No idea if those skills would be transferable. I was on the small to mid sized biz side. Never worked for a provider or anything. Mainly managing, installing and configuring systems.
Once you understand the basics of telephony it's pretty easy. It's getting more complex now since it's all ip/sip based but because that's a skill that is lacking because everyone who does know that wants to be a network or security guy, not the phone guy/gal.
If you are working it now. Figure out who's doing your phones and express interest in learning. It's how everyone I know got into it.
Small businesses, managed service, utilities, hospitals all need telecom guys. Ive been out of telecom for years and I still have recruiters occasionally reaching out to me.
Most people in telecom are old and are analog phone people, they don't know ip/sip and don't want to learn.
It's basically a small networking job that you never get calls on nights and weekends about and if you do it's a system you can reboot remotely. If it's not the system it's a switch and its someone else's job.
Telecom isn't sexy but it's still needed, no one's going into it as it's not 'sexy' and to be honest it's easy AF.
I mean I would think so too, but they are running the oldest candidate with the lowest approval rating against a deeply unpopular candidate, and losing quite handedly in the polls.
So I don't actually think they know what they are doing.
If Biden loses, save this comment as we will be getting a lot of books from staffers full of texts worried about this very thing.
No idea if those skills would be transferable. I was on the small to mid sized biz side. Never worked for a provider or anything. Mainly managing, installing and configuring systems.
Once you understand the basics of telephony it's pretty easy. It's getting more complex now since it's all ip/sip based but because that's a skill that is lacking because everyone who does know that wants to be a network or security guy, not the phone guy/gal.
If you are working it now. Figure out who's doing your phones and express interest in learning. It's how everyone I know got into it.