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- Where to work tech outside the US.
- I have my Security+ and I want to take the CISSP eventually. Do I start studying now?
- Would i be able to get a web dev job with just an associate's?
- Thinking of quitting my MSP job with no backup
- Which Florida College?
- I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, landed a great job right out of school but I think it's affecting my mental health.
- Will this be enough to find a good job?
- Are these good signs in an interview?
- Active directory
- How to transition from post sales engineer to a presales engineer?
- Interview advice: phone interview with the VP of IT
- I can't do well on interviews. What should I do?
- Recent CCENT with a 963 score, interested in learning more about the SDN side of things but not sure which college electives to take ...
- Is my internship at NASA a big deal?
- Is it inappropriate to ask if there are any other women on the team that you are interviewing to join?
- Do I have any chance of securing an entry level/help desk job or am I in over my head, at the moment?
- Robert Half Techonology Interview. What should I expect? Help Desk Analyst I
- Bachelor's in Anthropology - Moving to IT - Need Advice!
- Software Dev vs Network Engineer if I've already "earned my stripes" on the help desk?
- Recent MIS graduate. Have an interview tomorrow for Technical Support Analyst
- Network Admins and Engineers, Share your ticket troubleshooting notes!
- Which specialization is best when getting an associates in IT?
- From infrastructure to devops...
| Where to work tech outside the US. Posted: 31 May 2018 03:15 AM PDT I'm bored and want to move somewhere else. I work in support now but have experience in networking. Make decent money in DC but it's not satisfying me. What countries can I get an IT job in fairly easy speaking only English? I have a bachelor's in IT. Sec+ net+ and a+ and a us secret security clearance. Ideas? [link] [comments]  |
| I have my Security+ and I want to take the CISSP eventually. Do I start studying now? Posted: 31 May 2018 04:35 AM PDT I am currently pursuing a Bachelor's in Cybersecurity and I keep telling myself to just wait until after I graduate to get my CISSP but my schooling is going to take longer than anticipated and I already have my Security+. In another year, I will be at my current job as a systems analyst for 3 years. I figure within that year I study and then pony up to take the test. Does that sound like a viable plan or should I just wait until I get my degree? [link] [comments]  |
| Would i be able to get a web dev job with just an associate's? Posted: 31 May 2018 04:32 AM PDT Hey everyone I know this question gets bounced around a lot on subs like this but I want to get a realistic answer. I'm currently a computer science major and a lot of my classes line up with that of IT. I would have to only take 4 or 5 more classes to get an associate's degree in the field of IT. That's all well and good and I might actually throw the two offered website development courses into that coursework just to get a good feel for the course and get a few project, but I want to know if it's worth it. Yes I do understand that I can learn web dev on my own but I'm very much into structure and having deadlines so learning JavaScript or node.js by myself doesn't sound like something I would actually stick to. I'm currently working full time and probably will continue to do this throughout school (so those extra 5 classes might take quite a bit longer and are more out of the way which is why I'm wondering if they're worth it at all.) I would just like to maybe get into tech sooner rather than later (I work in a factory setting currently) I know that a lot of people will say that you can get a website development job without college at all, and teach yourself, and be the next hot developer just by 'taking one codacademy course' bluh bluh bluh however I'm looking for a more realistic answer to the question. I live in the Massachusetts area and a lot of jobs posted on Indeed require a bachelor's. I'm wondering how likely it is to actually get a job with an associate's and if it is worth getting, or if I should just take the website development courses and use the projects created in that class as part of my portfolio. Or if on the other hand I should not take any extra classes and just continue with my degree path and stick it out. Also if this is possible to do while working on my degree what is the range of mobey for the Massachusetts area I could assumably make given how entry level it would be whilst working towards my bachelor's? [link] [comments]  |
| Thinking of quitting my MSP job with no backup Posted: 31 May 2018 12:58 AM PDT First off let me start off by saying I do not need this job at the moment the money is nice but I don't need it. Been with this company for less than a year at first I thought it was the best thing that happened to me. However now that I've been here for a while I feel stuck I don't have time for myself or school at this point. I'm working 45+ hours a week and there is major problem when it comes to escalating in this company. L3 will de-escalate to L1 and L2 is basically L1 because the turn over rate is so high that no one really knows what they're doing due to the amount of clients. There is no training and I'm basically in the hot seat all day. I want to focus on my certs and do well in school and this job is just constant stress and anxiety attacks. I'm trying to be a Network engineer so is this job really necessary for me to become that as a L1 help desk? TLDR: Job is affecting my mental health and I'm thinking of quitting for time to get certs and school. Do I need to stay for a year if I want a JR networking position I already have my A+ and CCNA EDIT: I also have 1 year of Service technician and 1 year of experience as a mentor for a program called Cyber Patriot we basically just teach kids security measures and tests in a virtual environment [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 May 2018 06:35 AM PDT Hello, my name is Shane. Right now I am looking to major in an Information Technology degree and hoping to get a career in Computer and Information Systems Managers. Currently, what I am trying to find out which of all of the colleges in Florida has the best IT program that would give me the best benefit of trying to achieve my career in Computer and Information Systems Managers. -Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 May 2018 05:47 AM PDT Hi, I'm sorry if this isn't the right community to post in but I feel like I've been bottling this up inside and need to get it out. I've been working full time in my role as a web developer now for about a year and a half and I've noticed over the past few months my anxiety has gotten really bad and generally I feel less happy than I've ever felt in my life. I've got a pretty decent gig at a large public sector organization about 100km outside my city. I graduated about 3 years ago and worked part time through temporary contracts for 2 years before a full time position became available. The benifets and pension are great and the pay isn't too bad either. I consider myself very lucky and fortunate to have landed the position but I worked hard to get where I am. That being said the development portion of my role isn't particularly hard or challenging. We have a very large site with thousands of pages but it's mostly just WordPress and jQuery. I did do some cool stuff with the WP API and among other things but for the most part there's very little technical challenge. I'm one of two developers. Ideally I'd like to work somewhere where people are smarter technically than I am and I can continue to grow and gain experience with new tools and frameworks. In my current role I just got us going with a version control system when I started full time, but our deployment system is still mickey mouse because our server admin refuses to work with me. On the other hand one of our major responsibilities is basically customer support for the website. People within the organization send updates to a shared email my team and I look after. Everything from content updates to bug reports to news stories. I need to constantly be aware of this and keep an eye to make sure we don't miss anything. I don't really know what to say except that my anxiety has gotten really bad. I know I can get better at prioritizing work but I just thought I'd be spending more time building websites and less time doing content updates or sitting through pointless meetings or getting pulled away by a sudden news story that needs to go up. I guess I'm just getting down on myself that the problems I'm stressing about are more about people that I need to email or tasks that I need to prioritize rather than technical problems that I get satisfaction from solving. When I was contract I was mostly just given larger projects with a few smaller updates mixed in on it so I gave up. I find I have a lot of trouble jumping from working on a project deep in code to find pages deep in the CMS to update and then go back to my code. Updates to one of my projects need to go through two layers of approvals by people in two other departments. Our server administrator is in a totally different building and department and getting anything from them is like pulling teeth. Whenever the website goes down we are always the first people to get called but most likely can't do anything until someone from IT picks up which may be several hours later. I just feel exhausted and that there's so much work required to even do the work sometimes. I don't know if it's the 2 hours of commute killing me or if I need to work on myself. Honestly my anxiety woke me up at 5:30 this morning and I feel like it's been getting worse. I usually smoke a bit of weed when I get home and before going to sleep as I've found it's the only way for myself to relax, if not for that I'm usually up tossing and turning. I hate waking up most mornings and I can't imagine another 30+ years of this. I've got a small apartment with my girlfriend and no plans for kids, so not a huge amount of expenses. I really just want to quit, pick something up part time, and work on myself (both my anxiety, myself, and as a developer). I have experience with PHP and Javascript - know there are a ton of frameworks both frontend and backend that I'd love to jump into, and I do have a pretty decent portfolio from my time in this position that I could build on. I feel like an idiot for wanting to do that because I've began such a a great career and some people can't even find jobs. I got where I am because I worked hard but there was definitely luck involved too. I should probably look for another full time position before leaving this one but in the evenings I just feel so mentally exhausted when I get home I just want to turn everything off. I've just blown my third tire in the last 8 months (literally this morning) so I won't be going in today, the wear on my vehicle is also getting expensive and stressful to deal with. I don't really know what to do and I'm sorry for the rant but any advice would be appreciated and I really just needed to get this out. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Will this be enough to find a good job? Posted: 31 May 2018 06:55 AM PDT So currently I'm interning at a church doing IT work, I'm learning a lot about active directory and windows server 2012. It's a 3 month paid internship and I also finish my associates degree in IT this fall. I also am trying to do some system admin work at my dads small business to help cut costs so everything I learn at this internship I plan on implementing there, including setting up active directory. I also might inquire about volunteering 1 day a week during my fall semester at this church that way I can have 6 months experience doing IT work combined with helping out and being the helpdesk/admin at my dads office. I want to get a bachelors degree obviously but think I'm better off finding a full time job first and finishing school part time due to financial reasons. What kind of jobs should I be looking for. I live in northern nj so commuting to NYC would be an option. [link] [comments]  |
