How to switch your career from Non-IT to IT?

How to switch your career from Non-IT to IT?, focus on operating systems, documentation, programming basics, and application environment.

How to switch your career from Non-IT to IT?

Now a days most of the employees from different fields are changing their career from Non-IT to IT. Important reasons for that more job opportunities in the IT industry, better salaries to when it compares to other fields, and better career in the IT industry.

We have so many non-coding or less coding jobs are there in the IT the market. so you can easily switch to the IT industry.

Non-coding or less coding jobs in the IT industry:

QA Engineer (Manual Test Engineer)
IT Business Analyst
Technical Writer
UX Engineer (UX stands for User Experience)
Client Manager
IT support specialist
SEO Specialist
Content marketing manager
Data analyst
System administrator
Software sales consultant
RPA (Robotic Process Automation) Developer

Etc,

If you have interest in programming (coding) then you can suitable for any job role in the IT industry.

Computer background qualification is not mandatory to become expert in the IT industry, if you have Mathematics or Physics or Statistics, etc, in your academic, they also are enough.

Now a days some people form Arts or Commerce background also getting IT Jobs.

If you want to switch your career from Non-IT to IT, you follow the below suggestions:

1. First focus on do operating computers and mobile devices.

Computer operating systems knowledge is mandatory for every IT professional, now a days even Non-IT people also having knowledge MS Windows operating system, you focus on MS Windows, Linux, and Macintosh operating systems. For Linux and Mac basics are enough, but you try to focus more on MS Windows (It has largest market share).

2. Focus on computer documentation.

Data and Documentations are having a vital role in the IT industry, so you try to learn a popular documentation package like MS Office.

3. Learn computer programming fundamentals.

Now a days computer programming knowledge is not only for software developers, programming role is there in the most of the IT jobs, example some programming knowledge is required for Automated Testers, Network Administrators, Web designers, Database developers, Salesforce developers, and SAP developers, etc.

We have different types of programming languages are there, but some programming concepts are common in every programming language. Syntax may vary from one programming language to another, but purpose of programming concepts are similar in all programming languages.

Try to know about common programming fundamentals like Data types, Variables, Operators, Modifiers, Strings, Arrays, Control Flow (Deciion making or conditions, Loops, and branching), IO, Functions\Methods, and exception handling, etc,

4. Learn Database fundamentals.

Data has an important role in the IT industry, if there is no data then no meaning of computers, so here focus os Data, Data Types, and Databases (SQL and NoSQL databases).

SQL and NoSQL databases, just know about basics of database technologies.

5. Learn computer and mobile application environments.

We have different types of software applications, computer desktop applications, computer web applications, mobile native applications, mobile web apps, and mobile hybrid applications.

Be familiar with desktop, web, and mobile software applications.

Note: By leaning these IT fundamentals the you can choose any one suitable job role for your career.