Full-Time Work from home jobs?

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Note that it will take you several years to hit the salary target, as you do have to work your way up through the hell desk and junior positions first, but the target is easily attainable.

I don't know if that was intentional, but it fits.

I'm 99% sure this was intentional.

Could be a Freudian slip

It was completely intentional.  Luckily, I managed to get enough IT experience while I was in the Army, so I skipped past the hell desk, but it is the most common route for people getting into this industry.

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Anything IT is awesome for working remotely, and it will easily get you to the $85k mark with enough years of experience and the right certifications.  I don't have a degree yet, and I've been working remotely for several years now.  Do a search for "top paying IT certifications" and find what piques your interest.  Note that it will take you several years to hit the salary target, as you do have to work your way up through the hell desk and junior positions first, but the target is easily attainable.

I think you'll need several years of learning before you can even start on the ladder to get to $85k.

I disagree.  When I left the Army, I only had an MCSE that I studied for on my own.  My primary position in the Army was Psychological Operations, so I wasn't IT while I was in.  Within a year of getting out, I hit the $65k mark, and it didn't take much longer to get to $85k.  The biggest thing is you have to be driven to learn more.  A lot of people in this industry seem to get a job and then just stagnate there.  If you are motivated enough to keep taking certification exams every month or two, it isn't hard to skip over the rest.  This assumes you have the aptitude to keep learning quickly, and it also assumes that you find an aspect of IT that you can develop a passion for and know when to back off for a bit before you burn out.

The OP for this post currently has a job as a teacher.  Although he isn't doing IT as part of his primary job, it isn't hard to find ways to start getting that experience while he's teaching either through working with the school's computer club or donating time helping churches or other organizations.  It worked for me, and I'm no better than anyone else here.

Like I said, it depends a lot on aptitude.  It you don't have that, then it's going to be very difficult to get up that ladder.

I always think if you're already doing something, and good at it, it's a much quicker route to find a better/more profitable/more flexible way to continue what you're already doing - assuming that you can get to the amount you want.  Since the OP is already a teacher, he might be able to find an $85k/yr job (or jobs) VERY quickly - like tomorrow.  He isn't going to learn IT from scratch that quickly, no matter how good he might be at it.