IT Career What is an absolutely cushy, highly sought-after IT dream job? |
- What is an absolutely cushy, highly sought-after IT dream job?
- Where did you find the current job you have now?
- Learning SQL Server - which version to begin with?
- Which is better for IT career: be extremely good at one thing, or be really well rounded at many things?
- One issue I've encountered... question.
- Time to jump ship?
- I'm a system administrator. What now?
- Haven't had work in about 6 months and would like to get back into the field, what's my best course of action?
- Help desk internship ending, where to go now?
- I don't think I should stay with my company, would like input
- Does being female help or hurt my chances of being hired in IT?
- Diploma of IT Networking, worth getting A+? Struggling to decide on a cert.
- Interview questions
- IT Graduate needing career advice!
- Can I get a knowledge check before an interview call?
- Anyone ever taken a polygraph for a job?
- Finding an IT job (entry Level job) after College/University
- What companies expect from someone with ccna routing and switching cert knowledge only?
- Resume critque for entry work
- Attempting to move to fast?
- Looking for advice on a Skype 'technical interview' and what to expect.
- What Certs should I obtain next.
- Looking for someone to answer some questions.
| What is an absolutely cushy, highly sought-after IT dream job? Posted: 01 May 2018 06:29 AM PDT If I were going to create a 5 year plan, what jobs are the hardest to get and most rewarding? [link] [comments]  |
| Where did you find the current job you have now? Posted: 01 May 2018 12:38 AM PDT I haven't had any success with Indeed.com or Linkedin, but see something called ziprecruiter and others that seem scummy. What sites do you recommend for jobs postings? [link] [comments]  |
| Learning SQL Server - which version to begin with? Posted: 01 May 2018 06:32 AM PDT I work as a 1st/2nd line helpdesk support engineer but have decided to pivot to MS SQL Server database development in the future. I have very little direct exposure to the various SQL servers we have at work but I'm hoping if I can demonstrate my knowledge and understanding of SQL Server this will change. My confusion is which version of SQL Server I should start to learn - I'm assuming that many places still have SQL 2008, 2012, 2014 etc and I don't want to just jump into 2016/17 and then be stuck when I have to support/develop for an older version that does things differently (or not at all). My work environment has MSSQL 2008, 2012 and a couple of 2016 servers. Ultimately, I want to maximise my use when I leave this role for a full time SQL development job. If you were starting anew, which version would you start with? Or am I approaching this wrongly? Thanks for any tips! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 May 2018 01:17 AM PDT I consider myself to have low to mid-level abilities at many topics such as networking, servers, Linux, McAfee, tech support, active directory, VMware. I am not extremely good at any of them. I make decent $ If someone asked me to configure BGP or EIGRP or OSPF I would be in trouble. If someone asked me to setup a redundant NetApp storage system for 1000 users, I would be in trouble. If someone asked me to do much more than just the basics in SQL, I would be in trouble. If someone asked me to write scripts from scratch to automate some processes, I would be in trouble. I always end up in jobs where I need to be well rounded, and if anything beyond my abilities pops up, I just tell my management and they call in an expert to do it. I am wondering if I should specialize in 1 career field (networking?) and only focus on that and try to become an expert at that? [link] [comments]  |
| One issue I've encountered... question. Posted: 01 May 2018 06:17 AM PDT I have an awesome job. It's a level 2 role and I can't really point to any issue with it. I have been in this level 2 role for 5 years(came from level 1-was in that role for 2 years). When looking for other opportunities, I don't have an issue finding things. Actually, the majority of the time recruiters(from company HR teams and from staffing agencies) find me. It's not that I'm searching for something else but when opportunities come up, I'd like to engage. The QUESTION/PROBLEM: The companies that find me and reach out want to go through the initial phone screen with HR, setting up a technical phone screen, interviewing, etc etc. I don't mind all of the hoops but my current company has great benefits. Aside from the company culture at other places, one of the top things I care about are the benefits. When is an appropriate time to ask about these things? In my opinion, it's a huge time-waster for the company and for me that I'd like to avoid if at all possible without going through all the hoops. Some people have told me to wait until the negotiation process. One time I said screw it and asked during the first call. Sometimes they give me a general idea while others have told me to wait until the negotiation/position acceptance step. It seems like a weird thing to me. Why would I waste a lot of time trying to get a job only to find out the benefits(time off, sick time, insurance, etc) are trash? