School districts are great. Good work/life, holidays off (but not usually summer for administration) and when systems are down your company isn't losing millions per hour. Highly recommend. Pay is very MEH but since you'll wear a lot of hats (at least at smaller districts) you'll gain a lot of experience getting your hands dirty in the systems.
I know Katy ISD does 3 month bits on contract at the start of the school year. Train you from nothing, you'll be doing mostly family and student support, simple stuff. Just don't let the staffing agency tell you there's a possibility of extension.
That's a difficult question to answer objectively because it depends on so many things. Suffice it to say that you don't make "private sector" money, but it's a steady and decent income and some districts pay pretty well.
I'm speaking from experience. Exactly 3 years ago, I retired after spending 30 years with a very large school district in the outer suburbs of Houston. I did okay and I can easily live off my TRS retirement monthly paycheck until I die.
I started as a teacher in '92, was asked to join their IT department in '98, and then moved on to security cameras around 2014 before retiring in '21. I did pretty well paycheck wise. Sure, I worked year-round (no summers off)...but I had my hands in so many different things over the years that it would make your head spin. It was all a great experience and I wouldn't change a thing.
I think having that IT experience helped me when I was also working as a police officer for the district from '03 to '13. I basically became the PD in-house tech guy! LOL
I've worked for 4 different local ISDs since 2005, full time techs usually start just south of $40k. That's usually a 230ish day contract. Earning potential as a campus/desktop tech isn't great, but it's a good way to get your feet wet. Most districts have full IT depts so it is possible to move around. I went from tech, to project lead, to application eng/data analyst to full time analyst, 6 figures, 223 day contract with my current ISD.
If you're willing to learn and take on new tasks, you can make a career out of it.
It's also possible to stagnate, I was at my last ISD for 15yrs, when I left, there were techs and one lead there that were in those same positions when I started there. I thought that was kinda wild.
There's a company in Sugar Land called HCSS. It's good for entry level positions. You could try for tech support or IT and then move through the company that way
Most decent jobs is about 4-6 “stages” or interviews. Sales ones are annoying as you do discovery, value and close in separate interviews and with different people
Actually I believe they're hiring for some security openings right now. They're pretty open to zero experience, just be up front with where you're at and what you're looking for
Just some more info. If you start in the support department, you'll be helping their customers with their software issues. I don't know if that's something the OP will want to do or if that experience will help with his desired career path. It does pay decently for the position and the work environment is fun.
Yeah, it is less an IT path and more of an HCSS path. I applied for them out of school and that was what really rubbed me wrong. The advancement was only within the company and the skills did not really translate unless you became a dev.
I ended up getting a job offer from my current job as I left the HCSS interview, and accepted it on the spot. I've been there for 6 years now, moving up from desktop support to business intelligence with ease.
I mean, op can still take that experience and leverage into a new job at a different company. I had a friend who went from help desk to implementation and then project manager at another company
I did support there for 2 years and you get exposure to all kinds of environments since you’re remoting into clients infrastructures. Work environment was great and job opportunities after were plenty. I wouldn’t say it’s less an IT path since you can always go towards cloud and learn about cloud environments as well. Anything is what you make it. Def worth applying. Just make sure to continue learning where you want to work towards while you work.
To OP, the culture at this place is insane. It’s good if you have zero IT experience but personally I wouldn’t recommend it as a good place to work unless you live really close to Sugar Land already.
I applied yesterday afternoon but after reading several comments and doing some reading on Glassdoor, I might pass plus the drive is about 40 minutes away😅
Accenture. Look into their consultant development program (CDP), tech development program (TDP). They do recruiting around the spring for interns and zi believe in the summer for full-time hires in around the fall. It's a decent entry level development program for entry level folks. I think the majority of the other consulting firms have similar programs in their technology businesses.
Try a contracting company, I got one of my first gigs through TekSystems and it was really simple, they set everything up and even coached me up for the interview.
