IT Career Never disclose what you make to a potential employer |
- Never disclose what you make to a potential employer
- CCNA R/S, SEC. What next?
- What is entry level for aspiring Pen tester?
- Datacenter technician - Phone interview
- I have an interview for an IT internship in a week. What should I know before I go and what questions should I ask?
- Was anyone else a bit lost, the first few days, for your first big boy job?
- How do I request more work?
- A bit of an odd ball question. Which of these domains should I use?
- This is for a school project
- Moving soon - when should I begin applying for new jobs?
- Change career from IT Engineer to IT Security.
- Best plan to become a cyber security analyst
- The cloud will make Network Engineering obsolete
- Help Me Define My Job Title
- Ready to begin my career, not having any luck on my search, resume inside
- How do I quit a job when I don't have a supervisor or any kind of real oversight? How much time should I give them?
- Strange email from the boss
- Looking to start a career in IT would like to know how to become a sysadmin?
- MD 100 and 101 Exams
- Is IT good for someone that is Slow?
- Where to go from my current position?
- Business Analyst Vs System Admin
- Advice - Should I stay or go
| Never disclose what you make to a potential employer Posted: 01 Mar 2019 08:56 AM PST I just received and accepted an offer for a Sysadmin position. I'm stoked, and can't wait to begin. I'm getting a 20k raise. My previous employer to my current, I got a 25k raise. Before that, was about 5k, however not salaried. Whats the difference? I didn't tell my current or my new employer what I currently make (they both asked). They were also much smaller companies, however my current and previous are definitely considered small businesses. In fact, during negotiations I was basically told "you didn't tell us what you make, so we had to guess". They guessed wrong. Based on that line, and other points made, I'm certain I'd have been offered less, and not accepted at that rate. Bottom line, keep your current earnings to yourself, and you're MUCH more likely to make a big leap in salary. Also keep in mind it's not just about the salary, its the entire package. The package here was great. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2019 04:04 AM PST So I have finished my CCNA RS and now SEC and am wondering where to go now. I am going to start applying for any network position I can find but also want to keep studying and improve my skillset. Im going to buy some switches and routers to practice making config scripts with python. I have been reading that this is very practical in large enviorments. Education wise im curious about all networking technologies and am asking what to study next. Should I keep going wide and maybe learn Voice or Wireless or should I start going deeper with CCNP. Any advice would be great, thanks guys [link] [comments]  |
| What is entry level for aspiring Pen tester? Posted: 01 Mar 2019 07:45 AM PST Hey guys, Quick background from me. I've been working as an IT helpdesk for 1 year now. And I'm kind of interested in eventually ending up in Pen Testing job. I wonder what would be an entry level security position that would give me more chance on getting a Pen Testing job? Is there an entry level to Pen Tester like helpdesk to sys admin? Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Datacenter technician - Phone interview Posted: 01 Mar 2019 08:25 AM PST Hi all Got asked if i was interested to apply for a datacenter technician position with a company, that has some global presence. Location is for here in Europe. I accepted and was asked to be prepared for a phone interview (leaving me the dates and times when i was available). So, first "chopping block" with just the CV being examined passed. It has been quite sometime (5 yrs) to be in a job interview (currently i am employed, this i look as a chance to do something a bit different and change location as well). I was given some tips to read in general about this company, but there can be more things to ask and be told as well. So, to those who have faced the music before, usually what to expect from a phone interview. I am asking for general tips on how to prepare yourself. Things to have at hand that might help, etc. Also, how do you really answer a question like "what is your weakness"? I know that there can't be a right or wrong answer, but still it's one question that leaves to interpretation a lot. Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2019 05:19 PM PST I'm interviewing for a summer internship in a week. It's a basic tech support/help desk position. What sort of stuff should I try to find out and what questions should I ask to get good information and give a good impression? [link] [comments]  |
| Was anyone else a bit lost, the first few days, for your first big boy job? Posted: 28 Feb 2019 06:50 PM PST I don't have much workplace experience but I feel like I'm knowledgeable and resourceful enough that I wouldn't be entirely clueless. I just have my associates and a cert. I guess I was a bit overwhelmed the first few days but I'm guessing this is normal? Or did you get in over my head and kind of BS'd your way through? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2019 07:22 AM PST I work as a support engineer at a company where there is three of us including the owner. He seems to do a lot himself which I understand but my days are boring and long. I would like to ask to do more work but i'm not sure how to come by it. Sure I might not know how to do some things but I usually figure them out. I've been here about 5-6 months, and its OK. Should I be actively looking for another occupation whilst being here? [link] [comments]  |
