IT Career Higher salary, less responsibilities. How do I stay competitive? |
- Higher salary, less responsibilities. How do I stay competitive?
- Would a certificate help get me into a better job?
- 3 years of combining school and a full time job
- Getting into Cloud Computing
- Being ghosted by companies 3-4 times in the past 3 months.
- Trying to enter the IT field
- SEO or IT
- Currently a Web Developer with no degree. Looking to break into AWS - Questions about a cert path.
- Lost in Career Progression/Development
- Time investment for Sec+/CCNA/MCSA?
- What was your starting salary after college/university?
- How do you go about answering this interview question? Interview later today
- Thoughts on Cybersecurity?
- What do I do if I have multiple job offers
- What subsets of IT are most in demand in the Midwest? Specifically in Lincoln, Nebraska?
- Is there a Job Title for managing an off-shore team of developers?
- A.S. for Software Devlopment
- How difficult is the Network+ exam? That will be my next project. Are there any simulations?
- Potential Job Change / Resume and Management question
- Multiple offers - How to stall?
- People from California: Which cities have low cost of living with decent to good salary IT jobs?
- Would you be open to the idea of a trade union dealing with IT?
| Higher salary, less responsibilities. How do I stay competitive? Posted: 23 Jul 2019 06:18 AM PDT So I recently got hired on for a company with about a 33% percent increase in my salary from before. Before I was working as a lone Sys Admin for a schoold district and led all of the new projects and infrastructure for the whole district. I had a lot of responsibilities and also took care of many projects that really looked good on my resume. However, the school systems are notoriously terrible as far as pay goes, and it was beginning to become a problem. I started looking and threw my name in for a basically level 1 support technician at an industrial facility. To my surprise I got an offer, which was over 33% more than my salary. I have been here for a few months, and the work is not bad. I enjoy being here, but my job tasks are very small and menial. Things I could do in my sleep, which I expected. But what I didn't think about was how I could be still improving myself if another opportunity came along that was similar to what happened months earlier, but also was more specialized and had more responsibilities. So that I don't just hand them a resume with years of level 1 support after all of my other previous higher level technical experience. I'm in a smaller area, so opportunities like that are usually few and far between, so I really want my CV to stick out in a situation like that. Any thoughts? [link] [comments]  |
| Would a certificate help get me into a better job? Posted: 23 Jul 2019 02:38 AM PDT I've worked in IT support for about 10 years. I don't have any useful certs (ECDL) and I have the equivalent degree to an Associate's in Math and Computing. In each position I've worked for small organizations. My current position is at a small charity where I am the only IT person and I support about 20 users. There is an IT support company which supports me when I need their help. One of the main problems with this is that I feel as though this prevents me from learning new skills. When I use the support company they're not interested in teaching me, which is fair. I also don't want to cause downtime by attempting things which are much out of my comfort zone. I'm also not terribly well paid, I'm not very satisfied with my role, and I don't want to work here the rest of my life. I don't feel that returning to university would be worth the time, cost or effort at this time in my life. Should I start trying for useful certificates? If so, what certificates are useful? Should I look into a CompTIA A+, MCSA or something else entirely? [link] [comments]  |
| 3 years of combining school and a full time job Posted: 23 Jul 2019 05:20 AM PDT This is actually not a question but just a story how I came from no knowledge, experience or diploma to getting the job I wanted and having a bright future in IT. Sorry for my spelling and editing, i'm not a native speaker When I got out of High school (but the Belgian equivalent) I started my higher education. First I went for ?pedagogy? (google translate gave me this) but that didn't work out, failed every course, partied all the time. So I quit and went to another College and started my education to become a High School teacher in History and French. Took the first year two times and still failed. Now the policy was that if you didn't pass at least 50% of the courses you couldn't come back next year. I was stuck in life with nothing to show. No job, no diploma, no experience in any field… So I decided to work and take and evening course in IT. First I worked at Delhaize (Belgian/French supermarket) for about 6 months. That's where I learned to work hard. After hours I had my IT course, 2 evenings a week from 18:00 till 22:00 and assignments to complete outside those courses. For the first time in my life I passed all my exams