also for college do you guys recommend going to a traditional college or technical/vocational(not online btw)? many people are telling me to go to a technical school since they do a lot of hands on training but what do you guys think?
Tbh you just need to pick a course that teaches a little bit about everything. In nearly office i've been to(Intern and Co-op + my job) the people you help will expect you to know everything about everything that has a chip. My current job the title is "Software Support" meaning I help solve problems over the phone. This is an understatement because I also have to support: The equipment they use, the equipment we use, general computer repair in the shop as well as a little bit of server management. In my experience being a "Jack of All Trades" is better than a specialist. You can specialize in something but you have a low chance of landing that job because there's such a small market for it.
jack of all trades is great to get your foot in the door, but like I have said numerous times, if your CEO cannot email and you cannot get the email server up and running, you will be finding a new job soon.
I agree with part of what you say. Have a strong base, then specialize.
True but companies won't give new people full on access to servers or the task of fixing the mail server if they're fresh out of college. New people generally do low end stuff like fixing printers and doing the smaller problems in an organization. I guess it all depends what kind of company you work at as well.
They both have a lot of pros and cons. To me they are pretty much equal I would like to be either one it doesnt matter to me. I guess if I had to choose I would say that the system admin is easier because you dont have as many machines to deal with.
But like I said I would do either one
Systems Admins have more, they manage the client machines. In a 200 employee company, there will be a couple of 48 port switches, maybe a router or two, and that is all the network guy will deal with. Well, plus some access points.
The Sys admin guy will deal with 200 desktops, some laptops, several servers.
That seems like an incorrect statement. If you're working for a tiny company, then yes networking would be easier. However, most companies (200+ Client PC's) have huge networks. Such an example are retail stores, big or small. Sure their headquarters may have 200 client PC's, but the whole network may be massive (stores etc.). Once you get into WAN's, networking gets difficult, along with hardware monitoring and up keep.
Man it is really easy. You set up something how you want it, create an image, and then image all your switches. Hell, with Cisco you don't even need to configure anything anymore. Your AP and/or switch can grab it's config from the network.
You basically set it and forget it, and then just wait for issues to come up and fix.
This is of course, if you are efficient at your job, how it will be. Automation is a beautiful thing.