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- Why is everyone in IT clinically depressed?
- Great article I found about first time IT job seekers.
- Project Manager vs Architect
- Should I reach out to a recruiter at a previous internship?
- MS IT or MBA?
- How much did you learn "on the job"?
- Google Cert having experience?
- When all of you started out as just helpdesk (or equivalent title) and received little thanks and always had an expectation of being available 24/7, what is it that kept you in IT all these years?
- A+ 220-1001/220-1002: worth 'upgrading' study materials for?
- Active military in IT field, but interested in pursuing security. Need advice.
- I have four years of software development under my belt... of an old language
- Best online cert education?
- Doing a masters in Computer Networking?
- Landing a job at MS
- Responsibilities of an Amazon Data Center Project Engineer?
- Help me help myself. No idea where to start or whether what I want is feasible.
- Job Fair: Yay or Nay
- On the Hunt
- Unsure of IT
- Next steps
- Barriers to work as a foreign IT consultant in the US?
- What would the title of "MBA" buy me?
- Should I switch from CS to IT if I hate programming?
- Can someone explain the IT hierarchy?
- Some advice where to start
| Why is everyone in IT clinically depressed? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 08:33 AM PST I swear 75% of the people I have worked with in IT are constantly in bad mood or act as if they are clinically depressed. what gives? [link] [comments]  |
| Great article I found about first time IT job seekers. Posted: 24 Feb 2019 06:42 PM PST I see a lot of people asking questions like these all the time here. Check out this article has some great info! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:18 AM PST Hello, i'm in the middle of the road now. I worked for an outsourcing IT company with various technologies like Adobe marketing cloud solutions, Saleforces, AWS and other CMSs. Today i got a discussion with a co-worker about the career path. I have a dream to become an architect but my friend said being a project manager is better for finding jobs later. Can i become a PM for now and study more knowledge to become an architect later ? I mean working as a PM will help me to understand the big picture, the requirement, plan, design and what happens in the project. In short, it is a lot of business stuffs. To become an architect, the person needs to have at least 5-7 years experience as a developer. This takes really long time. But on my vision, i need both the knowledge as a PM and an architect. Software and technologies change everyday but the idea remain the same. So with the PM knowledge i can analyze the business needs and with the architect knowledge, i can find the methodology to make it into reality. So in the end, i can at least start my own business later. Which one is the right path and what is the trade offs ? [link] [comments]  |
| Should I reach out to a recruiter at a previous internship? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:45 AM PST I had an internship in the summer of 2018 and really enjoyed it. I applied for the same company, for a different internship for this summer, and was wondering if I should reach out to the recruiter to let them know I applied. I think my resume is very strong for the position being offered, and would be very surprised if I didn't at least get an interview. My worry is that this time last year, is when I got that first phone call for the first interview. Should I reach out to the recruiter and let her know I applied so my resume doesn't get lost? And if so how would I do that without seeming super annoying. I have met the recruiter in person once or twice while I was there, but we do not have a big personal relationship or anything. I should also mention that last year I applied around December 2017, but this year they didn't post the job until early February, so they could just be doing the process later than usual. Would there be a good way to ask the recruiter when I could expect to hear back from them? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:08 AM PST Hey, So I'm headed to the University of Cincinnati to major in IT in the fall. I'll be starting the bachelors program for that, but I have the option later on to work on a masters degree at the same time. I have 3 options really: Masters in IT, Masters of Business Administration, or a masters in instructional design and technology. I know I still have time to think about it, but what does everyone think would be the most beneficial. Later on I hope to go into an IT director or management role possibly or vCIO. Big dreams for now I guess tho haha. I wouldn't be opposed to teaching students ever, but I wouldn't do it for a full-time career so that's probably out of the question which leads to whether an MSIT or MBA would be a good way to go Thanks everyone [link] [comments]  |