| A bit of an odd ball question. Which of these domains should I use? Posted: 01 Mar 2019 09:53 AM PST Since I am a bit young and junior in my career, I've had interviewers that doubted my resume and projects/experience. So I started a blog where I could write in more detail about things I've worked on. That way, it gives the interviewers more details if they so choose to go through the blog, and they can base their questions on things I've worked on. I leave a link to my blog on my LinkedIn profile. My question is, which of these domains looks more professional? I'm leaning towards "it doesn't matter," but someone recently told me that a .com is not professional for personal use. I currently use LastNameFirstInitial.com - e.g. DoeJ.com I recently also acquired - LastName.dev - e.g. Doe.dev I run the blog on blog.DoeJ.com. I figure it doesn't really matter, but what is your opinion? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2019 09:28 AM PST So the question reads "Explain the following graph" Could anyone help me with what it means? Thank you very much! image: https://imgur.com/CyMeYAl [link] [comments]  |
| Moving soon - when should I begin applying for new jobs? Posted: 01 Mar 2019 05:25 AM PST Hello, I move frequently, yet I always struggle with when I should begin applying for new IT jobs. Question is, how early is too early to begin applying? Any advice/thoughts/suggestions is appreciated. Oh, and I'll be relocating in July from New England to Texas for perspective. Thank you in advance. [link] [comments]  |
| Change career from IT Engineer to IT Security. Posted: 01 Mar 2019 09:06 AM PST I'm working in IT field for 6 years now as an IT Engineer, and I'm really want to change to Security what I can do to enforce my CV As I have experience in l3 support like SCCM and Vulnerability management system (Qualys) and Cisco AMP anti virus and Cisco Umberlla be side the usual l2 support experience and l1 as well. my certificates are CEH and CCNA and ITIL Which certificate should I take next? [link] [comments]  |
| Best plan to become a cyber security analyst Posted: 28 Feb 2019 06:30 PM PST So I am a Junior in college currently and my major is computer information systems with an emphasis in cyber security. Currently I work at my schools technology help desk and have been working there since the beginning of my sophomore year. I am wanting a career in cyber security and I am leaning towards being a cyber security analyst. - What certifications should I get before I graduate? - What can I do to set myself ahead of the crowd? - Will I be stuck working help desk straight out of college and just have to work my way up the ladder? [link] [comments]  |
| The cloud will make Network Engineering obsolete Posted: 01 Mar 2019 08:03 AM PST This is something that has been on my mind the last few months. I re-entered the job market about a month ago, kind of poking my head out to see what's out there, and after a few interviews and getting a landscape of the environment many of the companies that are working at the forefront of current tech, I realized a few things I wanted to share with the community:
A little about me. I've been in IT for 10 years, BS/MS. This has been my career progression, because I know this helps those just starting out, I'll include a money range. I don't live in a place with an other worldly cost of living. System Admin/Help Desk (3 years, $8 p/h) > System Engineer/Network Engineer (2 years, 35k) > Security Engineer/System Engineer/Network Engineer (2 years 65-85k) > Sr. / Lead Systems Engineer (2 years 105-110k) > Cloud Architect (Current 135k) *system engineer includes both linux and windows in each reference [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2019 07:41 AM PST I know that this seems like an odd request but I have an odd job. In my job I'm asked to provide social media management and multimedia management (photography, graphic design, coordination, video editing, etc.) but I also manager a computer lab. Because the job is so wide-ranging it's hard to determine how I would define the IT part of it. I've of course looked up different titles but nothing seemed proper. Example 1 To kind of give an example of what I interact with on the IT side of the job, once the lab was down for about a month. The computers were in a "reset loop" in which they would fall off the domain after being mapped on the domain. At this point the computer would need to be manually remapped and rejoined to the domain. The national body that provides support and has specialists and system engineers couldn't figure out why this was occuring. I figured it out for them by giving them two theories. 1) I told them that it could be a SID duplication issue which was pretty straightforward. I'd just have to use sysprep and netdom on each individual machine to solve thie issue. 