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- Would a Computer Science minor be useful?
- As a student majoring in CIS, what should I have on my resume to get an internship/job after college?
- Which minor is best for what I'm looking to do? CS/MIS/CIS?
- Obligation to give more than 2 weeks notice?
- Linux Junior Administrator questions?!
- Starting IT Support Role soon, what are the skills I am expected to know already?
- Restart for IT Security Bachelor or Certs
- Please advise me on interviewing and working as a sysadmin for boys and girls club
- Do you think I made the right choice with going for a MIS major?
- Career in the DoD
- How do I get experience without experience?
- What's the largest number of certs you've seen on an individual in the IT field?
- Which jobs love call center experience the most?
- How to spin two IT internships where I learned nothing into something appealing on my resume?
- Applying for jobs going on 3 months now still nothing
- Cheapest Online IT/IS MBA?
- Should I get a macbook or a windows laptop for IT degree?
- How to make IT job introductions more interesting?
- How to get hired as an intern?
- Advice when applying out of state?
- Resume opinions, let me know what needs changed or if it looks good please.
- What would my job translate as at other companies?
- Are there any reputable online Microsoft certification programs? Where should start looking?
- Graduated College and Landed My 1st Job, Where Do I Go From Here?
| Would a Computer Science minor be useful? Posted: 04 Aug 2019 06:59 AM PDT I am majoring in Information Technology and I was wondering if a computer science minor would be worth going for. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Aug 2019 06:20 PM PDT I have no internships or tech work experience. I was interested in making a website in my free time but that's not relevant to IT, and I don't know what kind of projects/activities would be relevant. Any suggestions would be great. I'll do any work at this point but data analysis/security is the most interesting to me, or any similar recommendations. [link] [comments]  |
| Which minor is best for what I'm looking to do? CS/MIS/CIS? Posted: 04 Aug 2019 09:01 AM PDT Here is the curriculum for all three minors (the shaded boxes are what I'm taking this coming Fall semester): https://imgur.com/LnqAuTx I greatly enjoy what I do now but I'm not exactly sure what I need to be doing from here in terms of my education. I've got four years of management experience and right now, I'm in a small company (2.5 years old, 100 employees) doing a bit of everything. My current job is "process improvement administrator" and while the company's made several leaps in efficiency and productivity because of my projects, I've also overhauled marketing materials, created better training courses, spearheaded the finding and implementation of new products/services, and basically working as their in-house IT and liason between management (CEO included) and IT (outsources to a third-party). I greatly enjoy it because (1) I'm good at it and (2) I get to do a bit of everything even though I probably do more than just "process improvement". I've been doing this for about a year and I'm pretty much the go-to for everyone from the owner/CEO down because they know that if I can't do it, I'll work with them to find someone who can. I'm two years out from getting a BS in business administration and am planning on double-minoring. One is accounting, which I have two classes and one internship left to do. The other minor is something I'm having a hard time choosing. Excel is more or less like a toy to me in that I enjoy playing with it, which works out because I also enjoy taking information and managing/organizing it while getting Excel to automate it (through formulas, I haven't learned VBA yet). Thing is, I don't have an interest in coding, which seems somewhat contradictory. A CS minor would also take an extra semester, which will mean I would be in college for over 6 years. Basically, I prefer the business/managerial side of things but I'm taking minors in accounting and either CS/MIS/CIS because I feel it's important to have a basic understanding of them but I'm having a hard time determining which of the latter three is more oriented towards what I want to do. [link] [comments]  |
| Obligation to give more than 2 weeks notice? Posted: 03 Aug 2019 04:54 PM PDT To make sure I am thinking correctly. Does anyone feel obligated to notify current job about leaving before 2 week notice? Or even when thinking about looking for a different job. Been at this job 5 years. Been struggling with finding something else for about a year. Friendly with boss. I think it will be tough for them to pick up the slack but I don't think I have a critical role. Anyway, I plan to continue looking and only give a 2 week notice, but I'm sorta feeling bad about it. Your thoughts? [link] [comments]  |