| How much did you learn "on the job"? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 10:45 AM PST I've been working a pretty entry-level "Help-Desk" role for an MSP (so help-desk duties along with hardware and a few other tasks I would say don't fit the job title; like light telephony matters)for around 4 months now heading into 5. The pay isn't amazing and my commute is terrible so approaching the 6-Month mark I want to start looking into moving into a different position that's a bit more conveniently located and financially acceptable. Even though I have a BS in Computer Info Systems I still feel a bit under-prepared and nervous to start putting myself out there for other positions. How much would you say you were able to pickup on the job and how much would you say is "textbook" knowledge you go into it with already? [link] [comments]  |
| Google Cert having experience? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 08:32 AM PST Hello guys, So to summarize my story, I have a degree in Computer Engineering and I have been working (part time while getting my degree and full time now) as an IT Specialist II for the last 4 years (3 part time, 1 full time). I enjoy what I do and I am looking to aim for the higher end of the IT field (IT Director / equivalent). While I do not currently have any certifications other than my Computer Engineering degree, I do have 4 years of experience under my belt. I have worked with different departments implementing new systems and technologies and have even supervised other part timers. However, I want to aim for more than the 45k/yr I'm currently at right now. My goal is in the 80~100 / year. With that said, do you guys think the Google IT Support certification is worth it? While it seems to be for very very entry level people, I find my networking skills to be on the weaker side. Would this be the right approach? Look forward to hearing your opinions Thank you in advance [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 10:44 AM PST I'm not saying all helpdesk positions are like this, but it seems to be a rather high number according to many of the people here. [link] [comments]  |
| A+ 220-1001/220-1002: worth 'upgrading' study materials for? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 10:07 AM PST Hello! I've been procrastinating on getting my A+ since the days it didn't expire after 3 years. I'm moving (new state, new career) in about a month, and have decided it's long over-due that I actually get into the IT field. Realistically, I can take the 901/902 exams after a bit more refreshing, but I was wondering what you guys think about the updated tests. The biggest issue is that study materials aren't totally available yet (even prof. Messer's 100x stuff is still in development). So, what do you think? Stick with the 90x, or take the extra step and go for the 100x instead? [link] [comments]  |
| Active military in IT field, but interested in pursuing security. Need advice. Posted: 25 Feb 2019 02:41 AM PST I apologize in advance because this will probably be longwinded and full of questions. Also forgive me if my terminology is off, I'm not very familiar with most of it. A little background: I'm currently in the Navy and early in my career, in fact I'm still in my traning pipeline and haven't even started my "C" school yet. But I'm and Electronics Technician and I've been assigned the "Information System Maintenance" (ISM) technician NEC. From what I've been told its its mainly IT networking, lan/wan type stuff. After I'm finished with school I'll be sent to my command where I'll be working for the next 4 years and hopefully I'll gain a lot of good experience. I'll also have a TC/SCI clearance and after my contract is over I would like to get a government agency job (NSA, CIA, DHS ect.) Or a defense contractor like Lockheed, Boeing or Raytheon. Besides that, I'm actually mainly interested in the cybersecurity field and I would like to try and get a bachelor's degree in it. My main questions are: Given that I'll have all my work experience and training in IT, should I focus on that and work towards an degree in IT? Or should I focus on getting a degree in Cybersecurity and just get certifications for the stuff I'll be doing in IT networking? Would a degree in cybersecurity actually be worth anything if I dont have any work experience with security? Or would my experience/certs in IT cover the gap? Would a degree in cybersecurity be seen as an asset to a possible employer on top of my IT experience or are they not really related in the work environment? Any thoughts, comments or opinions are appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| I have four years of software development under my belt... of an old language Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:10 AM PST |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 10:53 AM PST Hi, Im 18, I currently have my CompTIA A+ certification, about to take Network+ test within the next couple of months. I am in my 2nd year at a tech/vocational school, and the IT class I am enrolled in uses TestOut PCPro and NetworkPro for the cert education (all hail rob tracy), on top of hands on learning and a lab environment. I want to keep learning after I graduate, and acquire more and more certs. Im not really setting my sights on any specific IT career path, although Im not a fan of an office environment, and I also want to learn programming. I feel like Ive found a career that I can be passionate about, and my goal is to invest in myself as much as I can so I can stay flexible in this field. Even if I decide that I want to do something else in the future. Is TestOut the best way to do this for IT certs? Are there other places I should check out? Are there any specific college courses I should look into? Other great resumé builders? [link] [comments]  |
