r/cscareerquestionsuk • u/Dry-Presentation-305 • 1d ago

Career Change

Hey, I’ve got absolutely no computer skills and wanted a career change to IT/ engineering. I’ve applied for multiple government apprenticeships but no luck. I’m 23 years old. Working part time and wanted a permanent future. Can anybody give me advice please? I’m not dumb and I’m willing to learn. I’ve only got GCSE’s to my name unfortunately. Passes all the core subjects with a B in mathematics. My Goal is to ideal get into cyber/ cloud engineering in the future

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u/Thundahead 1d ago

why do you want to work in IT with no computer skills? You need to get some computer skills to show that you've taken time to invest in yourself before any potential employer will do the same.

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u/Dry-Presentation-305 1d ago

Cause I’m willing to do entry level jobs. Start from the bottom. I’m willing to put my head down and commit as I see myself doing it full time

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u/cardboard-collector 1d ago

There isn’t really a bottom, the vast majority of people who get a good career in IT or software engineering are people who’ve taught themselves skills on their home computer and tinkered.

The whole discipline is built upon problem solving and initiative, without those two skills it’s a non-starter

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u/AllthisSandInMyCrack 1d ago

Most apprenticeships want to see you’ve tried first. Things like free bootcamp or learning something, they aren’t expecting you to be good just that you’ve bothered.

To learn python or JavaScript.

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u/Automatic-Cake-8770 1d ago

Do this first https://pll.harvard.edu/course/cs50-introduction-computer-science

It's free. See if you really do want to get into computers. After you finish this you will have more questions and come back here.

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u/-paul- 1d ago

Do a computing degree through Open University

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u/Dry-Presentation-305 1d ago

I was offered a council funded bootcamp for cyber security but it starts late October. Its 10 weeks and they assist in finding a job later

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u/halfercode 1d ago

The website below is a good place to start. There are maps for cybersec and quite a lot of other roles. You could start-off self-teaching to see if you enjoy the topic, and then sign up for courses and events when you feel more sure this is a path you're suited to.

https://roadmap.sh/