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How to Get a Head-Start to Be an IT Manager?

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June 12, 2014 11:54:52 AM

I'm a teenager and I'm interested in being a IT manager when I'm older. I know there isn't a ton I can do for now, but is there something I can read or practice doing in my free-time for now?

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June 12, 2014 12:10:42 PM

College. CS degree and Business Administration.
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June 12, 2014 6:54:41 PM

Anything I can do right now? At my age I mean.
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June 12, 2014 7:00:14 PM

Jhact said:
Anything I can do right now? At my age I mean.


Yes. Get good grades. Math and science.

"IT Manager" is a very broad concept. Help desk manager, programming team lead, networking supervisor, etc, etc.
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June 12, 2014 7:03:44 PM

Usually, becoming a manager means you have first to spend couple of years on entry-level IT position. Unless your father owns the shop ;) 

At your age now - get friends with math, physics. Learn a programming language. Make a web site and start practicing some skills. ALl of this will be of help when you start the college.
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June 12, 2014 8:18:06 PM

K, thanks for the help guys! I'll try out all of those methods!
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June 22, 2014 2:25:31 AM

Plenty of things you can play around with. I prefer to learn by doing things rather than reading them :) 

Download the free 180-day trial of Windows Server 2012. Put it in a virtual machine and have a play around. Microsoft also have some virtual labs available for free. On that subject - try to get familiar with Virtual Machines. It's becoming pretty much a standard in the server world.

Get yourself a version of Linux (most are free), install Apache and PHP, make yourself a website. Plenty of guides available on this if you google around. Alternatively get yourself a domain name and Cpanel hosting package. Have a play around with things like Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal. Not free option but still fairly cheap.

Visit www.codecademy.com if you want to try learning some code. Most popular languages are here, It's awesome and free.

If possible try to get a summer job at a local IT repair shop. Even if voluntary it's worthwhile for the knowledge and looks good on your CV.


It's not about becoming an expert at this point. This is all about getting a general feel for IT and figuring out which area you would prefer to study in more depth. Don't be like me and take a software engineering module only to realise you hate software engineering about 1 month into the course. God damn flow diagrams and Gantt charts!!


And just to reiterate people above - good grades is by far the best thing you can do right now. Everything else is just an add-on.
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