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 May 2018 07:43 AM PDT I've been working as a system/network admin at my company for about 3 years. Lately, I've been getting the blame for a few things that were not my fault. Example: I receive an e-mail after hours on a Monday night. I'm not on-call or anything so I'm not monitoring my email. Tuesday morning I have off, and had taken it off in advance. The e-mail was asking for changes to some webex meeting I had setup prior. Obviously I didn't see this or make the request changes. That next morning the webex doesn't go well, and it was a monthly board type meeting. In the past these have gone well except for a few times, which were deemed my fault as well since I create the webex meeting. Which it wasn't, people just don't know what they're doing. Example: Some of the people in the meetings use video units that you need to manually "answer". If you don't, it stops ringing and you miss the call. Like a phone. This has been explained many times, but still happens. And it's never a "Oh I'm sorry, I missed the call." its more along the lines of "I don't know whats wrong, it's just not working". Anyways, so I have a meeting and I'm told people aren't happy blah blah and I'm hit with the line "I want to keep you as an employee, but that's hard to do when the "decision makers" aren't happy". That just rubbed me the wrong way. Creating a webex is a tiny facet of what I do, it's ridiculous to think I could be fired just because some idiot board member is angry. The rest of my job is good, nice co-workers/boss etc. Only complaint is pay. Raises are pretty much static at like 1%-2% per year, and no growth in the foreseeable future. 2-3 years seems to be the sweet spot for finding a better paying job, and this might just be the kick I need. [link] [comments]  |
| I'm a system administrator. What now? Posted: 30 Apr 2018 03:19 PM PDT So, I'm a systems administrator but I'm still young in my career. I didn't go to college so I guess I'm going to have a really hard time in my career over the next few years. I'm only experienced for one job, nobody is going to hire me in any other IT position without a bachelors in a technical field. I'm reading about how the cloud is replacing system administrators and that Linux and Azure have made Windows admins almost completely unnecessary. To quote computerworld: "Thanks to the massive migration to the cloud, listings for jobs that involve maintaining IT infrastructure, like network engineer or system administrator, are trending downward". https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/619293/working-dead-it-jobs-bound-extinction/ Where do I go from here? [link] [comments]  |
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| Help desk internship ending, where to go now? Posted: 01 May 2018 09:33 AM PDT I got lucky and landed a help desk internship with literally no experience or certs or college or really anything. The internship lasted 3 months and really taught me a lot about the field. I'm still very young (18) and was wondering what my next step should be. It seems there are so many options I'm just not sure where to go next. Should I go to college for a two year degree in computer networking? This degree will cost me roughly $12k. Also this is one of the only colleges I live near so this is really my only college option unless I were to move somewhere (not really an option). These are the classes I'd need to take in order to get the degree: PC Hardware A+, Operating Systems A+, IT Ethics and Careers, Introduction to Programming, Network Technologies, Introduction to Linux Operating Systems, Client/Desktop Operating Systems II, Windows Powershell, Linux Administration & Configuration, Windows Server Administration, Advanced Special Topics I, Network Security Fundamentals, Windows Server Network Infrastructure, Advanced Special Topics II, Job Skills, Network Communications Infrastructure, Field-Based Experience, Capstone Project. Another option is doing Google's Coursera IT Support Professional certification. This is an 8-12 month course that looks like it goes over a lot. It goes over a lot of the basics and also dives into some intermediate stuff. I am currently most interested in pursuing this. After doing this I could also do the Cisco Networking Basics course. This costs $50 per month. Here are links to the courses: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/google-it-support https://www.coursera.org/specializations/networking-basics Side note: Coursera has some cool courses on Cloud stuff. This looks interesting and fun to learn on the side (aka not really high priority). Another option is doing the CompTIA exams. The typical order I've seen is A+, Security+, Net+. I was studying the A+ on the side during this internship and am about 1/4 of the way through. Should I do some of these together, e.g college and CompTIA exams, or the Google cert + CompTIA etc? Any input or other ideas greatly appreciated. I'm just a confused student not knowing quite where to start. TLDR: I don't know where to start my career in IT. College, Coursera, or CompTIA? [link] [comments]  |
| I don't think I should stay with my company, would like input Posted: 01 May 2018 09:05 AM PDT I'm doing a 6 month contract-to-hire gig through one of the larger IT recruiting companies in my area. In a lot of ways this is probably the right job for me: increase pay, increase responsibilities, increase title. But there's a lot of things about the IT is set up that make me think I should not stay past the 6 month mark, but was hoping for some input. TL;DR Let me summarize my issues like this: nothing is written down, everything is out of date. Network topology, physical or logical, not written or diagrammed anywhere. The domain has 40 servers on it, there's no listing of what they do, where they are, how they're connected to anything. There are four server racks, none of them have a layout sheet or labels on the devices. The routers are unmarked. The various pieces of specialist software (like the sale's software, for example) has no documentation about how to fix issues or even how it works. The network paths of the network drives, not written down. The cabinet with spare parts, peripherals, and various cables is an unorganized mess full of 30 years of clutter including dozens of dead hard drives. Why? Because the company started ~30 years ago, has had basically the same IT team for nearly that entire time, and when they started the staff just knew where everything was, and as they've grown, they've continued to just always know where everything was, and never felt a need to write anything down. Of the 40 servers listed on the domain, an unknown number of them have been decommissioned but were not removed from the domain. A quarter of the PC's on the domain had not been logged onto in a year, a third of the remained have not been logged onto in 6 months, and about a quarter do not have a last log on time because they were querying a domain controller that has been decommissioned. A similar situation exists with the domain users. The user's PCs are all Windows 7, a quarter of which are running on hardware with the Vista logo. The servers are mostly running older Windows server OS'es (ie, the domain controller running WinServ03), which restricts the server software we can use (like limiting us to Exchange 2006), which then restricts the user software we can run (like preventing using O365). Also, we're heavily a factory, and all of the factory equipment is 10-30 years old and running attached to WinXP machines, except for the one attached to Win2000 or MSDOS 3 machine (which is virtualized and running on a Win7 machine, thank the gods). We apparently do not have a plan in place for what to do when this hardware breaks. The machine attached to the DOS box, I'm told it cost tens of thousands of dollars in the late 80's, so the plan is to work it to death, which I understand. But uhm, the OEM for it does not exist anymore, you cannot buy them refurbished anywhere, and apparently we have no plan in place for replacing it, which I suspect would require basically retooling our production line with days or weeks of down time. And that's basically the situation with all of the gear we use: it's old, but extremely expensive so we want to extract every last bit of value we can, and we don't really have a plan for replacing it when it breaks. You may be thinking: why does it matter if the production equipment is old, that's not IT? Well, apparently it is IT because anything attached to a computer is IT. Now I'm allowed to fix these things, I'm working on a network diagram and cleaning up the domain devices/users atm, but some of the more severe issues would require a massive amount of money and assistance, and I just do not see that happening. [link] [comments]  |
