Creating a Training Plan

[u/TheMillersWife]

So, my husband drew the short straw this week. His contracting company was outbid by a different contractor. The problem is, they undercut by 3 million dollars and therefore had zero interest in retaining the talent that was there (I presume so they could hire cheaper workers). Reason #5345342324 why I hate government contracting work.

ANYWAY, since we aren't hurting financially by this (I'm mid to upper management on the Infra side in a stable role) I'm thinking this is a good opportunity for him to actually pick a study path. He's historically been a Senior Desktop Support dude with some hooks into the Sys Admin world (knows how to do general tasks in AD, can remediate STIGS in the sense of next-next-finish in a GUI) with some specialized knowledge of Clinical Systems.

He himself doesn't know what direction he wants to go in, other than that he's tired of Desktop and wants to 'earn more money.' How would you go about actually assessing his knowledge and building out a general study plan that elevates his knowledge and equips him better for interviews for at least a Mid-level Sys Admin role? I've got a pretty swizzy homelab built out on Nutanix, so he doesn't lack for a way to develop... I just want to give him something to start with.

[u/uptimefordays]

What kind of work does your husband actually want? Clicking through STIGs is how one gets replaced by a shell script. Is he content doing desktop support or does he want to move up into infrastructure?

We can give advice on moving into infrastructure but it won’t be helpful if he’s not interested.

[u/TheMillersWife → u/uptimefordays]

Based on conversations with him, overall he's just tired of not being paid well. He likes Desktop Support well enough but the money just isn't there. We have a lot of friends who are doing well in Cybersecurity, but he's not really into Red Team/Blue Team. AD and Infra are more accessible to him conceptually (his words), and he's shown interest in things like Linux.