IT Career [Weekly] What would you like to know Wednesday? General Question Thread |
- [Weekly] What would you like to know Wednesday? General Question Thread
- Unexpected death - Any advice?
- For those of you that are self employed, what do you do or what area is your business in?
- Be careful about what you share in the office
- Roast my resume: I'm seeking short-term Web Developer gigs || new clients
- Not sure where to go
- How to progress within IT - UK
- Certified G Suite Admin
- Is 2.25% raise decent?
- CCNA and Associates degree. 4 months of job searching and cant land a job
- Anyone in Toronto have time during August to take on an unpaid intern?
- Two questions from a 32 year old career changer
- Looking to land my first help desk /desktop support role with no experience. Any skills and certs I should learn?
- Would a master's in computer science make one over-qualified for entry-level IT?
- Do I Have a Future in Computer Networking?
- Taking my 1001 and 1002 exams today
- Where to start with CompTIA exams?
- Just bought the security+ study guide. What else should I purchase?
- Engineer and IT
- I want to be a Windows Sys Admin again!
- I Think I'm the Deadweight
- College?
- Which skills to learn when looking for first IT job?
- 15yo looking for some advice
- Anybody ever done an Online MBA with Southeastern Oklahoma State University?
| [Weekly] What would you like to know Wednesday? General Question Thread Posted: 07 Aug 2019 01:18 AM PDT Not every question needs a backstory or long explanation but it is still a question that you would like answered. This is weekly thread is setup to allow a chance for people to ask general questions that they may not feel is worthy of a full post to the sub. Examples:
Please keep things civil and constructive! MOD NOTE: This will be a weekly post on every Wednesday. [link] [comments]  |
| Unexpected death - Any advice? Posted: 07 Aug 2019 06:58 AM PDT My boss just passed away. Unexpectedly. He was the head of IT. I was his apprentice. We worked at a small company (<200 people total & <100 of them on an actual computer), + him and I in an office. I'm not even sure what I should be asking but any help is appreciated. He was a great guy. He was security-centric. I'm trying to figure out where our off-site backups live. I think I know how to get in to some of the servers. We are in a mostly clouded environment. Besides that, I'm trying to figure out what I need to start figuring out. This sucks. Hard. Any advice would be great. [link] [comments]  |
| For those of you that are self employed, what do you do or what area is your business in? Posted: 06 Aug 2019 06:59 PM PDT Hi all, I've been in a very niche area of IT (control systems and "OT") for almost 15 years now and for the last couple years I've really wanted to start a side gig or start getting skills to pave the way to being self employed. My issue is that I really don't know what to do or what areas are the most lucrative from a small business perspective. I'm not planning to quit my job or anything, I more want to start positioning myself to start a business and build something that has another income stream. The majority of what I've done the past 5 years is related to industrial cyber security and network design and maintenance. So, I guess my question is what do you folks that are self employed do for work or what industry/area does your business operate in? Any advice you would give to someone considering building a business or venturing out on their own? [link] [comments]  |
| Be careful about what you share in the office Posted: 07 Aug 2019 08:42 AM PDT So I'm in the office and am making small talk by the fridge that I don't really want to. I'm new here so I just wanted to make myself fit in as much as possible. So during the course of this conversation, I mentioned in passing that I was working on an app just for fun. Guy I was talking to says cool and we continue talking for another minute or two before I return to my second beige home that is the cubicle. The day goes by kind of fast and about an hour before I head out, I get an email from HR asking me to come up for a chat. I get upstairs and they're saying that they have recently been made aware that I am working on an app and that they need more details to determine if they need me to sign a moonlighting clause (basically a clause that says I can't use the app to make money, from what I understood) I was like "well this seems extreme" and proceeded to lie and say that I actually don't work on it anymore and finished it last year to avoid the hassle. After about thirty minutes of being railroaded, they let me return to finish my work. Stating that they need to "touch base" (Fucking corporate buzzwords amiright?) with their superior and will let me know about the clause. I'm just sharing this story with you all to vent slightly and say be careful about what you say in the office because these guys are not your friends lol [link] [comments]  |
