Title: I&#x27;m at the end of my rope and this is my first post. Please be gentle. (deep breath)<p>I started in IT 15 years ago as a help desk jockey for a small ISP back in the dial-up days. Since then I have done everything from low level hardware support to leading a large government project installing a new telephony&#x2F;messaging solution for a school system.<p>Here&#x27;s the thing: I dropped out of high school and got a G.E.D. my Junior year. I have always had a weird knack for learning on the fly (are the rest of you like this too?). I always bluffed my way in to jobs I was completely unqualified for and pulled it off quite well.<p>Then the recession hit my area particularly hard so I tried the local technical college but decided it wasn&#x27;t worth the debt or time learning stuff I already knew.. Lately, I have been wasting my time trying to break into IT Security (always my primary interest), with no luck because my security experience isn&#x27;t professional. I was able to self-study for both my Network+ and Security+ (gotta start somewhere) and did surprisingly well. I&#x27;m proud that I was able to score 895&#x2F;900 on the Security+ exam after just reading for two weeks but these certifications didn&#x27;t seem to make a difference.<p>I&#x27;ll get to the point. I can&#x27;t seem to get my foot in the door anywhere to do anything from level one help desk work to anything else. Add a new family to the picture and you can see why I need to make a move now. What&#x27;s someone like me to do? I am talented (some past coworkers and managers actually called it freakish), but you cant put talent on your resume. I&#x27;d relocate anywhere on earth for a stable job. I pull a deer-in-the-headlights every time I try to find a new skill to learn. Too many options. I don&#x27;t know what&#x27;s in demand. What can people still turn in to a long-term career? What area or &quot;discipline&quot; in IT shows promise for a career?
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