A Guide of how to get started in IT in 2024 - Top IT Career Paths
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- A Ultimate Guide or Roadmap of how to get started in IT | Overview of different IT careers | Top IT career paths for beginners
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In this video I want to give you kind of a roadmap of how to get into the IT world. The tech industry is currently one of the hottest industries for the job market, so it's completely logical that so many people are thinking about changing careers to tech or getting into tech just after graduating from school or college.
And it's true that tech industry offers lots of career opportunities, but when you are at the very beginning of your journey it can be very overwhelming too. It is a broad industry with so many options, so many IT fields and professions. There is so much to learn and often you don't even know where to start. It's also hard to know which IT field you will be interested in and will eventually choose, before actually trying things out and seeing for yourself what you enjoy doing the most. You may even have self-doubt thinking that it's too late to switch careers or there's so much to learn you can never catch up with the people, who have been in tech since early age.
And I understand all these concerns, the self-doubt, the time pressure, insecure not knowing where and how to start etc. And that's why with this video I want to kind of show you various career path in tech and give you some general guidance for how to get started. 😊
The most popular IT professions today, that will be even more demanded in the future are: software engineering, DevOps engineering, cloud engineering, cyber security or security engineering, data engineering or generally data related professions and machine learning engineering.
And for every IT field, we will see whether:
- it's an entry-level profession
- what they actually do and what are some of their job responsibilities
- as well as what skills you need to have to get into that specific field
- and some of the technologies you need to learn for it.
Most of you will probably want to get into one of those fields, but many of you may not know right now what you want to choose exactly, maybe because they all sound equally exciting for you or equally overwhelming so you have no idea which one will be a better choice or which one will be the most interesting one for you, which is absolutely okay, because that's exactly what I want to help you with in this video so let's get into it! ✅
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00:00 - Intro and Overview
01:43 - My Background
02:20 - Most popular IT Career Paths
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04:56 - Become a Software Engineer
12:59 - Become a DevOps Engineer
16:37 - Become a Cloud Engineer
19:44 - Become a Security Engineer
24:25 - Become a Data Analyst, Data Engineer, Data Scientist
30:24 - Become a Machine Learning Engineer
32:51 - Python - General Purpose
34:29 - Official Degree, Bootcamp, Courses or Self-Learning?
36:47 - Choose one field and get started! :)
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Hope this one is useful for some of you guys! All the best for 2024! 💙
If you are already working in the IT industry and know someone you think should make a career change into this hot field too, be sure to share it!😊
Thanks nana 💞
Nice overview, good job! BTW you are looking great! Wish you a perfect day!
Hi Nana,
Could please just comment about career as self driving engineer 😉
I appreciate the effort you put in making the video.
Good advise!!!
The self doubt is soooooo real, watching all my peers going into MAANG and I just wasted my past 2-3 COVID years where I had plenty time by just watching TH-cam and Netflix everyday for 8-12 hrs because I had no idea how to start or what this video was really needed
Me too, wasted 5 years
Same bhai wasted 6 years
Just start somewhere, read a book and do the work!
@@techmentormaria I sincerely try everyday but idk I get distracted/drift away like everyday
It's all about commitment
This is by far the best video on beginners guide for IT. I like the fact that you are breaking it down in the most simplest form
The way u approach things and explain what the problem is because most of the ppl dont even know what the problem itself...so it's amazing how u start from it and then u explain a solution on it... You're doing amazing work... u deserves more than a million subscribers
I'm not a person who leave a comment in each video I watch but this. Thank you so much for how much effort you breaking it down so detail and simply helping beginners like me understand so clearly and make good decisions in IT careers "BEST OF VIDEO IT CAREER" .
This is the exact video every beginner is looking for.
All I asked was an overview of the IT industry which is covered in this video and most of the videos were about front-end, back-end & full-stack development.
Thanks. Glad to hear the video was helpful for you!
I have searching for get into IT field but could not just get the right direction how to get into. After 2-3 years of research i have seen a video that covers everything i wanted to know. A special thank from me for You. I really needed to watch this video. Thanks a lot once again
Hi Nana,
First of all thanks a lot for posting a video which is so well structured.
IMHO, What majority of the people struggle is finding or developing useful projects on the different technologies/streams mentioned in this video to enable their learning or show case it to recruiters.
