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What is some software I should become familiar with if I want to become an IT?

I am working on becoming an IT, but I do not know what type of software I should learn in order to do well in that field.

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Dave’s Answer

If you want to take more of the administrative route with entry into IT Support, I would start with getting a deep understanding in the most common operating systems which are Windows Server & Linux Technologies. Try to get a grasp of scripting languages such as Perl and PowerShell.

Following on from that, take a look at Virtualisation - VMWare are the market leaders in this field have have dozens of Educational courses online.

Then I move into Public Cloud, namely Azure / AWS. There is so much education online, most of it you can find for free and there are many certification routes that you can take.

The first lesson is to understand that IT is so broad, there are so many different technologies - no one person can know everything. Find out what you enjoy the most, then specialise.
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Eric’s Answer

An easy place to start a career in I.T. is at the help desk. I'd suggest you do a search for companies looking for helpdesk personnel and see what software experience they are asking for. That can then guide you on where to start based on what employers are actually asking for at the time.
You may also want to consider taking an I.T. track at college. They'll give you a great starting base to jump into I.T.
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Charanya’s Answer

In an Information Technology company there are different roles you can take up. Generally a team that builds software consists of Developers, Quality assurance engineers, Business analysts/Product managers, Data analysts, Project Manager. For each of these roles you will need a specific skill set.
For example if you choose to be a Developer then primarily you will be the person writing code to build the software using a set of programming languages like Java script, Java, C# dot net, python etc. Based on what the company uses the developer will be working on 1 or 2 programming language, for you to get started it would be good to start on some online courses for basic programming, Javascript and Java or C# dotnet as these are the most used languages once you get the hold of one of these courses and you understand your interests then you can join specific code bootcamps conducted by organizations like general assembly(not sponsored just an example) where u can learn more on the programming language , related tools and how u can use it in real time.

If you choose to be a Quality assurance engineer there are again online courses about what is software testing and automation testing , there are youtube videos for that take a look at them and if u think this is something you are interested in then again u can take up courses like Udemy and prepare for some Software testing certificates like ISTQB which is the certification for software testing https://www.istqb.org/

To be a Data analyst you will need to take up Data analysis / Data science courses offered by some universities, this is a growing industry and a great area to be working in.
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Wojciech’s Answer

As an IT, there are several software programs that you should become familiar with. These include operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, and MacOS, as well as networking software like Cisco IOS and Juniper JUNOS. Additionally, you should learn about virtualization software like VMware and Hyper-V, as well as scripting and automation tools such as PowerShell and Python. Familiarity with these software programs will be valuable as you pursue a career in IT.
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