| Does being female help or hurt my chances of being hired in IT? Posted: 01 May 2018 08:23 AM PDT Does being female help or hurt my chances of being hired in IT? Just like it says on the tin. I've heard that women encounter discrimination in STEM fields, IT included, but I've also heard that tech companies are eager to fill their ranks with more female employees. Based on your experience, do you learn more towards women having an advantage or disadvantage in the hiring process, and why? [link] [comments]  |
| Diploma of IT Networking, worth getting A+? Struggling to decide on a cert. Posted: 01 May 2018 06:04 AM PDT Abit of background on me:
I've been working in my current position for just about a year, shortly after I joined I made it evident that I don't want this to be a stagnant position. My boss has seen that too and has put me in a position where I'm shadowing second level teams for the desktop support jobs to help bridge knowledge between the SD and 2nd level tickets. It's gotten me some negative attention from some of the employees who are happily in the same position for a long period of time. But I'm just keen to help the company, the team and myself. With that being said, I want to continue my personal development and am trying to decide on a cert to take up at the moment and I can't come to an answer. At the moment I'm thinking either CCENT/CCNA or CompTIA A+. I've already studied Cisco R&S 1 through 4 and could probably sit for my CCENT if I brushed up my knowledge. Reason behind wanting to do the CompTIA A+ is because it will give me some broader knowledge. Right now I want to focus on expanding my knowledge in desktop support and citrix environments, understanding what I'm doing and how everything works rather than following instructions kinda thing. Apologies if this is confusing and hard to read. If anybody has any suggestions on any cert's I should study for please let me know. Cheers [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 May 2018 06:02 AM PDT Going to be interviewing very soon, and was hoping to get some basic questions thrown my way about the following tech. Citrix Xen, Fortigate, Dell Servers, Unitrends, VMware, HP Switches, Powershell. [link] [comments]  |
| IT Graduate needing career advice! Posted: 30 Apr 2018 09:34 PM PDT About Me: Hey guys. I am a recent graduate (graduated with Bachelors in Computer Science double majoring in IT Service Science and Network/Security). Current Status: After multiple rejections I managed to land a graduate program role. Good thing about this role is I will be rotating to various teams/roles. Question: After I finish the graduate program I have no idea exactly what path/direction I would like to go in within IT. Would like to know what sort of roles I should be applying for after my current contract is over. I will also be pursuing entry level certs and progress based on my chosen career path. Basically would like to do something interesting, pays well (would like to reach 100k+ in future). Any suggestions/advice is appreciated. Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Can I get a knowledge check before an interview call? Posted: 30 Apr 2018 03:11 PM PDT Hey everyone, I'm applying for my first 'real' IT job. Right now I work in end-user support so essentially I help old ladies reset their passwords. I have applied at a local company that makes server solutions, both the hardware and software. I have a FreeNAS system at home and have some FreeBSD background because of that. This is what they've outlined for me to know:
I was hoping you guys could find where I'm missing knowledge and give me some ideas on how to proceed. Basic linux experience: I've used debian and ubuntu but mainly just to fool around in them. I'm more acquainted with FreeBSD, though when I need to do something on my RBPi that I have set up to run home-assistant I do everything through SSH since it's headless. Seems to be about the same as FreeBSD so far in terms of CLI. ls - this is necessary for just getting around on my server. Gotta list those files somehow. cmd - I really don't use cmd very often in my experience. This could be something to study. mv - moving files or folders. man - my main man in cli. when in doubt, man. mkdir - making directories, also straightforward rmdir - removing them touch - i use this to create quick files usually, but I know it's mostly used to change modified times and accessed times. I'm actually not sure why that would be beneficial. cd - changing dir less - for quickly reading and allowing for movement through a lot of data such as a log or piping for ls. ls | less for example grep - I use this usually just to quickly search a directory in conjunction with ls. I could use more practice with this one. Networking: This is a little broad. Not sure if they meant for this to be the beginning of a subsection. I'll explain what I know below.