| Doing a masters in Computer Networking? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 06:52 AM PST Currently going to graduate with a BA at university (UK Graduate), however I have a college background in computing, I was wondering if it would be possible to do a masters in something IT related? However i'm not entirely sure if I even have the possiblity in doing this, does anyone have any advice or experience in this? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 10:13 AM PST Hello there, first post, long time lurker, new account for the sake of anonymity as some co-workers know my main one. first things first, I'd like to understand the best steps I should take to have the best chances landing a job at MS. The answer to the "why?" question would be that I really appreciate the way Microsoft deal with the today's ever-changing tech world and the way they work to introduce technology to all the audience, the latest super bowl ad was phenomenal in m opinion and what they're doing with that controller amazes to me, a guy that spent most of his life playing video games YT: https://youtu.be/_YISTzpLXCY for reference. About me: I've been working in IT for the past 6 years, I've been a web developer, a service manager and then landed a job as a T2 support/Sys admin for the past 3. I'm still playing with development tools and just recently brought to the company I work in a self-help application for user written in JS/HTML5/CSS3 with Electron. I like my job, I like dealing with people but at the same time I'm looking for more as the company I work in is not a tech company, even though we're digitally evolving, and I work overseas which... is not exactly where people get promoted and get the opportunity to be promoted and work in new areas. My idea right now would be to develop my skills to try to land a job at MS as it seems one of the best solution for me, I would say that it's also the best outcome. What are good starting point to certify my knowledge? I'm talking certification as it seems to be the best thing to have beside experience Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Responsibilities of an Amazon Data Center Project Engineer? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 10:12 AM PST I was recently contacted by an Amazon employee regarding a position for Data Center Project Engineer (Critical Infrastructure). I'm currently a Project Manager for a General Contractor and mainly work on commercial renovations with a degree in Industrial Engineering. I've been looking information on what this position requires to do but I'd like to have a better insight from this sub. I ended up applying for the position and they want to set up an interview this week. What are the day to day responsibilities for a data center project engineer? I don't really have any IT experience since I have only worked in the construction industry. The description does require deep understanding of electrical and mechanical data center infrastructure. What do the questions at an interview for a position like this at Amazon look like? Would you recommend this type of job to someone with my experience? [link] [comments]  |
| Help me help myself. No idea where to start or whether what I want is feasible. Posted: 25 Feb 2019 10:10 AM PST Ok so I do not have a degree. I work as a Financial Advisor at a large firm making ~$80k. I see a lot of money to be made in the coming C suite generations total lack of understanding with IT combined with their fear of the potential that a cyber threat would cripple their business. I think I would be best suited to consult businesses on their cyber insurance policies. What skills or certs should I be getting to have some degree of understanding that would be useful to, say, an insurance company looking to have better conversations with b2b clients? I'd like to specialize in some respects to bridge that gap between the understanding of your average insurance broker and the companies they're soliciting. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 09:44 AM PST I'm looking to move on from the help desk after four years. Do you think it's a waste of time to take a PTO day to attend the local job fair next month? I am looking to get into either a network admin, systems admin, or information security role. I have earned my CCNA R&S as well as CCNA Cyber Ops. I am not having too much luck sending out my resume. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 09:36 AM PST Hey guys, I am currently working as a Junior Data Analyst making more than 60k a year and while it's cool, I yearn to do more technical things. I have talked to my company about it and they said they would fit me in but have not given me anything technical so far. I only have a couple of years of experience in the industry but I am pretty familiar with Linux because I've used it for the last 8-10 years personally. My last position was very technical but the pay was abysmal. I do not have a degree yet, but I'm working on it. My skill set and interests seem to align with Sysadmin but I don't have the years for the sysadmin role. I can't really afford to take a cut in pay that would be associated with a help desk position because I'm the primary source of income for my wife and myself. So my question is, what paths are there for me? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 09:24 AM PST I have been out of school for almost 2 years and have been working as a help desk for over a year and do not enjoy it anymore. I don't feel I have much movement in my current position, but don't know what I can do. I went to school for a mix of network and systems analyst learning a lot about Cisco and Microsoft, but I am not sure what to do in my career. I am getting more and more frustrated with the day to day of a help desk and just don't know if IT is for me anymore. I could really use some advice from people who have been in my shoes. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 09:21 AM PST Hey guys, I've been in IT for about a year now. Working at my current helpdesk position for 1/2 a year but there isn't much room to move up. So I've been thinking about leaving soonish but I want to study up a bit. What's the logical next step in terms of job and amount of material to learn someone with my experience could move up to? [link] [comments]  |
| Barriers to work as a foreign IT consultant in the US? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 09:17 AM PST Hi I am a 21 year old highschool dropout from Canada. I practice devops automation and cloud computing and stuff as a hobby, and I have not had much success finding anything relevant around my area. I think I could find opportunity for employment if I could expand my job horizons towards the US but when I look at the EAD stuff it says I only see a category for students and nothing that says a random person can be hired so it would clarify to have someone whos familiar explain it plainly to me because I think it would be worthwhile if I could find work in the US As long as I don't have a criminal history is it still easy for an employer to potentially sponsor me on a visa without a degree, or am I ool? [link] [comments]  |
| What would the title of "MBA" buy me? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 09:05 AM PST I'm a sysadmin with about a decade of full time experience, more if you count the part time stuff before that. I'm moving into management, and currently interviewing for 2 internal positions, with the interviews being mostly formalities. I have a Bachelor's in Computer Science, and a Master's in Information Security. My company offers tuition reimbursement, so if I can work on the degree part time I could grab an MBA for essentially zero dollars, though my time is pretty valuable with 2 young children. I can pick up a lot of the skills the program would offer through edX, MOOCs, just on the job training, etc. If I have a Master's in a related field, and assuming I gain the skills through on the job stuff, is there value in having the title of MBA. It's often said here that a BS degree cracks open the ceiling that you can hit, is there such a ceiling once you move to management? Along those lines, I often hear that an MBA is good for the contacts it generates. Given that I'd be doing this online, and likely part time, and that it'll likely be several years before I even start looking at moving from front-line manager at the very least, and probably years after that before I'm hunting director level positions, I don't know how much any contacts I'd generate would be useful. So...in my case, how useful is an MBA, and how much does the school the MBA comes from really matter? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Should I switch from CS to IT if I hate programming? Posted: 24 Feb 2019 02:10 PM PST I'll try to keep this as short and sweet as possible, gonna post on a couple different subs to get different perspectives. I'm a 20 year old guy majoring in computer science and I'm halfway done with my degree. I came into college a psychology major but decided against it because I don't want to go through grad school and I realized now that my prospects of becoming a tenured professor are slim to none and I couldn't handle the debt and all of the hoops anyways. Since I gave up that dream, I was at a loss as to what to do since nothing else really interested me like psychology did. I considered nursing, but I decided against it, I don't want to deal with sick people or nasty shit (my sister has given me the horror stories). I considered teaching, but common core, insanely low wages, and all of the extra tacked on work that goes into being a teacher turned me off to the idea. I considered going into a lot of other degrees that I feel like I'd really, really love, like history, or english, or film / art, but none of those are practical and I come from a poor family so it's not really an option for me to waste my education on a liberal arts degree. I decided to major in computer science and I absolutely fucking hate it. Don't get me wrong, I like computers (I built my own a few years ago), I find the internet fascinating, and I watched season 1 of Mr. Robot and thought it