IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[daboywonder2002]

I'm confused why do y'all "want" to work in healthcare

I used to and its no different than any other environment

well for me, it's because i studied biology in school but didnt finish. Ended up doing IT work. so i would love to work for a hospital and go back to school. I figured if i work for a hospital they would pay for me to finish my bio degree. Dont get me wrong i like computers. I know yall making mad money but i still have a passion for healthcare. HEALTH IT - BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.

 

[daboywonder2002]

from my experience...its political and most hospitals really want someone to have some sort of healthcare background (IT or non IT) to break into that area


i've tried so many times

did you apply anywhere else besides hospitals? When you go to indeed or any other job board, what do you type in? i was typing clinical analyst, application analyst.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

well for me, it's because i studied biology in school but didnt finish. Ended up doing IT work. so i would love to work for a hospital and go back to school. I figured if i work for a hospital they would pay for me to finish my bio degree. Dont get me wrong i like computers. I know yall making mad money but i still have a passion for healthcare. HEALTH IT - BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.

I doubt any company would pay for your bio degree to be honest with you. Typically they'll pay for education if it's part of your job function. They'd probably pay for you to get a CS/IT degree, but I doubt they'd do the same for bio.

 

[daboywonder2002]

I doubt any company would pay for your bio degree to be honest with you. Typically they'll pay for education if it's part of your job function. They'd probably pay for you to get a CS/IT degree, but I doubt they'd do the same for bio.

even if i work in a healthcare setting?

 

[↓R↑LYB]

even if i work in a healthcare setting?

It's not the setting, it's your job function. There is zero benefit to the IT department to pay for your Biology degree (the money to pay for it comes out of the departments budget).

If you worked in the IT department of a law firm, they wouldn't pay for your law degree either.

 

[patscorpio]

did you apply anywhere else besides hospitals? When you go to indeed or any other job board, what do you type in? i was typing clinical analyst, application analyst.

nope it was all hospitals

 

[↓R↑LYB]

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[Julius Skrrvin]

I'm confused why do y'all "want" to work in healthcare

I used to and its no different than any other environment

Agreed. Unless he's talking about Epic, which is boring as hell to me and the salaries aren't that great, at least in my place of work. And they're controlling as fukk when it comes to getting certed up and letting people get into the game

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Agreed. Unless he's talking about Epic, which is boring as hell to me and the salaries aren't that great, at least in my place of work. And they're controlling as fukk when it comes to getting certed up and letting people get into the game

The hospital I worked at was running Epic too. I tried to get into it but the shyt was kinda confusing. I did a bunch of bunch of Epic related security projects though. The last one I did before leaving was integrating it with an LDAP provider.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

even if i work in a healthcare setting?

If your goal is to get a free education, work for a university. They usually offer free tuition for employees, at least my school did.

 

[daboywonder2002]

If your goal is to get a free education, work for a university. They usually offer free tuition for employees, at least my school did.

thats what i would love to do. move back to philly maybe work for Temple Hospital or University of Penn. Or move to Maryland and work for John Hopkins.

 

[mson]

How many years of experience you got

If you got more than 3 years and you only making $27/hr you fukking up

My one goal is to get y'all to realize there is REAL money out there in IT. Don't settle for $27/hr, settle for $72/hr

What's your savings account looking like?

 

[↓R↑LYB]

What's your savings account looking like?

I have about 40k not including my business/brokerage accounts.

 

[mson]

I have about 40k not including my business/brokerage accounts.

You got mutual funds?

 

[↓R↑LYB]

You got mutual funds?

No, and I don't got 40k either