IT Career CCNA and Python. |
- CCNA and Python.
- What Other Careers Can I Go into With a background in IT?
- How to list these skills in my resume?
- Smartech
- How valuable are the Dell Certifications?
- What pay range for first Network Admin job?
- Resume for Network Engineering
- HCI - ePortfolio UX Survey/Discussion Student
- Good books to read for an upcoming Application Analyst?
- Career advise and resume critique
- Uncertain about new job. thoughts?
- What degree to get for remote deployment career
- 2 Interviews in 1 day
- Seeking Advice on Job Opportunities
- Move from desktop support to sysadmin role, wondering if I should do it.
- Pathway to Solutions Architect
- My colleague was just promoted to a sysadmin from helpdesk. Because we recently had our annual pay raise/negotiations, he was told he's stuck with the helpdesk salary for pretty much another year, as a sysadmin. Is that normal?
- 29 year old learning to code thinking of going into cyber security or software development.
- Need To Pick From 3 Career Paths
- New job has been incredibly overwhelming with way too much to do and barely any training. I've had to use three sick days within the first two weeks. I don't even know if I can visualize myself going back. Should I quit?
- First IT Job
- What's the most ridiculous email/call/text you've received from a recruiter.
- General rant and question on burnout and role.
| Posted: 16 May 2019 07:03 AM PDT Hi Everyone. I need some tips how you handle this situation. I am enrolled to have CCNA bootcamp on June and I want to be ready before I go there. But at the same time, i am learning python right now because I want some of my job here to automate. I am reading and watching automate the boring stuff book right now. I believe also that being a CCNA with python knowledge is a plus. How do you make yourself study new skills for improvement? I am excited to learn python to do some automation on my job right away but i want to be ready also before I enter CCNA bootcamp. Thanks for answering. [link] [comments]  |
| What Other Careers Can I Go into With a background in IT? Posted: 16 May 2019 07:08 AM PDT Trying to find a job has proven hard and I'm almost out of money. With a degree in IT its time to get creative. I need to know what other jobs might entertain me with my background. [link] [comments]  |
| How to list these skills in my resume? Posted: 16 May 2019 07:27 AM PDT So I'm currently working at an MSP, in my time here I've had access to various sorts of technologies. While i have had an opportunity to get my hands on all them I'm not exactly an expert, but I would still like to list them on my resume. How can I list them appropriately so I don't exaggerate my skill but at the same time don't sell myself short? Here are few examples of things I've been able to work on. VMware horizon 7-I use this mainly to monitor system status, and find out what users are logged into what machine. Vsphere client- I'll use this to restart VM's, remote into them, and monitor resources. Sonicwall- I'll create VPN users, update firmware, add the LAN/WAN ip information, remote into them to reset them. Again I'm not an expert in all of these but I do have hands on experience. How would you word these responsibilities in your resume? Thanks in advanced. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 16 May 2019 09:08 AM PDT Anyone know anything about the Company Smartech? This is my first IT job offer as 1099 Field Tech. IT is in the job title, so I figure it would be a good first job to put on my resume (which right now mostly consists of Construction and Oil field work). But is it worth it? Who knows about these guys? They offer *zero* training outside of paying for pretty much any Dell cert I want. [link] [comments]  |
| How valuable are the Dell Certifications? Posted: 16 May 2019 08:58 AM PDT I have the opportunity get my first job in IT. Its a pretty basic gig, mostly just swapping out hardware as a 1099. There isn't much work, but I figure the job will look good on a resume, plus they pay for Certs. But all the certs the pay for at the Dell certs. How useful are those, if I end up looking at work a places that *aren't* Dell shops? Do there certs offer any value out of being a Dell repairman? [link] [comments]  |
| What pay range for first Network Admin job? Posted: 16 May 2019 08:49 AM PDT A little background here. I've been working as Site Support/Desktop Support for 3 years. I've gotten my A+, Net+, Sec+, ITIL Foundations, and CCNA and I'm looking to move into Network Administration. I had a phone interview yesterday that went really well, and he said the pay range for the position was 40-70k. The broad pay range kind of struck me as odd, so I'm struggling to figure what salary I should negotiate when I meet with them again next week. I also have several other interviews (4 this week alone) with other companies. I'm currently making about 53k a year in my current role, and the average Network Admin makes 67k a year in Phoenix. Being that this is my first Network admin job what do you think would be a fair salary to ask for? My thought was 62k, but I'm being told by others that I'm short changing myself by starting negotiations that low. [link] [comments]  |
