I thought switching careers would take 6 months. It took me almost 2 years.

I was working retail in Dallas and decided I wanted to get into IT. Every online course said you could pivot in a few months with a certification or two. I picked up my A+ and Network+ within 5 months and started applying. I was getting nothing but rejections for about a year. It wasn't until I did a free internship at a local MSP that I finally got hired, and that was 22 months after I started studying. Has anyone else had a career change take way longer than the internet promised?

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jessica3315d ago

My buddy Tom spent 14 months applying for electrician jobs before someone finally called him back.

nathan_kim5d ago

@jessica331 guess Tom finally got a shocking response after all that waiting.

nathan_kim5d ago

@jessica331 fourteen months is brutal. I had a buddy who applied to four different plumbing companies over a year and a half. He finally got a call back from the fifth one and they offered him less money than the ad said. He took it anyway because rent wasn't going to wait.

williams.luna5d ago

Man that's rough, fourteen months of waiting just to get a lower offer than what they promised. Hope the job works out okay for your buddy in the long run.