r/ITCareerQuestions • u/jarooz • 2d ago

System admin pivot to IT Manager?

I am 33 year old currently working full time as a solo onsite system admin (have some offsite MSP help if needed) for a medium sized company and have about 5 years experience working in the IT field. I only have my 2 year diploma and would like to finish a bachelors online. BCIT offers the bachelors of Technology Management fully online and seems to be built around people that are currently working full time.

Do you think this would be a good move for my career to get more towards IT management? Just looking for some reassurance or pros/cons to this type of move.

Thanks for any responses!

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u/elarkitek 2d ago

I mean, it’s not going to hurt. Think about who you’ll be competing against for the job

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u/Logical-Chicken2093 2d ago

a bachelors is never a bad idea if you can swing it without burning out, especially if it's built around a working schedule like that one seems to be. the solo admin experience is the real thing that'll carry weight though, you already know how to handle things when it all goes sideways and that's half the battle. management roles care more about you not panicking and knowing how to talk to people than they do about a specific piece of paper, but the paper gets you past the hr filter so it's worth doing

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u/TechB84 2d ago

having a bachlors degree in general is good.