was kind of cool albeit a fight club ripoff (/s). But now as I take the classes, I'm starting to realize that I give absolutely zero shits about coding, I hate sitting down all day, I hate math, I hate algorithms, and if I have to stare at an IDE for the rest of my life I might actually blow my head off... But I'm at a loss as to what to do now. I'm already something like 10K in debt and if I don't graduate on time I'm looking at being more than 20K in debt for my bachelor's so I can't just major in some easy shit to say I have a degree because I somehow need to get a job to pay this off after this is all over. However, I'd literally rather go back to my old job at Walmart than have to program computers for the rest of eternity. I've found from working jobs in retail and in restaurants that I much more enjoy jobs that involve me actually doing things. I need a job that lets me move, work with a team, feel like I'm building or fixing something tangible, get into a flow state, and get my heart beating, unlike coding where it's just me sitting by myself, on my ass, under a fluorescent light bulb, cooking my eyes out staring at numbers, trying to make this impossibly complicated shit that I don't give a fuck about work somehow. It's unintuitive to me, I hate numbers, and most of my hobbies are sedentary (video games, painting, reading, guitar, etc.) so if I have to do a job that's incredibly inactive I'm probably going to end up a fatass neckbeard like all the other programmers I see around campus. I've been thinking of switching to IT, since it's not as math-heavy and is more focused on the administrative, managerial, and hardware side of things as opposed to those people working on the ground floor making programs. I enjoy building and tinkering with computers so I think it'd be at least marginally up my alley compared to programming. I don't give a shit if it pays less, that's not what I'm here for, I'd be OK with just about any job that pays over 40K a year since I'm used to living on far less than that. I've also been thinking of just graduating, paying off my debts, and going into a trade. Whether it be welding, plumbing, electrician work, or what have you, I feel like even if it wouldn't be as "cushy" and "nice" as a desk job, it'd be more engaging, challenging, and fulfilling than being an office drone, at least for me. Not to mention, I play a lot of video games, so the idea of sitting in front of a computer for at least 40 hours a week kind of feels... wrong? Any responses will be replied to and deeply appreciated. I need serious advice. I'm doing quite poorly in my classes and I'm not sure I can keep this up for much longer. TLDR: Should I switch from CS to IT or truck through CS no matter what? Should I even stick in the tech field at all? Should I look into a trade? What trades are out there that you guys think I might enjoy? [link] [comments]  |
| Can someone explain the IT hierarchy? Posted: 25 Feb 2019 08:34 AM PST So as a beginner, there is helpdesk. Is helpdesk the same as desktop support or is one a step above the other? What comes next, field service technician? My goal is network administrator I read a lot that these are both just as bad, if not worse, than retail. A friend of mine told me I should apply for anything IT related because it's mostly about (luck) my personality, interviewing skills, and ability to learn as I go. This seems like a huge time waster though if I can focus on one job title at a time that's actually at my skillset? What is a good approach here? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Feb 2019 07:46 AM PST So, I'm currently working at a big grocery retailer as a "shift leader" in a small convience store,I basically manage the shops routines etc day to day, managing colleagues to delivery the targets the business wants however in the store me and my other colleague deal with all the planning etc that our store manager should be doing (we toke this on to develop our own skills) the job is decent pay for my age (21)/my skills. I'm also on a program with the company which will see me move up to a department manager basically the same role but in a large store with my own department rather than a small store which I'm accountable for. Recently I've been thinking about my workload and the way the company/retail sector as a whole is going, and done a bit of reflection on my work life balance, protentional future pay rises, if I see my self continuing to move up the ranks as i once did etc. I started thinking about moving to IT (server administration in particular) however I moved straight from getting my As levels into retail. I like to think I have a decent understanding of what I would need to know but by no way would i consider myself employable yet. I started doing courses on lydia.com would these be enough to get me employed or would I have to get a degree, Are IT jobs as well paid as people make them out to be. What's the work life balance life? I currently work 50/60 hours due to shift patterns etc., Also does anyone have any advice on where to start and what path I should take to become a server administrator as it would be a completely new path for me [link] [comments]  |
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