IT Career [Weekly] What would you like to know Wednesday? General Question Thread |
- [Weekly] What would you like to know Wednesday? General Question Thread
- Is it too late to renegotiate my contract?
- Deciding between accepting offer for major promotion at current company VS fantastic opportunity at different company, same salaries
- IT interview
- Had my First Technology interview, need advice
- Windows vs Linux
- Is my job a traditional IT role? If so, what future positions should I be applying/searching for?
- Throwaway - Should I take this job?
- What are some simple back office jobs(or not) I can apply for that require low interaction with others?
- No work experience in IT
- What can I do to make myself as employable as possible between now and Christmas?
- Moving to US as an Oracle PL/SQL Developer/VB.NET dev
- What Vendor Certification Should I Pursue?
- Previous bosses not responding to emails
- Interview request for school project
- Switched Jobs (Advice)
- What are some things I should expect in a tech skills simulator? (IT Support Position)
- How much salary is fair in Canada?
- Is it worth being an implementation consultant to a small company as my first job?
- How does my resume look? I'm a senior in college/junior by credits looking for my first internship.
- Advice on good certifications for remote jobs [World]
- Cyber Security and IT companies in London?
- Specific Skills to Study for an IT Career?
- How long do you guys wait to follow up with the IT help desk?
- Should I leave current job and work at self-funded startup with equity?
| [Weekly] What would you like to know Wednesday? General Question Thread Posted: 03 Oct 2018 01:13 AM PDT Not every question needs a backstory or long explanation but it is still a question that you would like answered. This is weekly thread is setup to allow a chance for people to ask general questions that they may not feel is worthy of a full post to the sub. Examples:
Please keep things civil and constructive! MOD NOTE: This will be a weekly post on every Wednesday. [link] [comments]  |
| Is it too late to renegotiate my contract? Posted: 03 Oct 2018 06:09 AM PDT Our team is hiring another person for the IT Support position and I've been getting resumes because my boss wants me to participate in the interview process. So yesterday I was given a resume for the new people and on it they forgot to cross out the salary they are asking. I have just moved to this area and seeing that number I got a mini anxiety attack and lots of anger. This person has about a year in experience, no degree, no certs. Wtf? I am on contract and they tried to bring me on full time but what they offered me was total bs. Is there any way I can renegotiate my contract? I have been here since mid July. In total I have 3.5 yrs in it support, with no certs and degree and relevant experience. Wtf do I do? I also noticed it's a different contracting company so do I send them my resume as well? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2018 08:28 AM PDT I've been in a fairly low position at my current company for 3 years. I'm interviewing now internally for a Security DevOps position that comes with a 40% raise. I barely have any scripting/programming/coding experience, but they really want to hire someone internally, and I'd love to learn this stuff. I'm also interviewing for a Security Engineer position at a different company. Also 40% raise. I'm expecting to get an offer for both positions, so I'm trying to decide in advance which one to go with. Right now, my job is basically a troubleshooter of networking (layers 3-7) and firewall issues. VPN tunnels, Palo Alto Networks, Juniper, Check Point, Pulse Secure, NGFW, switching, etc. Pros to current company:
Pros to the different company:
These are two different areas that are booming right now and will be strong for years to come - Software-defined infrastructure through automating hybrid-cloud containers VS Cybersecurity. I'm very much interested in both - so this is a really hard decision to make! Yesterday, I really couldn't decide which one I would prefer. Now, I'm leaning just bit more toward the DevOps at my current company because I really like infrastructure, the idea of being a solutions architect, learning scripting, etc. And I gotta admit, as a very technical person, despite my excellent customer service skills in firewall support, I'm a bit nervous about presenting security recommendations in front of groups of people, translating difficult concepts into digestable information for the less-technically inclined, and so forth. I'm good talking one on one with people, but I have some social anxiety about being the center of attention in front of 6+ people or so. Of course, it's quite possible I will be only made one offer, or neither. But still, I'd like to be prepared. What else should I consider? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2018 09:24 PM PDT Hello first time posting here looking for advice. I have an interview set up through Hire Vue for a IT support Technician at Amazon and was looking for some tips on how to go about the interview. First time going for an IT job and it's says they will help get A+ certification. Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Had my First Technology interview, need advice Posted: 03 Oct 2018 06:25 AM PDT Good Afternoon Reddit, i recently had my first interview with a technology firm in my home town. The first interview went great and the second one was great. On my feedback i was advised that my technical experience wasn't high enough. I am currently looking to complete my ComPTIA+ and the only real world experience i have got is relating to hardware and low level networking. Reddit my question is this. In order to become a good and proficient IT professional what tools, books and websites should i use? I am currently subscribed to My Training Academy and going through my CompTIA+ on there. I eventually want to get into system administration or something similar. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2018 05:10 AM PDT For any state or government employees what OS makes up the majority of your equipment? I'm debating between going down the MS path or Linux but I REALLY want to stay working for the state or government. Any input? I would assume it would be Windows but not sure. [link] [comments]  |
| Is my job a traditional IT role? If so, what future positions should I be applying/searching for? Posted: 03 Oct 2018 08:50 AM PDT Heyo! So I recently got my first IT gig about 6 months ago. My official title is "IT Field Technician". However, I'm part of a 2 man IT team for a company of 500+ employees and what my company does is a bit atypical (at least IMO). My company is a non-profit organization that runs group homes and day services for the I/DD aka Special Needs community. We, the IT dept, install and configure routers, PoE switches, fisheye and dome cameras, PC DVRs, 2-way SIP intercoms, Veras and several Z-Wave+ devices like motion sensors, door/window sensors, tilt sensors, power controllers, etc. Most of these are installed in homes but we also install some of the equipment in our offices as well. We also test new sensors and tech all the time for use in the homes. The cameras, DVRs and sensors are all used for remote monitoring which are done through "Pods", which we also build. Pods are basically 4-6 monitors hooked up to high-end PCs that watch our 70+ homes. And that is just the Smart Home/Monitoring side of things. We also configure laptops, tablets and Chromebooks (cellphones coming soon) for employee use, respond to helpdesk tickets and provide demos for potential customers and investors. I'm sure I've missed a few things but thats the gist of what we do. Again, this is my first IT job. I'm new, learning nearly every day and loving it so far but I feel like my boss and I are stretched incredibly thin. I also make about 34k a year. I feel like with everything that we do, I'm a bit underpaid. I plan on being here at least a year, maybe two. I wanna soak up everything I can and potentially move on to greener pastures. Also worth mentioning: I don't have a degree or certs. Before being hired, I just had some experience with home networking, electronics repair and PC building and 3 semesters of CompSci at a local CC. Maybe thats a reasonable explanation for my pay but my boss doesn't have a relevant degree or certs either, I dunno :s So basically, what the title says. Are there any similar positions out there to what I do now? If/when I leave, should I just start at ground zero at a helpdesk or is there something out there for me? Also, my pay lol. I live in the midwest, COL isn't super crazy but am I wrong for thinking I'm underpaid or is it about where it should be? Thank you so much for reading this far! Any advice or suggestions are appreciated too [link] [comments]  |
