There are lots of options, even more specialties to pursue, just don't go limiting yourself to what you think you have to start with. If your interests are more networking-focused, you could start looking at your CCNA and shoot for a NOC Support type of job, or you could think about studying up for your MCSA or RHCSA/ LPIC and start gunning for a Junior Sysadmin level job, maybe thinking about cloud ( Azure/ AWS) or virtualization ( VMware) down the road. It's not a bad way to start your career, but you don't have to stay in that particular wheelhouse if you don't want. What I'd like to focus on is your career-goals: if you're interested in desktop support, look at certs and training for Windows 10 and possibly CompTIA A+ and Network+ to start. You've already gotten some pretty good answers regarding software - go for Virtual Box to save money, use VMware Workstation Pro when (and if) you're ready to spend that kind of money - so I'll wait to give my two cents on that until the end. ![]() I know that workstation can also assist me in practice my penetration skills, since thats what I used the trial for. I think my laptop should be able to handle the load as I've installed 44gb of ram and have lots of disk space. Are there any draw backs to this setup? Would it even be worth my time setting all of this up? I've noticed a lot of job posting asking for experience with certain OS/servers and I want to get practice in. Knowing that I'm most likely headed to the help desk, my idea was to try and build a small network inside of workstation pro, complete with AD, a few servers and workstations so I could practice the environment. My questions revolved around, would buying workstation pro 12.5 be a good investment for someone like me? I've gone through the trial and set up a few systems during one of my classes that seemed very beneficial to my learning. With all that being said I have a question about VMware workstation pro 12.5. My former life (minor league baseball) dosent exactly hold much weight in the IT field. ![]() I understand that even though I'll be graduating with my degree, I'm most likely headed to the help desk to start my career. While my classes have been great, I'm looking for a bit more hands on before I enter the IT field. I'm currently about to graduate with my bachelor degree in computer networks and cyber security from UMUC this summer. ![]() Hello all, short time lurker first time poster.
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