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Have just been made redundant from my job in IT and am finding it hard
to find another.

Even the 1st line and 2nd line jobs now want you to have an MCSE.

One option is to go and get an MCSE, but then there's the lack of a
degree, and the lack of 3 years feeding and caring for a server farm
which aren't so easily rectified.

Support jobs may not need degrees, but if you want to do professional stuff
people will filter for qualifications and bin your application without
looking at it if there's nothing.

I also suspect the lack of interest in me may be due to the recruiters
being able to work out my age from the fact I took O'Levels rather
than GCSEs

If you're good, none of this will be relevant. But I've no idea if you're
any good. Do you have drive, nous, etc? Or did you just do what you were
told?

Are you looking for lots of money? Do you have a track record which supports
that claim?

Where in the country are you?

3 years off to do a degree isn't a bad idea right now if you're up to it and
want to turn more professional in IT.

Or there's always the option of setting up on your own - see eg TMH. I
reckon people are getting lazier - I know I am :-) - so his business model
is moderately viable for somebody without huge ambitions but some ability.