| Throwaway - Should I take this job? Posted: 03 Oct 2018 08:02 AM PDT I don't know what to do and I need advice.... Current position: Full-time employee for a contract firm that has an international presence dedicated to one account. This account is for a HUGE entertainment company that I'm 99% sure you've heard of at some point that has their fingers in movies, tv, sports, etc. My role is a tier-3 SysAdmin primarily focusing on RedHat but also help out in the Windows admins along with the VMware teams. I work out of a datacenter that is roughly 15 minutes from my residence. I've been in this position for almost 4 years. For sake of argument lets say I get paid $100k/year. I have benefits but they're somewhat expensive. I work from home 2-3 days a week. I don't get a lot of holidays but I get some floating holidays and 3 weeks of vacation.i Very recently they have moved all day-to-day support of the environment and on-call to the offshore counterparts for the group I work for so anyone that's on-shore is dedicated to 'special projects' and helping our the off-shore team if they receive something they can't handle. These 'special projects' are for bringing in more revenue to the account. We have implemented two 'special projects' before the offshore team took over day-to-day support of the current environment and according to our management our client is 'very happy' with the result. They're very hush-hush on what's coming down the pipe and everything I hear is from a coworker that's based at the home office in another state. There is a chance to learn stuff like machine learning/AI in regards to automation, cloud, etc. but I honestly don't know when (or if) that'll truly happen because of the projects I've heard. I haven't been happy in a while. It's mainly because the 'client' generally treats contractors like second-class citizens and they promote segregating groups from intermingling too much except for the occasional 'team building' stuff that they have every 3 months or so. Every bit of my management is out of state at the client's home office that's an 8-hour drive from me, so it's not like I can go there a lot. Recently management, both mine and other groups, screwed up and tried to get me to handle inventorying of the network team's equipment that comes in, and out, of the facility. There are 7 network admins on-site who are dedicated strictly to this datacenter, and I'm the only one for the server team at this site - however I handle servers not only there but literally everywhere around the globe. They just simply don't want to do the work because "it's stupid." My management has tried to make time to talk to the network team's management but could never get their attention until the client got pissy because it affected quarter-end financials for the location. Offered position: I started interviewing and received an offer letter from a company. It's a newly created position. The pay is $98,500, but they pay for pretty much all of the benefits except health/dental/vision. 401k matching is the same as my current position. They also pay for your gym membership and my current job doesn't. Oh, I'll be an employee and not a contractor. I'll have more dedicated holidays along with 3 weeks of vacation time. The company is about 35 minutes away from my current position and require you to be in the office "as much as possible," however they'll let you work remote if you have a doctors appointment, need to handle something at the house, etc. Its a much smaller shop but its a subsidiary to an international county. The position will be strictly Linux administration (red hat), that they are just now currently implementing. They've bought some smaller companies and are in the process of implementing an Infor product called Sx.e for the ERP environment. I'll primarily handle the OS side of that, but i'll cross-train with the application analysts, SQL dbas, etc. to help troubleshoot issues. The parent company handles their server builds right now-they're a mix of virtual and physical hardware but all physical hardware is at the parent company's datacenter a few states away-but I'll start handling the Red Hat builds for this subsidiary. They're fairly new with this product (about a year since they went live?) and they're adding more sites and functionality all the time. The part that sticks out is literally everyone that interviewed with-programmers, application analysts, etc. has been with the company for a good while (think 8-10+ years). Ironically, the one that hasn't been with the company as long as the others will be my manager who has been there for 4 years.