| Resume for Network Engineering Posted: 16 May 2019 06:18 AM PDT My goal is to get into network engineering once I complete my CCNA. What will my chances be with this current resume? https://imgur.com/dSWTb1Z [link] [comments]  |
| HCI - ePortfolio UX Survey/Discussion Student Posted: 16 May 2019 07:58 AM PDT For a Human-Computer Interaction class, I have a project that requires becoming more familiar with a target audience (users who would view an online portfolio) and forming a persona and scenario based on a few representative users from the target audience. My project is designing an interface for an online portfolio, and my goal is to understand what managers, recruiters, and other employees within the field do when interacting with online portfolios. Describe the first things you look for in a portfolio interface, what steps you take when you've found what you are looking for, and what causes a portfolio to fail or leave you unimpressed. I have a link to a Google Form survey (with specific questions I'd like answered), but I also encourage discussion in the comments and want to understand the different preferences and experiences users have when perusing potential employees' projects, training, and work experience through their ePortfolio sites. [link] [comments]  |
| Good books to read for an upcoming Application Analyst? Posted: 16 May 2019 07:39 AM PDT Hi everyone, I'm starting a new job as an (Associate) Application Analyst for a large healthcare company in a few weeks. I was wondering if any app analysts here (or Business Systems Analysts/IT Analysts etc) know of any good books to read... for example something like BABOK. Honestly just anything that would serve as a good guide so that when I start my job I'll already have a nice idea of what to expect as well as applying any advice I've learned from the book to everyday work activities. I'm not looking for anything specific, just something that would be considered 'good to read'... this is also my first job since I'm graduating college. Thanks everyone! [link] [comments]  |
| Career advise and resume critique Posted: 16 May 2019 07:22 AM PDT Hello, I'm trying to make a switch to a job in networking. I'm interested in security and data center management. Backsrory: I had a couple of exams left when I moved to America so I started working as an electrician. Since I graduated I haven't been able to land an electrical engineer job, and I didnt pursue further education in America since I wasn't sure if it's for me. I have decided I want a job in networking since I always had an interest in IT, enjoy building and troubleshooting. I passed the ICND1 exam last weekend and already started studying for ICND2. If I keep working and studying I think it will take me a month and half or two. If I leave my job I can probably get it done in 3 weeks or so. My relationship with my direct supervisor and the general manager has deteriorated and I wont be asking for recommendations or even giving them notice when I decide to leave. Actually I feel like I can get fired any day since recently I explained to both my managers that there is a limit to how far off a job description "other duties" can be. I haven't asked but if recommendations are needed I am pretty sure I can get them from the Director of Client Services at the university I am based or my manager at my last job. So my question is should I quit and focus on studying, get the ccna rs as quickly as possible, and then hit comptia security or ccna security/data center Or Stay at the current job and do it slowly? My wife is more than supportive in me quiting and she can cover 80% of our bills so unless I'm unemployed for more than 4-5 months this should be ok. Of course I would rather no stay unemployed for more than month or two. I am based in north Jersey so my market extends to Manhattan, The Bronx, Westchester area. Also any critique on the resume is highly appreciated! Resume link http://i.imgur.com/QfqhQDH.jpg Also does getting multiple certifications make sense with no real experience? [link] [comments]  |
| Uncertain about new job. thoughts? Posted: 16 May 2019 06:31 AM PDT Industry - Global Logistics and Freight Forwarding Pros - $15k salary increase from prior job - great health benefits - tuition reimbursement - almost a week more PTO than I had before, with yearly rollover. - opportunity to work on more technical projects than in the past. - getting admin experience I haven't had in the past. - IT Manager took personal interest in the fact that I'm pursuing InfoSec BS. Cons. pretty much everything about how they're running the company. at least much different from all my past IT jobs. - no company culture to speak of. - no Peers my age in small IT group of 4. All 60+ years old. - 72mi round trip commute. - No regular weekly meetings with IT group. - All end users have local admin rights. - no standardization of hardware. offices order whatever they feel fits their office. Toshiba, Acer, Dell, Lenovo, HP, whatever. - decades old company only started using Active Directory 2 years ago. - When I asked about their integration of SCCM for software deployment and imaging, they said "oh yeah, we never figured out how to set it up. we just use it for security patches". - in addition to imaging issues, not even a Sysprep to speak of. they manually change the key from Windows 10 Home to W10 Pro MAK key, then uninstall everything unnecessary manually and install all software manually. - All Windows account configuration (drive mapping, printers, permissions, etc.) handled by what looks like a VB Script that one of the guy wrote 25 years ago. - only started using Group Policy very recently. just now starting to move stuff off the script to GP. - Email is set up in two parts. Gmail and Exchange. Parent company wanted G-Suite because reasons, US branch wanted Exchange because it's business standard. what we have now is each employee has two emails. Part of our setup is to create a gmail, create the exchange profile, set the gmail acct to always forward to exchange and delete the gmail copy. End users primarily work off exchange account in Outlook. - All network, server, Voip management is handled by separate company on other side of the country. we send them the ticket and wait for them to work on it. no admins on our side are allowed to work on it. - All security is entrusted to McAfee ePo. Encryption and Antivirus. The hope is that even if users have Admin rights and download stuff, McAfee will catch it. - No Asset management system or hardware inventory. they're starting a project this year to set up an inventory. - No regular hardware refresh program. They order new hardware when the old stuff breaks and they have budget. - no spare asset inventory, no loaner laptops/desktops. Personal Pet Peeve stuff: - No Cisco phones or CUCM integration at all. they use some kind of small Polycom brand phone with web hosted PBX that we don't manage. - No web conference infrastructure that I can find. two small conference rooms in my office but no cameras or even laptop hookups. - Their ticketing system is okay, but not the best i've used. They're not even using all the features. No CRM integration, no SLAs, no KPIs, no CMDB. -- In order of best to worst in my experience: ServiceNow>Connectwise>SW WebHelpDesk>BMC Trackit. Currently using WHD. and this is just what I learned in my first week. I'm freaking out here. this company is so fucking assbackwards but the pay is good. Should I just wait it out or run for the hills? [link] [comments]  |
| What degree to get for remote deployment career Posted: 16 May 2019 06:25 AM PDT Hey guys, I'm in a very fortunate position where I can get degrees for cheap and I want to take advantage of that. I've decided to get my bachelor's and then look at a masters in something IT related as my current degree is just in marketing. That being said, my boss mentioned that he thinks remote deployment and stuff like SCCM is the future of IT and I'm inclined to agree, but I'm not 100%. I'm curious what degree would be best for this though, or I'd like to hear what could be better and more secure/profitable.? TL;DR - what degree would be best for remote deployment or what career will be more secure and profitable? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 16 May 2019 04:46 AM PDT As the title says I have two interviews on the same day 2 hours apart. Circumstances with me being in the area let to this and I have to act on the opportunity. -Is it okay to let my first interview know that I am interviewing with somebody else right after? -I know I shouldn't but Is there any possibility of rushing the interview in a polite way letting know the interviewer I dont have much time? How long are these interviews typically. If it's 45 minutes I should be fine. -How do I hold out on an offer so that I can go to the next interview and think about the best option for myself? I'm thinking I should say something like "I appreciate your interest and I like the company. I have other offers to consider so I will get back to you shorty" [link] [comments]  |
| Seeking Advice on Job Opportunities Posted: 15 May 2019 06:27 PM PDT Background on myself is that I have been in IT for 9 years and currently finishing up my B.S degree on WGU. Several certs such as A+, Net+, Security+, Linux+, and CCENT. I have a third child on they way and could really use a bump in pay to make life a little easier. Current job is local government essentially tier 2 help desk with pretty good benefits, crap pay and a 20 minute commute. Job is low stress, no on call rotation and overall easy job. No room for advancement except for the 2 guys ahead of me and the earliest one to retire will be 7 years from now and would roughly be a 20% pay increase... Potential job opportunity 1 is at a private company in need of a senior IT help desk engineer with pretty good benefits and a 50% pay increase but my commute would increase to 1 hour both ways. Job duties are almost identical