CAREERS

30-Day IT Career Starter Plan

A focused month of fundamentals, hands-on practice, portfolio work, and job preparation.

Practical focus: use this guide as a learning framework. Verify changing details such as salaries, prices, certification requirements, product specifications, and job-market conditions against current authoritative sources.

Days 1–5: choose and baseline

Choose one target role. Review 15–20 relevant job descriptions and create a list of repeated skills. Assess what you already know.

Days 6–10: systems fundamentals

Practice Windows/Linux basics, users, files, services, processes, logs, command line, and hardware concepts.

Days 11–15: networking

Learn IP addressing, subnetting basics, DNS, DHCP, gateways, ports, TCP/UDP, and connectivity troubleshooting.

Days 16–20: role-specific labs

Data center: hardware/cabling. Support: accounts/M365-style scenarios. Networking: switching/routing labs. SOC: logs/alerts. Cloud: deploy a small environment.

Days 21–24: document proof

Turn three labs into portfolio write-ups with objective, diagram, steps, troubleshooting, result, and lessons.

Days 25–27: resume

Write a targeted resume around genuine skills and projects. Remove irrelevant filler and quantify real outcomes where possible.

Days 28–30: interview and apply

Practice scenario answers, improve LinkedIn/profile materials, apply to realistic roles, and track applications and skill gaps.

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