Ask HN: How should I advise a friend who wants to get into IT?
I&#x27;ve got a friend who is interested in getting into IT, but doesn&#x27;t want to go with the expensive certification-prep classes. I know there&#x27;s dubious value to certs among this community, but she&#x27;s in a work situation where such certificates may actually be a useful credential for making the initial jump.<p>I know I learned most of what&#x27;s covered by these exams by just breaking computers and networks and fixing them. But I have something of an expert&#x27;s dilemma here since I don&#x27;t know how to decompose what I know into learnable chunks.<p>How would you advise my friend?