Keep moving forward

This is the theme and motto of one of my daughters favourite films, Meet the Robinson's. As any parent will know, watching films over and over again is an occupational hazard. But this one seems to have a very good message, essentially, no matter what happens; keep moving forward.

To go into a little of why I'm doing this, I have since leaving school at 16, been in the same job and still am. While the job isn't as fulfilling as it used to be, I have thought that it's lucky that I have one at least. Recently though I have been considering other options before my now 36 year old brain decides that it no longer wants any further software updates, or that the hardware can't cope with it.

I have always been fascinated with all things technology, I always used to pull things apart to find out how they worked, and even tried to build replica things out of cardboard and, well, anything I could lay my hands on!
Since I got my first computer, I've always upgraded it myself, and got a real kick out of figuring things out and making them work.

At this point, I realise that making a hobby a career isn't always a good idea, but I wanted to do something I was interested in. I could, If I wanted to be self employed, train to be a plumber or an electrician or someone that always seems to be busy and successful. But I'm sure looking from the outside, that they have as many problems as I will have.

So I have decided that I want to turn my self taught skills into certificates and qualifications and make a go of it, or should I say IT.

The foundation for my goal has already been completed, I have recently finished and NVQ Level 2 in Business and Administration which I thought would be a good start. I'm now currently self studying for a Comp TIA A+ exam which from my surfing, seems to be the best platform to build from. I'm self studying mainly due to the fact that courses are expensive, which means being quite disciplined in order to ensure to keep on track.

So why the Blog? well I wanted to have a record of what I'm doing, but I also wanted to show those who may be considering a career change themselves what I did and hopefully along the way give them a direction to follow (or not)!

As the title of the blog says, I'm no expert, but I'm hoping to be!