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Hello, Linustechtips forumites! I love this place. I hope this is an appropriate forum, for I have a serious question... My father is a programmer and worked for many years in that profession. This was great for a long time, but he has a condition called retinitis pigmentosa, which means that his vision will degrade (even unto blindness) over time. He has reached the point where he cannot read a screen anymore. He has a screen reader, but he is 3/4 deaf and needs hearing-aids to hear normally. He has a hard time understanding the difference between 'b' and 'd' and 'x' and 's' when spoken or read by the screen reader. He wants to be productive and use his skills to help people: he really likes to make other people's jobs (and lives) easier through his work. Or just to be doing something that is good. He cannot travel easily, and video chats are also hard for him. So that's the short of it. What I would like: thoughts and ideas to help him be a productive part of society and to help him have income. I will be attending school soon (away from home), so I won't be able to help as much as I have in the past. Please, what do you think would be good for him to do?

I've always loved watching LTT videos, and I've listen to alot of random WAN shows in the background and I remember hearing through merch messages/comments about people trying to get into the IT industry, but their lack of "experience" always causes issues in the job search.. Well, long story short, I got the green light to build out an IT department and I would love to give chances to some of those individuals who have an interest in IT but no one is willing to take the initial chance with them. We have an office in Tampa, FL USA (near airport) and for now it's work in office. If anyone is looking to break into IT, I'd love to help. (50ish% of your time will be entry level tickets, and the other 50ish% will be hands on learning.) I don't want to break the rules here and I'm a new LTT forums user so if I'm doing anything wrong or if this post should be deleted please let me know and I will do so. I just would rather pass the extra pay to my employee(s) than a recruiter, and most of the people I've hired who like LTT have been great to work with so far.

I've been seeing a bunch of people asking about if the Rise in AI will cost them their jobs. And while much of what will ultimately be possible is largely up in the air, one thing you can confirm is that many jobs will be phased out by AI. And I'm here to say, this is not a bad thing. At least not in the long run. Though I'm not one of those people convinced that it will also lead to a utopia, as we are FAR FAR FARSCAPE from that. Because for every household with a robot to do all their work for them, someone is making that robot in a factory and not being paid enough to do so. To get there, it will take making robots that can make robots that can make robot making robots that can be serviced by robots that can serviced by robots made by robot making robots in a robot run robot making factory. (Are you tired of hearing your inner voice say robot yet? Robot Robot Robot Robot Robot. It doesn't even look like a real word anymore) No, I'm of the "I have studied the long and arduous human record of history" type and am fully aware the "THEY TOOK ER JOBS" shtick has been running in the background of the human experience before we could even say the sentence "THEY TOOK ER JOBS." And I have a hard time believing that this is the technology that will finally drive humans to eternal unemployment line in the sky. Technology is not, as much as my fellow millennials might like to believe, just things that run on ones and zeros. There was a time that the largest technological innovation was the Gutenberg Moveable Type Printing Press. And if you think that didn't put some 15th century monks out of business, I have a bridge to sell you. But for every job taken out of the friar, there were more jobs available. There were still a need for people to man the printing press, to bind the books, sell them, the more readily available books meant overall literacy was to increase, so Teaching became less of a luxury, so more teachers were needed and so on. The current education complex owes it's entire existence to one man just trying to put the bible into more hands. Checkmate Atheists. And this story is told time and time again. Until the 1950's there was literally a common job in cities called a knocker-up, who would wake people by hitting their windows. The increasing ease in manufacturing of clocks made them cheaper, making them easier to obtain, putting these people out of business, so now, people only need a knocker-up when their biological clock starts ticking. I worked at a Target that put in self checkout counters. One week after, we cut four cashier jobs. Six months later, our overall staff increased by ten. Something about not having to interact with people made them more likely to come into store for smaller purchases and increased our need for stockers both in the back and out on the floor. Introverts for the win, apparently. In a completely humanist stand point, AI can have a very positive change for humanity, and will lead to more and better jobs than what we have now... Though there is a small wrinkle. While the glass is totally half full, there is a dead fly in it. And that's the fact there will be a transient period, before these new jobs exist. Many may lose their jobs, be forced into jobs that they are overqualified for. And that is a tragedy. Even looking to a bright future, we should acknowledge this. But again, that is nothing new. People have been moved to seemingly "lower" jobs across all fields, but soon, those make way to better jobs as the standard of living goes up. So if your jobs is threaten by AI, don't think your chance to put food on the table for yourself and your family is gone. It may be rough times, and I'll drink a beer with you and commiserate, but things will be okay. Because if there is two things humans have proven about ourselves over the thousands of years we've lived on this planet, they are that we will consistently try and put ourselves out of a job, and we will be consistently bad at it

Not really sure where to post this, but I'm trying to get into computer repair (central Florida area). I'm just not really sure where to start, I've been looking into certifications and some form of schooling but I don't really want to go for a full degree. if anyone is in that industry and can give me some ideas that would be very helpful.

