I work as an midlevel Network Administrator for a large charter school company in the US . Started there as an intern on the help desk while working toward my degree in Network Security . Somehow I convinced the network team to hire me into a low level admin position despite having no degree or certifications . Got my CCENT shortly after , and my bachelors degree a few months after that . After I graduated they have me a Administrator title and handed over a lot more responsibility . Got my CCNA and a SolarWinds cert after a few years in my current position and am moderately happy doing what I do . I focus on NOC and outage response , and do LANWAN alongside the Sr . Network Admin as well as supporting a third team member with WLANVoIP .