Looking forward to seeing some interesting jobs I haven’t really thought about. Bonus points if it’s an IT job.

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    If you really want IT. Then telecom

    Most people in telecom are old and are analog phone people, they don’t know ip/sip and don’t want to learn.

    It’s basically a small networking job that you never get calls on nights and weekends about and if you do it’s a system you can reboot remotely. If it’s not the system it’s a switch and its someone else’s job.

    Telecom isn’t sexy but it’s still needed, no one’s going into it as it’s not ‘sexy’ and to be honest it’s easy AF.

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        You don’t need to work with the big guys.

        Small businesses, managed service, utilities, hospitals all need telecom guys. Ive been out of telecom for years and I still have recruiters occasionally reaching out to me.

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          All of this is true. I work with telcom and it is needed in all these areas. I’d add schools, government, anywhere with lots of phones.

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      How would you prepare for telecom? I’ve got a background in IT and have been trying to switch to Software Engineering by learning React and TypeScript. Would the skills compare at all?

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        No idea if those skills would be transferable. I was on the small to mid sized biz side. Never worked for a provider or anything. Mainly managing, installing and configuring systems.

        Once you understand the basics of telephony it’s pretty easy. It’s getting more complex now since it’s all ip/sip based but because that’s a skill that is lacking because everyone who does know that wants to be a network or security guy, not the phone guy/gal.

        If you are working it now. Figure out who’s doing your phones and express interest in learning. It’s how everyone I know got into it.

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        System admin skills are key. Your script skills are great. Tons of good resources online. Check out teams, Cisco, 5nines, and their competitors