Lou Spencer: from Customer Service to Network Engineer with one $3000 certificate

LOU SPENCER

A network engineer explains how to learn a high-paying IT job with no college. Lou Spencer was working in customer service when she earned a $3000 entry-level IT certificate in network engineering and doubled her income. Lou is flourishing in a career where black, female IT professionals are only 3% of the tech workforce. She tells you how you can, too! Today she earns well over $100,000 a year. She claims that you don't need to be good at math. She has been successful because she keeps learning new certifications and stays abreast of new IT trends such as Artificial Intelligence.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/network-and-computer-systems-administrators.htm

Some statistics about women and people of color in the IT workforce: https://builtin.com/women-tech/women-in-tech-workplace-statistics

Stack Overflow's website https://stackoverflow.com and podcast, "The Overflow" is a great place to learn about IT careers.

You can sometimes find network engineering certification classes at community colleges.

Good online providers of certification classes include: Amazon Cloud Services: https://acloudguru.com/pricing Explore the site on the free plan to see career paths Azure.com CISCO - CCNA and other certifications https://www.cisco.com/