IT Career What steps do you take to minimise damage done to your eyes caused by staring at monitors all day? |
- What steps do you take to minimise damage done to your eyes caused by staring at monitors all day?
- I have my A+ and I'm getting interviews but the interviews aren't going well
- How often do you find yourself doing nothing?
- Feeling stuck in IT support.. Advice?
- Wanted to say thank you to this Subreddit.
- Nervous about my future, could use some advice
- Help needed by a new consultant!
- Which job?
- CCNA / IT Networking graduate resume, trying to land that first IT role
- MCSE vs RHCE
- Paths for Network Specialization
- DBA team is imploding, how hard would it be to transfer into a sys admin position?
- Hardware networking (CCNA) or Hadoop?
- Mid Life Career Change after finishing degree plausible?
- IT career at 40
- Regarding Slack
- Updated Resume - Please give advice
- Is my degree worthless !? I need help.
- Need to get CEH(or CySa+) + CASP in next 6 months
- IT Project Management Questions
- HDI and ITIL Study Materials
- 50 Jobs That Use SQL The Most
- MS in IT or MBA? If both would be free, my BS is in a non-IT field
| What steps do you take to minimise damage done to your eyes caused by staring at monitors all day? Posted: 01 Feb 2019 07:39 AM PST Just started a career in IT and very conscious about the long term affects of it on my eye health. Particularly interested to hear from people who've been in the IT industry long-term. [link] [comments]  |
| I have my A+ and I'm getting interviews but the interviews aren't going well Posted: 01 Feb 2019 03:24 AM PST How can I brush up on common interview questions and relax so I can nail my next interview? [link] [comments]  |
| How often do you find yourself doing nothing? Posted: 31 Jan 2019 06:55 PM PST I am just curious. As a new network administrator, I feel like I get the majority of my work done in the first 5 hours of the day. [link] [comments]  |
| Feeling stuck in IT support.. Advice? Posted: 01 Feb 2019 08:03 AM PST Currently I'm 27 years old with 9 years "employed" (internships included) working in support. I got a sociology BA in 2014 with a minor in Information Systems and continued to pursue IT after college (way easier to find a job). I landed a support job right out of college that I worked for a year and then jumped to my current job (support for a law firm) for the 10k pay raise and better benefits. I'm coming up on my 3rd year here and now I feel stuck. Like most company structures, we have two sides in our tech department, Support & Netops. Let me paint a picture for you – I'm one of two Millennials in the entire IT structure at our law firm. It's very old school and there is barely any turn over. Our law firm likes to fill gaps in the corporate structure through internal hiring (this is great, right?). Anyway, all my peers in the tech support team have been here for 10+ more years (not necessarily in the tech realm) except my millennial counterpart that sits behind me. They are "comfortable" per say because I think the firm gives them a sense of job security which is great, but a lot of them did not come from an IT background. So not only in my bullshit day to day do I have to work with lawyers with big ego's ("I make 700 dollars an hour and this is the type of support I get.." etc.) I have to answer questions for many of the ten-yeared folks on my support team because they have become Bots that just ask others for the quick fix instead of wanting to learn how it is fixed or what they're doing to fix it. (If you're apart of an older generation, by all means, I'm looking for your advice and not harping on your generation as a whole.. Just my current situation!) The firm has wonderful medical benefits, 401k matching, profit sharing (bigger piece of the pie w/ longevity), and bonuses for staff at the end of the year based on how well the firm does (again more with longevity), minimal turnover, inside hiring, you get the picture of why people are staying. I have expressed to my boss that I would ideally like to move to the netops side literally doing anything, sysadmin, network, security, etc. The only problem is again, no turnover, and the people currently in Netops are late 30s/early 40s so they still have some time before they move up/retire which I believe decreases my chances to switch to the other side. I am at a standstill and do not want to become a robot in Tech support waiting for the opportunity to get over that next hurdle. I've been here for almost 3 years and literally 1 person has left in the entire tech department (someone in netops but they didn't backfill, someone just absorbed their daily roles). Many people in Netops started out where I am but I am getting comfortable and that is a scary thought to me. It has already been 3 years w/ no movement and I'm not sure I should continue to sit and wait. I'm well aware that if the time comes where a job opens up on the Netops side, my name will be high up in the conversation but again I'd basically be waiting on someone elses fate for mine to change. Has anyone been in a situation that is close to mine? What did you do to change? Does it pay off to wait? Should I look for a new job? Does only having a support background limit my chances of moving companies to do advanced work, sysadmin, networking, security? Have certifications helped you advance your career faster (after my 3rd year here the firm will pay for any certification I want) if so what certs etc..? Is there a direction you recommend to go down? Security/Network P.S. I realize i'm fortunate to have a job period the firm does take care of their employees. I'm merely seeking advancement advice! [link] [comments]  |
| Wanted to say thank you to this Subreddit. Posted: 01 Feb 2019 09:43 AM PST So I just got my first IT job offer and I'm absolutely taking it and running with it. I'm about halfway through the Google IT Certification and plan to do Security Plus afterward. I have a BA in Sociology so my tech experience is being the family IT guy or tearing down my Xbox 360 to replace the thermal paste. I've used a ton of online resources to get to this point and this Subreddit has been an invaluable resource. So thank you! I plan to stop by every day to learn more as I etch out a career in IT. Happy Friday indeed! [link] [comments]  |
| Nervous about my future, could use some advice Posted: 01 Feb 2019 08:52 AM PST Hello everyone, it's nice to meet you all. A short introduction, I'm a 23 year old in a southern metropolitan area exploring my passion in computers as an RMA Tech. I spend my days working on servers with physical or technical issues, along with other various hardware like network cards, RAID controllers, ATCA frame blades and other vintage items from years ago. I've been with the same company for almost three years now and things are getting shakier by the day. I'll save a long story and simply put that I'm in a really negative position in an undermanned department and can't make this work on a $32k salary anymore, and by how things have gone for us in the past year I'm worried that this place might not be around come Christmas time. My formal education is limited. I went to college straight out of high school solely on grants and loans to get a Computer Science degree. I also had a part time job but that just helped keep a roof over my head and gas in my tank. After failing college algebra twice, my funding was pulled and I had to find an alternate way into IT, so I worked for a short time at Best Buy in the computer sales department. After that, I got on with this company and I'm looking to go further. As far as experience, I like to think I have a modest amount of it. I've helped dozens of people with their computer builds for various purposes. I've personally built a couple of nicer builds myself as well. I'd like to say I'm a Novice+ when it comes to operating a computer. I'm familiar with various aspects like setting up a network, virtual machines and remote desktops, diagnosis and repair, etc. I don't have much coding experience either, though I did some in college. But this only gets me so far, as most job listings require a bachelor's degree or more. Could anyone give me some pointers on helping me escape my current situation? I'm tired of being trapped in a cage (literally) for 8 hours a day and not having much to show for it. I enjoy networking and talking to people, and previous employment has given me excellent management and networking skills. I love to help people out, and would love to explore something related to that and IT in general. [link] [comments]  |
| Help needed by a new consultant! Posted: 01 Feb 2019 08:26 AM PST Hi all, I have recently moved to US (NJ), and have started looking for jobs now. I was wondering if the folks here would help me find answers to some of the questions that I have. My questions are -
Thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Feb 2019 07:26 AM PST I am graduating from college soon and have been offered two different jobs in two different locations. I am wondering which would be best career wise. One job is a Security Consultant in Texas, the other is Cyber Security Engineer in California. Both jobs pay enough to survive for their locations. [link] [comments]  |
