I was recommended here by someone from the Spiceworks Community.
I'm 17 and still in high school. I have two certifications and am working towards three more. I have my CompTIA A+ Certification and a Fiber Optics Association Certification and I am working towards my Network+, Server+, and Security+ and I should have them by June of 2016. I'm trying to find a part time job and I was hoping for one in IT because computers are my thing and I would like to stick with what I know and enjoy doing. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks

Hello everyone I can already tell this is a friendly community and I'm glad to be here. Right now, I'm a high school student working towards CompTIA certifications and planning on becoming a network/security administrator.

Yeah. I understand completely. I find it kind of funny when I run across someone who has "been in the business for years" and I know just as much if not more than them because they really have no idea what they are doing.

Yeah. I understand completely. I find it kind of funny when I run across someone who has "been in the business for years" and I know just as much if not more than them because they really have no idea what they are doing.

You bring up a very valid point. It makes a lot of sense when put that way

Oh wow. I guess when you mention the ratio and all that it does make sense. I may look into it further down the road but as it stands now, with my experience, I won't be able to come close to Security admin for a while.

@scottalanmiller said:

Just a career FYI, everyone wants to be a security person and effectively there are no jobs in that field and what few there are don't plan to be that and fall into it late in their careers. Don't plan for a security job, that field, if you can even call it that, is dramatically over saturated.

I wasn't aware of that. I was on ONET around the brginning of September and it said it had a bright outlook and that there would be a large amount of jobs opening. Thanks for the info then

@coliver Thanks I look forward to it

I'm based out of Western Pennsylvania in the US around the Indiana Area. I actually have some career shadowing experience through a local college. I got to work with the network analyst for about 25 hours. I'm right now looking for a computer support job like a repair technician just to get some extra money and experience under my belt. I feel like right now I want to be a Network/Security administrator but I would still like working on computer hardware a bit more. I like more of the hands on stuff

Hello everyone I can already tell this is a friendly community and I'm glad to be here. Right now, I'm a high school student working towards CompTIA certifications and planning on becoming a network/security administrator.

I was recommended here by someone from the Spiceworks Community.
I'm 17 and still in high school. I have two certifications and am working towards three more. I have my CompTIA A+ Certification and a Fiber Optics Association Certification and I am working towards my Network+, Server+, and Security+ and I should have them by June of 2016. I'm trying to find a part time job and I was hoping for one in IT because computers are my thing and I would like to stick with what I know and enjoy doing. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks