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I’m 21 and currently live in San Marcos, CA / North County San Diego. I’m trying to decide if I should stay here after graduating from community college or move somewhere better for my first IT job. I have no car or drivers license.

I’ll have an AS in IT, but likely no certs and no professional IT experience yet. I’m mainly looking for entry-level help desk, desktop support, IT support specialist, or anything similar to get my foot in the door.

I’ll have some financial support in any of the locations I listed, so I’m not too worried about salary at first. My main concern is career growth and making sure the experience I get helps me move up in IT instead of getting stuck.

My issue with staying in SoCal is that I’ve heard entry-level IT can be really competitive, especially for people with no experience. I also don’t have a car or driver’s license, so I’d have to rely on public transportation.

The places I’m considering:
San Marcos / North County San Diego — I already live here and have friends here, but I’m worried about competition and whether there are enough entry-level IT jobs nearby without a car. I’ve heard most IT jobs are closer to downtown San Diego.

Allen / Plano / Dallas area — I have friends and family in DFW, and I lived there before, so I’m familiar with the area. It seems like there may be more IT jobs since I’ve heard DFW has a strong IT market, but I’m not sure how realistic it is without a car unless I live near the bus/train.

Yokohama / Yokosuka / Tokyo area — I have Japanese citizenship, speak native English and pretty fluent Japanese, and may have a family home available there around April 2028. I’m not sure how realistic entry-level IT would be there without JLPT, certs, or experience.

My goal is to work somewhere for about 1 year, build real IT experience, and use that to move into better IT roles later. Ideally, I want to eventually get a higher-paying remote IT role.

For someone with only an AS in IT, no certs, no experience, and no car, would you recommend staying in San Marcos/North County San Diego or moving somewhere like DFW/Japan?

How would you rank these three options for getting hired and building useful first-year experience?

Hello-

I've applied for no less than 100 jobs online, got 1 interview and did not get the job. It was with an electric car company to ride in their cars for 8hrs and monitor as they uber people around. Not ideal, but I'm trying to make additional money.

I currently work from home at my existing job and have gotten to point where I don't even have to be present but for maybe an hour in the early AM, that is why I'm open to a regular remote job. My current employer would be fine with me taking on this second role as I helped him build his business from the ground up.

Night shift would be ideally like 6pm-12am if possible. Any suggestions are appreciated. I have already applied to Home Depot, Amazon, Wal Mart, UPS, Buccee's, and quite a few others. I have a BA in Finance, handle business development, and have worked in sales/client relations my entire life. Currently in the contracting industry, handling light commercial and residential projects.

Any help is appreciated.