IT Career Next step after Sysadmin? |
- Next step after Sysadmin?
- Linkedin bio
- Any Good Reasons Why A Long Time IT Professional Should Work For A Managed Service Provider?
- Field Technician Jobs
- New to the field
- Career Dilemma ! Advise please!!
- Should I pick computer science or IS to study in college??
- My Next steps in IT? Will coding help me?
- Moving in from out of country
- When do you give up?
- What is the logical next step in my career path?
- What to expect with a temp project job?
- SharePoint Online
- Orlando, FL region - Applying to job ads myself isn't working out as an out-of-state applicant. Does anyone know any recruiters in the Orlando region you can network me with?
- Apply for a position through their website or emailing your resume?
- Don't want an IT career, but want to know IT
- I'm doubtful about a potential career
- Which IT Conference for High Level "New News / Features" across the vendors?
- What are the things you wish you had known before your first software developer job?
- Managers of IT: is it generally the case that you try to keep someone from quitting even if they struggle a bit?
- Work in help desk, want to go into Cloud and Infrastructure.
- What kind of salary should I expect?
- Is it easier to get a tech support job through the gov't compared to public work?
- Same question as everyone else: thinking about making a career change. Already have an unrelated degree, don't want to go back for a ton of school, so what's the least education I can get to qualify for a help desk job? (Ontario)
| Posted: 02 Jul 2019 07:54 AM PDT I'm 26 and currently employed as a Windows sysadmin. I like to consider myself as a 'jack of all trades' kind of guy, after moving on from a Desktop support role and having experience with a little bit of everything. I currently have the CompTIA trifecta and a few desktop OS certs from Microsoft (MCTS/MCSA). I want to know what my options are after this position? I'm currently working towards my MCSA/MCSE for Server/Core Infrastructure to secure my knowledge for server technologies, and plan to move on afterwards. I'd like to specialise myself in a particular skill, maybe DevOps or Security? I could see myself working in one of those roles in the future and would like to secure myself so I don't feel 'replacable' (if that's the correct term)? What types of roles would you consider the next step after a Windows System Administrator? What types of certs should I move onto next? Should I focus on cloud next, or look at a linux based cert or coding language? I was also thinking about VMware too. Obviously having all of these would be outstanding but I'm not sure where to start. I may even stay on this role a bit longer just to secure some additional certs if required. A few years ago when I started my career I had a pretty good idea of where I was going, but now I feel lost. What are your recommendations? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2019 08:17 AM PDT What do you recommend putting in your LinkedIn bio? Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Any Good Reasons Why A Long Time IT Professional Should Work For A Managed Service Provider? Posted: 02 Jul 2019 07:52 AM PDT I am an IT professional with over 12 years of internal IT support experience for a couple of different manufacturing companies, mainly doing service desk, desktop support and system/network administration tasks. I've been getting burned out performing the same tasks and was wondering if working for a MSP would make sense for me at this point in my career. I'm looking for a new tier 2/tier 3 role. I keep reading mixed reviews about MSPs, and most seem to suggest that working for a MSP is mostly for those new to IT. I was hoping to find a new position so I do not get bored, and working with many different clients and technologies seem interesting to me. There is a small family owned MSP interested in hiring me so I was weighing my options. I do have a wife and child and would need to move closer to the job, so I am debating on whether or not this would be a good move. Anyone have any thoughts? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2019 04:25 AM PDT Hello everyone. I've been creeping on this page for a couple months now and greatly appreciate all the conversations and topics discussed. I wanted to ask what everyone thought about field technicians jobs, like ones through spectrum cable. I am interested in a career in networking and thought that this may be a good gateway towards a career in that. I do have my A+ certification and I'm currently taking classes through my job to acquire my Network+. I currently work at Verizon Wireless at a retail store selling wireless devices, but before that worked in the mental health/drug and alcohol field for 10 years as a therapist. I have very little relevent IT experience that I can speak to on a resume. Do you think that obtaining a field technician job is a good starting point as a way to gain experience in a career towards networking? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2019 06:28 AM PDT Hey community, I'd like to start off by saying I'm super excited about pursing a career in the IT community. Instead of jumping right into a main program at a public college, I wanted to get some feedback from you guys. The sysadmin at my current place of employment is offering an MCSA course. Content wise it looks good, only thing that isn't sitting well with me is that it's only 40 hours for $900 CDN. I did some research on the business and it looks fairly new but the reviews I've seen are positive and scarce. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| Career Dilemma ! Advise please!! Posted: 02 Jul 2019 06:18 AM PDT I had to left Asia in my senior year of Bachelor in engineering and migrated to the US in 2010 with all my family members. I tried to go public University (in DFW) to complete my undergraduate degree in engineering, but none of these University really helps me out. In 2012, I went to a private school and get 2 years of AAS degree, since then I been working with Oil and gas industry and making about $35K. In fact, I been working on this engineering field since 2006 right after I graduated from 3 years degree (Diploma in electrical engineering). I'm in the situation of career change from engineering to IT(Networking). I did my CCNA, network academy courses from community college and passed them all. I had ICND1 already and I'm trying get ICND2 as soon as possible. I do not have lot of experience in this networking field but I always ready to learn and grow. Please let me know if you have any good suggestions ? [link] [comments]  |
| Should I pick computer science or IS to study in college?? Posted: 02 Jul 2019 09:27 AM PDT Hello, I am a sophomore college student and I am currently planning to study Business Information systems as a major. I picked this major because I wanted to work with computers but I don't feel confident about studying cs because I don't know if I want to be a SWE or developer. I don't know what kind of It jobs you can get with this degree but I am just looking for a job maintaining computer software I suppose. Am I on the right path? I am not looking to be a manager or something and I am kind of an introverted person so I thought maybe cs would be better for me in terms of that personality and I feel very anxious around people so I thought studying anything business wouldn't be a good idea. Please tell me what jobs I could get with this degree and if I have to be a big people person in them because I am very shy and I don't know if its a good idea. [link] [comments]  |
| My Next steps in IT? Will coding help me? Posted: 02 Jul 2019 09:17 AM PDT A little background on myself. I am 34 yrs old. I have the CompTIA Trifecta (2018) , as well as MCSA Windows 10 ( 2019). I am currently an intern at a small IT company, I am a Infrastructure Engineer Intern. The internship ends in August of 2019. I don't have much IT corporate experience, I have done a bunch of stuff on my own. Volunteering etc. I am mostly learning about servers, cloud technologies and just whatever basic issues that pop up. I have migrated new users to O365, and worked with AD somewhat thus far. My question is, what should I do next. CCNA is on my radar but they are changing it so I may wait. But I may have an opportunity to take an 11 week coding class/boot camp in August. M-F 9-5 (The program begins with an 11-week coding bootcamp offered tuition free with training stipends and additional support available. Afterwards, graduates are placed into paid internships before moving on to full-time employment. This immersive approach to learning provides students with the necessary skills to pursue a career in software development, learning to program Python within the Django framework. ) I know basically nothing about coding and I am not sure if it will be a waste of time for me. Any ideas or suggestions? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2019 09:08 AM PDT Hi everyone, I'm getting ready to move with my family to Houston,TX. I've been a in the field for about 10 years. Currently I'm an IT Team Leader. Thing is, back here where I live - which is literally on the other side of the planet, IT is not an academic profession. There are no "IT degrees" - only certifications, which nobody cares about since everyone can braindump their way though. All I have is my experience (currently working for DXC.Technology, previously HP/HPE). How should I go about searching for work? Where's a good place to go about it? Is there any use in applying before I've actually moved? Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2019 09:04 AM PDT I'm not sure where to start, so I'll just start throwing out details that I think are relevant and if anyone has any questions, feel free to ask away. I'm 35 and recently graduated with honors from a NSA/DoD-backed University with a degree in Network Administration. I'm looking to switch to the IT field after over a decade in the Engineering field where I've served as a mechanical drafter, project manager, and department lead. I attended college online in the evenings while I went to school during the day and managed to excel at both my job during the day and maintained a 4.0 at the university I was attending. Now, 6-7 months after graduation, I still can't even land an entry-level helpdesk position. I understand experience is king, but how am I suppose to obtain experience if I can't even start at the bottom? I've tried volunteering but any place that accepts doesn't exactly have enterprise hardware and Active Directory. I live in the Midwest in a city of around 250k people. I've been trying to stay here (due to wife having a decent position and just received a promotion). I'm just reaching the 100th rejection for applications and I'm wondering what to even do at this point. I've re-conditioned my resume numerous times, contacted recruiters, started a home lab, etc. Is it this hard everywhere? [link] [comments]  |
