IT Career How do people stay up to date and in the know about technology? |
- How do people stay up to date and in the know about technology?
- Starting my new Help Desk job tomorrow, really nervous. Any advice?
- Honest review of my resume, having trouble getting hired for entry level IT jobs.
- Am I in a dead end job?
- Software/Systems Analysts, what do you do?
- Current sysadmin with MCSA: Office 365 pondering next step
- Any suggestions where to advance from an ADHD perspective? Selecting a pathway away from hardware experience.
- Business Management Major needing advice
- Good Northern Location for IT (UK)
- Where to start?
- 10 months unemployed
- Need NetEng Salary Negotiation Advice
- Future of networking
- Entrance Interview
- Summer Study plan
- Mid-career sysadmin generalist - what's next?
- Changing Paths in IT
- Accounting Major looking for advice
- career change towards IT security
| How do people stay up to date and in the know about technology? Posted: 15 Apr 2018 07:35 AM PDT I applied for a job that would be amazing to get and I'd like any leg up on the competition that I can take. It's similar to a Technology Coordinator. The job would have me creating technology educational materials for users, training, and recommending technology. So what kind of resources do you use to keep up to date on emerging software or technology? [link] [comments]  |
| Starting my new Help Desk job tomorrow, really nervous. Any advice? Posted: 15 Apr 2018 05:35 AM PDT I'm starting my new help desk job tomorrow and for some reason I'm feeling really nervous about it. All my other IT jobs were mostly in person support and this will be my first time doing 100% phone support. Any advice from my fellow Help Desk employees? [link] [comments]  |
| Honest review of my resume, having trouble getting hired for entry level IT jobs. Posted: 14 Apr 2018 08:21 PM PDT Hello world, I hope i can get your help. I currently have my A and Net + certifications but am having trouble getting a job let alone an interview. I currently volunteer at a local non profit as a technical support technician but i feel it is limited to only hardware. Any and all help will be appreciated and wish you the best. Thanks. Link to Cover Letter: https://i.imgur.com/oHFfhao.jpg Link to Resume: https://i.imgur.com/8p0lVwm.jpg [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 15 Apr 2018 10:08 AM PDT Took a job recently that is great for entry level. Above average salary, great perks and benefits. People are great and there seems to be a lot of mobility (80% managers are all people who have started where I have). My one worry is that we deal with a proprietary software that our clients buy and basically my job is to take calls and help troubleshoot any issues they have with our software. I talked to some managers and they said they outsource their network needs to another state, and they only have a few onsite network people that are basically just robots. I'm studying for my CCNA and am worried that I won't be able to gain/use skills necessary to transition into a Network admin sort of role which is what I'm interested in. My plan right now is just to do this job well, and see where it takes me, but I was wondering if anyone had any advice. [link] [comments]  |
| Software/Systems Analysts, what do you do? Posted: 15 Apr 2018 02:31 AM PDT I recently accepted a paid internship as a software analyst. I'm an IT student with business, IT, and programming education/experience. The job description and the info I received from interviews on what I'll actually be doing seems broad since I may be rotated to different tasks (which I think is good). Basically I could be programming, design flowcharts/diagrams, and even all the way to project management. So I think Ill be touching upon every phase of the SDLC processes, right? I'm super stoked and just want some more insight from you guys who do this stuff daily. What skills should I brush up on? What do you IT pros who have similar roles specifically do? Do you like your job? Hows the job growth? How much do you make lol? [link] [comments]  |
| Current sysadmin with MCSA: Office 365 pondering next step Posted: 15 Apr 2018 07:27 AM PDT I've been in IT for three years in the Midwest. I was fortunate to get an opportunity at an MSP with only my A+, and since then I've completed the trifecta, Linux+, MCSA O365, and worked my way up to systems administrator. I work with windows, Linux, switches, routers, firewalls, and anything else that we come across, so I have to be proficient in a lot of things and haven't really specialized yet.
