The WORST Tech Careers for Beginners | Tier List

GRC only works, if Management Understand what it is about. If management does not care about budget and organization, and only cares about paychecks, then GRC is not going to work. Culture - number one thing is Organization. Culture sets your view, your Tolerance/Capacity to Risk, and that sets Base for Proper Governance and Compliance. Your Technical controls has ZERO value if you are over-spending, because you trying to protect assets, but you are wasting your money (capital), which is also an asset. And I am not even talking about penalties one may face. One may start directly from cyber-sec if had Degree and Education. For example from SOC or Junior security engineer. Doing PoC, Managing Firewalls, SIEM etc.

Watching this as an IT manager :)

No QA?

where would you rank QA analyst

Hey! What are thoughts on Automation QA Tester position? Struggling between that and Data Analyst

IT auditor might be a good switch from a former CPA auditor like myself! Haha, that might be the way to go for me after a few years of experience.

I think all networking is going to be taken over by Starlink, it just a matter of time 2 years -10 years -20 years?!
Even if its my favorite and i have no idea why 😂🤣

Lol I landed in C tier. I work as a sys admin but also as help desk support

In short, "S" is for start here, "F" is for finish here.

I feel like the majority of these aren't even applicable because if there an opening for a Security IT manager or something and I try to apply to with zero formal experience (plenty of experience configuring clients networks for safety and all that on my own time) you won't even make it past the ATS.

Tech Sales -> It's more difficult than you think :) First, you must be good at sales and know how to solve business problems with different tech (at least on a high level).

These lists are far depending on region. In. Europe you might have specific traineeships or dual learning at the company or an IT company

Hey Nicole, my situation is I'm able to dedicate as much time to a path as needed. I don't have too much IT experience for my resume but I'm thinking of doing the Google Cyber Security Certificate to get started, then go to WGU for my bachelors in Cyber Security, I have a bachelors in Business Management. I was wondering if you still recommend the Help Desk start even after completing the Google Program and WGU due to the lack of actual experience? Or will most companies hire entry lvl Cyber without too much experience? Thank you so much for everything you do

I landed in C tier. Heck yeah

Are there entry level grc analyst roles

How could a beginner even land these type of jobs ? Lol

Any good jobs for red hat certification?

This video really helps bring some clarification to the tech industry. Much needed, thanks for uploading.

Thanks @oscarderby, how you put the words to the pictures on the list

Every soc analyst position I’ve looked up says you need 3 to 5 years experience

No one will hire me with a degree in IT for anything. Help desk is about it for $15 per hour

In the beginning I thought they were all gonna be F, the part of me that's been doing this for 20 years was like "yeah that makes sense." lol

Overall, I agree, with the caveat that a good attitude can work well in your favor in those low-ranked positions.

As you can tell I've soured a bit. lol

Do you think I could get an IT help desk job with no certs? Or would I be better off getting a couple of the start off certs before applying?

Could you make one focusing on cybersecurity jobs? Great video btw.😊

GOOD INTEL. 😀👍🏾

Love the ranking. Where would you rank Cloud Admin and Cloud Security Analyst?

If you don't have experience take any reputable job that'll pay you in IT. If they are willing to make you a manager day one, take it. It'll be weeks if not months before they figure out you have no business being there and by then hopefully you will have learned something.

To add, network engineers can also transition into cloud network engineer roles as well. It's challenging work but a good spot to be in.

Regarding SOC analyst, why did you mention that "If you are lucky, you may be doing some threat hunting."
Treat hunting is something more advanced?

In your opinion, Cloud security or threat hunting?

Please could you answer both of my questions.
Thank you in advance 😊

dont care

Hello, I watch all your videos and enjoy them. Can you make a video about how to become a system administrator. Sounds interesting.

Now that you’ve made the worst tech careers for beginners list, can you make a best tech careers for beginners list too? I am new to tech and would like to know what which positions to apply for when I am done with my security+ certificate exam and/or Aws solutions certificate.

Hey Nicole thanks for sharing your content related to IT career list it's a very helpful to deciding to move to the IT jobs, I would like to know, is there a diffrence between IT Support and IT help Desk roles casue I mess up in one of my screening Interview that is for IT Help Desk, in which I feels that IT Support is much higher tier or diffrent than the IT Help desk and maybe I am not a good fit and feel bit nervous, I recently completed my Securtiy+(also applied fror SOC Analyst roles as well) and coming from Computer Science background, I think that I am all over the place applying to many diffrent IT jobs lol any suggestions which IT or Cybersecurity should I be more focused on.

Great video 👏 💯

Great video, Nicole! Very fair list

Ok so i finally saved up the $500 and im debating between course careers and blue team lvl 1 now

S Tier: IT Help desk, Data Analyst, Tech Sales, Data Center Tech
A Tier: Cloud Support, Network Admin,
B Tier: Software Dev, SOC Analyst
C Tier: UX/UI designer, Sys Admin, GRC Analyst
D Tier: IT Auditor
F Tier: Cyber Security Manager, CISO/BISO, Cyber Engineer, Network Engineer, Project Manager