2) My original theory revolved around the deepfreeze configuration. Because the lab computers relied on APC units for power during outages, and because those units had dead batteries, I theorized that the outages were throwing off the system date by more than five minutes of the actual date causing a sync issue. This would cause it to believe the secure channel password needed to be changed. In turn the Doman Controller would believe that the password had expired. Once the DC issued a new SCP, the frozen machines would reset to the old secure channel password causing a trust relationship break down. This would then kick those machines off the domain resetting them to their previous versions. They said that they'd never heard of the issue manifesting itself this way and that they couldn't see this possibly even being the issue. It turns out that I was correct on thsi one. Example 2 I don't think it's anything special, but another example that may be relevant revolves around locking out each account within the computer. Again the national body wasn't sure what to do as they couldn't remote in unless I could log in. I think that they're solution was to treat the machines as if they were bricked until they could send out reset media. I entered safe mode with cmd. Created a new account, gave it admin rights, and changed the special needs/handicapped button to one that would allow me to log on. Once I was in I just unlocked each account and gave them a new password. I could go on but there's always a unique issue within the work day and week... some larget like Example 1 and some smaller like Example 2 Other typical duties would be things like managing IP addresses, mapping machines to networked items (like printers), hardware maintenance (like building PC's), and stuff like that. The job is finally also sending on professional certification training because my current job title doesn't align with anything that I've been asked to do on the IT side. Essentially, it looks like I'm lying as people will do on job applications and I don't get paid anywhere near what I should. The CERT path will be Security+ then CISSP. I only include that to make the point that while I was hired more for media, they clearly view me as more of an IT employee. If you have any questions that can help narrow or clarify then please don't hesistate to ask. This will help me improve my title and therefore my salary so I'm incredibly thanful in advance. [link] [comments]  |
| Ready to begin my career, not having any luck on my search, resume inside Posted: 01 Mar 2019 03:30 AM PST I've applied to dozens of jobs over the past few weeks for all types of roles - call center, tech support, software developer, systems administrators, account manager, solutions architect. I'm still not privy to what a lot of these entail but I'm learning and can learn quick on the job. I have a lot of experience working with lots of technologies and feel like I'm a step above where a lot of others are at while I'm still in school. I haven't gotten an IT (Information Technology) job yet so hoping to make a big splash. I don't have friends in IT (Information Technology) jobs so I can't get referrals. I was in contact with a recruiter but they stopped calling me. They gave me one call center job earning $10/hour which I turned down and believe was a disgrace given my experience and knowledge. I'm looking to start making at least $65 or $70 thousand because I need the money. I didn't like resume templates because they lack personality so I went for a standard boilerplate type of deal which I think looks good. If anyone has been in my boat, thank you [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2019 06:21 AM PST I've been at this job for almost a year, and I'm going to be moving across the country in a few months (I knew about this move before I agreed to this job, but originally my contract was only three months and it's been extended to way past the reasonable window for moving). I don't have a boss. I have a project manager who would probably tear me a new one if she knew I was leaving, so I want to give them at least 30 days notice because we're working on a massive overhaul that will affect the entire state. My project manager doesn't have the ability to control anything I do with the exception of basic tasks at work. I also have a hiring/firing manager who I'm required to tell about any schedule changes but I see him in person maybe once per month. I also have the contracting company several states away, the people actually paying me. I haven't seen or talked to them since I was hired. Do you think I should give more than 30 days notice? My final day will be exactly six weeks from today. I'm more inclined to tell the department head first because he'll be the least likely to rip my head off. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2019 06:58 PM PST I work as an engineer for a large corp, and the other day I got what I'd consider a weird email from my boss. Wondering if anyone could potentially help me understood what it meant based on their own experience? Boss emailed me asking me to fill in the blanks related to my experience. Email was essentially this.. Company Experience: Team Experience: Work Experience: Salary: Title: Education: I filled in the blanks as requested, and he immediately cut my answers down to single words, so he didn't seem interested in details. I also asked around, and only a single other person on my team got the same email. It just happened to be a co-worker who's duties and Is align pretty heavily. I then poked around to other departments, and managers and none of them knew anything about it. I did try asking the boss what it was about, but he didn't have a great explanation.. I know it's a long shot, but has anyone seen anything similar like this previously and may be able to shed some light? [link] [comments]  |
