Ask HN: Are there such things as IT Apprenticeships?
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I'm apprenticing a junior sys admin right now. He's been with me for 2 years now. It's not a formal apprenticeship, but I took him out of the help desk (where he worked on Windows) and now he is a solid junior Linux sys admin. This was on an Ops team of two (and now three).
May sys admins I know have juniors they are apprenticing in a similar fashion. This is a fairly traditional way to make a sysadmin (on the job training).
May sys admins I know have juniors they are apprenticing in a similar fashion. This is a fairly traditional way to make a sysadmin (on the job training).
If there isn't, there really should be. Traditional University education does a really poor job of preparing people for IT as well, further exaggerating the need for it. I think some of the trade school programs have OK curriculum, but I can't say for certain either way.
The shop I work at was actually talking about it, but we don't have the time to train someone.
The shop I work at was actually talking about it, but we don't have the time to train someone.
Skills for machinists, welders, etc. all have apprenticeships. Would it not make sense to have them for IT as well. Where you could learn under a "master" for a period of time equivalent to a 4 year degree. Does this exist?