to what I currently do with added on call rotation and seems to be a good fit. Potential job opportunity 2 is at a MSP that will allow me to work remotely from home with occasional travel to the office which is 1 hour away. The MSP is a small 8 man team and my work load would increase significantly while I also learn a lot of new technologies that I do not currently use or am not as sharp on. Pay and benefits would be nearly same as the other job with a 50% increase and also an call rotation. I'll gladly provide more information if needed, but just looking to see what you guys would be thinking if you had similar choices. Overall pretty nervous about changing jobs but just feel stuck in my current role and feel like it's time for a change. [link] [comments]  |
| Move from desktop support to sysadmin role, wondering if I should do it. Posted: 15 May 2019 07:25 PM PDT Hi, I've been in a desktop support role for the past 5 years at a community college. Recently I have been encouraged by several people at the company to apply for an open sysadmin position. Just looking for advice in general to decide whether or not making the jump is right for me. It definitely sounds good and should pay about $10,000k more but I am timid for 2 big reasons. 1. I have a 10 month old at home and she comes before all else. 8 to 5 job with low stress is important, so I can max out my time with her 2. I'm afraid I lack the experience necessary. Now to counter those two points. I know all of the sysadmins so I asked 2 of them questions about the job as they both were really on my case about applying for it and thought I'd be great for the position. Both sysadmins said it's mostly low stress, and both said separately it's the best environment they've ever worked in and it's flexible. I brought up my concern about lack of skill, they said it is no big deal and they both came from desktop support environments. One also has a baby at home and says it's 8-5pm every day and anything else she does on occasion can be done at home. There is a on call rotation but apparently she has only been called in once in her 2 years of being there and she just brought the kid with. But you guys, I don't think they realize how little I know. I don't know subnetting, I've never touched a switch, I've stumbled my way through configuring a VM when it's already setup but I have no idea how to work in-depth with vCenter, etc. Web certs? Domains? Exchange? Good luck, I haven't touched them nor do I know a thing about the very fundamentals. I have admin'd a license server on Windows and I'm unofficially responsible for a couple Windows servers. I can stumble my way through a few Linux commands and I recently took on a project to revamp O365 licensing on campus that has been going well so far. I do know a decent amount of RAID stuff and I can take apart and put together any computer. I don't know how much of this is transferable. My current job: boring/remedial, not enough work, disorganized, most of the time I'm browsing Reddit between calls but it's low, low stress. $39,000 and the new job would be about $50,000. I do think that taking this position would open up more doors and opportunities in the future, and I would feel a better sense of job security vs. if I ever lost my helpdesk/desktop position. I just get anxiety about making the move and I wonder if I should stay where I am comfortable. My spouse thinks I'm nuts for hesitating but I can't shake the uneasy feeling and second guessing. Maybe it's my own lack of self confidence getting in the way and nailbiting about a big change after being stagnant in my current position for 5 years. But if anyone has advice or has made this leap and can share what your experience has been, any regrets, successes, etc. I would really appreciate it. Thank you [link] [comments]  |
| Pathway to Solutions Architect Posted: 16 May 2019 02:23 AM PDT tldr; I have 5 years MSP tech experience. Previously 10+ years Manufacturing Project Management experience as a Mechanical Engineer. What can/should I do to skill up and educate up to a plausible Solutions Architect Position. From the outside looking in I think the role of Solution's Architect is a position I would eventually like to be in. I'm about 40 years old, I'm a qualified Mechanical Engineer Graduate. Originally a Design Engineer I have over 10 years of Project management experience. I am a current Prince2 Practitioner, my IT qualifications are mostly vendor related qualifications. I'm working towards my MCSA and I consider networking as one of my stronger sides to IT. I'm currently working for a medium sized MSP as a Systems Engineer. Previously I worked for 3 years at a startup MSP Company. I am based in Australia. If you are able to help I would be grateful for any of the following information:
Thank you for taking the time to read this all. Edit: removed some personally identifiable information. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 15 May 2019 01:27 PM PDT We work in Europe. If it's not normal it kinda surprises me because this is one of the biggest IT-firms in Europe and surely you don't become that successful if you're fucking your employees over : o) [link] [comments]  |
