IT Career Is networking good to get into now? |
- Is networking good to get into now?
- Learning to love and accept that fact that "things break" or that "everything is broken"
- I keep hearing that Information Systems is a bad degree
- Advice on starting a computer repair business with only an A+ cert, but years of prior experience learning and fixing on my own.
- How bad is help desk for someone with social anxiety?
- Reevaluating that next step up from Help Desk, Jr. SysAdmin or...?
- What kind of career/pay can I expect with only an A+ certification?
- Advice on what to study in community college?
- Careers in IT? 5 Year Plan? Where would I start?
- Resume Building Questions?
| Is networking good to get into now? Posted: 01 Apr 2018 05:47 AM PDT Hi guys, I finished my course for CCNA but have yet to write the exam. I am currently looking to switch jobs and was looking at a career path in networking but when I asked around some people were against it as they felt that it was on the decline/was a bad option to choose now as it was too late. I just want to know what the current situation regarding hiring is and what type of jobs I should Aim for. Can someone tell me what kind of entry level positions I can apply for and what sort of scope it offers? I have a year's experience after finishing my computer science degree. [link] [comments]  |
| Learning to love and accept that fact that "things break" or that "everything is broken" Posted: 01 Apr 2018 06:55 AM PDT What's your taken on the title? I've discovered after being in the industry for a few years now that you really have to accept the fact that things break and unless you're in some type of architect role (which even then you're not insulated from it) that your going to be dealing a lot with broken things or people screaming because things are broken. Kind of like how Doctors rarely have patients on their table thumbs up and telling them "everything is Doc, see-ya". I've started to realize this is what I need to enjoy because if everything worked out of the box none of us would be needed. The realizations I've made include:
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| I keep hearing that Information Systems is a bad degree Posted: 01 Apr 2018 10:24 AM PDT Hey all, Last semester I was a computer science major. I did fine, but I despised it. I couldn't imagine doing this as a career. So, I changed to Information Systems because I wanted to focus on computers in a business standpoint, not a programming standpoint. I have my Computer Science minor, and will have a Information Systems major in 2 years. The problem is, EVERYONE is either mocking me or judging my major. When I told my parents, they were silent and completely disapproved. The next day, they told me they were going to cut how much they would pay towards my tuition. My previous Computer Science friends have literally laughed in my face for switching. I even met a Computer Science major whose first words to me were "What do you even do with that major that's pointless". Even my friends have told me it's a wasted major. I have an internship set up and I'm working on certifications I was told to get (CompTIA and I think it was Cisco Internet Security something?). Is it seriously this bad of a major? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Apr 2018 07:20 AM PDT Here is my current situation, in a (rather large) nutshell: I'm a computer technician with only A+, but years of knowledge with working on anything computing (self-taught). I got the cert as part of an intern position at a local IT support firm, but I knew basically most of what A+ teaches you before I even started it. Now I am not part of that firm anymore and want to start something on my own. I do know how to help out people who have basic issues such as a printer not printing, no internet access, viruses (very basic examples, but it's issues many people face) and I can perform some more advanced work such as complete disassembly and maintenance of laptops, all-in-one machines and desktops (provided they are out of warranty), OS installations, data migration from one machine to another (including programs), hardware troubleshooting, hardware upgrades, software troubleshooting etc. I even do mobile device-related work. I have helped quite a few people in my area with great success (no callbacks), so I want to expand and tackle larger areas and gain more clients. Everyone has been very welcoming and appreciate my services massively (some even ditching their usual IT guy/center for me), but I do have a unique way of helping people. I go to them and either fix on-site, or retrieve the hardware to work from home. I treat the clients as if they are friends, and some have even become friends of mine (they respect that I am a service provider and still pay for my services in full, which is nice). I also don't charge an arm and a leg for my services, which I'm hoping can act as an incentive for more clients to ask for my services, and if I do raise my prices they'll happily accept it because they know how I work and trust me (this is all in-theory type stuff). I want to know if this is something I must build upon, or must I stop wasting my time and focus on something with more "prestige" in the IT world? I love doing what I do since it's things I do in my spare time. It's a hobby of mine and something I'm passionate about. I'd like to hear your opinions from you men (or women) on this. Thanks for reading :) [link] [comments]  |
| How bad is help desk for someone with social anxiety? Posted: 31 Mar 2018 12:32 PM PDT I'm not proud of it but I get nervous around people and not really used to being pressured on the spot. These issues get a lot better when I get more comfortable/confident with my line of work but I need to start before I can get better! I just got my A+ certification and looking for some experience. Is help desk really hard? Stressful? Fast paced? Will I be alone? What if I have an issue I can't solve? Not trying to be a pessimist, I just don't want to get myself into something I'm not prepared for [link] [comments]  |
| Reevaluating that next step up from Help Desk, Jr. SysAdmin or...? Posted: 31 Mar 2018 01:45 PM PDT I'm a couple months into a Help Desk position at an MSP and wanted to check and see if my original plan to get into a SysAdmin role is really the best given my personality and preferences. While I'm willing to put more than 40 hours into my job, I'm finding that my body isn't able to keep up, staying another 2 hours past my shift only results in about an hour of productive work and I usually go home in a daze and with a distracting headache. If I've been working in the hour before I go to sleep, then I'm usually still too obsessed with work to fall asleep. Hence I believe sticking with a 40-hour work week is best. Thus when I read that SysAdmin is a really fast pace and stressful environment, I'm wondering if I'd be going from MSP to in-house IT only to end up in the same place? Skill-wise I'd say I'm definitely more System rather than Networking. I actually enjoy hardware as much as software when I'm swapping out parts in a Workstation trying to find that one component that causes it to reboot itself even in BIOS every 5-10 minutes, finding that it was the power supply, and saving myself from having