| Roast my resume: I'm seeking short-term Web Developer gigs || new clients Posted: 07 Aug 2019 08:12 AM PDT I started my own web development company and I have one client. My objective is to get more clients, I'm not interested in being someones employee. I have been applying to various 1099 developer contract/gigs on Indeed and Craigslist but I don't get many responses. I realize it would be ideal if I had a portfolio to display but I don't have one yet. All thoughts and suggests are welcome. Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2019 10:09 AM PDT I finish a 4 year cyber sec BA this Monday. I currently work at a help desk. I have four years It tech / help desk role. Basically my goal is to be out of a phone queue forever. I plan on getting security + but not really sure what's a in demand job. I just want to be off phones and not a tech that's moving stuff. I look at the DBA in my office and he works solo and very minimal people bug him. And recommendations on a off the phones/not tech jobs? I thought QA may be a good route [link] [comments]  |
| How to progress within IT - UK Posted: 07 Aug 2019 02:32 AM PDT I am currently 18 years old and doing a 2-year apprenticeship at one of the top unis in the UK on the IT help desk. I am just starting my 2nd year so over the next year I will be working on my CV and trying to find a job for after my 2-year contract is up. I wouldn't want to work on a service desk all my life, I am using this opportunity to get my foot in the door and get some basic problem solving and working with customers experience. I like the look of trying to get into Cyber Security, maybe a graduate apprenticeship (I will have the equivalent of HND/ 2 years of study at the end of my apprenticeship). Looking at this sub, Sys Admin looks like a good path also. Does anyone know or will be able to help me with finding a good path to go on within IT? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2019 09:43 AM PDT Hello all, I'm currently working as an IT Administrator in the Bay Area. My current role deals with mainly G-Suite and no AD because our ratio is about 95/5 (Mac vs PC). The path I prefer to take is get out of the front line (although I don't really have to deal with desktop support type tasks because our users are pretty self efficient) and become more of a Sys Admin type role. When I was working with AD, I remember the Sys Admins would automate things on the backend to make life easier. I was wondering if there are any Sys Admins out there that doesn't use AD in their environment. If so, what are your recommendations on moving on from this job and get more into a specific Sys Admin role. From my previous interviews, it seems like the Bay trends more towards Mac vs PC. Unless I am working in a public sector. Not sure if I should look into becoming a certified G-Suite Admin. Thanks for the help! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2019 08:43 AM PDT Hi Everyone, I currently graduated with a B.S in Information systems last year and am employed at a healthcare institution in my area which employs 12k employees. My job title is Application Programmer Analyst and I have been here for 1 year. My main job duties include creating reports in SSRS, and being an admin for a ECM software. I recently had my review and got a 2.25% raise. Which I started at 50k. Knowing what I know about the company, the raises are capped at 3% each year. I am in a LCOL area but I am worried about stay here longer since the raises are only 3% a year and we don't get bonuses. Should I try and find some place different that has higher raises/ better bonus structure? [link] [comments]  |
| CCNA and Associates degree. 4 months of job searching and cant land a job Posted: 07 Aug 2019 08:34 AM PDT As the title says, I got my CCNA in April after rigorous studying while working and finishing up my associates degree which I got in May. I'm not sure that my resume is holding me back because I've gotten calls and even interviews. However after interviews due to my lack of experience, HR just tells me that they will keep me in mind for a later position. I've applied to help desk, NOC, and network engineer positions. Each interview I have seems to go well and get along good. I even had a company offer me a position and told me HR would contact me by the end of next week to only be told they gave it to someone else the following week. I've been in retail for 4 years, and I'm 20 so it was really the only thing I can do, but I constantly sell myself on my customer service skills and my eagerness and willingness to learn. Just at this point the job search is just getting frustrating with getting ghosted and the constant rejection is finally taking a toll. So I guess my question is, is there anything I can do to give myself a better shot, or how can I even get experience now? [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone in Toronto have time during August to take on an unpaid intern? Posted: 07 Aug 2019 03:30 AM PDT This might be a long shot. I just passed the first part of the A+ and I'm looking for some experience/mentorship in help-desk or networking. I am currently applying to part-time positions for the school year but I would love to get my hands on real equipment and help-desk programs in a work environment before I go back to school in the fall. My summer contract position in web design finished at the beginning of the month, so I would be available full-time until September. If you have the time and your workplace will allow you to mentor an IT nerd hungry for experience, please PM me and we could discuss this further! [link] [comments]  |
