Are you tired of working at MSPs that offer subpar job experiences in the IT field? Looking for alternatives to break-fix roles in the industry? But struggling to find non-MSP IT job opportunities?
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How to Transition from MSPs to other IT Job Roles:
– Explore specialized IT roles in industries such as healthcare, finance, or tech companies.
– Build a strong online presence on platforms like LinkedIn to attract recruiters.
– Attend industry events and networking sessions to connect with potential employers outside of MSPs.
– Consider furthering your education with certifications or additional training to stand out in the job market.
What to Look for in Non-MSP IT Jobs:
– Research company cultures and values to ensure a good fit and avoid dubious job environments.
– Seek feedback from current or former employees about their experiences to gain insight into potential employers.
– Look for job postings that specifically mention a focus on employee well-being, work-life balance, and clear growth opportunities.
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Move, go to a high ranking college, network with people at tech companies, or move.
Specialize, move up the chain.
MSPs will always be around but as you specialize you can get into larger companies that pay better and hopefully treat you better.
I’ve been out of MSPs for a couple of years, and I wish I could go back. They won’t take me anymore though, dismissing me as “overqualified.” Even when I say I’m fine with the pay, express interest in the position, etc.
There are shitty MSPs and good ones. Mine is less work than advertised and more remote work than advertised. Find a better one.
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I kinda love my msp job.
There is no way a lot of the bleeding edge tech I get to mess with and configure would be in a corpo office for at least another 10 years, I’d likely be stuck refreshing a fleet of aging dell optiplex , but instead I get to deploy fleets of the latest surface laptops and studios with autopilot and intune , build out openAI infused apps and setup security analytics rules and write powershell scripts to hit 6000+ end points and gather data to push into a data storage solution I built and then into a powerBI dashboard I get to make myself for the C levels, in a normal environment I feel like that’s 5 different job roles I’m getting experience with?
I’m sure there are crap msps but I love mine! Probably paid for around 3k in certs for me though so I’m biased !
Air Force… 1D7 & 1B4
How does one find an MSP role? Same as searching for a job normally?
I’ve never worked at an MSP. There are a lot of IT jobs in public sector, less competition since the pay is lower. Can be a good sector to get experience in just don’t stay to long
I thankfully never started “Officially” in an MSP (but I did a co-op at one), but I did start in a Start up IT Consulting Firm that was me and the owner (we got a couple of others but they either left or…Well, died) and that was it’s own kind of hell. The guy was awesome, but he could never afford to give me a raise and our primary client refused to adjust the contract fee.
In the end I just gritted my teeth and put my feelers out elsewhere. Thankfully I ended up getting a call back from a position I applied for in the public sector and ended up getting a letter of offer right as I was laid off lol.
6 years later and I’m still here today, making quadruple my salary when I first started haha
Find a specialization you like and a tech stack. Learn in your free time and study for a cert that relates to the specialization you’re interested in. Assuming you’ve already got a job at a MSP, making the jump once you show you have the cert + some experience troubleshooting will score you interviews.
The thing that a lot of employers know is that MSPs are a great way to get your feet wet, but the determining factors that make resumes pop out is what you did to expand beyond your position. How you spend your time improving yourself is what you want to demonstrate on a resume that makes you appealing to being hired. It’s not just about your work experience.
I’ve worked MSP, ISP, and fortune 500 enterprise IT, and started assisting my leadership with technical review of individuals during the process in the past 4 years between 2 different jobs. These are the things that I always described to my leadership and they usually agreed with caveats related to specifically what we were looking for in our roles as well. I have yet to meet a hiring manager who didnt agree with these concepts.
For real, just find something and run with it and prove some kind of proficiency. Sometimes you can weasel it into your current job, sometimes you just need to go rogue and pick up a cert. Like if you have a system you touch at work on a regular basis that you know you could get certified in, go research how common that cert or knowledge is and if that would be appealing to higher paying jobs. If it looks good to you, pursue it until you’re bored or you finish the cert.
Find the thing in IT you do best, focus on that while being at one of these MSPs, get some good experience and at least 4 years under your belt of doing this thing, then look for an upgrade.
Hard work does pay off, don’t let the internet memes or your coworkers tell you otherwise. Use these jobs to your advantage to learn new things and get to a point where there is nothing being thrown you can’t handle. Make good relationships with your coworkers, clients and vendor partners, these are all avenues for your eventual exit.
I spent 6 years in MSP with my head down grinding and just getting better by the day, when I started I barely knew networking or cyber security, and now I am a systems engineer for one of the top networking and cyber security manufacturers in the world.
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