I'm drawn to Linux, but I really just want to maneuver myself into a profitable and secure corner of IT to specialize in for the long term, and gain sold knowledge to get me a pay increase ASAP.
I was thinking I'd do CCNA next, but it sounds like that cert is becoming less valuable. RHCSA is expensive and my employer wouldn't spring for it because we're not really a Linux shop. If I continue Microsoft path, my main choices right now are to take an exchange exam to get MCSE: Productivity, or go down the cloud/infrastructure path which would require another MCSA and probably 3-4 exams. I haven't really looked into VMware, AWS, etc. So what are you guys recommending these days? What direction can I take to make myself more valuable and employable now plus take my career in a good direction for the long term? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2018 08:54 PM PDT Just to give some perspective, my interests and goals are somewhat changing frequently. I think that is a benefit to the IT field, as it is always changing. So, a little about me. I have experience working with hardware from the production environments, deploying gaming PCs from a PCMag company, and even factory defaulting network devices from an eCycler. Handling the network devices got me interested into IT as a career. It was then, I got diagnosed with ADHD in the middle of the Cisco Certified Network Academy program. I only know, maybe half of what I should for the actual exam, and I feel sys admin as a position doesn't fit what kind of personality I have to do the job day-to-day. I'm avoiding the official certification. I found day-to-day, that I enjoyed troubleshooting. I wouldn't rule myself out from being one of those Tier 3 Help Desk guys at one point if my career went that way. But, I want to avoid help desk, if I can. Repetitive tasks get me bored easily. Enjoy tackling additional side projects that would automate, or benefit workflow. I tried a bit of programming with the Arduino and AutoHotkey and found that fun for a while. Just wasn't diagnosed and motivated to get through to doing projects with those, yet. Automation sounds neat though. On another note, I got permission to join a Sec+/CySa+ bootcamp, thanks to the CCNA learnings. It costs $3k and would be done in two months, or less, but has job placements and apprenticeships available. Would any of the job functions related to network security match up with what I enjoy doing? In short, TL;DR: dived into a lot of IT consumer hardware, but not interested into sys admin roles. enjoyed doing skills like troubleshooting and interests in light programming, but not sure if that should be foundation to a pathway. Main Q: What IT specializations typically benefits individuals with ADHD? Any of them line up with what I enjoy doing day-to-day? Should I take advantage of current network knowledge to do Sec+/CySa+, pursue or nah? [link] [comments]  |
| Business Management Major needing advice Posted: 14 Apr 2018 04:44 PM PDT This is probably one of the worst routes I took for college. I wanted to get college over with and I am graduating this month with Managerial Science/Business Management. Originally, I wanted to do management work or operational related stuff but I've been told its going to be really tough getting a job with this degree so I am looking at other options like IT. So here are some questions I have.
I'm still new to Reddit so please go easy on me. [link] [comments]  |
| Good Northern Location for IT (UK) Posted: 14 Apr 2018 08:13 PM PDT Currently based in the North East UK and looking to get into the Industry after picking up some basic certs. Not really wanting to move, but certainly wouldn't rule it out especially as I get further along in my career if needed. My partner is a mental health nurse in the NHS so could go pretty much anywhere in the UK so I was looking for info on decent options that are somewhat northern. Let's say Midlands and further North. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2018 08:10 PM PDT Hi everyone, I'm currently working in sales as a licensed insurance agent. I make great money, it pays the mortgage, and keeps the wife and I happy in terms of stability. I work for family, and it's worked out amazing for the past 5 years. I'm still happy with who I work for, and who I work with, and all the benefits of my job. For a 30 year old, making close to $100k a year in sales, I'm content with what I do. Unfortunately, it's not something that I findinteresting to me. I've always been a "tech nerd" having fun setting up and tweaking my home server, network, etc. I even have become the unofficial "IT guy" at my office, setting up their network, connecting the computers, etc. same for my family. I know it's not to the degree that you professionals are doing, and that's where I'm stuck. After a discussion with my wife, she brought up the idea of taking night classes for IT work. I just don't know what I would be looking for in the job