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Honestly, it will be very hard to get any job in a technology field without a degree. There are always going to be other people applying for those jobs who do have degrees, and employers are going to give them preference almost every time. A tech certification with no degree + no experience won't solve that problem, because you'll be up against a bunch of guys with better qualifications.

So...if you reallywant to work in IT, you either have to spend the next 4 years getting the appropriate degree (not just "a" degree) or you have to get really lucky and find a way to accumulate several years of job experience in one specialization. If you manage to pull off that second option, your choices going forward are still more limited than they would be if you had the degree, but at least for some jobs in that particular specialization you should be able to nudge out totally green applicants who have nothing but a degree.

The technology field also has some characteristics that make it particularly tough, and knowing about them will help you with your decision-making:



First, a lot of the specific skills you acquire today will become obsolete in the course of your working life. This means you'd be signing up for a profession in which you will always have to update your skill set. Everything you know will have to be updated, often at a rapid pace, and over the years, a lot of what you've learned will become virtually worthless.

Second, there is a lot of competitive pressure, and it comes not only from the domestic market but also from overseas. As a result, employers don't usually have to offer really high pay to fill most of these jobs, and a lot of work has moved offshore. So if you want to do anything in the computer/technology industry, try to choose something that can't be outsourced. An outsourcing-proof job would be installation and maintenance of network systems, for example, or even sales. Actually, if you like selling, the tech field could be interesting, because you would get some technical training but wouldn't have to keep learning all the minute details about every system you sell over the years. Plus the contact base you build up over the years will be an asset that retains much of its value.

Third, many employers seem to think IT people should be willing to work longer hours and be more productive than many other types of employees. The fact that there are always other candidates to fill a particular position is one factor that has contributed to this mindset. For tech support jobs (for example, an IT person who works for a non-technology company), I also think many employers don't realize how much work their tech personnel are actually doing. Management just wants things to work, and they're willing to spend a certain amount to get that. So the IT people either deliver the goods at that price or they get replaced.

Now, despite all that, the tech field can be really fun if you like what you're doing. It's never boring, and you get to work with some amazing people, many of whom are very generous about sharing the knowledge they have acquired. Sometimes you even get a job where you can wear jeans and a t-shirt every day if you feel like it. But it does require hard work, and it can be very tough to maintain the pace that's expected of you. A lot of people leave the field or switch over to management jobs because they burn out. Long-term job security is definitely not one of the benefits of choosing this type of work.