Just sent my resume and such. They sent me an email asking for it about two weeks ago. College has just finshed and work was hectic that it slipped my mind... However they said 2 weeks (after first email), they would begin reviewing applicants. This mean im okay and I didnt just screw myself? Im hoping to be a testing engineer as im getting my BSME (bachelors of mechanical engineering) in May.

I live in Vancouver, so I thought to volunteer there.

I am currently looking to start a job in the tech field. I am 30 years old and currently a auto mechanic. I have always loved computers and gadgets since I was a toddler and am the "Go To" tech guy for my work and family. I want to find a job somewhere in the tech field but am not sure which direction to head. I would love a job that had a little bit of everything (hardware, software, networking, etc). Is there any good jobs like this that don't require a IT degree from a college? Thinking about taking my CCNA but don't know if I would want to only mainly focus on networking. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where to start? Or any things that I should avoid? Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

So 10th Grade for me in high school is coming to a near end (4 months left till summer vacation for us), and I have to figure out some courses for me to take. And I just turned 17 on the 3rd of March so responsibilities will be up to me real soon... Honestly: I don't even know where to go. I took an auto class, changing car oil, brakes, parts, taking apart a car engine and rebuilding it, and all sort of stuff, and it was okay but not my interest. Graphics, which is design for like business cards and posters and stuff, its okay but not my interest but of a hobby if doing it at home or whatever. Took drafting which is 3D modeling designing buildings and 3D printings and all the fancy stuff, not my interest really. Music tech, making music on computers and it's just not my interest but of a hobby. All the stuff I took would pretty much seem to be stuff to do when I need to and or a bit of a hobby like music/design. What I'm curious now is how you guys got jobs in computer stores, or IT, Tech, Support those kinds? I love to fix problems on computers, even though some of them are a pain (dealt with problems that took nearly half of my day), and fiddle around with stuff. I fixed many of my friend's computers, laptops, my desktops and so on. Taking out parts, cleaning, getting drivers fixed and or dealing with nasty viruses, I just like doing that. Many times I just facepalm at my school IT such as replacing the whole computer in school just for an easy error fix or buying like over 20 new desktops with SSD, but all the desktops have the SSD unplugged... I'm rambling on here a bit but I just wanted to get the idea out like who I am or what kind of tasks would be good for me. My school offer lot of courses: Engineering, IT Tech but that's just teaching all the basics of computer parts... IT A+ certification course, however, that's just a course to just get a certification, an exam pretty much than a class. There's coding, but the HTML coding parts turn me away since it's basic... and there's Computer science which is all the basics combined in one, making robots do stuff, a bit of coding and whatever. I think you guys get the idea. I thought about being a YouTuber for tech reviews/talk but of course that costs money (maybe I'll just do tech news? But nobody would watch that since the competition is high for example LTT pretty much covered everything). I like to talk about tech things, mention the pros and cons of things, and learning overall, recommending people what to do or get. I'm just throwing some stuff out there but in short: What steps did you guys take? OR.... what steps you guys think I should take? Any help would be great! ^^ EDIT #1: Some grammar fixes

If any of you work with computers for a living, what does your job entail specifically ? I'm just curious, as computers obviously pervade almost every single industry and type of job, so there must be some of you on here that do some real funky shit with computers for a living, what do you do ? I'll start I work for an AV Hire/Production company, i maintain, repair, deploy and hire-prep a fleet of about 300 machines ranging from macbooks, dell precisions, media server cabinets, and video blending racks. So basically my entire life is, installing windows, running Ccleaner, using clonezilla, phone activating microsoft office, testing PPT's that i know god damn well will run on my precision 7510's but the retard clients worry it's "too heavy", watching progress bars, torrenting to a ludicrous degree through the glorious company internet, and drinking coffee.

So I want to build my first PC and I have money saved up, but the money saved is for college, and I want to get enough money so I can build my own pc for around 500-600 dollars, I already have a monitor, and I just need to get windows 8 or 10 which isn't that expensive. So then that just leaves the PC, mouse and key board. So does anyone have a good idea on how to make money for a new PC in maybe 2 to 3 months? PROSTITUTION IS NOT A OPTION

Foxconn is planning to build a display manufacturing plant in the US after acquiring Sharp. The value of the plant may exceed $7 billion dollars and would create about 50,000 jobs. They are still looking at the best location for building such a plant, so far their main choice is Pennsylvania, after Foxconn had a holiday party over there. But it's not finalized yet, and other states can still submit their best offer with Foxconn. http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-foxconn-could-build-display-plant-in-united-states-2017-1

Hello everyone, In some months I need choose what I want to do for my future. I love 3 things but I don't know what to do. Should I work in: Neurosurgeon Businessman (Maybe phone or pc parts manufacter, who knows, maybe a CPU) Software Architect I know these have nothing to do with each other, but those are my favourite things. Can you help me? In terms of benefits, cash, stress and more. Thanks for helping me choose.

