I’m currently a line cook, considering making the switch, but I’m a little confused about where to start. A local community college offers some certs that seem promising.
I have a little relevant background, a minor in comp sci, but that was some years ago (trying to relearn some of the material in my spare time now).
It took me 10 years to finish my BSc in Ecology because my ADHD hadn't been diagnosed and I procrastinated by fucking around with Linux.
So I didn't get hired in my field, and a friend of mine got me a support job at a software startup that didn't find qualified people cause they paid like shit.
When it predictably went under, I had 4 years of experience and got a job as IT sysadmin in an MSP. 3 more years later I switched to the internal IT department of a newspaper, where I work now.
At the last switch, I had the choice between 6 employers who offered me a job and chose the one with a union, a workers council, a regular 35 hour work week, and 42 days of PTO per year.