| Looking to start a career in IT would like to know how to become a sysadmin? Posted: 28 Feb 2019 07:59 PM PST Hi, a little history I am currently 24 and I work in a small med clinic with records. I am going to school for programming although I have realized I enjoy the hardware aspect of "fixing things" more than writing code. I pretty much do all the tech stuff for my clinic but it's mainly small things like installing RAM/ Formatting and reinstalling Windows 10 and keeping software up to date. Backing up Practice Server. I have very limited knowledge about business tech support. I will be switching my concentration to more of a System admin focus of study. I'm wondering if there are certain certifications that would help or if I should just try and land my first real help desk gig and just learn everything I can? I learn very quickly and I have a knack for recalling information.any advice anyone can give me? TL;DR want to get into help desk/ sys admin role. Lack of experience/ no certs what is the best way to approach this? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2019 05:59 PM PST I saw that Microsoft is retiring the 70-697 and 70-698 and replacing them with MD 100 and 101. I know they are new test, but I can't find any study materials for the 100 and 101. I would just like a book or something I can self study with. I don't want to have to go to a course and pay a crazy amount of money. Unfortunately the only things I've found are brain dumps and I don't want to take that route. I don't mind paying for the study material, I would just like something I can do on my own time. Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Is IT good for someone that is Slow? Posted: 28 Feb 2019 03:29 PM PST I am considering a career in IT and find it pretty interesting helping users resolve their IT technical issues and am attending a 4 year University for CIS for a degree in IT I also currently work at a Student Assistant at the IT Computer Lab where the pace is pretty decent not too slow but not too crazy and any small projects at the beggining of the year do exist but I can manage the pace of the work and projects. However something I notice about me is that im pretty slow learner and worker. While sometimes I can resolve certain common IT Issues on the spot, sometimes I have to google something I don't know or forgot. It takes me a few times to learn it and its not always the first. I also suck at multitasking. If im assigned to handle 20 different task at once I take my time to do a quality good job and if I go way too fast the quality of my work slips so I take it slow and at a decent pace. My question is the IT field okay for someone thats a slow learner/worker that goes at a decent pace ? I know nowadays there are those places that say must be able to work in a dynamic fast pace environment idk how fast they mean but I struggle to work fast sometimes especially if Im not too familiar with the environment at first [link] [comments]  |
| Where to go from my current position? Posted: 28 Feb 2019 06:02 PM PST So I'm currently still in the earliest stage of an IT career you can get, but I'm excited for the future, and love where I'm at currently but would love to move up ASAP. I'm in a service desk analyst role and I've been in this position for 4 months. Im working on getting my associates in IT currently, and am wondering what certs I could be studying for/working towards in my free time at work. Additionally, I've looked at the flowchart for it careers in this sub, and I would like to stay in the services and infrastructure, or steer towards the security side of IT. What would be the next position i aim for in my career, and how long should I stay at my current job before I look to move up? Thanks for any direction/help that can be given. [link] [comments]  |
| Business Analyst Vs System Admin Posted: 28 Feb 2019 04:02 PM PST I'm working in helpfesk currently, 1 year out of uni, I am currently on track to be a system admin in the next 2-3 years. However, I am considering the possibility of getting a graduate role at a large company as a business analyst. My degree was in information systems and was more inclined towards business than tech, however I have been enjoying more of the technical side of things. How would you guys compare these two career paths? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2019 07:06 PM PST Hey guys just looking for some advice on which will advance my career for the better. I've been working at a company for a year as the SCCM engineer. When i first was brought in I had little experience but now I can pretty much build an environment from scratch with some help. I also am a back up for the JAMF engineer and together we share VMWare Horizion for the VDIs. I've been wanting to get into security for a long time i majored in it during my undergrad and now i'm finishing a masters in cyber security. The same company im with had an internal IT compliance role which i applied for just for the heck of it but it looks like they are very interesting in me. So now i face the choice of either staying with my team, building my technical skills up even more or going into more of a business side role but it deals with security. I'm torn between the 2, i love the team i work with and have learned a ton but this could finally be my chance to get into security. Money is obviously a factor but i always want a career in something that is long lasting and that is in demand [link] [comments]  |
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