| Are these good signs in an interview? Posted: 31 May 2018 08:59 AM PDT Had an interview a few days ago, have not heard back but im hoping i get chosen. They flew out to interview me from WA. This interview went a bit different than any ive had before. IT support role, it would be only me at this site. So i kept things as close to a casual conversation as possible, i felt like i was able to answer all their technical questions except one with great answers, but openly admitted to needing light training on the subject since id never done it. When they asked about myself and my homelab some of the stuff i just started playing with are things they are considering migrating to in the future. Midway through they started planting phrases like "when you start" and asking about helping with out of town projects, etc. Im assuming they are very interested by their body language but is it normal to use the wording "when you start" to someone your not interested in hiring? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 May 2018 08:05 AM PDT Hey everyone, I just had my first IT interview and it went well. I was asked if I had any knowledge/experience on Active Directory and I have zero. All I have is my Sec+ and knowledge on the CCENT (that is what I am currently studying for). If someone can point me towards some good study material in regards to using AD it would be highly appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| How to transition from post sales engineer to a presales engineer? Posted: 31 May 2018 06:37 AM PDT I'm currently a Solutions Engineer working on the Post sales side and looking to move over to Sales Engineer. Whenever I'm an interview recruiters can't look past that I wasn't a true Sales Engineer even though I have do a lot of the responsibility of a SE already. Anyone have some tips in how to move over? [link] [comments]  |
| Interview advice: phone interview with the VP of IT Posted: 31 May 2018 09:48 AM PDT Hi peeps, so I have my final phone interview in a couple of hours and I am confident about it. I would just like some tips if you guys have any that could help me out. Talking to the VP sounds kind of intimidating and I don't really know what to expect lol [link] [comments]  |
| I can't do well on interviews. What should I do? Posted: 31 May 2018 09:15 AM PDT I didn't know how to answer their technical questions. I kept blanking and getting everything wrong. The interview was so bad, they even laughed at me. No matter how many mock interviews I do, I can't get it right. How am I ever going to get a job? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 May 2018 09:10 AM PDT Hello all :-) I am a relative newbie in the IT field and love the networking side of it, and want to prepare myself for future trends in the field as well as give myself a more well-rounded skill set. I am getting basic troubleshooting/Microsoft/AD experience at work. After spending the summer studying for, and hopefully passing the ICND2 exam, I really would like to use my electives to take a few courses that could give me an edge with the latest trend in virtualization of routing, etc. I have heard that Python is the language that is being used in SDN, but my school doesn't offer any classes in Python :-( A professor recommended taking either Server Side Scripting or C++ to become familiar with the processes, but my IT knowledge is a bit lopsided and I don't know enough about either of them to know which would be the better choice. Any feedback or insight from any of you would be greatly appreciated ... :-) [link] [comments]  |
| Is my internship at NASA a big deal? Posted: 31 May 2018 08:53 AM PDT Yeah, it sounds kind of ridiculous, I know. Starting my summer internship soon, and I'm like super excited! I'll help design an application and database for one of the offices, but I can't help but feel a little bit of imposter syndrome. There's so many smart people doing really cool stuff like working on satellites, tech, etc, and well... I dunno. I feel like I don't necessarily deserve or am that great to be working there. Am I being stupid? Regardless, I'm really excited! Having NASA on the resume will look great. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 May 2018 02:56 PM PDT Been burned once by a manager who was incredibly inept when it came to talking to women, and in general it would be a positive for me if there was another women on the team, so I'm wondering if it is an ok thing to ask? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 May 2018 04:33 PM PDT A user told me the other day about Dice. I got excited (got tired of scrolling through Indeed), went on there, and immediately became overwhelmed with the requirements for even entry level positions. As someone who built their desktop and has resolved quite a few hardware and software issues on mine and others' computers, I thought I had a good enough handle on stuff, but now I'm wondering how far behind I am for even these basic jobs. Some of the requirements I've come across:
TL;DR: can my situation be resolved by simply looking up tutorials? Or do I need a non-tech job to get at least my CompTIA A+ before I'm looking marketable even at the entry level? [link] [comments]  |
| Robert Half Techonology Interview. What should I expect? Help Desk Analyst I Posted: 30 May 2018 04:00 PM PDT I am a college student. I am majoring in MIS (management information systems) and I applied to a Help Desk Analyst position in my city. I found the job on Indeed.com and it is through Robert Half. I know they are a recruiting company. This would be my first real job experience in this field. That being said, what can I expect from this interview? My aunt who is in the field said that it is a more informal interview as they are a recruiting company, so they are looking to see if I am a good fit for this position. I looked up some things about Robert Half and found some not so great experiences on Reddit. I know I shouldn't use only Reddit for info, but its (presumably) real experiences people had. Below is the job description: Description Do you excel at coming up with creative solutions to technical issues? Robert Half Technology is seeking 4 Help Desk Analyst to accommodate field users in an ever-chaning, active environment with a company in the Hi Tech Engineering field. If you have strong problem-solving skills and a passion for making effective change within an organization, this may be the Help Desk Analyst position for you. This Help Desk Analyst role is located in the [redacted] area and is a short-term temporary opportunity. Responsibilities
