Chasee
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Speaking of school, I notice that your location says Houston (I'm assuming Houston, TX) and I just wanted to mention that the faculty at HCCS helped me get my start. I don't know if they are still there, but one instructor passed along job opportunities to students and another one (who also teaches at UH) can get an interview for any student who passes three or four specific classes.
Anyway, aside from that, I agree with everything that Lex said. I'd also like to add that a degree always helps, preferably a Bachelor's. It's not absolutely necessary, but having one is always better than not having one.
I'm working towards getting into security, myself. There's so much to learn that it's almost overwhelming.
Volunteer work, internships, and work study are all great ways to get some experience under your belt while you're still going to school.
In Houston there's Comp-U-Dopt.org - it's a volunteer organization that provides refurbished computers to kids. A lot of students in the area volunteer there to put some experience on their resumes. My program at HCC required work hours and a lot of the students went there to fulfill that requirement.
There's also computer retail at places like Fry's, Microcenter, etc. It's less hands on and retail sucks, but customer service experience is invaluable in the industry.
OK, OK, I see! Awesome! I'll look into that!
And I have heard of all those places, should I apply to them even know my computer intellect isn't really as keen as it probably should be?