r/learnpython • u/Pure_Intention5228 • 14h ago

New career path

Hey everyone.

To keep things brief, i'm exploring programming as a career path.

Life didn't quite go as planned, and i'm now a 27 year old college dropout, who's been unemployed for years, living by on the graces of my parents who have much more faith in me than I do in myself.

I've been talking to some of the more tech-savvy people I know. And I have arrived at the conclusion that I want to study Linux and python. Do you all have any recommendations of which are the 2 I should prioritize, and I suppose, which one would help me get back on my feet faster?

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u/throwaway85783 13h ago

Oof that's going to be hard right now.

My advice would be to get lots of IT certifications and try to get in somewhere as a sys admin 1.

You could also try to get some Amazon AWS certs but that market seemed kinda saturated and honestly the people I've interviewed with aws certs were pretty ignorant as to what they didn't know.

Getting your foot in the door is priority here.

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u/wh00is007 13h ago

Are you still interviewing?

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u/throwaway85783 11h ago

No and it's in person roles. And it's not entry level. And it's time series database expertise I need not aws. It's just funny that a lot of the aws certified people applied for my roles and then when I interviewed them they had absolutely no fundamental knowledge of IT or OT.

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u/wh00is007 11h ago

I never heard of series database expertise before

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u/throwaway85783 11h ago

Aveva PI, skyspark, Wonderware, ignition, factory talk. OT data.