aozora13 wrote:Jvarg,Jvargasbronx wrote:That's what I noticing in the US that every job containing college experience is extremely common and it gets harder for a person like myself who never attended college and obtained a high school diploma and I wanted to be a A+ Technician with PC Repair. But I'm not sure if its guarantee, I just want a career without college experience. Here's my questions.
1. what are high paying careers without college experience?
2. is having a career as an A+ Technician with PC Repair guarantees you a career right away?
1. There are some careers that pay well without a college degree but you will usually have to learn a trade. This is most likely an electrician, plumber, welder (which is popular in other English speaking countries like in Australia/Canada)
2. IT field is another monster in itself. There are members (including myself) who are in the IT field. I started out with an IT degree and was able to start out at help desk years ago. It is not good but you have to start somewhere. I then was able to get my A+/Network+/Security + CE and then looked into desktkop support/pc repair. I am currently doing this but this job on average even in NY is probably $37k-$55k in the capital area it is more but usually you need experience and usually the college degree helps in taking away the years of experience that you need.
A+ Tech + PC Repair experience does help in looking for a career but I feel that the Desktop Support tech path is really saturated most often in Metro areas (DC, Boston, Philadelphia, NYC). You can get work but usually companies want more experience before they pay $24/hour at least.
Another career (in IT) you can try is to become a developer. It is not an easy field but the pay off is good especially if you go into SharePoint and/or cloud computing (storage) which is becoming more important in the future.
I am sure other people can help you.
Lastly, have you looked on Dice for work.
My goal is to be a A+ Technician with PC repair and there's a place call Manhattan Educational Opportunity Center where one of the vocational programs has A+ Tech + PC Repair. Its tuition free and the program lasted for 15 weeks, but you got to take admission tests in order to be qualified. It said "The program prepares students for the widely recognized Comp TIA A+ exam. The program covers PC hardware and systems software, including operating systems." But my other goal is to travel overseas in parts of the Philippines or Costa Rica to experience a new life ahead. and I have not looked on dice for work; But I like to know more information since I'm from New York city.