| Two questions from a 32 year old career changer Posted: 07 Aug 2019 04:44 AM PDT Hey all. I'm 32, no degree, currently working a non tech job but looking to hopefully make a career change over the next 12 months into an entry level tech position. I've spent the past 16 months self learning web dev (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) through books/Udemy. I've built a few sites and a simple web app with JS. I have enjoyed web dev, but looking at my local job market, I'm thinking an IT position might be more realistic for my circumstances. I've started to study for the Comptia A+ cert. I'm enjoying the IT side of things just as much as my dev studies. Networking especially. I'm completely realistic in knowing that I would be looking at entry level positions at or just above minimum wage. That's okay. I'd be more than happy with a help desk job to begin with. I'd just like a job that has scope for growth and progression. So I have two questions really... 1) Is the effort I've put into learning a bit of web dev going to go to waste if I go down the IT route? I imagine HTML and CSS wouldn't be used, but what about JavaScript? I'd love to imagine a job down the line that involved a small bit of coding. Does that exist? Or am I being unrealistic. 2) If I go for an entry level IT role, do you think I should avoid talking about my web dev studies? I wouldn't want them to think I don't know what I want and maybe dilute my drive and determination to land an IT role. Or would these skills actually be a good thing to mention? Any help or advice would be wonderful as I'm feeling a bit lost and confused at the moment. If it is relevant to the replies, I live in the UK. Many thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2019 10:24 AM PDT Trying to get my foot in the door to start my IT career. Am going back to college soon and just wondering what would be the best skills (besides customer service and A+) I should learn to be ready and move up be? [link] [comments]  |
| Would a master's in computer science make one over-qualified for entry-level IT? Posted: 07 Aug 2019 09:51 AM PDT Hey everyone, I am a recent college graduate with a degree in economics. I currently work in kitchens, which I like, but don't see myself doing forever. I am looking into transitioning into IT, specifically something like Linux or systems administration. A local state university near me offers a master's in computer science, which is aimed at people who are changing fields, and would be quite inexpensive. I was wondering if anyone had any input as to whether this would be helpful, as opposed to just getting certificates and/or an associates degree, and working as tech support. As I said in the title, I suspect that having a master's may be off-putting to employers for entry-level positions. Thanks in advance for any advice. [link] [comments]  |
| Do I Have a Future in Computer Networking? Posted: 07 Aug 2019 09:24 AM PDT Currently in the Air Force, working on obtaining my CCNP. I was told today that if I plan to stay in computer networking as a job, I either have to stay enlisted or work as a contractor for the military. He states that the private sector is looking for individuals that are jack of all trades rather than specialized network individuals. I really enjoy computer networking and I would like to do it for as long as I can. I am comfortable with the direction networking is moving (Python seems to be common when talking about the future) and I do not mind taking the time to learn these skills. Basically, am I wasting my time trying to really dive into computer networking? Any advice that you may have is greatly appreciated. Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| Taking my 1001 and 1002 exams today Posted: 07 Aug 2019 08:36 AM PDT |
