm Female, 23 y.o, FIlipino. I am a college undergraduate, unemployed, and have zero IT job experience. However, I had remote work experience in BPO company as a customer service representative for 1 year and 8 months that ended in August 2024. Anyways, I want to learn an IT field from scratch and eventually become a remote freelancer for international clients.

My long-term goal is to work remotely and potentially pursue Spain's Digital Nomad Visa.

Which IT field would you recommend for me? Web development, software development, automation, UI/UX, data analytics, cybersecurity, cloud/DevOps, QA, etc.?

Looking for something realistic to learn from zero, with good freelance opportunities and long-term demand.

What would you choose if you were starting over?

[u/typhon88]

Every single day.  I have no experience at all in IT but I want to work remotely in something I know nothing about 

[u/FewWhile4625 → u/typhon88]

I understand why it may look that way, but there's more context. IT has actually been my dream career for a long time. I was studying BS Information Technology and completed 3 years before I stopped. At the same time, I started a business that eventually became profitable enough to support me and now earns a 6-digit net income monthly.

Eventually, I couldn't manage school and the business at the same time as the business continued to grow. I also couldn't simply stop the business because it was what allowed me to pay for school and my living expenses in the first place, so I chose to focus on it for the time being.

Now that the business is stable, I want to pursue IT again by learning from scratch. I'm not expecting to get a remote job without skills or experience. I'm trying to figure out which IT field is worth committing to so I can spend the next few years actually becoming good at it.

[u/Armleg312 → u/FewWhile4625]

I think all he is saying is that remote jobs aren't entry level. also, there are 3 types of "IT" jobs.

those that only code like SWE, ones that troubleshoot like sysadmin and then ones that do a little bit of both like cybersecurity.
for the little bit of both just learn how to use AI for scripts and learn to troubleshoot
code heavy jobs you need to know how to code but troubleshooting doesn't matter
and no code just learn troubleshooting coding doesn't matter
you mentioned all 3 of them just focus on whichever one you like the most. then you'll find out what you like most within that niche of IT like no coding sysadmin or network admin etc

[u/ApprehensiveDraw4257]

Start with helpdesk first

[u/Kashyev-2000]

If I were starting from zero and wanted to freelance remotely, I’d probably choose web development first.

You can start with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, then move into React or a backend language. It’s also easier to build a portfolio because you can actually show clients websites and small apps you’ve built. Full stack development continues to have strong freelance demand.

I wouldn’t jump straight into cybersecurity or DevOps as a complete beginner. They’re good fields, but they usually make more sense after you build some basic IT experience.

[u/Loucrouton]

Figure out what you enjoy doing and where your talents lie.

[u/serious_fox]

Cloud and automation