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Thanks in advance [link] [comments]  |
| Bachelor's in Anthropology - Moving to IT - Need Advice! Posted: 30 May 2018 07:25 PM PDT Hello all, I am looking for some advice. I graduated from college in 2014 with a degree in anthropology and minor in criminal justice (stupid I know). Haven't found a real job that is "degree-worthy" IMO and started at a company last April as a Data Entry Clerk making 15$/hour. I've always been pretty tech-savvy and interested in computers, troubleshooting and building my own PCs and my employers noticed this and I was moved over to a level 1 help desk technician back in January. I really like it so far but am not sure what to do to further delve into this field. I'm still making 15$/hour and feel like I should be making more than that with a degree. I'm learning more and more every day about general IT skills and also the software that our company utilizes. I'm trying to determine what my best options are in terms of furthering my IT career. If I were to be promoted to a level 2 technician, it would be more akin to working with our company's software as opposed to learning more in-depth IT skills. I am thinking about trying to get a certification such as the CompTIA+ and seeing if that would warrant a raise at my current position. If not I may start looking other places to see if I can find something that will pay more while being able to further my IT skills. I am just worried that if I stick with this company, I may spend time learning more about our software than I would learn about other IT knowledge (such as networking or cloud computing - which is what interests me). Would it be wise to obtain a certification such as a CompTIA+ and try and get a raise at my current position? And if not, try and pursue other opportunities utilizing the cert? I don't have any prior IT experience so it's really all self-taught and what I have done with this company. So I could try and stick with my current position, learn more about our software and troubleshooting and hope to start making more soon, or try and get certified to either A) get a raise or B) make myself marketable for a better paying position somewhere else. Any advice? Thanks for reading! [link] [comments]  |
| Software Dev vs Network Engineer if I've already "earned my stripes" on the help desk? Posted: 30 May 2018 09:37 PM PDT Hello everyone! I'm 25 years old making ~58k, 15 Days PTO and 5 Days sick. Insurance is so / so. I'm in a very low cost of living area (bestplaces.net places my city around ~85 with 100 being national average) I feel so torn apart these days. I'm finishing up my sophomore year as CS Major, but haven't really taken any career specific classes. I'm equally interested in networking (including the eventual switch-over into cloud / hosted environment) development, or some sort of security role. My job in title is Systems Admin in the finance sector, and in the next few weeks i'm receiving a company specific promotion that is fast tracking me for a leadership position. I'm very interested in the business side as well as IT. I could see my parlaying this into a Manager of IT position somewhere else in the next 3-5 years if I keep learning on the job. The tie breaker for me seems to be money and time investment. I'm really torn on which path I need to go down. I always thought software dev would be a better gig, but after looking at some starting Salaries I'm afraid I'd be taking a pay cut to finish up school. [link] [comments]  |
| Recent MIS graduate. Have an interview tomorrow for Technical Support Analyst Posted: 30 May 2018 05:41 PM PDT I really want a position as Business Analyst. Should I even go to the interview? I dont want to get stuck in a position where I feel my career trajectory isn't in my favor. [link] [comments]  |
| Network Admins and Engineers, Share your ticket troubleshooting notes! Posted: 30 May 2018 07:07 PM PDT Hey what's up guys, just wondering if you guys are willing to share your ticket troubleshooting notes that will be great. I am trying to develop some MSP experience, specifically in Networking. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Which specialization is best when getting an associates in IT? Posted: 30 May 2018 09:05 PM PDT I am a freshman at my local community college and wanted to know which part of the field is best to go into. While everyone is simply saying, "Get a degree in IT," I don't understand which specialization they are even talking about. You see, there is Convergence Technologies, Cyber-security, Network Support, Programming, and Web services offered as programs at my school. I do not want to be a programmer but rather someone who works in security or tech support at first. Which one of these is best when a job requires having a degree but does not say which one it should be for? [link] [comments]  |
| From infrastructure to devops... Posted: 31 May 2018 12:27 AM PDT I have 10yrs+ in Infrastructure (wintel) and would like to further my knowledge on cloud tech - something i have (so far) had little experience with. My current company have recently started moving some platforms over to Azure and I see this as a bit of an opportunity for me. I originally trained as a software engineer to have some coding exprerience, and IaC sounds right up my street. I've been teaching myself Powershell DSC and JSON over the last few weeks. I'm just curious if anyone can offer any advice on what systems to focus on and how I would (potentially) make a switch into devops in a couple of years time..?? [link] [comments]  |
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