So, I don't know what to do - stick with the current position or venture to the new gig? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2018 07:42 AM PDT I am looking for a temporary job and I was thinking about looking for data entry jobs (first thing that I thought of), is there anything else you can recommend so I can widen my search? For experience I have over 3 years of working at a back office job with Excel and SAP ERP and I have good overall knowledge of computers, ability to learn programs quickly and type very fast I also love math and I am fine with paperwork related stuff [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2018 12:01 AM PDT I have just graduated from a 2 year diploma information system program, but I have no related work experience. What can I do to boost my chance to get entry to intermediate level position? [link] [comments]  |
| What can I do to make myself as employable as possible between now and Christmas? Posted: 03 Oct 2018 09:32 AM PDT Hey all, thank you in advance for your time. I'm currently a contract worker for the state government, my contract is supposed to be up around Christmas but I've asked the rest of my team and they have no idea when it's actually up (we all have the same contract). To be honest, this is probably the weirdest job I've ever had. I have to get a certain amount of work done every week, but most of that can be done in a span of one or two days and the rest of the time is spent fucking around on the computer at home in my PJs and still being paid because according to the contract I can't take any days off. The project manager we had for the first part of this was a pretty delusional dude: he wouldn't have women on his team on principle, he constantly bragged to the team about how many women he'd been with, how many guns he had, how many trucks he'd bought in the past year, and he and promised everyone on our team a good job after all of our contracts were up. We found out after he was fired that he didn't have the ability to hire or fire people at all. Since he was fired we've been flying blind. I'm not sure I can leave a contract position as I've never had one, but I've been low key looking for new jobs. I have a BA in Software Development but it's a misnomer, I've never really developed software. Software Development was the sort of catch-all general technology degree my university offered for people who couldn't hack it in Computer Science. We learned things like Adobe Dreamweaver and MIT Scratch, along with Unity3D and the basics of web development. I supplemented my learning with Udemy courses, which tended to be much better quality than the powerpoints my professors came up with. I had one class completely devoted to creating shapes with python and the final exam was to draw a picture. I thought that was too easy and made a stop motion animation instead, and the professor had no idea how I did it and asked if I could teach him so he could incorporate it into the next class he taught. I also took a bunch of classes in Arduino programming, which was considered to be very advanced and I was one of the only people who understood it. I later learned that all of the 'advanced' courses were the equivalent of 101 and 201 courses at in a regular CS program. After college I worked at Geek Squad for three years and this is my first job since then. I don't have any certs. Eventually I'd like to move into web development but I don't have any credentials for that and haven't made any websites since college about six years ago. About three weeks from now there's a local technology fair where companies will be hiring, and I'm not sure how I can present myself to look employable. I went there two years ago and was told I just didn't have the experience, but hopefully that's changed since I've been in the working world and have another job on my resume. What can I do in the meantime to make myself as employable as possible? [link] [comments]  |
| Moving to US as an Oracle PL/SQL Developer/VB.NET dev Posted: 03 Oct 2018 09:03 AM PDT Thinking about migrating to US or Canada from Latin America. Im working as a Senior Programmer Analyst in a local government institution (10 years now).
My experience has been handling coding in PL/SQL (packages, SP, tables, performance, sql tuning) along with developing in VB.net (web forms), solo handling big proyects and leading small new entry teams developing, Bachelor in Information Systems Engineering (local university), no certs so far but a lot of experience with PLSQL and im confident in my skills there but i feel my webdev game is too outdated.
I wanted to follow .net development, but after seeing how outdated i am and lack of experience compared to what recruiters want from a web dev, i thought maybe i should follow up on my experience with pl sql.
Is chasing the Oracle PL/SQL dev path worthwhile? What could help me with my profile in the US? I want to get the OCA and OCP certs from Oracle, but other than that im exploring (looking at Data warehouse too), since i dont know how the US market is for Oracle PLSQL, also the fact that im living outside US planning to move and work for the first time in US (or Canada).