| What is the logical next step in my career path? Posted: 02 Jul 2019 08:47 AM PDT Hi r/ITCareerquestions - I am currently nearing the end of my contract and don't have plans on staying on with company at the end. Currently I am trying to figure out the next step in my career and am at a bit of a lost. To give some background on me: I'm 23, graduated about a year ago in 2018 with a B.S. in MIS. My career progressions as been the following
I am trying to figure out where to go from here. Ideally I'd like to land a product manager role as that is my favorite work I've done but from what I've seen in research I dont have the background to land one yet plus lack the technical skills to obtain a 'real' product manager position. I am also trying to figure out what salary I could expect, currently I am at a rate of $42/hr as contractor. Any advice on where to go from here would be appreciated, thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| What to expect with a temp project job? Posted: 02 Jul 2019 08:46 AM PDT Hey all, I've been working about 7 years between desktop and service desk. I'm at an MSP glorified call center right now and I'm dead inside. I've been looking around and a recruiter reached out this morning letting me know there's a 9 month position for joining a team in implementing EPIC at a local hospital an upgrade from a decades - old system. He'll be sending in further details soon, but I want to get some opinions before I consider this job too much. I've never worked a project job before, or with medical software or implementations. Has anyone worked a similar job, and what can I expect /look out for? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2019 08:38 AM PDT Is SharePoint a good tool to learn? Not really in design but just knowing how to use it, maybe even get a cert? I've started using it recently and it's not user-friendly but I think it's a powerful tool. Even for things like network and systems documentation, I feel it could be useful. Not sure if it'd help find a job though. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Jul 2019 08:27 AM PDT Title. I've found that I get furthest for out-of-state job offers when going through recruiters. However, I have no current contacts for the Orlando, FL region, which is my most desired area to move to, among others. Me, briefly: Upstate NY; 15 years exp; Bachelors and Masters degrees, A+ certification; roles: IT supervision, analyst, system admin, network admin [link] [comments]  |
| Apply for a position through their website or emailing your resume? Posted: 02 Jul 2019 08:08 AM PDT Hey guys so I've been searching for an entry level networking position for after my internship, and a perfect opportunity popped up for a jr network technician position with a consulting company that we use at my current job. I've met one of the consultants during a meeting a couple weeks ago and I walked with him and got coffee before the meeting started. This was a week before the position popped up unfortunately so I didn't get the opportunity to talk to him in person about it. I shot him an email last week after I saw the position posted to see if he could forward me some more details, still haven't heard anything back but my supervisor hasn't either about another issue so I'm assuming he's busy with other clients. I applied for the job through their website, and then I saw it posted on Indeed where it says to email your resume to xyz@xyzcompany.com. I emailed the HR lady last week to say how I was extremely interested in the position and also asked a few questions in regards to the position itself and if they're looking for an immediate hire. I haven't heard anything back from this person either and it kind of sucks because this is the exact type of position I'm looking for, I already have done work with them, and I seem like a good fit (in my eyes lol). Do you think I should email my resume as well? I don't want to seem annoying to them by sending 3 emails, but I would like to hear at least some sort of response back regarding my questions. [link] [comments]  |
| Don't want an IT career, but want to know IT Posted: 02 Jul 2019 07:18 AM PDT Hi people I am not an IT project manager but I find myself often falling into these roles whether it's due to acting as cover, changing scopes or poor higher management. I am an ok blagger but I feel pretty guilty about pretending to know what's going on and the better IT guys can see through my facade straight away. I have some basic understanding but I was wondering if there's a good way to really get a high level, but still detail focused, introduction to the kinds of language used and problems faced. I know that's crazy broad, but outside of actually learning how to code or engineer networks, I was hoping there may be a good suggestion or two on here for a starting point. Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| I'm doubtful about a potential career Posted: 02 Jul 2019 05:38 AM PDT Allow me to give some basic knowledge, within two years I'll complete my bachelor's in tech and afterwards I've planned to get an IT helpdesk role and move further upwards to cybersecurity roles from there slowly. My doubt is this.. would an employer provide the necessary training or would they assume that I'm already familiar with their systems and I'll have to put in the extra effort as well? Thank you [link] [comments]  |