So, if some guidelines/pointers for the projects are provided, that would be more helpful. Those videos can be a follow-up to this.
Really appreciate your effort.👍👍
This has to be the best video on how to get into IT as a newbie!! Very well articulated !! Thank you!!
Nana, your ability to break things down in suuuuch a clear way is just outstanding! This one was especially useful for navigating the different fields in IT.
I’m considering my own options at the moment and I was at first very drawn to DevOps (understandably, given the focus of your channel) but the amount of learning quickly became overwhelming the more research I did! So I was very pleased to find out about your prerequisite course, which made a lot of sense to me and actually pinpointed more what I think I want to do now. Full-stack Web development seems at the moment as the thing I’m aiming for, so I’ll look more into that.
I just wanna thank you and your team for the immense work you put in to these extremely useful videos! Your courses are definitely on my list of options.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you for this video. This has been by far the best video for someone trying to get into IT. I graduated from an associate degree in computer tech. It's been years but i'm trying to get back to IT field. I've been in the logistics field for too long and really need a refresher.
This gives a clear overview of the different fields in IT and the way you explained it in a simple form is beautiful. For beginners this gives a better picture
thank you Nana for making this video, it is very structured and it was very helpful to me.i love how you break things into easy steps that makes it easier to digest for me.
It is worth pointing out that "doing projects" to learn is a good idea if the person already knows the basics of programming and needs to practice/learn more advanced features or a new programming language. For a beginner, however, it is impossible. You HAVE to start from a textbook/tutorial/Bootcamp/university, otherwise, it will only lead to frustration. That said, once you know the basics, doing projects is the best choice, especially to improve the googling skills.
True
So a SWE couldn't do a project without internet?
@@jackjack4412 hell no
I didnt know you migrated from non-IT. You have a vast knowledge in contemporaneous IT practices and you explain them very well. A person coming from IT background may not be able to explain the concepts so easily as you do, I guess. You are great.
Thank you Nana, you really help me to get out of the mess in which I was.🙌
Best beginner video for the switch to IT career paths ever … thank you 🙏🏽
Thank you! I really appreciate you taking the time to put this video together
Excelente video. Justo lo que necesitaba. ¡Muchas gracias!
Great video! Just what I needed. Thanks a lot.
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Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Because of your videos, i was able to upskill myself and move from Networking to Devops role.Thank you Nana.
Thank you, Nana! I may have to do a rethink now. Very insightful piece. Looking forward to your next video.
I'm working as DE for 1 year and a half now and for me this video is trully GOLD. Omfg i would love this when i was starting in IT. I'm sharing it with my friends that want to get in the field. Congrats for the content!
Thank you Lucas, really happy to hear and thanks for sharing! :)
This is the most comprehensive and accessible video for people looking to start a career in IT. Thank you!
Nice job Nana always great to hear from you! You helped so much with my Kubernetes learning!
You explain everything in such a good way that I am watching your videos, even if the topic is not related to my profession :)
I huge respect for you because This video has changed my life and I've mindset entered into IT field...I have to start from zero
Oh my god.. I have been through probably hundreds of tech videos and information at this point and yours hands down is the most useful information. I learned so much about each role and the way you explained it was so clear and concise.
Yes it’s true
This video is by far one of the most transparent videos I have seen in a long time and well detailed thanks
Thank you for making this video! This video is so densely packed with useful information that it's taken me hours to watch because I keep pausing to look up the things you're talking about. Amazing work!!
Glad it was helpful!
awesome video nana
personally i have decided to go with a combo of backend and devops
I just wanted to say, thank you for showing this amazing guide for us beginners who are trying to grab an opportunity in the field of I.T.
Hi you are doing an amazing job there. It touched almost everything i needed to startup 2023 in IT world💙💙💙
Nana thanks for your great tutorials! Do you have any plans to record a course similar to "K8s Administrator Course" but preparing for Certified Application Developer (CKAD)? It would be great to watch such a course 🙂
I did german apprenticeship in "IT" which was basically just second and first level support. I got into Linux thanks to the
"job school" and thei Linux lessons during this time. Then went into a supportive admin position for windows stuff, helping out a senior admin. Then went into Linux Administration and partially Devops.
how many years did it take you
Thanks Nana, this is helpful even for those already in the tech world and are looking for a change.