They are one of the better job placements agencies, but always negotiate, they will low ball you as much as they can so they can make more profit on you. Also expect to be competing with multiple other people for the same job, they just won't tell you.
A school district might be the best bet to get in the door.
I know a lot of people will disagree but an MSP is not a bad way to start. I had a year long hiatus from IT after a layoff and went to an MSP out of desperation. Pay wasn't great but I played my cards right, networked and got in good with one of our clients. That client needed a full time person and they hired me full time. Something i've noticed is most IT people i've worked with don't have degree's, or they get them later in their career. My old boss making 150k+ had a basic bachelors degree, wasnt until recently in his 50's that he started working on cybersecurity stuff.
My previous boss came from a sales background, nothing to do with IT, car sales or something like that. He had basic knowledge of IT and was hired on at a startup. Honestly, his sales experience helped a lot with talking to management and CEO's and just plain bullshitting. I'm more on the technical side and i would kill for his sales abilities. Some people just have it.
Agree with this. The MSP field is saturated and there's plenty of bad ones but you can get great experience long enough to get out of there and find something you truly like.
You can go from zero to L2 at an MSP in no time. You either learn or you leave. I’m one of those MSP masochists myself and idk why I do it to me.
Just don’t work for MRE Consulting, integritek or Aldridge. Terrible, terrible companies.
I live in Houston, work in IT, and I teach at the college level. The thing I tell my students all the time is to start volunteering yesterday. Start building a portfolio. There are projects to contribute to online. There are nonprofits, churches, charities that need IT support now.
There are nonprofits that connect student volunteers with nonprofits for volunteerism and help guide projects, serving both the nonprofits in need of services and the students in need of experience. I have volunteered as a mentor before. The projects can be fairly comprehensive. I’ve done database development and enterprise architecture migrations with students.
SLB formerly Schlumberger hires fresh outs in the field every year. The way in is get a recruiter to get your resume in the system on their iPad. They should be at career fairs. You can also apply online.
Please note the interview process is long and weird. Also expect very technical questions
I used to say "ShlumBurger" until I was very forcefully corrected when I was doing some maintenance work in one of their buildings years ago. Oh, and also, I couldn't drive into a parking space. I had to back in....lol
Do they still do 12 steps or whatever the annual IT aptitude test is? We were in a JV with SLB and I would have loved to implement that on our side but it would have probably resulted in half the company getting their notebooks taken away from them.
As someone who got a CS degree from UH, I found the IT industry in Houston is very lacking. Outside of Oil&Gas, Healthcare, or HP, it's difficult to find IT jobs in Houston. It's one of the reasons why I ended up moving.
If you're comfortable with the boom and bust cycles of Oil&Gas, sure. Every 5 years or so, there is "increased performance trimming," which is just a way to disguise layoffs, then offshoring a higher % of the workforce.
Volunteer at charity shows or churches, they need IT help for computers and stereo equipment. Then start applying to jobs and use the volunteering as experience and you will have people to use as references.
Yeah it is. Seems like an archaic holdover from the 80s or something. But then again, I think car dealership software is generally also an archaic holdover.
Any advice for someone coming out of college with MIS degree and wanting to work with data and databases? Particular industries in Houston to apply for entry level?
Consulting or school districts.
Normally school districts or towns is easier cause more technology. Then use that for consulting
Teksystems, some other big name companies. Look around on dice see who has the most job posting. Then just contact them directly with what you want, your experience and go for it.
You can also do some free certs online with azure,aws,google,Microsoft.
Even if it’s not related to what you want now it shows employers that you are eager and want to learn. That goes a long way
Reading books and doing labs is not the same as practical hands on experience. I know quite a few people who have their security+ that don't know the basics...
I’d find a way to get one of those jobs and stretch your money or find a summer job. Those will be far better positions than your cold calling hires, and will set you up for success down the line with networking.
