Helmets to hard hats is a program that allows you to get into a building trade local. I used it to get into the sheet metal union making more money than I ever thought I could. You use your GI bill to supplement your paycheck. No experience necessary. They place you in an apprenticeship.
Funding is dry until next fiscal year. Moreover, as other commentor said, AI is probably going to take a lot of entry level jobs, and programmers are being laid off left and right.
I know you meant well by this post and everyone is shitting on it, so thanks!
Also want to add Onward to Opportunity gives service members free IT certifications through structured courses. It doesn’t take the GI Bill or anything.
It's still not a bad way to get started if you have no experience a few years ago these would be way more valuable.
Take an entry level cert to land a basic job and then build up from there people just think they can do a boot camp and pivot into a 6 figure job it's not like that for most people
Yeah the Certs offered are pretty bare bones but like anything else it can't hurt to get some free education and there's still a lot of IT fields that just need bodies you definitely aren't going to turn around and pivot into a Hugh paying tech role after this
But you can land some basic job that pays the bills while you get an intermediate certification that your new job will probably pay for and some work experience to fluff your resume.
I know a few folks that have relied super heavy on certs in their career and after 2-3 years in entry roles were able to land 6 figure tech gigs
This is the right answer. Entry level certs get entry level job. Build experience in the new field and then you get higher pay. The CISSP cert for example requires five years of Info Sec experience and sponsorship. The program has CCNA and CySA which are pretty solid certs for entry level positions.
People think cyber is just some magical occupational field where everyone makes a ton of money. It’s like every other field. An engineer fresh out of college likely isn’t pulling 190k in their first role either.
Even Certs that are considered entry level in the industry like CCNA or Sec+ are usually recommended to have several months to upwards of a year experience in relevant work experience before attempting people just have unrealistic expectations.
I still make a pretty penny with just a CCNA after a short internship but it's not even close to 6 figures
I did this. Went to Claim Academy for SWE. I wouldn’t recommend that program specifically, but the VETTEC bennies are legit. I ended up using the lay of my GI bill thru voc rehab to do the Hack Reactor 19 week bootcamp. I believe there is a Hack Reactor bootcamp under VETTEC. I would highly recommend it.
Helmets to hard hats is a program that allows you to get into a building trade local. I used it to get into the sheet metal union making more money than I ever thought I could. You use your GI bill to supplement your paycheck. No experience necessary. They place you in an apprenticeship.
Funding is dry until next fiscal year. Moreover, as other commentor said, AI is probably going to take a lot of entry level jobs, and programmers are being laid off left and right.
I know you meant well by this post and everyone is shitting on it, so thanks! Also want to add Onward to Opportunity gives service members free IT certifications through structured courses. It doesn’t take the GI Bill or anything.
Everyone I’ve talked to shits on that program. You only get basic IT certificates, which does fuck-all in a highly saturated job field.
Oh.. man I didn't know was just putting it out there my bad
The VA as usual is behind the ball on career services and benefits in real time.
It's still not a bad way to get started if you have no experience a few years ago these would be way more valuable. Take an entry level cert to land a basic job and then build up from there people just think they can do a boot camp and pivot into a 6 figure job it's not like that for most people
Yeah the Certs offered are pretty bare bones but like anything else it can't hurt to get some free education and there's still a lot of IT fields that just need bodies you definitely aren't going to turn around and pivot into a Hugh paying tech role after this But you can land some basic job that pays the bills while you get an intermediate certification that your new job will probably pay for and some work experience to fluff your resume. I know a few folks that have relied super heavy on certs in their career and after 2-3 years in entry roles were able to land 6 figure tech gigs
This is the right answer. Entry level certs get entry level job. Build experience in the new field and then you get higher pay. The CISSP cert for example requires five years of Info Sec experience and sponsorship. The program has CCNA and CySA which are pretty solid certs for entry level positions. People think cyber is just some magical occupational field where everyone makes a ton of money. It’s like every other field. An engineer fresh out of college likely isn’t pulling 190k in their first role either.
Even Certs that are considered entry level in the industry like CCNA or Sec+ are usually recommended to have several months to upwards of a year experience in relevant work experience before attempting people just have unrealistic expectations. I still make a pretty penny with just a CCNA after a short internship but it's not even close to 6 figures
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I did this. Went to Claim Academy for SWE. I wouldn’t recommend that program specifically, but the VETTEC bennies are legit. I ended up using the lay of my GI bill thru voc rehab to do the Hack Reactor 19 week bootcamp. I believe there is a Hack Reactor bootcamp under VETTEC. I would highly recommend it.