Anyone here NOT study IT when in formal education?

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  1. Juelz

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    I have always felt at a real disadvantage in regards to not studying IT when in formal education such as school/college.. I’ve had to self teach 95% of what I know which isnt always good. Anyone else not takeup IT when at school/college? If your answer is yes then how did you learn the different aspects of it? Im still not the best troubleshooter when it comes to hardware/networking.
     
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    I wasnt taught it in school but I have always liked taking things to bits and putting them back together again. I used to be a mechanic so I was ideal for that. I think if I had done IT rather than cars I would be ahead with more experience.

    I seem to have a common sense approach when it comes to diagnosing stuff, when someone rings up and says their network isnt working, i dont think its time for a new computer...
     
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    I learned on my own when I was a kid. My bachelor's degree is in Chemistry.
     
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    Troubleshooting skills when diagnosing a faulty car ABSOLUTELY translates to troubleshooting skills in IT. My dad worked on cars as a hobby when he was younger. If he were born later, I could see him being a tech.
     
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    I didn't even know that this kind of work existed until I got a job in accounts. I did IT in college, but it was just spreadsheets and word and stuff like that. So I thought that's what IT WAS.

    When I was younger I realised that I had more fun trying to fix games consoles than actually playing them. Plus making adjustments to hex code to see what crazy things happened in games was cool.

    When I found out you could do basically the same thing as a job I was sold.

    You can't teach troubleshooting. You can teach methodology, but that's not the same thing. It comes with experience and perseverance.

    Edit: Also, my biggest lightbulb moment in regards to troubleshooting was realising how important reading logs is. You're basically fumbling around in the dark without them.
     
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