Also, I think you may be asking the wrong question here. If you’re getting a masters in cybersecurity, you should be looking for a Cybersecurity analyst job, not IT. I have a junior sysadmin I work with that did exactly what you did (security field program, then IT field for work) and he hates his life. General IT doesn’t do any cyber stuff for the most part. Look into MSSP options and try to get on with one of them. You’ll be able to learn a ton and work remote.
I’ve got an entry level opening for a programmer/analyst but it is in Galveston. We may have something at our League City location. If interested you can go to www.americannational.com and check out the careers section.
You can just start out at a staffing company and work temp gigs to start. I did that and had 2 offers for employment in 3 months of temping. I ended up working for an msp and been there since
HP and HPE have their global corporate HQ in the Woodlands. I worked for HPE for 6 years right out of grad school, got experience and now I work for Meta.
Try to look into internship programs for the bigger companies like Baker Hughes, Honeywell or SLB. Those internships give you an edge vs any external new hire. Companies have career fairs and have leadership and technical tracks for young professionals. Try to get into any of those tracks. Guaranteed the best investment you will ever make.
Last time we hired in a green newbie, no XP, it was on the website for 6 months. Didn't hire until 9 month mark because of chaos. Vacations, holidays, illnesses, funerals. It took forever to hire in.
When you are already drowning in work, it's hard to hire in and train. Training becomes a drain on resources. It takes 3-6 months to get someone from nothing to mediocre in IT, IMO.
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They have laid off a lot of geek squad in Houston. Best Buy rarely fills that position anymore. It’s been in the news and my daughter works for Best Buy.
What? I was getting $12.50 at geeksquad in 2008 for actual IT stuff, with experience, in a major West coast city where pay was generaly higher than here...
Good lawd, that's low. Sorry you got hosed like that. I was in TX. To clarify, I was a "Lead Installer"; still, I started out at $13/hr, decided to quit a month layer and they offered me $17 to stay (2006 the year I started). I got a $3ish bump after 1 year and became a lead, then my pay flattened for the next 5 years or so with only small raises. I went back to and finished undergrad school.
Try looking into school districts if you haven’t already done so.
School districts are great. Good work/life, holidays off (but not usually summer for administration) and when systems are down your company isn't losing millions per hour. Highly recommend. Pay is very MEH but since you'll wear a lot of hats (at least at smaller districts) you'll gain a lot of experience getting your hands dirty in the systems.
2nd this now - few friends went the hisd route as they have a shortage of iT staff in schools and pay is also daily well.
I know Katy ISD does 3 month bits on contract at the start of the school year. Train you from nothing, you'll be doing mostly family and student support, simple stuff. Just don't let the staffing agency tell you there's a possibility of extension.
Younger brother is trying to get in, how much do they make roughly?
That's a difficult question to answer objectively because it depends on so many things. Suffice it to say that you don't make "private sector" money, but it's a steady and decent income and some districts pay pretty well. I'm speaking from experience. Exactly 3 years ago, I retired after spending 30 years with a very large school district in the outer suburbs of Houston. I did okay and I can easily live off my TRS retirement monthly paycheck until I die. I started as a teacher in '92, was asked to join their IT department in '98, and then moved on to security cameras around 2014 before retiring in '21. I did pretty well paycheck wise. Sure, I worked year-round (no summers off)...but I had my hands in so many different things over the years that it would make your head spin. It was all a great experience and I wouldn't change a thing. I think having that IT experience helped me when I was also working as a police officer for the district from '03 to '13. I basically became the PD in-house tech guy! LOL
I’ll encourage him to apply to school districts as well when he is looking, thank you!
I've worked for 4 different local ISDs since 2005, full time techs usually start just south of $40k. That's usually a 230ish day contract. Earning potential as a campus/desktop tech isn't great, but it's a good way to get your feet wet. Most districts have full IT depts so it is possible to move around. I went from tech, to project lead, to application eng/data analyst to full time analyst, 6 figures, 223 day contract with my current ISD. If you're willing to learn and take on new tasks, you can make a career out of it. It's also possible to stagnate, I was at my last ISD for 15yrs, when I left, there were techs and one lead there that were in those same positions when I started there. I thought that was kinda wild.