| Where to start with CompTIA exams? Posted: 07 Aug 2019 08:28 AM PDT I have done a software engineering bootcamp, but so many people seem to have one of those on their resume and my programming is pretty rusty. I have a lot of interest in the hardware side too and recently learned about all the CompTIA certification options. I was wondering if anyone had any good resources on where to begin, different paths to take. Some of my interests as far as what my career may be with the certs is maybe something to do with cyber security or network administration and dealing with servers, as well as fix hardware problems. If anyone has any experience taking these exams or are in this type of job field, I would love your input. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Just bought the security+ study guide. What else should I purchase? Posted: 07 Aug 2019 07:09 AM PDT I'm willing to spend money on another book but don't know what the next step is after the security+. I was thinking buying a book called "Offensive pentesting with python" or the pentest+ study guide. If you guys have any suggestions or advice that would be great. The resource doesn't exactly have to be a book as long as it's not costing me an arm and leg I'm only an intern haha. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2019 06:59 AM PDT Hello all, I graduated with a Bachelors in Nuclear Engineering and have yet to find a path for myself in the area of my field. I have always been interested in IT and my roommate was a SRA major in college. I am looking into taking an IT certificate program to continue my education and possibly change my career path. Would doing the IT certificate or even an SRA certificate be a wise idea? Or would it not be worth it. Thank you guys! [link] [comments]  |
| I want to be a Windows Sys Admin again! Posted: 06 Aug 2019 11:18 PM PDT So I don't know where to start. I had been a Windows admin for a while, like close to 15 years. In 2017, the bank for which I had been an admin for 8 years, moved their data center, which had been my workplace, my office, out of state, and sadly, I haven't been able to get a job as a sys admin since. So what I'm going to be asking is for advice, as to what I need to do to better be able to get considered for a Windows sys admin job, how I should prep for the opportunity. The bank had always been targeting themselves for sale, so they didn't spend money they didn't think they had to. For instance, in 2017, we were still using VMware 5.2. I'm only saying this to say that I didn't get to experience support for what seems to be wanted now, like the cloud (PaaS, IaaS, SaaS). I have gotten interviews, but for whatever reason, they haven't picked me. A few of the people interviewing, have made comments about how they did like me, but I didn't have the level of expertise they wanted for their open position. One of my laments was that I wasn't a specialist, more of a generalist. I could handle anything I needed to in Active Directory, but have never been the architect on one. I used VMware every day, but did architect that one either. Back when I was I a smaller shop, each with only 2 of us, I handled Citrix, NetBackup for them as well as Exchange, along with their routers, switches and VoIP, but haven't touched those in years. As for my current certs, they are a bit outdated. My MCSA is from Server 2003, I also have CompTIAs A+, Network+ and Linux+. What I am also doing is posting my resume so it is clear what I do have to offer. Does it have the wrong focus, should I change it? I did have it professionally created, but that was like 10 or 12 years ago. It's not that I haven't been able to find IT work. I got hired on as a contractor for an big airline company. For them, they hired me for a project in which they had me managing the encryption/decryption of file transfers between disparate domains and vendors. They had me using IPswitch's MOVEit software and managing a lot of PGP keys. When that ended, I ended up getting hired on as a contractor for a big financial institution to do security work. They had me using Vormetric to handle "Data at Rest" encryption on their servers. I can see now that I should have been working on this from when the bank left the state. I hadn't because I thought I'd be converted to a regular full-timer and could then get on the sys admin team when the opportunity arose. It seems like things are different now. Back when I was working for Motorola, they hired me as a contractor, then after 6 months or so, converted me. The bank did the same. But I was surprised to discover the airline doesn't convert. Neither did the financial institution. I am currently a regular, non-contractor, for a big insurance company, I'm in their NOC. In about a month, I will be able to start looking around the company for other open positions. I will be putting in for them when I see one. The opportunity hasn't arisen yet, but I would like to do what I can now, not just sit there waiting for luck. I'd like to work at getting better, at what ever I need to, to get back to being a sys admin. Also, on interviews, how should I present myself. I have been a guy that can fix anything I need to, maybe not immediately, but my bosses have always liked being able to stick me anywhere they need me. And not just fix, but also manage. At the bank, they lost their contract with the company they had been paying to handle patches, so overnight, I needed to learn Shavlik and handle patch management for all our servers. They also had me doing project management