(First) - You say you have been a computer tech for 19 years, during this time you probably got your hands into some of the computer programming languages such as C, C#, C++, VB, VBA, Python, which has allow you to create "Windows based applications" and now you are studying Plc programming.
It sounds to me like you would have a lot to offer in the IIOT world - just where a lot of manufacturing is headed. Manufacturing is wanting to gather all this "DATA" from the plant floor(machines ran by Plc's) and then compile, manipulate, adjust, display, broadcast, print. This usually takes some type of communication protocol between the two and a person like you could help provide just that.
Think more about "What you have to offer" NOT what you are lacking!!!
Companies want people who are willing to learn(even if that person has to invest some of their own time), not someone who thinks they deserve a job just because they have a degree.
I think you just need some "Attitude Adjustment" and I only mean this is a positive manner.
Good Luck with whatever you decide to do.
It sounds to me like you would have a lot to offer in the IIOT world - just where a lot of manufacturing is headed. Manufacturing is wanting to gather all this "DATA" from the plant floor(machines ran by Plc's) and then compile, manipulate, adjust, display, broadcast, print. This usually takes some type of communication protocol between the two and a person like you could help provide just that.
Think more about "What you have to offer" NOT what you are lacking!!!
Companies want people who are willing to learn(even if that person has to invest some of their own time), not someone who thinks they deserve a job just because they have a degree.
I think you just need some "Attitude Adjustment" and I only mean this is a positive manner.
Good Luck with whatever you decide to do.