I earnt my first wings by learning the ins and out of building my first PC ( thank you you tube and linus tech tips big inspiration ) specked it 10 times and built it in a month last year and my interest in PC tech, advances and threats have sky rocketed since then. I'm learning Python in my spare time to get a computer language under my belt but where do I go from here. Also I know AI, deep learning and machine learning will take over many tech jobs so what jobs will be left for us in the near future and how do I go about getting them? Anyone with knowledge, experience and advice I'm all ears. Orion

So I'm wanting to get a job doing what I love. I am working on my network cert, but I wanted to ask you what you think. Do you work in the IT field and if so do you enjoy It? Is it demanding, working a lot of overtime? How much do you get paid and how long have you been doing it? What was it like getting your foot in the door and what background did you have before you started? What type of Certifications do you hold? Comptia A+, cisco? I'm wondering if I should get my foot in the door or should I stay away? Let me know! Thank you!

I'm a 22 year old fresh out of college dude, currently working as the only IT guy in a company. I have all the freedom in the world, sadly it's only 20 hours every week, it pays the bills but thats about it. What are you doing right now? Working, studying or maybe trying to make your way through high-school?

Going in for an interview for an I.T. internship tomorrow, and it will be my first "real" internship/job experience since graduating college. Because of this, I'm not really sure what I should be expecting pay wise. I was hoping someone could tell me what a fair hourly rate would be if they were to ask me what I was hoping to make. A few points that might help: Internship will be in New York State (Not near the city). Current Minimum wage here is $11.10/hr. I have my A.A.S. in Computer Information Technology and am currently one year away from my B.S. in Cyber security. I do have previous I.T. work experience, however it was back in high school and I was making a little over minimum wage and it was only for a short period of time. Internship will be 4 months long. It is a well-established multi-million dollar company. They reached out to me. Personally, I was thinking something in the neighborhood of $14-$15/hr but I honestly am not sure what I'm basing that off of other than other jobs that were not I.T. related what so ever. Any input on this is appreciated.

Has anyone here been reading up on the systematic transfer of US high-tech jobs to Israel? Windows 10 has been co-developed by Israeli contractors and Intel CPUs are now designed and manufactured in Israel as well. I'm asking for anyone's opinion on this as it seems that US high-tech jobs are being lost as well as the fact that it poses a security risk for American corporations and the military, especially US web servers. it's not a secret that Intel has backdoors inside of it with the Intel Management System and the Minx OS. It's especially worrying when the CEO of Intel says this: "We See Ourselves as an Israeli Company as Much as a U.S. Company" I urge everyone to search up "israel secret weapon the talpiot program" and get to know how this is all happening under our noses with the media not mentioning it.

As a foreigner, where to start to look for a job in Vancouver/Canada? If you're not familiar with the criteria selection of some companies, this question may sound strange. I mean, just go online and google "job sites canada", or something! In fact, I've been through this process already. I went online and applied to some jobs. But the thing is, many companies explicitly say that they will give preference to Canadian citizens (which is only fair if you ask me, it's their country after all). Which makes the process a little bit tricky if you want to immigrate to Canada, like me, and don't have an specific education highly required by the government. So, does anyone have an idea of places that are friendly with foreign applicants? I'm looking for something in the creative industry, international relations or tourism area. Or in other words, my goal here is to find people telling me things like "hey, where I work we hire international people, this is the name of the place, take a look!". Thanks guys!

Hi Everyone, I say a good day to all of you and seasons greetings as well. I've been working for quite a while now in the IT Industry, and recently I've seen the Secret Shopper from Linus' YT channel, and then it dawned on me that this is what i wanted. I wanted to help the gaming community in my own little ways, i wanted to build, i wanted to suggest, i wanted to troubleshoot all for our non techie gaming brethren out there. This is what i wanted all along, and im planning to change my career path to that. Hence i applied to the si's Linus reviewed in his series. If you would know any other work that is somehow like originpc, maingear and the such can you kindly point me in that direction. Right now there is little to no careers like this in the Philippines, so i am willing to move out just to get a job like that. Appreciate your suggestions in advance.