to explain to the POC that it's a motherboard that isn't sold anymore. I enjoy troubleshooting system glitches like a USB device that was shutting down the computer which required a driver install and running DISM to fix the system file corruption that occurred as a result and couldn't be fixed by sfc. As far as personality, I'm generally much more productive when I'm allowed to work on my own initiative as opposed to being forced into it(say, someone just tossing more work in your direction because they think you're not busy enough). Quick example would be growing up in a stereotypical Asian family where I'm physically beaten for having bad grades, my GPA in high school was barely 2.1. Whereas in college when that all stopped and I no longer had a gun held to my head, I got a 3.5 GPA for a Welding degree and a 4.0 GPA when I went back for an IT degree. My general path planned was Help Desk(MSP) > Jr. SysAdmin(in-house) > SysAdmin > Security. But given my personality(I also despise phone calls and being on-call), I'm wondering if I should add Desktop Support after Help Desk and/or choose another path altogether? I noted one of our clients has a SysAdmin who seems to lack some very basic knowledge about the company network and apparently didn't know how to tell if a UPS is actually being used or not in spite of devices being connected to it. It left me with an impression that he had a lot of downtime in his job or that the bar wasn't as high as I expected, but it also seems like one of those "it depends" kind of situations or that he might be the exception. Mind you, I'm not looking for a "do nothing" job, I fully understand that the employer needs to make a considerable profit from my labor in order to afford to keep me. It's just in my situation I felt it was a bit rich that I have to put in more than 40 hours/week in order to keep up with my current workload, they want to pile more work on me and implement a process that will double the tickets in my queue with no remediation (i.e. no one is going to be pulling my tickets), while I'm simultaneously told that they don't want me just answering phones and making tickets all day(which the new process will have me doing just that), oh and you have to get your cert by the end of this month and I want you helping out on the weekend with no extra pay. I'm also evaluating the relative stress level of my coworkers and don't see it as a plus when everyone is cussing out in genuine anger every day.
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MSP Help Desk is more fast paced and high stress than I can handle, not sure if SysAdmin even for in-house IT is the way to go or if I should pursue another IT path for someone interested in Systems > Networks. [link] [comments]  |
| What kind of career/pay can I expect with only an A+ certification? Posted: 31 Mar 2018 10:57 AM PDT I was told I can get into a DoD job with a security+ cert along with an MCSA. However, with no experience I though I'd start off with the A+ route. Just curious as to how many doors this certification alone would open. [link] [comments]  |
| Advice on what to study in community college? Posted: 31 Mar 2018 01:26 PM PDT Hi everyone! Basically long story short, I want to go to community college for two years and leave ready to start an entry level IT job immediately. I spoke with an advisor earlier this week regarding what AAS degree plan to declare. This guy is old as hell and says his entire career was in IT and software development and he has a computer science degree. I came in to declare on the computer networking degree plan. He basically told me that was a terrible idea. He STRONGLY encouraged me to declare a degree plan in computer programming with an emphasis on app development. When I asked him why he told me that people can "bs" their way through all the other IT degree plans besides programming and that he has talked to lots of those students who are clueless about anything IT before they graduate. He said that programming is nearly impossible to bs your way through and that employers know that and will respect/trust the programming degree more even for non-programming IT jobs. Basically he said you can't pass programming classes without actually knowing how to write code and you can either do it or you can't. He basically said it will maximize my job prospects even if I don't do programming and that about 40% of the students who finish the programming degree end up in entry level dev jobs and this is a better hire rate than the other IT degrees. So I told him I'll think about it and come back Monday to declare. My question is - is what he said good advice? I looked at the degree plan for programming and it has Visual Basic, two c++ classes, c#, and java and also classes like "programming logic and design" plus math and a few random IT classes like networking and operating systems. Honestly, I think programming would be too hard for me. (But I guess that kind of supports what he said now that I think about it lol). Maybe I should just suck it up and try it though? I just don't want to fail and have nothing. Thanks for any advice! [link] [comments]  |
| Careers in IT? 5 Year Plan? Where would I start? Posted: 31 Mar 2018 12:51 PM PDT
? Say it takes me two years to finish and get my bachelor's. (and so that would have me graduating Summer 2020). How long should I expect to get a job in the field. And how much can I expect to get paid? ? what are the most likely positions/titles I might hold right out of college? ? I currently work for a software company in an Admin role (office manager), and I know the company promotes from within and they have several locations. Obviously applying within the company is a good idea, but do you think that would allow me to skip a few steps that other graduates might not have the opportunity to skip. ... IF I have any additional questions I'll edit this post. This is my new 5 Year Plan. I'm old now (38) and I am honestly terrified of going into school and not having a higher paying job waiting for me at the finish. I just want to know how realistic my goals are. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Mar 2018 10:48 AM PDT Hello all, I am currently at my first IT job as an entry level Network Technician/Jr Network Engineer looking to move on to better things/different type of IT work. I have no certs and over a year of experience with a 4 year degree in Information Security. The issue I am having is, I feel as if I am horrible at writing a resume after seeing some of my colleague's resumes. Would you guys recommend paying a resume writing service to write my resume? Additionally, my job does not teach me much, so I don't have too much work experience per say. I do a lot of on my own learning, I go to conventions (defcon, shmoo con, bsides, etc.), and additionally, I regularly tinker with a homelab (servers/switches/routers/firewalls/etc) that I've had running for over a year now. Would you guys recommend adding these skills and experience on my resume even though they are not considered work experience per say? If so how? And for those that have used a resume writing service, which ones would you recommend? What information should I provide to them? Thank you all! [link] [comments]  |
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