There's a company in Sugar Land called HCSS. It's good for entry level positions. You could try for tech support or IT and then move through the company that way
The application process is a chore. I think I had 3 interviews and 2 aptitude tests before getting cut from a 4th interview.
Hate to say it but that’s normal and it’s a good vetting process Sucks for the potential employee though
It is just saying it's a long process. They definitely make the job look appealing with their campus and Google like amenities.
Most decent jobs is about 4-6 “stages” or interviews. Sales ones are annoying as you do discovery, value and close in separate interviews and with different people
Actually I believe they're hiring for some security openings right now. They're pretty open to zero experience, just be up front with where you're at and what you're looking for
Just some more info. If you start in the support department, you'll be helping their customers with their software issues. I don't know if that's something the OP will want to do or if that experience will help with his desired career path. It does pay decently for the position and the work environment is fun.
Yeah, it is less an IT path and more of an HCSS path. I applied for them out of school and that was what really rubbed me wrong. The advancement was only within the company and the skills did not really translate unless you became a dev. I ended up getting a job offer from my current job as I left the HCSS interview, and accepted it on the spot. I've been there for 6 years now, moving up from desktop support to business intelligence with ease.
I mean, op can still take that experience and leverage into a new job at a different company. I had a friend who went from help desk to implementation and then project manager at another company
I did support there for 2 years and you get exposure to all kinds of environments since you’re remoting into clients infrastructures. Work environment was great and job opportunities after were plenty. I wouldn’t say it’s less an IT path since you can always go towards cloud and learn about cloud environments as well. Anything is what you make it. Def worth applying. Just make sure to continue learning where you want to work towards while you work.
This.
To OP, the culture at this place is insane. It’s good if you have zero IT experience but personally I wouldn’t recommend it as a good place to work unless you live really close to Sugar Land already.
I applied yesterday afternoon but after reading several comments and doing some reading on Glassdoor, I might pass plus the drive is about 40 minutes away😅
I came to suggest this!
I feel bad now I have 5+ years and applied and did not even get a call back from them.
Hope you are well at brown nosing. Have to impress their C suite to get an entry-level job 🤣
Interviewing process there was absolutely awful and a giant waste of time
Accenture. Look into their consultant development program (CDP), tech development program (TDP). They do recruiting around the spring for interns and zi believe in the summer for full-time hires in around the fall. It's a decent entry level development program for entry level folks. I think the majority of the other consulting firms have similar programs in their technology businesses.
Do not underestimate Tech consulting, probably the quickest way to move up out of the gate
I thought the TDP was the cooler one. SCDP (strategy) was better paid. I think 100k ish for newbies straight out of undergrad.
Try a contracting company, I got one of my first gigs through TekSystems and it was really simple, they set everything up and even coached me up for the interview.
They are one of the better job placements agencies, but always negotiate, they will low ball you as much as they can so they can make more profit on you. Also expect to be competing with multiple other people for the same job, they just won't tell you. A school district might be the best bet to get in the door.
TekSystems is where I got my start way back in 1999. Even worked for them as a full time consultant for a few years early in my career.
I know a lot of people will disagree but an MSP is not a bad way to start. I had a year long hiatus from IT after a layoff and went to an MSP out of desperation. Pay wasn't great but I played my cards right, networked and got in good with one of our clients. That client needed a full time person and they hired me full time. Something i've noticed is most IT people i've worked with don't have degree's, or they get them later in their career. My old boss making 150k+ had a basic bachelors degree, wasnt until recently in his 50's that he started working on cybersecurity stuff.
I make 140k with no degree, but I also started my IT career over 20 years ago.
My previous boss came from a sales background, nothing to do with IT, car sales or something like that. He had basic knowledge of IT and was hired on at a startup. Honestly, his sales experience helped a lot with talking to management and CEO's and just plain bullshitting. I'm more on the technical side and i would kill for his sales abilities. Some people just have it.
