# IT folks - what should he do next?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 30, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-folks-what-should-he-do-next/378436 "2006-10-30T14:57:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-folks-what-should-he-do-next/378436/21 "2006-11-01T01:53:32Z")

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one thing I feel I must add is experience. Get a couple of years under your belt in something. LAN tech, help desk, net admin, netork infrastructure, WAN, telecom, whatever. This will give you some very valuable baseline experience.

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