17yo, am attending my local career center/academy (in fact I am by far the most intelligent in IT for my school's class of 2021) for PC repair, IT, and networking. My forte is 100% PC hardware. Despite the fact that I have only built 2 PCs in my life (my first was a piece of trash looking back), I have been studying hardware in depth for around a year and a half now. (Steve Burke from GN, Moore's law is dead, and AHOC are very helpful ) and with the exception of PSU cables, I could prob build a rig blind just from my knowledge of PCs. My knowledge of PC hardware is much more depth than breadth. (As in I haven't taken a complete Comp Sci course, nor do I understand programming one bit, but I am trying my best to learn the low level complications of motherboards, RAM, GPUs, etc.) However, I am kinda poor and just working with high parts is still a dream. This is going to be a problem, right? I came here looking for advice on what kind of jobs I should look for in the future (after a low level IT or PC technician job) and what kind of certifications I should get to get there. (I have heard that in IT, for the first couple rungs up the "ladder," certifications are worth a lot more than a college degree in CS. Correct me if I'm wrong.) A lifetime job as a PC technician would be great, but it won't pay well after long and while not a dead end, could feel like it because I don't know of similar jobs that are better paying. Anyone that actually builds PCs all day, creates parts lists, etc. for a living, please join this conversation. Advice here could actually make a big difference in my life, so genuine knowledge and advice is greatly appreciated.

I'm gonna be graduating in a year with a CS degree, I don't live in the U.S. and have been thinking a lot about moving there after I graduate and maybe start my career there I've been freelancing for a while and made some money it's not enough for me to move to the U.S. yet. Now what I figured would be best for me is if I found a job while I live in my current country since life here is somewhat cheap a $1000/month would actually be pretty amazing for me. what are the positions that are mostly outsourced so that I can focus on them in my last year? I heard AWS admins are outsourced any other suggestions? notice I'm looking for a job not freelancing I've been freelancing web development for a while now so I'm not looking for that and it has a lot of downsides too. thanks.

I am currently looking to get a different job. What I am confused about is how to manage the transition phase between quitting my existing job and starting the other. I am told that you're supposed to give your current employer 2 weeks notice before you have to leave. Where the confusion starts is that on the application for the new job they ask when I can start working. I feel weird saying that I can't start until 2 weeks from now because I am asking for a job now. Is this ok to do or do I have to deal with having 2 jobs for 2 weeks? I am 17 and its my first time quitting and starting another job so I'm a little lost on some things and how to handle them. Any help is much appreciated!

Hi all, I want to share something with you all and hear what you think. I started my first IT job at a small firm in a small town, about 6 years ago. Worked there for just under 2 years doing tech support (mostly) and the odd computer setup, router setup and network cable installation. It was just me and the senior guy, doing work for the general public, but mostly on maintaining the internal IT infrastructure. I then moved on to another company, they did tech support and installations and retail for the general public. I only worked there for just under a year, mostly due to conflict of some sorts. I then decided to open my own company, doing support, installations and retail in the same small town. The first company I worked for stopped doing work for the public and focused on doing only their internal infrastructure and maintaining it, so I scored quite a few clients off that. I did this for 4 years and I enjoyed it. The freedom of doing your own thing is unlike anything I've had before. I made a living, but didn't grow much. I had a lot of time to "play" with things, I learned FreeNAS, pfSense, Ubuntu, all the things I wanted to learn, I could. And then, when I "mastered" these things, I could sell them to my clients as solutions. I never got any certifications, degrees or diplomas in my field, all I had was experience. As much as one could get by playing with different things. At the end of 2017 I got a job offer from quite a massive company to be an IT Technician (Junior, for now, hopefully) at one of their branches in a near city. They didn't offer as much money as I was making on my own, but they did offer benefits, such as medical aid, a pension fund, and so on. They also wanted me to get my CompTIA A+ in 1 month, and so I did, and I took the offer, we moved. I did this mostly out of the view point of having the security of a salary and for the benefits (medical aid) for me and my wife's future. I've been here basically a month now. My problem though, is that I don't feel like I'm learning anything here (yet, hopefully). I am not allowed to fix the important things like the routers, firewalls, etc. Those problems are for the SysAdmins, Network Admins, etc. My job, mostly, is remote logging into users' machines and fixing whatever issues they may have. My goal is to be a network admin for this company. Their infrastructure seems so cool, and it looks like I can learn quite a lot here. How fast do you think I can climb this ladder? I am 26 right now, turning 27 this year. I only have my CompTIA A+ right now. Which diplomas/certificates would you suggest? I don't know if anything Cisco would apply here, they seem to use Mikrotik and Ubiquiti for most of the networking equipment. Thanks

Who should I contact? Anyone know? I am a computer science major and there's plenty of other things out there to do but for some reason I'm very interested in this company.

Hey everybody, I am looking at doing a degree in cyber security in the future and I want to learn a bit about the job. Is there anyone in the cyber security field who can tell me about their job. Is it very stressful, what sort of things do you do. I just want some insight into the field. Thanks everyone Shaqtin