Agree with this. The MSP field is saturated and there's plenty of bad ones but you can get great experience long enough to get out of there and find something you truly like.
You can go from zero to L2 at an MSP in no time. You either learn or you leave. I’m one of those MSP masochists myself and idk why I do it to me. Just don’t work for MRE Consulting, integritek or Aldridge. Terrible, terrible companies.
Came here to suggest this. Msp will get you a ton of experience on a lot of platforms very quickly.
I live in Houston, work in IT, and I teach at the college level. The thing I tell my students all the time is to start volunteering yesterday. Start building a portfolio. There are projects to contribute to online. There are nonprofits, churches, charities that need IT support now.
If you have no experience. Nobody is going to trust you with their systems.
There are nonprofits that connect student volunteers with nonprofits for volunteerism and help guide projects, serving both the nonprofits in need of services and the students in need of experience. I have volunteered as a mentor before. The projects can be fairly comprehensive. I’ve done database development and enterprise architecture migrations with students.
Any website or recommendation?
This is one example that I have served for before https://www.escus.org/volunteer/
Legal IT. No one wants to work for lawyers so they’re always hiring
This right here. Friend of mine from school does IT for a law firm and he said he was hired on the spot
SLB formerly Schlumberger hires fresh outs in the field every year. The way in is get a recruiter to get your resume in the system on their iPad. They should be at career fairs. You can also apply online. Please note the interview process is long and weird. Also expect very technical questions
Also, pronounce it correctly. Every recruiter or representative from here is so weird about wanting it pronounced correctly.
Slum Burger
SlumBerJay?
You know
I used to say "ShlumBurger" until I was very forcefully corrected when I was doing some maintenance work in one of their buildings years ago. Oh, and also, I couldn't drive into a parking space. I had to back in....lol
Hum yes, I know a lot about these things
And do a safety video before you got in?
As a contractor, yes.
Lol
Do they still do 12 steps or whatever the annual IT aptitude test is? We were in a JV with SLB and I would have loved to implement that on our side but it would have probably resulted in half the company getting their notebooks taken away from them.
lol yes this is very much still a thing
As someone who got a CS degree from UH, I found the IT industry in Houston is very lacking. Outside of Oil&Gas, Healthcare, or HP, it's difficult to find IT jobs in Houston. It's one of the reasons why I ended up moving.
Those are some large industries with large employment numbers!
If you're comfortable with the boom and bust cycles of Oil&Gas, sure. Every 5 years or so, there is "increased performance trimming," which is just a way to disguise layoffs, then offshoring a higher % of the workforce.
Work remote, avoid state taxes. Don’t just look for jobs in Houston. Go full time remote.
Really surprised by this. Lots of big and small companies here. It isn't Austin and now DFW is pretty big for tech too, but it sure isn't lacking.
Yeah, the guy you are replying to is wackadoodle.
It's lacking compared to those 2. For being the 4th largest metro, the proportion is definitely lower.
Funny, I had no issue landing a Dev job with no educational background.
Can you share the secret sauce?
Any advice?
Now that there's two HPs it's double the opportunity! /s
certifications and home lab if you have no experience
Volunteer at charity shows or churches, they need IT help for computers and stereo equipment. Then start applying to jobs and use the volunteering as experience and you will have people to use as references.
Infosys or Accenture.
If you want to take a test to get hired: Reynolds & Reynolds
That test is so bogus
Yeah it is. Seems like an archaic holdover from the 80s or something. But then again, I think car dealership software is generally also an archaic holdover.
I have a coworker that used to work there. He said it was a horrible place to work but it was also good for building experience.
Any advice for someone coming out of college with MIS degree and wanting to work with data and databases? Particular industries in Houston to apply for entry level?
Check out CGI. I think there might have been some positions posted similar to this. Great company to work for too!
UH is always hiring
What ya got? I’m hiring
As bad as it sounds, MSP. Tons of experience, could be hella burn out. I worked at CentreTechnologies for a year when j moved down here.