Thank you Nana.
Unfortunately I wish this info was there with me some 10 years back when i was starting my journey as a corporate employee.
Nevertheless, thank you so much for explaining every single factors in details.
I am sure the beginners (not to mention us as well) will find it helpful and help to clarify so many doubts.
As computer science student, I know you did great explanation well done and thank you so much for your explanation. I know how much it worth.
Taking a moment to applaud 🙏 your efforts and the hard work it takes to make such a structured video!
Thank You.🙏
Excellent guide on IT careers! I am preparing for software development but have a plan to shift to Solutions Architect or Security role. No doubt for beginners software development/ IT help desk (cloud engineer as well) easiest path to enter IT. Then they can shift and switch to different paths as well!
Very interested video ! It is really what I need those days ... after 3-4 years of break I feel confused from where to start again and which path I can follow to restart my new journey in IT field !
Just what I needed because I decided to go into IT but didn’t know where to start or who to guide me. Thanks for this video. I just subscribed.
Your IT field's branch illustrations really help to understand as Crystal clear ,
Thank you so much for your ideal efforts Nana.
Thank u so much for ur clear explaination.honestly i searched alot about these topics but didn't get the real idea.but today with watching ur video i got them fully.lots of love from Afghanistan
ty so much, very clear and concise......i am just starting out and i like how you are giving us the info, thank you again and merry xmas....
I feel so lucky to find this video, thanks for your great share, exactly what I need now. GREAT GREAT JOB !!
Hey Nana, Thank you for making this video. I am pursuing my master's in Cloud Computing Architecture. But Some job descriptions confused me for the cloud engineer and DevOps roles. Can you please make a video on that how is similar and different as well?
Thank your for that, my girl and I are looking into pivoting and entering tech for good this coming year.
Thank you, Nana, for the great video with the very, good structured information!
I find your presentation unique and informative. I like no nonsense and to the point approach. Well done 👏
I think no matter in what field you go you should learn first the basics like programming, networks, databases and operating systems. This knowledge you need in every IT field. After that you can specialize further.
also pls learn how to google and read technical docs 😥
I concur!
Where can a person learn these skills who is just gettin started ?
@jdparker2895 For networks and operating systems you can use the books of Tanenbaum. I read them back in university and still read up on them to this day sometimes. Programming has a huge amount of resources pick python and develop some small project. This alone should take you at least half a year.
@@TadakichiSan777 Hey , I am a student / beginner in tech field and I know programming languages(java, c++,c) and DSA and all the basics you've mentioned . I am confused about which technology to choose, as there are so many things nowadays , I don't even know which technologies I should check out . Can you guys please help and recommend some tech which I should try to find my interest . I am also interested to contribute in open source in future so which technologies should I try???
FINALLY, A PERSON THAT IS GOOD AT EXPLAINING AND GUIDING YOU INTO IT. She is amazing, beautiful, and liked her righ way. She kept me interested and engaged.
Thanks for the invaluable insight!
I started self learn coding a year ago and most of the knowledge I learn is related to software development.
However in the current industry climate it is a brutal competition for a no-CS background to break into software development field.
I discovered some DevOp and cloud opportunities but have little knowledge of these fields. I have come to realisation it is quite a different path and perhaps expectation too. ( such as on-call duty could be a requirement for certain area)
This video helps me to grasp a general idea of each area in IT and evaluate if my current IT knowledge is up to the level for that each field. 👍🏻
Just because of your DevOps course Nana, I was able to understand DevOps lifecycle ❤️❤️
Thabk you for actually providing the accurate subjects at each stamp point!
This was so helpful, clear and concise. I can't thank you enough.
Thank you so much for how much effort you breaking it down so detail and simply helping beginners like me understand so clearly and make good decisions in IT careers .
What an Amazing video you have made, Tons of thanks for the knowledge that you have shared with us ❤❤❤
Switching to IT is actually paying well, I needed this video
My Cloud computing instructor share your link with me and I am so glad he did. You have a great way of explaining things and helping me be more confident.