| CCNA / IT Networking graduate resume, trying to land that first IT role Posted: 31 Jan 2019 06:25 PM PST https://i.imgur.com/pxzjfKl.png I'm Australian, the Diploma is equivalent to a higher level community college certificate I suppose. I'm moving from disability support work to IT, hopefully networking, but my resume is trying to tailor to anything? As its quite rough out there. I'm applying for desktop support, network engineer jobs, and you know.. any entry level stuff in IT. My passion is networking though. My CCNA is probably my best asset, and in technical skills section I've summarised the projects I completed in my studies. Any thoughts appreciated. (also posted on sysaadminresumes) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Feb 2019 06:10 AM PST Hello. I've been working as a desktop support tech for several years now and I'm looking to advance into some kind of sysadmin role as soon as I can. There is a good job market in my area for both Windows and Linux admin roles, and I'm looking for some guidance on what path to take. Is this a situation where you would generally have MCSE before working toward RHCE? Or is this a simple fork in the road, in which case how might one decide which to go for? Just looking for a few opinions on the matter, thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Paths for Network Specialization Posted: 31 Jan 2019 08:25 PM PST For you Network guys out there, what advanced Networking career paths do you know of? For someone who has let's say 3-5 years of NOC experience, a CCNP and a few other certs, and a pretty good handle on routing and switching? Looking into specializing in something to increase my worth and becoming a true network engineer. [link] [comments]  |
| DBA team is imploding, how hard would it be to transfer into a sys admin position? Posted: 31 Jan 2019 01:33 PM PST Some background: I graduated with a degree in computer science from a state college. Burned out as a software dev, and transferred internally to the database admin team which has slowly falling apart because of apathetic management.
At least three other DBA's are upset enough that we will most likely quit or transfer to other departments. One of the teams that has an opening is the system admin, but I don't have much experience and feel like my database/SQL experience wouldn't carry over.
My ultimate goal is to eventually get a job in security and I think this would be a good step in right direction, but I'm not confident in making the move. Am I over-thinking this? [link] [comments]  |
| Hardware networking (CCNA) or Hadoop? Posted: 31 Jan 2019 11:33 PM PST |
| Mid Life Career Change after finishing degree plausible? Posted: 01 Feb 2019 02:20 AM PST Some background first. I have worked in aviation maintenance and manufacturing maintenance since I was 17 (37 now). I have delayed finishing school for a long time because I was making good money and didn't really need a degree to progress. I finally got to the point where I have plateaued, and I need to use my education benefits from military service before I lose them, so I have gone back to school. If I keep on pace I will graduate with a B.S. in IT (Data Networking & Security focus) May of 2020. I currently make around 90k/yr before overtime and have averaged 130k with overtime (not sustainable much longer). There is quite a bit of uncertainty in the industry I am in (manufacturing) as far as job security. Things don't look great at the moment, and the 5 year forecast isn't stellar either. Finishing my degree will hopefully help with my employability should the worse happen and my place of employment shuts down. My questions are the following: -What can I do to make myself more attractive to employers in the IT sphere after I finish my degree? I plan on working on industry certs after I finish school. -What industry certs will be most beneficial to the largest audience of employers? -How badly will my lack of having direct IT experience affect my prospects? I have a large amount of experience with computers in general, and experience troubleshooting network issues with specialized equipment of a large variety. I also in general excel at problem solving. -Any ideas on how to gain relevant experience while maintaining a full time job? I have a kind of chaotic work schedule and it would be hard to work an internship even part time. Thanks for reading! Any sage advice is appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Jan 2019 05:17 PM PST A college near me offers a masters program in computer science or information systems with no computing background (you just take the undergrad prerequisites) would I be employable with either of these for an entry level IT job, and would I be able to find a job. I am 40 looking for a career change [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Jan 2019 11:11 PM PST Is anybody on slack.com ?if so please send me link of most active groups regarding computer science and jobs [link] [comments]  |
