Why Most People Fail to Switch to IT (Even After Learning Courses) and How to Fix.

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Every week I speak with aspiring IT professionals.

Some completed 2 courses.
Some finished 6 certifications.
Some even learned Cloud, DevOps, Python, and testing together.

Yet they all say the same thing:

“I studied a lot, but I’m still not getting interview calls.”

This is not a talent problem.
This is not a background problem.
This is a direction problem.

After mentoring many career switchers and freshers, I noticed a pattern.
Most people don’t fail because IT is hard.
They fail because they follow the wrong learning approach.

Let’s talk honestly about what actually goes wrong.

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1) The Course Addiction Problem

This is the #1 reason people stay stuck.

Most learners keep jumping from one course to another:

• Linux course

• AWS course

• DevOps course

• Kubernetes course

• Another “job guarantee” course

They believe:
“If I complete one more course, I will finally be ready.”

But companies don’t hire course completers.
They hire problem solvers.

Courses only give exposure.
They do not give employability.

What actually happens

Instead of confidence, learners gain confusion.

You know many tools but cannot explain:

• how they work together

• why companies use them

• what problem they solve

During interviews, this becomes very clear within 5 minutes.

Fix

Stop collecting courses.
Start building understanding.

Choose one path.
Stick to it.
Depth beats variety.

🧩Connect with me for career guidance, personalized mentoring, and real-world hands-on project experience www.linkedin.com/in/learnwithsankari

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2) Tutorial Watching vs Skill Building

Here is a harsh truth.

Watching 50 hours of tutorials does not mean you learned a skill.

Most learners:

• watch videos

• understand while watching

• forget after 2 days

Why?

Because passive learning feels productive but creates zero real ability.

An interviewer will not ask:
“Did you watch Kubernetes playlist?”

They will ask:
“Explain what happens when your deployment fails.”

If you never built anything yourself, you cannot answer.

Fix

For every 1 hour of learning, do 3 hours of practice.

Instead of:

Watch → Understand → Move on

Do:

Learn → Implement → Break → Fix → Document

That cycle creates confidence.

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3) No Real Projects on Resume

This is where most resumes fail.

A typical resume says:

• Learned AWS

• Learned Docker

• Learned Jenkins

From a recruiter’s perspective, this means:

“This person has no experience.”

Companies are not expecting 5 years of experience.
They are expecting proof of capability.

A real project shows:

• you can deploy

• you can troubleshoot

• you understand workflow

What a good project should show

Not tool usage.
Real workflow.

Example:
Instead of writing:
“Created EC2 instance”

Show:
Built a CI/CD pipeline where code automatically builds, tests, and deploys to cloud infrastructure.

Now you look like an engineer, not a learner.

Fix

Build 2 to 3 real-time projects:

• CI/CD pipeline

• Cloud deployment

• Monitoring and logging setup

Projects create interview calls more than certificates.

🧩Connect with me for career guidance, personalized mentoring, and real-world hands-on project experience www.linkedin.com/in/learnwithsankari

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4) Applying to 300 Jobs Blindly

Many people apply everywhere every day.

No strategy.
No targeting.
No preparation.

Then they say:
“Market is bad.”

The market is not the issue.
Your positioning is.

Recruiters scan a resume for 15 to 25 seconds.
If they don’t immediately understand what role you fit into, they move on.

Fix

Instead of mass applying:

• choose one role (DevOps, Cloud, or Support)

• tailor your resume

• align projects to that role

• optimize LinkedIn profile

Quality applications beat quantity applications.

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5) The Biggest Missing Skill. Interview Storytelling

Many candidates actually know enough to get hired.

But they cannot explain.

Interviewers are not testing memory.
They are testing thinking.

They want to know:

• how you approached a problem

• how you debugged

• what you learned

If you only memorized answers, the interview collapses quickly.

Fix

Prepare your project explanation like a story:

Problem → What you did → Challenges → Solution → Result

This single change dramatically increases selection chances.

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The Correct Approach (What Actually Works)

If I had to guide a beginner or career switcher, I would follow this simple plan:

1. Choose one domain (Cloud/DevOps)

2. Learn fundamentals (Linux + Networking)

3. Learn cloud basics (AWS/Azure)

4. Build real projects

5. Document projects on GitHub

6. Optimize resume and LinkedIn

7. Practice interview explanation

8. Apply strategically

This path works because it matches how companies evaluate candidates.

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Final Thoughts

Switching to IT is possible.
But it does not happen by consuming information.

It happens by building capability.

Courses can teach tools.
Projects build confidence.
Guidance builds direction.

If you feel stuck after learning multiple courses, you are not alone.
You just need a structured approach and consistent effort.

The goal is not to finish learning.
The goal is to become employable.

🧩Connect with me for career guidance, personalized mentoring, and real-world hands-on project experience www.linkedin.com/in/learnwithsankari

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