Also are companies willing to take a profile like mine and help me learn what i lack etc? Any insight would be appreciated, since working for 10 yrs in the same place can really take a toll in expectations... [link] [comments]  |
| What Vendor Certification Should I Pursue? Posted: 03 Oct 2018 02:20 AM PDT So first thing first, I am unfortunately from Iran, and believe of no fault of my own, and as you all know sanctions against Iran has made our life much harder than before. Anyways, I am 32 years old and I've been working in this industry about 5-6 year. But all my knowledge in this field is based on my experience and self study. The main question: So I wanna know what vendor based Certification do you think I should pursue? Right now I'm a Server Administrator in a web-hosting company in Iran. [link] [comments]  |
| Previous bosses not responding to emails Posted: 03 Oct 2018 07:59 AM PDT Hello, I have just finished an internship which admittedly I screwed up a bunch at in different ways. It was basically a technical support/systems administration internship and with my social anxiety and avoidant personality disorder which I've been fighting, I did something damaging. There was this intern and new employee luncheon I was supposed to attend and I didn't. I did not know it was a requirement to go and me being the way I am I try and stay away from crowds whenever possible. My boss gave me a hard time for it of course and I apologized. I hope this doesn't negate the good things I've done like stay much later than I needed to put new and better quality monitors and workstations up for people when I could have left earlier. I'm worried now they will not provide me with reference. I emailed my one boss who even said the day I left he would give me resume recommendations after I left. I emailed the other one a couple days ago and heard nothing back. The other boss who gave me a hard time said lets keep in touch as well. I'm starting to think they never want to speak to me again after that mistake. [link] [comments]  |
| Interview request for school project Posted: 03 Oct 2018 07:26 AM PDT Hello! I am a high schooler based in Arizona and I have a project where I have to interview a person from the career area I am interested in, which mine is IT. It will be a simple 20-40 minute interview where I ask about your job and such. The interview will be conducted over video calling services such as Skype. Please PM me if you interested or know someone who may be interested. Thank you! PS, the questions are here: [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2018 07:15 AM PDT I was working HelpDesk for a large MSP as a contractor and have now taken a job closer to home since my commute was 2 hours each way. My previous role dealt with more Macs and I am a former Genius from Apple. This role is perm and is 90% windows. They gave me a Lenovo laptop, and I was upfront in the interview that Mac is my more knowledgeable OS. I want to get to know everything I can do any recommendations on what I should know? This is also HelpDesk but I think I have the chance to go into a System Engineer Role with this company because of how high level the work is and how small the team is. [link] [comments]  |
| What are some things I should expect in a tech skills simulator? (IT Support Position) Posted: 03 Oct 2018 07:06 AM PDT I landed an interview with a company and they advised me part of my interview will be a 45 minute simulator where they will test what I know. I'm assuming this will include both customer service and technical issues as it's a Help Desk position. I have 3 days to prepare/brush up on some topics. What are some things I should expect in this simulator? [link] [comments]  |
| How much salary is fair in Canada? Posted: 03 Oct 2018 06:55 AM PDT Im planning to move overseas to Canada but I have no idea what would be a fair salary as the market is very different from the country where I live now. I have a degree in interaction design but worked for two years as a designer/front-end developer. At my current company I work as a developer, which means I basically build websites (a lot of WebGL) as well as interactive installations and such using C#/C++ using Unity/OpenFrameworks (like Disney kind of installations/experiences) for 3 years. Around how much would a realistic/fair salary for 5 years of mixed experience be? [link] [comments]  |
| Is it worth being an implementation consultant to a small company as my first job? Posted: 03 Oct 2018 03:01 AM PDT I imagine being an implementation consultant provides valuable experience but the company that I will work for uses their own software. Of course it is no where near SAP or Oracle but then it will provide me experience. Here is the dilemma, say I have the experience but if I want to have a career in SAP in the future, will my experience help me have an edge against those who have used SAP? Tldr; I will gain experience, but I will not be using the leading technology in the market. Can I use the Implementation Consultant role as my stepping stone into a career related to SAP consultancy? [link] [comments]  |