description. Again, I like tinkering with networks, building media servers, etc. I do troubleshooting with software related issues, but I don't consider myself "advanced". It may be because I surround myself with so many people who know nothing about how a computer works. Is there any type of IT job that I should be looking for? I currently have an associates degree in Visual Arts, so I've considered Graphic Design, but I figured the market has been so saturated, and I don't have much of a portfolio to show off. If I have to, I wouldn't mind the option of freelancing, that way I can keep my current salary and not change my QoL, but still do something I find more interesting than selling insurance. Thanks in advance! TL;DR: I do small tinkering with media servers and computers. What kind of job should I be looking for and still keeping a decent salary? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2018 12:34 PM PDT I am planning to enroll a ccna in a training center. Is this good or waste of money. [link] [comments]  |
| Need NetEng Salary Negotiation Advice Posted: 14 Apr 2018 08:17 PM PDT |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2018 11:28 AM PDT What certification paths are preparing individuals for the future of networking? What are the skills needed to be a great network engineer of tomorrow? I'm taking my icnd1 in two weeks and currently questioning whether it'll truly help me outside of having basic networking knowledge. Should I keep going through CCNA R&S, or make a shift towards emerging network technologies? What are those emerging trends.? Any and all help is appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2018 08:10 PM PDT I am moving to a new school district soon to be their Assistant Director of Technology. I would like to have an entrance interview will all of my techs and network admins that I will be supervising. If there was anything you could have your boss/new boss ask you, what would it be? Thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2018 07:50 PM PDT I've recently landed a technical support specialist role that supports a software product. I'm working with SQL, XML, and a bit of IIS. I love the role, to be honest, and want to become something along the lines of a DevOps engineer or a site reliability engineer. In that respect what should I study this summer to get me closer to a DevOps engineer position? I'm currently working on a project using SQL and IIS in my home lab, and then want to move into learning Python and PowerShell once I understand SQL syntax. My original goal was to study for a CCNAR&S/Security and obtain the certs by the end of summer to start a network engineering path, but have read that networking is a dying field? Should I stick with my original plan and working some programming in there, or ditch the CCNA for some AWS/Linux certs? [link] [comments]  |
| Mid-career sysadmin generalist - what's next? Posted: 14 Apr 2018 11:09 AM PDT Hello, I'm mid-career sysadmin generalist, early 40's, about 15 years of various systems and network administration tasks in SMB - the largest company I've worked for had about 30 physical and 250 virtual servers, 400 pcs/laptops, a few hundred swithces and Wireless AP's. I've done Windows/Active Directory/Exchange, VMware vSphere, Linux (RHEL/CentOS), some storage (Think lower end HP MSA's and Brocade FC switches), some security - MS ISA/TMG, Watchguard Firebox firewalls, some backups (Veeam/Backup Exec), network/server monitoring - Nagios and Zabbix - you get the idea, typical jack of all trades, master of none. Obviously I've reached my glass ceiling in this SMB space that is also shrinking due to cloud adoption, but not sure what could be some reasonable next steps, do I try to specialize? Try to get a job at a larger enterprise? I'm fairly interested in a couple of things - one is automation (devops, etc) - I have a fairly strong scripting skills in bash and powershell, some basic Python and dabbling in Ansible right now, but I've no cloud experience and not sure how likely I'm to be taken seriously without that and it also appears to be a younger folks gig overall. Another area that I'm interested is security - I've always had to carry out some security related tasks, from physical security of equipment to CCTV's and obviously firewall configuration, logs monitoring, identity and access management, backup and DR and so on. I would easily qualify for CISSP from the experience point of view, but I never had a dedicated security role and all of that security related experience is still in SMB arena, so not sure if that would be accepted and recognized by a larger enterprise. TL;DR Early 40's SMB JOAT, not sure what to do - try the SRE/DevOps or security? Do I apply to junior specialized roles? Thanks for reading and I would appreciate your thoughts and insights! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 14 Apr 2018 04:02 PM PDT Good Evening Reddit, I currently work in IT support and have done for the last 5 years. I would like to know what is required to switch to development/programming: Key points: Current company is an MSP and does not have any development team/department From October I will be doing Java Programming/Web Dev/Databases through the Open University for a STEM degree I can get Azure certified through work (is this useful outside support and good for development?) I have done C++ in the past but have nothing to prove it I have done Application support in the past which was primarily PHP and SQl, but the company had to make redundancies so I was only there 3 months. I have a foundation degree in Telecomm's engineering Cheers in advance [link] [comments]  |