The most useful, informative video I watched all month about IT. I was overwhelmed with all of it. Thank you for providing valuable info in such a neat and structured manner. 🙏
Nana, I am about to take an AWS DevOps bootcamp next year. I have been working in IT for six years now and I am wondering if you know anyone personally that has had bootcamp success. When you were a Devops engineer did you ever meet anyone that started their career off a bootcamp? Right now I am prepping myself by taking Python courses and researching the concepts of the role by watching your videos.
Thank you so much for this video 🙂. Being an old timer from Mainfram/COBOL days, I am curious to know if you would be able to map the roles of old System Administrators and DBAs into the modern cloud model. Thank you.
Thank you so much! 🥰 Very useful, clear and concise advise. I was language hopping starting with some HTML and CSS, then jumping to C on CS50's HarvardX. This became impossible in week 1 to get through by myself. I may be relatively intelligent (or so I thought), but lacking a good basic education, Harvard level courses are too much to handle at this point. So I also have gone back to building and reinforcing basic (arithmetic) skills that school did not equip me with. I have now, thanks to someone's advise started learning Python since two weeks, lol.. I'm taking your advise and I am just going to stick to Python ( and training arithmetic) now until I have a thorough understanding of it. No more language hopping!
How are you going now 6 months later?
@@bakica_vangica By now I have a new job and am not making much progress. But I have not given up. :)
Are you learning how to code?
Hi Nana,
thanks for sharing your knowledge.
May I say, that you missed in 5:29 the server side software. All programs, like for instance databases, that are highly depending on what the operating system provides, are also developed by software engineers/software developers. To develop these types of software, you need to have a good understanding of various operating systems.
Additionally, embedded software is missing. Though you mentioned sensors on cars and that they are somehow managed by controllers, it's worth mentioning that developing embedded software is a field on it's own.
Regarding programming languages, JS might be the easiest language to choose, but only at the beginning. It is mainly used in web applications, micro services and mobile applications, whereas web apps are following a complete different concept than micro services. For micro services, you need a much more deeper knowledge of software engineering than for web apps. I would actually propose to learn java in the beginning. With that, you would learn the concept of object oriented programming, which is helpful for the most programming languages and a must for java. If you start with a language that doesn't require or recommend object orientation, you'll struggle later, when you need to write object oriented code.
BTW: HTMl, CSS and SQL are not programming languages (mean people say, JS is none either ;-) ).
Don't get me wrong. I really appreciate your efforts. I just want to put your hints/suggestions/advises in perspective. Not everything is that easy, as it sounds. You know that, but not all of your viewers 🙂
All the best, Stephan
Hi Stephan, thanks for your information. You might want to make a video to detail more about IT field? I am planing to enter an IT career but there are many that I don't know which one to pick.
Thank you Nana!!! 🙌🏼
This video was very helpful for me starting in IT, I now have better image of where I want to take my career.
Looking forward to that DevOps vs Cloud Engineer video 👀
Thanks a lot for the feedback Jesus, happy it was helpful! :)
The best video and explanation about IT careers in the world.
No one can compete with Nana... "Tech world with Nana" is a marvelous channel
God bless you Nana...
Hi there. Thank you for the video. I too watched many IT beginner videos. This one had an impact. Before this video I was going for security as my focus, but now I think cloud would be my best path. Thank you for bringing clarity.
As someone who wants to pivot industries into software/IT, this was really useful and gave me the info I needed to know where to start. Thank you, Nana - Front-End Developer it is!
This is beautiful. I have really enjoyed your video from Ghana..
Thanks so much for this explicit education...
Very clear descriptions of the main IT career paths! There are also some other IT and domain related paths, such as Graph Design and animation (more artistic oriented), Bioinformatics, Geographic Informatics... They are all very interesting fields.
Wow…. Very educative and enlightening! Thank you so much for this guidance!
Hi Nana! I discovered your channel today and this was the first video I watched. I'm blown away by the quality of this video. Absolutely amazing work!
I have a request video: You mentioned that you were NOT a techie but went from a marketing and business background to the tech world. Could you make a video sharing more information about this?What drove you to do this and why? How difficult was it? As a career counselor, this would be extremely helpful for me and the students I work with.
Many thanks and more power to you! 😇💫
Hi Nana , you are very clear and to the point , thanks for your efforts
Amazing work Nana! You solved my questions👏👏👏
Be a Control System software engineer! Where you can do cool stuff like work on particle accelerators, big telescopes, or any industrial control system. I was one for over 20 years, and I never got bored, like I did with 'normal' IT type work.