OK. if you've made it this far, thank you so much. I might just be completely outside of my comfort zone here, and maybe I'm reaching for the stars and hitting the roof, but any help I can get would be insanely appreciated. Thank you so much to anyone that can help me out. [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone ever taken a polygraph for a job? Posted: 30 Apr 2018 10:18 AM PDT Basically the title. It's required for my dream job and my application is in but I've always had an irrational fear of polygraphs. Anyone ever done one and want to share their experience? [link] [comments]  |
| Finding an IT job (entry Level job) after College/University Posted: 30 Apr 2018 11:25 AM PDT Hello everyone, Thank you! :) [link] [comments]  |
| What companies expect from someone with ccna routing and switching cert knowledge only? Posted: 30 Apr 2018 01:15 PM PDT Do they hire people who only have this cert and they want someone with knowledge about everything in networking firewalls security vm etc [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2018 08:25 PM PDT Hi everyone, been a lurker for a while now and was wondering if anyone could offer any insight on my resume to help me land a level 1 help desk job. I just recently completed the a+, and have been studying for the network+. here is my resume thank you all for your help! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Apr 2018 08:19 PM PDT Hey fellas, After graduating from college with an IT degree I got a job at a small MSP. Since it was a small MSP i did just about everything but install new servers onsite to our clients. My role was backup and disaster recovery focused but when there were no issues with backups I was sent to a client site for desktop support or I worked the service desk for any and all requests that came in for customer desktop/laptop issue and server/printer issues etc.... This was most of my day near the end of my employment there (3+ months). For better or for worse I left the position to seek more opportunities in a bigger city hoping to land a sysadmin or networking role (I didn't believe there was much room to grow at the company and the networking opportunities were non existent) . I haven't found any of the opportunities I thought I would and settled with a Data Center Technician job that deals exclusively with server hardware troubleshooting. Took the job because I needed the benefits and the pay was good. I was studying for my CCNA R+S and I thought I could get a position I was seeking after obtaining it either with the company I currently work for or another one; I know now that was probably not the best idea, you live and you learn I guess. I was hoping to find a NOC position or a Network/Sysadmin position. I was under the impression I had the experience and the certifications to get an entry or junior level job in those positions but I know now I was more than likely wrong. I believe I may have tried to put myself into opportunities to GRAB a position I want when you need to be GIVEN it. I have close to 2.5 years of IT experience, I have a Bachelors of Science in IT, A+, Net+, Sec+, and CCNA R+S and I am having trouble figuring out where I fit. MY QUESTION IS: Do I need to go back to the drawing board and get a help desk job so I can have that title on my resume? I am completely lost and am afraid I am selling myself too short or I am totally naive to my current situation. I know I didn't include a lot of specific experience but I worked with a lot of different solutions at the MSP and wore a few different hats. I am sure this holds a lot of my value but I really don't want to fill this post with everything I've worked with to spare readers. TLDR; College grad, 2.5 years of IT experience, and certs. Am I closer to entry level help desk or SysAdmin [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for advice on a Skype 'technical interview' and what to expect. Posted: 30 Apr 2018 01:10 PM PDT Hello everyone! I'm going to be transitioning out of the military soon, so I haven't exactly had traditional interviews in a really long time. I've been corresponding with a company for a help desk position, with duties really similar to what I do currently, so I'm not really worried about the job itself. We arranged to have one of the staffing people Skype with me soon for what she called a technical interview. At first she made it seem like it was just a series of questions, she said "about twenty minutes, asking you some general questions," she even said we could have done it then while we were on the phone, but I was out and about and couldn't Skype. At the end of the conversation she said she looks forward to our interview. So I'm not quite sure what to expect. At first she made it seem like just some questions that I'd answer right off the bat, but then made it seem like a full on interview, or at least I think so. Should I treat this like a full fledged actual interview as if I was there in person? Should I dress really nice? It's Skype so I'll try to pretend like I'm there physically, but I'm honestly new to all this and don't know what I should be expecting. Any advice? Thank you so much for any insight you might have! [link] [comments]  |
| What Certs should I obtain next. Posted: 30 Apr 2018 04:16 PM PDT Hello everyone currently in a pretty good Sys Admin role in a decently sized company with the following certs under my belt. CompTIA A+ ITIL Practitioner MCSA Windows Server 2016 MCSE Securing Windows Server 2016 My question for all of you is what can I do next to either further my career or perhaps obtain a useful skill in the process? I feel like I have hit some what of a road block on where to go next. Interested in hearing all opinions thanks for your time. [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for someone to answer some questions. Posted: 30 Apr 2018 09:40 PM PDT Hi, I'm currently an IT student and I have an ongoing assignment that requires an interview with somebody in my (future) field. I was hoping there was somebody here who would be willing to answer a few questions for me. Nothing super challenging, just some general questions about the field and the job. If you can help me out tonight, please let me know! Thanks [link] [comments]  |
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