from the first time and with good results. I finally knew I could do it. After the first year I changed jobs and started to work at the company that provides water for the whole of Brussels. My team was Telecom and I did a lot of smartphones, sim cards, IP telephones. Learned very much also about AD, Exchange, Remote Desktop,… I got in with a contract specifically designed for young people without prior experience or higher education. Beneficial for me and the company. Then my second year began and I passed that as well with good results. Having a reasonable boss helped very much because I took a lot of vacation to study or work especially during finals. When I finished my second year I started getting job offers but I always declined. I did the same thing in my third year thinking "I'm good at this company for now, I have a good boss that lets me take vacation to study and once I get my diploma I have a better position to negotiate". So I stayed where I was during my third and final year of evening courses (the hardest year). After my last exam I got a phone call from a recruiter. He gave me a few jobs as junior Tier1 Support but I didn't expect anything seeing it was the start of July (when everybody leaves on vacation in Belgium and everything slows down a bit). But the next day he called and said they are very interested and they want to see you ASAP. It also was for a Junior Tier1 Support job but with the intention of becoming system engineer after a year or two with all the needed certificates and courses payed by the company. So I planned a meeting for next week. Talked about my motivation, interests, history,… That same evening the recruiter called again and said they want to see you for round 2 next week. Round to was to test my technical knowledge. Didn't ace it but did very well. The interviewer said: "Well we have some other people coming in this week but you will have an answer by the end of the week." The next day rolls around and I get a phone call in the morning. Recruiter: "Hi TotoTunes, they interviewer and owner sat together yesterday and canceled all the other appointments and they chose you." I was over the moon, my girlfriend started crying. I now felt my live could really begin, after three years of cancelling plans, parties, friends, vacations to study and work. I moved in with my girlfriend, bought a car together and got the job that I wanted! Now I'm often browsing this subreddit to find career advice. TL;DR: Failed at College, started evening courses combined with a full-time day job. Graduated this June and got the job I wanted to become system engineer in the future. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 23 Jul 2019 05:27 AM PDT I just got my first job in IT a couple months ago. I love my job and company, and I was going to go for my Net+ and Sec+ and start my associates degree. But I've recently developed an interest in cloud computing. I dont know too much about networking and security, but I was wondering if it would be worth it to just get a cloud cert or not. Should I spend some time learning more about other aspects of IT? Before diving into such a complex subject? I'm not sure if employers would hire someone with cloud certs and nothing else. I've also noticed like literally no cloud jobs in my area but tons of networking/sys admin roles. If my long term goal is to work with cloud systems, should I spend some time as a network admin and get some other certs and a degree? Or just try and go right into the cloud material? Any advice is appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Being ghosted by companies 3-4 times in the past 3 months. Posted: 23 Jul 2019 09:03 AM PDT Sorry if this is long and ranty. I'm currently working as a freelancer part-time for a company. I really like the software and team, but the pay is way below the market rate and I need to find another job as a freelancer. I have experience in sysadmin, network admin and technical support though not in-house but on the vendor-side. I am doing a lot of technical documentation and sales type of stuff but looking to move to devops. So, I have this problem where I've been ghosted by companies. Here's the list below: Company 1: 30 minute Skype call then 60-80 minute type of meeting in the office. I then sent them a draft of the agreement (not the contract) stating the days per week to work and day rate. Never heard back from them. Company 2: They actually offered me a job and I am still waiting for a contract to be sent out from them, it has been almost four weeks now. Not sure if it's ghosted or not. They don't have my CV but I was offered a job with them to freelance. Company 3: I was emailed last Thursday for an interview this Thursday. Sent them a CV. It's nearly Wednesday here and still haven't heard back. Here and there I get spots of interest but nothing solid. Did an interview with another company and sent them a long email about tools to use to build documentation, but I heard back that they would be looking to hire me to do videos (I don't even do videos) next year. Ridiculous stuff like that. --- What could be the issue?
