What are the best websites for IT online courses with certificates?

[Greedier]

I want to study IT and I need to get more qualifications for a career in this area.
I'm not in uni yet and was wondering what are the most valuable websites where I can find all these courses and get qualifications for my CV.

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[TallAnon]

It depends what subject in IT you're interested in. In general I recommend just finding one thing to build at a time and then just google until it works.

[Greedier]

Thank you! ^^
Ohh, I see! It makes so much sense.
I'm really a beginner so I'm kinda of wanting to see a bit of everything and see which one I would like most, though I was interested in learning computer science. Seems like a lot of IT jobs require this, I guess..

[TallAnon]

Yeah, makes sense. I studied CS myself and what they focus on is exactly that, introducing you to as many disciplines as possible.
In my home country there's already multiple CS courses as well.. Business IT, Computer Sciences aimed towards servers and webpages and Computer Sciences aimed towards robotics, graphics and applications.

I would try to first understand what appeals to you more:
-Building websites
-Working on servers/databases
-Making applications/games/VR
-Working on robotics

[Greedier]

Ohh, I see!
Makes sense, seems like the perfect subject then.

I will see which one of those topics/areas of CS you suggested I like the most.
That's really helpful!
Thank you very much!

[ChrisMaster69]

Can you qualify for an apprenticeship course via college?

[Greedier]

I actually don't know, I'd need to ask the teachers

[ChrisMaster69]

There are a lot of government funded courses available.

Some come with placements

A lot of online ones you may have to pay for

[Greedier]

Yes, that's right. The online ones are usually paid.
I'm course isn't IT yet, but once I finish this one I'll enroll for IT there.
I'm having placement in IT at college though. It's like to have more idea of what to expect of the course and get some qualification.
Then I was wondering what could I study more (what websites) online aside college..
Ig I got a bit worried about future haha.

Thank you, I will look into it at college!

[ChrisMaster69]

If you are doing IT, then look at AWS and other Cloud stuff.

also look at information / cyber security.

The best way personally is look at where you would like to be in 5 years and work your courses towards it.

There are some courses that support each other down certain career paths

[Greedier]

Ohhh, I see. That sounds good and makes so much sense.
I'll need to look on the website national career service Ig, and analyse all the careers in the IT job sector and then choose one.
I still actually am not sure about the career specifically.😅🤦🏻‍♀️

I will look into AWS, Cloud, and information / cyber security too.
This sounds really good

[ChrisMaster69]

It’s about emerging technology.

Also add in IOT stuff as well.

If you are interested in coding, the UK also covers Girls Coding with some schemes available at certain unis

[Greedier]

Ohh, that sounds great!
Yes, I want to learn how to code too.
I'm gonna look into IOT too.
Thank you so much!

[ChrisMaster69]

No probs will have a gander 2moz on what I can find

[Greedier]

Haha, thank youu! ^^

[ChrisMaster69]

@Greedier

www.ukcybersecuritycouncil.org.uk/.../

https://codefirstgirls.org.uk/

Courses

https://codefirstgirls.org.uk/courses/

https://girlswhocode.com/en-uk

There are others but that’s all I had a hand at this time in the morning and a few Stella’s

nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/.../cyber-intelligence-officer

[Greedier]

WoW! Thank you very much!
That's so helpful now!
I'm looking into them now ^^

[ChrisMaster69]

@Greedier no problem , it’s sort of work stuff which from rest of erm chats tonight makes a change lol

[Greedier]

Haha, yeah and they'll be super helpful!

[ChrisMaster69]

@Greedier thank you for MHG, most appreciated.

I hope you managed to get some more info and read through those links

[Greedier]

You're welcome! ^^
And yes, that course seems really good!

[ChrisMaster69]

@Greedier excellent. It’s also worth checking with local colleges, there are often come decent courses around

[Part2603]

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING:

Pick your job first, then build your education around that goal.