| Which IT Conference for High Level "New News / Features" across the vendors? Posted: 02 Jul 2019 03:56 AM PDT Hi Guys :) I'm a UK based IT Pro and operate mainly at the CTO/CIO/IT Director level for my company across multiple customers, I'm technical not sales orientated and focus mostly on IT strategy and large project tech advisory. Over the years I've been to lots of conferences that want to teach me the really low level details of how to do some cool geeky stuff and I've been to the big vendor ones where they tell you about all the new and wonderful things "coming soon from us..." What I'm really after is a multi vendor conference where all of the big players (MS, Amazon, VMWare etc etc) give an update on "this is whats coming or new in our bit of the enterprise IT market". I don't need all the detail anymore, I need awareness of the trends and features so I know what to research should that topic arise... Does anyone know of such an event? Either in the UK or worldwide? Thanks Ross [link] [comments]  |
| What are the things you wish you had known before your first software developer job? Posted: 02 Jul 2019 02:48 AM PDT Apart from what you studied in the class, What are the other things you should know before applying your first software job. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Jul 2019 04:46 PM PDT is it generally the case that you try to keep someone from quitting even if they struggle a bit? It seems to me that in some places, it's hard to get fired. For someone that puts their all into their job, it's hard for me to see why managers wouldn't just let someone go and find a new candidate if a member of a team is a repeat offender of company policies, doesn't pull their weight or many other reasons. I am looking for some perspective on how it is view from the top regarding letting people go and finding a person that will work out better longer term. [link] [comments]  |
| Work in help desk, want to go into Cloud and Infrastructure. Posted: 01 Jul 2019 10:53 PM PDT I currently have 2 years of help desk under my belt, I have A+ and ITIL certifications. I was considering going to study for my Net+ and Sec+ but I really want to work in cloud, infrastructure, AWS, Azure fields . I was considering doing Linux+ and Cloud+ instead. https://i.imgur.com/rcsKME5.png I'm interested in this job. I do know Javascript, SQL, Python but I' haven't used them very much in my current job. Would getting AWS certs and certs in database/SQL help my job prospects? [link] [comments]  |
| What kind of salary should I expect? Posted: 01 Jul 2019 10:49 PM PDT I've leaving the military soon with a TS/SCI, just obtained my Security+, and a few classes away from finishing a B.S. in Computer Networks and Cybersecurity. I have experience in intel but little of IT. I received a job offer for a help desk position that was contingent on my getting the Sec+ cert and having my TS/SCI and they quoted me a 46k salary with benefits, tuition reimbursement, and the headhunter mentioned that most people enter at this salary and hit the 90k range within a year. This company is on a contract with the gov. Does this sound fishy to any of you or does it seem commonplace for this industry? Please feel free to share if you have heard of anyone else in a similar position. Does this salary sound good for entry level help desk? [link] [comments]  |
| Is it easier to get a tech support job through the gov't compared to public work? Posted: 01 Jul 2019 09:51 PM PDT I've posted about my job woes before here and there in comments and I'm still having no luck on landing a job in my area. I send out at least 2-4 applications per day and so far not even a single interview in the past month and a half. For reference, I have an associates in information technology, 1.5 years experience doing tech support, and the sec+. I have my resume fairly polished at this point and still no hits. I've been working with an RH recruiter but the opportunities are few and far between. I've read a few stories on here in the past few months about people getting the security+ and very quickly getting a gov't/DoD job right off. I've looked through the job boards for local gov't jobs and there are a few dozen jobs scattered throughout the military bases in and around my city. I haven't tried applying yet because the application process frankly looks intimidating and I've been undecided if I want to make that leap into the gov't sector. All this being said, considering I have the security+, would it be easier to apply for these gov't tech support jobs or would it be about the same difficulty/harder than trying to get a public job like I have been doing? I will add that I haven't been tailoring my resume to jobs, I sent out the same one for all applications. Linked below is my redacted resume. I know some people will say to reword some of the bullets for my job history. Also for reference, I am trying to get a job in the Tampa area. I've talked with several people in the Tampa area that are also struggling with the exact situation I am. I take it that the area is a bit saturated at the moment for entry level tech jobs, I assume this is the main reason for the lack of interest in me. I could be completely wrong on that though, feel free to correct that assumption. [link] [comments]  |
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