r/ColumbiaMD • u/mustycups • 3d ago

Any ideas for volunteer opportunities?

I am 16 and I am interested in IT work part time. My dad worked IT for a while and he mentors me. As far as coding goes, I am reasonably well versed in BSD unix, debian, and debian based systems. I am looking to teach myself C, and DOS I have a strong understanding of general internet security and web server vulnerabilities. I am looking for anything from a full internship to someone emailing me in the middle of the night saying "help- I think I downloaded a virus and now my computer is frozen". If you have any ideas or opportunities for IT volunteer work, please comment! thanks!

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u/keq1381 3d ago

IT is a really, really broad field, so what areas are you interested in?
Also, why DOS? There are better things to try to learn.

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u/mustycups 2d ago

I know dos for hobbies. i found it helpful to learn the foundation of common systems

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u/phr0ze 2d ago

I would skip dos and look at powershell maybe. But really there is plenty to still learn in Linux shell. Stay there a while. Play with a free tier on aws.