| Updated Resume - Please give advice Posted: 31 Jan 2019 03:32 PM PST Thank you for all the great suggestions last time for my resume. I have now updated it so could everyone please give there thoughts on it now? Updated Resume: https://imgur.com/NshSvPq Original Post: I am currently a system integrator that provides level 1,2, and 3 support. As I am the only one with my position I provide all support for our clients. Consulting with them to see what they require. Then for example creating a domain controller, terminal server, creating email accounts in Gsuite, or 365 installing antivirus and software on laptops. I also order and setup all of the networking equipment as well. We host customers servers at our data and we also support our linux servers. So I do infrastructure of servers, and network, while also performing system administration as well as low level tasks like troubleshooting printers and Outlook. I would like move into a position that is higher level with no level 1 support. Also focusing more on infrastructure, automation, and optimization of systems. https://imgur.com/gallery/FgErP2c Edit: I have now updated my resume with your suggestions. Please let me know of any other suggestions. I think some of the sentences can be improved but I wanted to know if this layout looks better than before. Updated Resume: https://imgur.com/NshSvPq [link] [comments]  |
| Is my degree worthless !? I need help. Posted: 31 Jan 2019 11:02 PM PST Hello, I have degree in Computer Science, graduated one year ago and I am struggling finding my frist job to start my career with ( I know it is different from country to country) To be honest, I wasn't good at university and My GPA is bad. my life was messed up, I had a lot of really bad things going now, depression and family issues ( worst days of my life). I was about one step from giving up on university. Now I have no idea what to do, I was recommended to foucs on a specific field in IT and get certified. So I was thinking to travel to India to study CCNA to CCIE ( about 6 months) or joining a bootcamp but the prablom is how I can direct myself if I don't even know what it is like working in networking, data analyst, security..etc. Thank you in advance. [link] [comments]  |
| Need to get CEH(or CySa+) + CASP in next 6 months Posted: 31 Jan 2019 04:50 PM PST Hello all, I just accepted a position in which I would need to obtain both of these in the next 6 months. What are the best tips/study materials you can recommend me for one of these (or both)? [link] [comments]  |
| IT Project Management Questions Posted: 31 Jan 2019 03:12 PM PST I am currently a PMI certified PMP (project management professional) with almost ten years experience managing and leading projects, looking to get into PM work in the IT field. I see a lot of job postings on Glassdoor, etc but I have no professional background in software or IT development other than what I've done in college or casually on my own. All of my experience so far as been with military grade electronics and power equipment. Is transitioning to the IT field (where I feel many more higher paying jobs are available) something that is possible as a Project Manager without much technical IT experience? Are there certain things or specific advice you might have to tell me about? What would be the best way to sell myself to a hiring manager in the IT industry? TYIA. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Jan 2019 06:18 PM PST I have seen a lot of help desk support and desktop support ask for HDI and ITIL certs in job postings lately. I have some done research and I have not found anywhere you can simply buy a book or cheap training materials so you can just take the tests. Are these certs not like CompTIA and Microsoft certs? Are these certs more along the line of "let your job pay for it" or "don't worry about it until you get the job and let the new job pay for it?" [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Jan 2019 09:34 PM PST You must be thinking, people who develop or administer databases, are the only people who use SQL. Wrong! 100% wrong! There are 50 job titles that use SQL in order to get their jobs done. According To Zippia, The business analyst position is in the top using SQL as a skill. See the ranking on our blog -- RANKING [link] [comments]  |
| MS in IT or MBA? If both would be free, my BS is in a non-IT field Posted: 31 Jan 2019 07:47 PM PST I currently work in IT at a university that offers free tuition for employees, and I'd like to take advantage of that benefit. I'm working in infosec, but my BS is in an unrelated engineering field (I switched into IT recently). I'm trying to decide which degree would benefit me more in the long run if I want to stay in the infosec/cyber security world, and hopefully move into a management role someday: an MS in IT or an MBA. Anyone have any thoughts? Appreciate any feedback! [link] [comments]  |
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