There's lots of different ways you can become a "tech worker" and a degree isn't necessary for a lot of them.

That said, you're young, and you should be flexible and you should explore your options a little bit. You're in high school right now. Might as well take as much math as you can since that will be useful if you want to go the Bachelors in Computer Science path.

I'm sure you've gotten advice on how to go the college way, so if you want instead to consider "What can I do, what can I learn TODAY?" Then yeah, you can self teach a lot of stuff, and you can probably get yourself an interesting job "right away".

Some websites:

w3schools. com

pluralsight. com

fullstackopen. com

theodinproject. com

tryhackme. com

eloquentjavascript. net

slashdot. org

freecodecamp. org

I know, that's a lot. But I suppose the most important thing for right now is that you plan to plan ahead, and don't just trust the educational system to just get you where you need to go. Everybody is gonna tell you the same thing. Go to college.

You should be proactive just like you're doing now. Explore possibilities. Make connections with similar like minded people on the internet, (I didn't have social media when I was your age) so you can figure out what the landscape is and how it's changing.

If you can find a college student a few years older than you that is doing pretty much exactly what you want to do, then you can shadow her, and be on top of everything.

That's what I'd tell you in general. If you like, you can provide some detail about your existing knowledge base, or personality, (I'm assuming you like math and science and have an analytical mind), or maybe a semi plan that you might have in mind. Did you want to work right out of high school?

Anyway, if you want to "learn tech" as a high schooler I'd say, learn Linux. And Python.

[Greedier]

Oh wow, thank you! I'd give you the MHO if I could

[Greedier]

I'm doing IT at college rn, once I finish the plan would be to apply for uni and then get a part-time job or even an apprenticeship, that fits the available time I'll have according to the uni's timetable

[Greedier]

But yeah, I'll see...

[Part2603]

Community College sounds like a good choice if they offer IT classes, you should totally do that. With a year or so of technician and administrator classes you should be able to get yourself a little job as an IT worker, helping office workers check their email, or building servers or networks. I've suggested to another friend to try to get an entry level job working as a help desk phone operator, I think those jobs you can get with very little experience.

I think the smart play is to leverage your youth to get your foot in the door in the workforce early, and then learn as much as you can on the job. Then when your resume shows that you've started working in tech the day you turned 18, you'll be that much of a better choice than other people that took a while to get a degree and have no practical skills.

But I don't know exactly how hard it is to get a job super early.

Anyway, that's why I said to pick your job first. Because that can be in intermediate steps. You can decide to be a IT technician, and educate for that. Then you can decide to be like a network security administrator and train for that. So on and so forth. Ask your teachers, read the syllabuses and see what kind of job you can get with the classes or certification they give you.

[Part2603]

Go on indeed. Make a fake account if you like, but browse the tech job postings in your area, and see the job requirements and job skills that they need. And then match your education to that.

You should tell yourself, "Ah! I've found this example IT job where they want somebody that knows Microsoft Access. And I've found a online class that teaches Microsoft Access, and most of the stuff the employer wants is in the course description, so I'm gonna take this class, and then in six months time, I'm gonna try to apply to this job, or since it probably won't exist then, a job very similar to it!"

And of course it probably won't be as simple as that, employers want many layers and multiple skills, one cert probably won't cut it, (but it might if you're 18!) but you'll know actual skills, and you'll understand what employers want. With is much better position to find an actual job than, "I know Calculus."

The cool thing about tech in general, is that it's a lot of little pieces that sort of add up to a lot. So every little thing you add to your knowledge base is winning.

[Greedier]

Omg, those tips are gold! 😁
TSM! I'll look into this!

I think I got what you meant.
To start emerging myself more into the IT industry, e. g.; what are the jobs requirements around my area.

That's really good. I haven't had thought before about going on indeed to research this.

The tip about getting my foot in the door of the workforce
as soon and early as possible is a really great one too! Now that u said so, it makes sense.
I'll keep it in mind.

Thank you very much, again.