| 29 year old learning to code thinking of going into cyber security or software development. Posted: 15 May 2019 08:22 PM PDT Hey, I'm currently getting into IT and am looking for some advice. I am currently enrolled in a coding Bootcamp and I really love coding. I like it so much that it has sparked my curiosity about others positions in the IT field. I came across a second Cyber security Bootcamp and am thinking of pursuing a career in it and working towards becoming a pen tester. My question is are there transferable skills between the careers of web/app development and penetration testing? Do you think learning about cyber security will make me a better developer? Can a web/app developer become a penetration tester later in life? Is it good to have multiple skill sets in IT? [link] [comments]  |
| Need To Pick From 3 Career Paths Posted: 15 May 2019 09:57 PM PDT A little background on me: mid thirties, 10+ years of retail and restaurant management experience. BSBA degree in Information Systems & Technology with Magna Cum Laude honors. A+, ITIL 4 Foundation, and MOS certs. Looking for a career change into IT. Looking to get Net+, CCNA, then cloud certs. Need some advice on two possible career paths. I received job offers from two places. 1st job is for a small mom and pop IT shop that also recently became an Apple authorized repair and tech support store. I would be a tech, working customer service doing PC/Mac repairs, network support, and get my Apple Certified Mac Technician cert, gaining experience that way. Look ahead to possible management position with the business, or leverage the experience gained to work directly for Apple, or try to become a sys/network admin and eventually a cloud engineer. 2nd job is for Costco. One year of working the floor in the electronics department, and try to leverage experience to get into Costco corporate and work in their IT department, with a long term goal of working as a cloud engineer. 1st job pays the best, and gives direct technician and networking experience, but not sure if there's much room for growth in the actual business because it's a very small business with only 5 employees, and it really depends on how successful the business becomes. It's also a 45 min commute each way into and out of the city, and provides very little in terms of benefits. 2nd job pays the least, but provides a good long term plan to grow with the company. Very flexible hours, part time to start, that still allow for me to put time into studying for certs, while receiving really good benefits. 30 min commute each way. Downside is that for a year or two I'm not growing direct IT experience, and I feel I'd have to be all in on my plan to work for Costco corporate because if it doesn't work out, I'll have basically wasted a year or two not gaining any necessary IT experience. I'm not exactly a spring chicken so any years not spent progressing to an end goal would be a huge waste. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated! Edit: realize title says 3, but meant 2. 3rd would possibly be work for a Microsoft retail store as a tech/sales and try to leverage that experience to get my foot in the door working for Microsoft corporate. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 15 May 2019 11:02 AM PDT Edit: I talked to my boss and he said he had no idea. He said that I've been doing such a great job that he kept giving me things to learn and do. I'm hoping things get better here on out. Thank you for you advice. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 15 May 2019 05:51 PM PDT I started my first IT job (Help Desk). I wanted to get into security but I don't have a degree but I am pursing Sec+. What kind of job can I get with sec+ and a clearance. [link] [comments]  |
| What's the most ridiculous email/call/text you've received from a recruiter. Posted: 15 May 2019 03:54 PM PDT So I'm at home sipping some beer and reading through terraform documentation and I receive this group text from a recruiter. They literally added 20+ job seekers and sent out a group text about ONE job. I've never encountered anything like this in my 6 years of IT. I've had my fair share of emails from recruiters for jobs I'm over or under qualified for so I'm curious what the rest of you guys have encountered on your job search. [link] [comments]  |
| General rant and question on burnout and role. Posted: 15 May 2019 11:46 AM PDT How do you deal with burnout caused from your colleagues who take no responsibility for their projects and tell them to kindly fuck off? My boss doesn't seem to be supportive and thinks we should support our business as they are the customer to the IT department. Additionally, everyone below a director level has had their job titles changed to product owner. Previously I was a operations engineer. The change has a job description that is extremely broad. [link] [comments]  |
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