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| Posted: 23 Jul 2019 08:51 AM PDT I've been applying for entry level tech support jobs since January without any luck. What are some internship job boards? Are the typical job search board like indeed the main way to find internships? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 23 Jul 2019 08:30 AM PDT Hey yall! Ive been interested in the IT industry for a bit now and am flipping between IT and SEO. For those that dont know, SEO (search engine optimization) is basically having your website rank higher for certain keywords in GOogles search results. I've been watching mike myers comptia A+ videos. I started a gaming blog and learned the basics of Wordpress so practice SEO but it such a competitive and the results can take months. But I also work customer service for a large online retailer that sells tech like pc parts and server equipment. Our business customers seem to make a good living and I do like tech and building pcs. I'm good at self studying so I can definitely learn. Any advise? Thanks! I guess I see myself working in IT but SEO (digital marketing in general) seems more lucrative. long time lurker, first time poster [link] [comments]  |
| Currently a Web Developer with no degree. Looking to break into AWS - Questions about a cert path. Posted: 23 Jul 2019 05:42 AM PDT I currently work as a web developer and have been doing so for a few years now. Unfortunately, most of this work has been in WordPress/Joomla stuff and I don't really have a portfolio. My knowledge of the fundamentals of webdev is extremely solid and I have been learning more "modern" technologies on my own for a while now (Node, React, etc.) but don't get to use them at my job. I have also been studying networking for a few months from textbooks and have some basic Linux knowledge. Basically... I'm turning 30 soon (one foot in the grave, eh?) and looking at my career - I'm not being paid very much and not that crazy about webdev anymore, though I love IT and technology. I would like to break in to the "cloud" and start AWS certs. I'm wondering, though, if because I don't have a degree it would be better for me to first obtain a CCNA and RHCSA to prove I have some of the foundational knowledge before pursuing AWS? It would delay my study of AWS about a year, though. And I don't want to look like a cert collector with no relevant experience. I have lots of free time to study right now but a year from now - who knows what life may bring? Maybe it's better to pursue the AWS cert right away and focus on creating portfolio projects? Any help would be very much appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Lost in Career Progression/Development Posted: 23 Jul 2019 10:41 AM PDT Hi all, Some info about me: 25/M, A.A.S. in unrelated field, no certs. Started out as tech support for a company for 10 months, then had to move and got a job as a technical help desk role for a digitization company for 8 months. Currently working in an IT Service Desk role for the past 13 months making $45k USD before OT and bonuses. In my current role I work with almost every system we have and do a lot of basic Junior SysAdmin and Junior Network role type stuff. User management in Azure and AD, Exchange management, server monitoring etc on the SysAdmin type things. Networking I work with almost everything, ASA's, VoIP, Routers, Switches, etc. Only thing I don't do regarding networking is the configurations and more intermediate/advanced stuff probably. They are all Cisco. I also do the basic troubleshooting, hardware repair, if it plugs in I deal with it I guess. I get a lot of good experience at this job. This leads me to be a bit lost on where to go from here. I really like my job and company, but I obviously want to move up in the world. For the mean time I plan on staying here but I have been looking at certifications. Since I do a lot with Networking I was thinking of going for my CCNA. Is it possible to get this before the February change? If I change my career plans in the future will having a wide range of certs hurt me? i.e. get the CCNA, but decide I want to do SysAdmin so I go for MCSA/Azure certs. If it helps, the networking dept. gave me an old router and switch to play around with but I still gotta get it setup. Any resources I can use to start studying for CCNA, or should I go a different path? Sorry if it's a bit rambly, been lost in this and has been on my mind a lot. [link] [comments]  |
| Time investment for Sec+/CCNA/MCSA? Posted: 23 Jul 2019 08:50 AM PDT My eye is on Sec+/CCNA/MCSA right now, but I'm curious to hear realistic timeframes to achieve these certs. Have at least a half-dozen older/expired entry-level certs from CompTIA, MS, and Cisco, so I'm familiar with their testing expectations. Been working in the field about a decade, mostly desktop support/helpdesk but a couple years admin exp. TL;DR how long should I expect to invest studying for these three certs? I generally commit 20hrs+/wk when doing cert training. [link] [comments]  |
| What was your starting salary after college/university? Posted: 23 Jul 2019 08:28 AM PDT As the title suggests, if anyone feels comfortable posting the salary of their first job after grad. [link] [comments]  |
| How do you go about answering this interview question? Interview later today Posted: 23 Jul 2019 08:16 AM PDT When somebody asks you something along the lines of how do you go about dealing with people who are resistant to change maybe they are forgetful or just refuse to learn no matter how many times you try and teach them [link] [comments]  |