| Accounting Major looking for advice Posted: 14 Apr 2018 01:35 PM PDT Background: I'm a 19 year old Accounting major who rushed to finish my 4 year degree in 2 years (grades aren't the best <3gpa). I graduated high school January 2016 (finished it one semester early) and got my AS in Accounting Spring 2017. I enrolled in the BS of Accounting Summer 2017 and expected to complete Summer 2018 (yay). I've paid 0 dollars due to my school being so cheap and financial aid covering 100% of the cost of attendance (IRSC a school in South Florida). Since I'm debt free I figured I could take maximum 10k in loans for my next degree. I do plan on going to FSU for my next degree since I've stayed at home for my first degree and decided to take my brother's advice to "invest in myself." :) With that being said, I've always had an interest in computer science but that would have meant that I would take longer to complete school, move to a university, and take out loans or ask my parents to pay for my schooling (which I do not want but they would gladly do it). I've just recently found out that MIS/CIS degrees are a thing (my college doesn't offer this) and I believe that this is the best way that I can combine my interest in accounting + computer science albeit MIS isn't too computer science intensive, I believe that it is the best middle ground for my current situation. Also, I would only need to do a total of 6 classes (18 credits) to attain this degree since I've done all of the required courses through my accounting program. At some point in the future I do intend to get my CPA certification, I'm not sure about the license since I'm not fully certain if I'm going to need it but that's for future reference. If I do enroll in a university in the fall and do MIS, what are the job prospects for having a double degree in MIS + Accounting? Another question that I have is should I get a part-time job/intern at an Accounting firm or in an IT position. I want to utilize my Accounting degree since I have it so I can make some money/get some experience but I would be fine getting a IT position as well. If I were to get an Accounting role, what should it be? The jobs that I am looking for that would utilize my degree in its entirety are full-time jobs. From my limited "real world work experience" I do not think that a Receivables/Payables or clerk position in accounting would be that useful to my MIS+Accounting combination but I could be horribly wrong. I'm just writing this as a confused kid who rushed to get his degree. I've been told that I'm growing up too fast since my initial plan was to rush into work but I've realized that I can combine my knowledge of accounting with something that I really enjoy. I know that I do not need to have an MIS degree to get a job in the field, but I'm very interested in learning programming languages and at the college I'm looking at (FSU) has a plethora of classes that I can take to finally learn them as well as enjoy 2 semesters of the "college experience" since I have a ton of friends who go there. Location is not an issue as I am willing to travel/work anywhere in the US (save for the states that literally have nothing, but enough money would change my mind). [link] [comments]  |
| career change towards IT security Posted: 14 Apr 2018 12:09 PM PDT Hi guys. I am in need of some advise. I am currently working in the UK banking industry within financial crime (3 years exp). I'm 27 years old and now at a stage where I feel I want to delve into a more IT related role in security, perhaps a Cyber Security role. I have less than a year experience in IT, however I studied Computing (coding) as part of my A levels. I have a degree which is in a non related subject, and many years of working experience in different fields; some where I have had to use basic IT skills. I am currently studying for my CompTIA Sec+ exam, which I hope to complete in the next few weeks. I am also looking into completing my CISSP course afterwards. my main questions are: 1) is it too late for me to get into cyber security. 2) what types of jobs will I be looking at securing with the above certs. 3) any other advise on what certs I could potentially complete. Thanks guys! :) [link] [comments]  |
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