Cheers!
Great roadmap! I. Like most of us here had no idea where to start in IT. After viewing this video i have a good direction where to start so Thank You Thank You Thank you!!!
Wow! Thanks so much for explaining this in detail. Now I know where to start from.
This video is sooooooooo helpful and good. Thank you so much is the clearest and most interesting road map ever made.
Thanks @Nana for the video. I actually enjoy how you started your journey, at the end of the video, because it relates quite to my current situation. I am a 3 years electrical engineering student, but I have been there for almost 5 years now, a normal thing in my country as a school year happen to be 1.5 of a normal year. I started to get interested in IT for 2 years now, from Arduino programming to C/C++ basics and Python. It's been 1 year since I decided to become a Machine Learning Engineer. I started to learn Python related to machine learning and data science (numpy, pandas, matplotlib, scikitlearn...). From engineering background, math was not an issue for me. After covering the basics skills, I started to see and get interested in machine learning jobs, but surprisingly I found that all the types of Machine Learning jobs I am interested require higher educational background/degree (Master or PhD) mostly, although I am not expecting a Master degree in a close future as I am planning to drop out of my Electrical Engineering degree program and start learning skills based and practical projects mode... For 6 months now I started the Associate Cloud Engineer certification prep on Google Cloud Platform and I currently have a basics understanding of cloud infrastructures, deployment, managing and monitoring of cloud solutions. At the start I expected to get the Associate certificate and become a Cloud Engineer but quite recently DevOps engineering really captured my mind and then I am currently shifting to DevOps. I am learning the basics of, Software Architecture, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, containers, virtualization, networks fundamentals... I am still in learning mode but I am trying my best to move as fast as possible to get there. I live in Africa and I am hoping to relocate to either Europe or North America.
I would appreciate your suggestion for my career path.
Thanks 😊 and good luck to anyone who read this🤲🙏
@Moussa COULIBALY Did you mention that you were interested in machine learning but on your way there you realized that a higher education is needed so you had to stop?
Hi Nana, appreciate the quality content. May I ask what tool you use to create the flow charts at 0:28:45? Can this be done in Lucidcharts?
Great video, I really appreciate it and thank you for making it!!!
Thank you so much for sharing your expertise and experience with me through the video.
Your guidance and insights were invaluable, and I feel much more prepared and confident as I embark on this journey.
Thank you for your appreciation Krystian! 💙
thanks you've got a new subscriber, i think i will go the bootcamp route
Greetings and much love from Ethiopia/East Africa. you are super! and really born to teach!🏆🏆🏆🏆❤❤❤❤🏆 Lucky i am to come across your valuable lessons at my begining journy of IT,( from my Management/banking field). And your python5 hours course is my beginin.
Very practical guide Nana for 2023! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Thanks Nana your videos are always well simplified. I enjoy videos like yours cuz am more of a visual learner.
Really happy to hear, thanks for the feedback! :)
Thanks so much for explaining in such a detailed and clear way. I definitely got an idea about what I want to start with after watching this video.
Thank you for this video...I really want to applaud your efforts for encouragement 👏
Excellent, useful and informative. Clearly described, thanks
Thanks Nana … for your good works
Thank you for your kindness and love you put in this video.
Found it really useful, thanks for awesome content!
This is the best vedio I have come across thanks for explaining in details. So much grateful to find your vedio
Thank you so much for this video I am finishing my Google IT Support Professionals Certification and was confused on where I wanted to specialize but this video helped me so much. While I started with DevOps because I come from a warehouse background, the amount of information that was hitting me was intense. Thanks to your video I am going to backup and start with software development! While I have great intention to move back into DevOps I am going to take my time and learn properly.
thanks for this tutorial, that was straight and useful. good luck.
This is video is just awesome!!!💯
thank you so much🙏
Thank you so much for all your wonderful videos and knowledge you share with us. 😍
wow, super great explanation, Nana
Thanks a lot for this amazing content.
Nana, thank you very much! You've helped a lot!
Thanks for this. Would be good to see road maps from entry level and leading up to architect, staff, engineering roles.