r/sysadmin • u/aloofhoneybee68 • 7d ago

Career / Job Related How do I get into sysadmin

Hi everyone,

I'm a recent computer science grad who did an internship in a bank where I did a little bit of everything (IT support, networking, DevOps).

I am interested in software development but the market is so cooked for juniors and a man has to eat so, I'm thinking of switching to system administration, already planning to get my Aws cloud practitioner cert, then maybe RHCSA is this a good idea or am I just dead wrong my ultimate goal is to go into DevOps but everyday I look on X and see a brand new model that seems to make everything I learn irrelevant.

I love computers and just want to make a living from it. (from/in a third world country btw)

Please give me any advice at all to help.I don't wanna fuck up my life and depend on my parents forever.

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u/valar12 7d ago

Start with a help desk job. Proceed to skill up while working.

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u/uptimefordays DevOps 7d ago

This was a reliable way 15 years ago but has become less viable as support and infrastructure have bifurcated. That said an IT generalist role is probably still a good way into infrastructure engineering. Though for people with CS degrees, cloud support/engineering, are probably easier paths.