for them, often. When Microsoft announced the end of support for Server 2003, we had 18 months to get 800 of their servers upgraded. They had me manage that project. I have a master's degree in Information Management from Arizona State. So where should I focus my attention? On certs? Do I need to update my MCSA? It would be 4 tests to get 2012 and 2016. I did love working with VMware, will the Data Center Virtualization cert help me get a job as a VMware sys admin? There are certs for Azure and one for AWS, Comptia has one called Cloud+. Should I go after one of those first? Part of the thing for me right now is money. It's not that I can't afford to get a cert, but they are pricey, so which one should I get to help me get hired as a sys admin? So what I'm asking is for your opinion as to how I should proceed, to work at, in being considered for a sys admin job. Should I focus on certs, and if so, which one? Should I work on some aspect of Windows in a lab? Any help, any feedback, as to what I should do, focus on, to get back to being a sys admin would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2019 06:15 AM PDT I work it IT at my university while on my last year of study. I've been here for just under half a year, but I'm struggling to find anything to do here. My boss and his protege has practically automated the rest of us out of a job, so the "find something to do" model is challenging. I try to be of help here, but I'm often overlooked when any kind of work comes in and a lot of the work that does come up usually happens when I'm off work or a few minutes from being off. I haven't been given access to most of the clients/programs/servers that we use here while almost everyone else (including those who were hired at the same time as myself) have been given access. I'm disappointed with how this job turned out and just want to find some ways of being useful here. This is my first job in my field and I don't want to hate it just because I'm new and my boss is never around for me to ask for guidance. Even if he is here and I do ask questions, he just looks at me like I'm an idiot and hands the work off to someone else, making want to sit here and do nothing instead of being punished for trying to do my job. How do you guys handle stuff like this? Is there anything I could be doing that I'm not thinking of? Is it just not worth it? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2019 06:06 AM PDT Hello, I am a network engineer with 9 years of experience. I have 3 kids, two are recent additions (twin boy and girl) one is a 3-year-old. I would like to go back to college for my bachelor's. I would need a 100% online school, accredited, with a flexible schedule and cheap, (75k for college is absurd for our current situation). I'm looking for advice on school choice, and college experience that I can benefit from. I appreciate your feedback. [link] [comments]  |
| Which skills to learn when looking for first IT job? Posted: 07 Aug 2019 05:39 AM PDT I just got my Comptia A+ a few months ago, and when I look for jobs online, I feel like I could do many of them, but I don't feel confident in my skills and knowledge to apply for them. I think that I could work as a basic technician or help desk, but I want to get started studying a few things before I start applying. For example, what kind of tools would be useful in those roles and for the interviews ? Should Iearn powershell, active directory? Anything else? Networking, TCP/IP protocol might be one thing. I want to go into the interview with a few things that I've learned besides just the A+ and other light PC experience that I have so that I know more to tell the hiring manager about. Anyone have any ideas and experience with this? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 07 Aug 2019 04:36 AM PDT I'm a 15 year old, currently in high school in NZ, who wants to work in an IT/CS field in the future. Right now I spend my free time doing a bunch of things like building PC's for family, screwing around with a couple RPis, hosting a website on Google cloud, a bit of networking stuff at home (setting up vlans, pihole, subnets etc), and a few more things. I'm also learning a bit of Python/Java although I wouldn't say I'm very good at it lol. Recently my parents mentioned that if I wanted to get any tech certifications like CCNA or Comptia or whatever, they'd pay for books/exams/whatever in full. So with that in mind, I'm wondering what I should prioritise and do right now. I'm also taking the IB diploma soon and am probably aiming to go to the US in the future for university if I do well in that. Here's hoping. [link] [comments]  |
| Anybody ever done an Online MBA with Southeastern Oklahoma State University? Posted: 06 Aug 2019 08:52 PM PDT Anybody have any experience undertaking an Online MBA with Southeastern Oklahoma State University? What were your experiences? Would you recommend it? [link] [comments]  |
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