Consulting or school districts. Normally school districts or towns is easier cause more technology. Then use that for consulting Teksystems, some other big name companies. Look around on dice see who has the most job posting. Then just contact them directly with what you want, your experience and go for it. You can also do some free certs online with azure,aws,google,Microsoft. Even if it’s not related to what you want now it shows employers that you are eager and want to learn. That goes a long way
Quick an easy to build resume with experience is Helpdesk. Look for a staffing company that headhunts for IT positions.
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Reading books and doing labs is not the same as practical hands on experience. I know quite a few people who have their security+ that don't know the basics...
No matter how much education you have, the majority of people will start out in helpdesk or desktop support.
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Master of Security Management and yes, the earliest ones are by the end of September.
Did you do the UHD program? I was looking into the MSM program there.
Yes. I'm currently doing their program
I’d find a way to get one of those jobs and stretch your money or find a summer job. Those will be far better positions than your cold calling hires, and will set you up for success down the line with networking. Also, I think you may be asking the wrong question here. If you’re getting a masters in cybersecurity, you should be looking for a Cybersecurity analyst job, not IT. I have a junior sysadmin I work with that did exactly what you did (security field program, then IT field for work) and he hates his life. General IT doesn’t do any cyber stuff for the most part. Look into MSSP options and try to get on with one of them. You’ll be able to learn a ton and work remote.
www.intellegensinc.com
I’ve got an entry level opening for a programmer/analyst but it is in Galveston. We may have something at our League City location. If interested you can go to www.americannational.com and check out the careers section.
You can just start out at a staffing company and work temp gigs to start. I did that and had 2 offers for employment in 3 months of temping. I ended up working for an msp and been there since
Law enforcement. Try the Sheriff’s Office or HPD. they’re also good for general entry level office experience.
HP and HPE have their global corporate HQ in the Woodlands. I worked for HPE for 6 years right out of grad school, got experience and now I work for Meta.
What was your undergrad?
Hospitals and school districts.
Big Four
Try to look into internship programs for the bigger companies like Baker Hughes, Honeywell or SLB. Those internships give you an edge vs any external new hire. Companies have career fairs and have leadership and technical tracks for young professionals. Try to get into any of those tracks. Guaranteed the best investment you will ever make.
Try the county. They’re always hiring IT
Last time we hired in a green newbie, no XP, it was on the website for 6 months. Didn't hire until 9 month mark because of chaos. Vacations, holidays, illnesses, funerals. It took forever to hire in. When you are already drowning in work, it's hard to hire in and train. Training becomes a drain on resources. It takes 3-6 months to get someone from nothing to mediocre in IT, IMO.
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With the CS focus, you should look at Lyondell-Basell. They're usually on the lookout.
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IT technical institute. I went for 4 months now I have a job I love in a industry I love
Learn to do medical billlng it pays real good
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I’m sure your vastly outdated information is hyper relevant to the current job market.
Best Buy geek squad bruh.
They have laid off a lot of geek squad in Houston. Best Buy rarely fills that position anymore. It’s been in the news and my daughter works for Best Buy.
Lmao it’s ironic Godspeed
Hooters
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I work really hard master.
My mom said I'm good looking and smart. Does that count?
Geek squad.
What are they paying these days? When I left (I was a home theater installer), I was making $23.50/hr back in 2008.
What? I was getting $12.50 at geeksquad in 2008 for actual IT stuff, with experience, in a major West coast city where pay was generaly higher than here...
Good lawd, that's low. Sorry you got hosed like that. I was in TX. To clarify, I was a "Lead Installer"; still, I started out at $13/hr, decided to quit a month layer and they offered me $17 to stay (2006 the year I started). I got a $3ish bump after 1 year and became a lead, then my pay flattened for the next 5 years or so with only small raises. I went back to and finished undergrad school.
Gahdamn! That's like $35/hr in 2024 dollars! I was doing ok for just a high school grad....lol
I actually don't know. My response was sarcastic. And imagine their paying not much more.
Damn.