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| What do I do if I have multiple job offers Posted: 23 Jul 2019 07:36 AM PDT I applies at 3 places last week and went to 2 interviews on monday and each of them want me. And today they emailed me letting me know they want to hire me. But I want to wait and go to this job interview to weigh my options. How do I word it to them to still hold on to me in a professional way? [link] [comments]  |
| What subsets of IT are most in demand in the Midwest? Specifically in Lincoln, Nebraska? Posted: 23 Jul 2019 07:28 AM PDT I live in Florida and intend to move to Lincoln, Nebraska at the end of this year. At the moment, I'm working towards landing my A+ cert; as well as securing a help desk job. The big concern that I have is entering into a subset of IT that isn't in demand in Lincoln and would really hurt my chances of finding employment opportunities once I move and graduate from standard Help Desk positions. I'd say that either Network and Cloud Technologies, as well as Software Development, are the fields that interest me the most. I'm leaning towards Software Dev the most out of the two - due to myself having prior programming experience. Are those two fields in demand in Lincoln? If not, what other subsets of IT should I consider looking into? [link] [comments]  |
| Is there a Job Title for managing an off-shore team of developers? Posted: 23 Jul 2019 07:13 AM PDT I have been doing team lead for 3 years now with a very small team of 3-6 people. I have also been working with off-shore developers from different countries throughout my entire career. There is an „opportunity" right now to manage an even larger but entirely off-shore team that I can already see becoming my responsibility. By default if I don't act. The team is attached to a new project. My idea is to either do it and get something out of it OR reject the new responsibility and have upper management find someone else. If I were to do it, one thing I would want out of it is a fitting job title for my resume - apart from monetary benefits. What could that job title be? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 23 Jul 2019 05:50 AM PDT Hello, I am currently working on my A.S. in IT emphasis on networking. After a bit of time in the program, I am finding I like programming more than I thought I would. So I am considering switching to software development, but would an A.S. realistically get me a job? Or would I be better off spending more time/money and getting the bachelors? [link] [comments]  |
| How difficult is the Network+ exam? That will be my next project. Are there any simulations? Posted: 23 Jul 2019 05:25 AM PDT I took a class last Spring. We used the Cengage book and Mindtap labs. The book was great. The labs were terrible. [link] [comments]  |
| Potential Job Change / Resume and Management question Posted: 23 Jul 2019 04:20 AM PDT Currently I am a SR IT Systems Management Analysts for a Fortune 5 company. I'm pretty happy with my job. I've been here for a little over 2 and a half years. 8 Months as a contractor, the rest as an FTE. In my role, I get to work with a lot of different teams. Yesterday, I met with a Director and Senior Director who want me to come join their department working on a new team they are developing, I would become an SR. IT Telecommunications Analysts. I would be joining this team and working on it from the ground up. Which is pretty exciting. Here's my questions, My resume hasn't been updated since I applied for this job almost 3 years ago, how much do I tailor my resume for the telecommunications positions? My current manager is currently on PTO for the next week and half, what are the PROs/CONs of applying to move departments in the company without alerting my current manager? would talking with his manager or my department's director be satisfactory, if need be? [link] [comments]  |
| Multiple offers - How to stall? Posted: 23 Jul 2019 03:59 AM PDT I've been unemployed for a while and now, thankfully I have an offer from a large company that's willing to pay me a high salary for the position offered - However for many reasons, the main one being the red flags I got from the manager at interview and the company's attitude towards learning the company that has handed me this offer is not my first choice. I interviewed a few days ago at a second company and hit it off with the manager and potential supervisor there, they really enjoyed the interview and it was mostly all smiles and laughs - They informed me they're still interviewing for the position since there are three vacancies up and would be in touch, however they didn't provide a timeline. I have told the first company that offered me a position that I need to complete the other interviews I have scheduled and review my offers to decide what would be best for me, they have given me until Friday to make a decision or they will pull the offer. Hopefully this will be enough time for the second company to get back to me but I'm looking for help on this one, how do I stall? Should I accept the offer and give a starting date that's 2-3 weeks in the future? TLDR - 1 offering company have given me a decision deadline of Friday. Favoured company are still interviewing and didn't provide a timeline of when they would be in touch. How do I stall to give myself more time? [link] [comments]  |
| People from California: Which cities have low cost of living with decent to good salary IT jobs? Posted: 22 Jul 2019 03:27 PM PDT Curious to find out which smaller cities/towns in CA pay relatively well and are actually worth relocating to. Are you in one of these places? [link] [comments]  |
| Would you be open to the idea of a trade union dealing with IT? Posted: 22 Jul 2019 01:14 PM PDT This specifically is not dealing with a per company typical union but more a trade union association similar to what electricians and plumbers have. [link] [comments]  |
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