| How does my resume look? I'm a senior in college/junior by credits looking for my first internship. Posted: 02 Oct 2018 01:17 PM PDT I'm just looking for a basic tech support or help desk position. Not sure where I'm going in the field yet so I just want a basic IT internship. Any tips or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Advice on good certifications for remote jobs [World] Posted: 02 Oct 2018 07:14 PM PDT Greetings, community. Hope you can help me with your advice. I'm located in Mexico and am looking for remote jobs as a customer service representative, entry helpdesk or virtual online assistant. I have good English conversational skills, 10 years sales experience and one year CSR experience in a call center with very basic tech support. I like any of these jobs and have a good disposition to be a good worker. Nevertheless, I have more affinity for IT and would like more to work in such field, therefore, I made a short research and came across with a post talking about the Google IT Support Professional Certificate and thought it would be a good idea to invest a few bucks in this certification and improve my chances to get a job in this area. Moreover, I a digged a little deeper and gathered some additional suggestions: the compTIA A+; the two most basic certifications of CISCO and a couple of certificate courses from a Foundation in Mexico CapacÃtate para el empleo de Fundación Slim about Big Data, Web integrity and Technician of Computer Systems. I think that by getting these certifications, getting a Proficiency Certification in English and a C2 Certification in Spanish I could have a lot more chances to find something in the field. What do you think about this plan I have? Are these good certifications to invest in and will they help me improve my chances to get hired remotely? Am I deluding myself? Thanks in advance for your help. [link] [comments]  |
| Cyber Security and IT companies in London? Posted: 03 Oct 2018 06:04 AM PDT Hi, I've heard a lot of hype about cyber security as something which will crash soon (like data science), how valid are these opinions in London? I have applied to bunch of them but have a few reservations, but I'm not sure if this fear mongering comes from mainly US posters however. While we are in the subject, any recommendations for a cool IT company to work for in London? My background, have pre-sales experience working for an ISP with good networking knowledge for a couple of years. I'm looking to move in to a more lucrative and interesting part of IT as there isn't much to ISP land (except maybe SDWAN, which is still cool). [link] [comments]  |
| Specific Skills to Study for an IT Career? Posted: 03 Oct 2018 01:44 AM PDT I'm currently a 2nd year CS student, and while I appreciate the program I want to know what skills I would need to learn (and more importantly how I would learn them) for a career in IT. I'm currently looking to learn Linux and Networking. Not really sure how to learn these things though. [link] [comments]  |
| How long do you guys wait to follow up with the IT help desk? Posted: 03 Oct 2018 05:26 AM PDT I don't doubt their ability at all; they're very helpful and I'm always patient with them, but I do understand that when you have a pressing matter, sometimes they need a little push - and by that I mean giving them follow up calls. I usually do it 24 hours after my last communication with them. Is this too short? Too long? What do you guys usually do? [link] [comments]  |
| Should I leave current job and work at self-funded startup with equity? Posted: 03 Oct 2018 03:28 AM PDT Hello all. I'm a 22 year old guy currently working as a Developer and I'm planning whether to move to a start-up that is self funded. A little background here: My current company is a outsourcing digital agency which rely on external projects. Recently we had ran out of most "exciting" projects and got on board with the most boring projects ever received. I felt like I had no career growth and stagnant where I am. They're doing reviews for quarterly (because last time they did 6 months review, it didn't do well). On commentary of my co-workers and other freelancers I've worked with, I am a talented person with Node stack. The company didn't have any Node stack going on (except for a few Frontend Projects) so when I told them to up my game with Node Backend, they forced me into using Laravel / PHP stack just for a mere promotion. Don't take me wrong I like Laravel but it is not the one I want to do (CRUD apps, mostly). With this, I'm thinking to move to a new "promising" startup with low pay rate + equity but uses exciting technologies like GoLang and Node Microservices to handle performance critical concurrencies. Another thing to take consideration is the clash between the old employees and new employees. Since I've been there over a year and a half I am considered as the old employee. We weren't paid for what it's worth but the newer employees with personal relationship with some project managers are really stepping up their salary game, and paid 2x than us. The newer employees on the behalf isn't as skillful as some of the seniors we have here and I felt like they're overpaid. HR was ignoring our problems, and they're favouring newer people maybe just to piss us off. Meanwhile if we feel the need to ask for salary increment, they were slacking off and got told to review our performance (which takes several weeks), people who has more apparent relationship with HR and project managers skip all those steps over and receive any amount that they have. 5 of development team had quit due to these unfair reasons, and I'm seriously thinking to quit and work at another place where I might enjoy. Sorry for long rant. Here is the thing. Should I wait for their another review to see if I can promote to Senior level or should I just say "fuck this" and take the risk to work at a self-funded startup? These thoughts are keeping me late at night. I need some solace. [link] [comments]  |
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