| Linux Junior Administrator questions?! Posted: 04 Aug 2019 04:37 AM PDT The position is for a Junior Linux System Administrator for Godaddy in the UK. Anyone can share some light on the interview process, what bases should you cover, how should I approach the questions, etc. This is kind of my jump start in IT so please bear that in mind, until now I only have done customer service jobs at airports and car dealerships. [link] [comments]  |
| Starting IT Support Role soon, what are the skills I am expected to know already? Posted: 03 Aug 2019 10:35 PM PDT I want to try and prepare myself for this role as much as possible before I start. What are the things I'm expected to know before any training/mentoring? [link] [comments]  |
| Restart for IT Security Bachelor or Certs Posted: 04 Aug 2019 10:21 AM PDT I'm finishing police college in germany next spring. The short story is, that I do not want to work as police officer. So I'm thinking of switching to IT Security. My question is, if I should go and get an IT Security Bachelor or should I focus on Certs -- I'm learning for my A+ right now -- and maybe going in one or two years for the master of Digital Forensics (wich I could do with my police degree and some time working in an IT related field). Would the police degree help in getting jobs in the IT field or is it just useless? I don't know if this is explaining my point right now just right. But this is how it is. I hope this is the right subreddit and somebody can give me some advise, as I am in a realy hard position right now with getting out of the police job and getting something new without kill to much time (I am 23 years old right now so not too old to start a new bachelor I guess) Sorry for my poor english. Have a nice day. [link] [comments]  |
| Please advise me on interviewing and working as a sysadmin for boys and girls club Posted: 04 Aug 2019 10:20 AM PDT A clerk at a boys and girls club bumped into me at an outing and told me they need IT people. What are the most common tasks, issues, and problems when working as a sysadmin at the boys and girls club. Thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Do you think I made the right choice with going for a MIS major? Posted: 04 Aug 2019 01:26 AM PDT I would like to describe myself as a person that does everything well enough but isn't particularly passionate about anything. I tried to look into the medical field and honestly I can't do it. I am a hypochondriac (health anxiety) and everything to do with illnesses triggers me. I also don't find it particularly interesting. Engineering and math degrees... Idk I am not really good at maths and I also dislike it. Natural sciences are interesting but I don't want to end up being a researcher or teacher. A degree in humanities... well that sounds interesting and I do love literature and I also speak 3 languages fluently but languages are a skill I don't necessarily feel the need to get a degree in it and literature is just a hobby to me. Which leaves me with IT and economic degrees. I don't want to study JUST business but I also don't really care about the maths in CS. I chose MIS because its dynamic and a hybrid between the two. I enjoy it so far but are there enough job opportunities? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2019 07:57 AM PDT I'm pursuing a degree in computer information systems while working full time as a technician on an Air Force base. It Is federal employment, but I'm in maintenance. Is it possible to jump over into another government career in an IT field without having to take entry level help desk jobs? I make a decent living right now in maintenance, but dont want to spend my life in this line of work. If need be I could start at the bottom again but I was just wondering if anybody has insight on this. [link] [comments]  |
| How do I get experience without experience? Posted: 04 Aug 2019 12:23 AM PDT I'm currently going the self study route for web development. Well, how do I go from studying and coding on my own time to finding a job? I have no experience in IT so far, and I have to admit the qualifications the jobs list for this are intimidating. I'm looking at local postings, even for journey positions, saying stuff like "3 years experience with C#, HTML, asp.net, SQL" and I have zero professionally. I know to apply for help desk jobs and have been doing that (are there any other entry level titles to go for?) How on earth am I gonna start getting experience without experience? [link] [comments]  |
| What's the largest number of certs you've seen on an individual in the IT field? Posted: 03 Aug 2019 04:28 PM PDT I'm honestly just curious. I was looking at the roadmap and thought "what if someone had all of these certs?" . Thought it'd be nice to see how much people had. [link] [comments]  |
| Which jobs love call center experience the most? Posted: 03 Aug 2019 06:18 PM PDT Pretty much the title. Looking for any IT jobs in general [link] [comments]  |
| How to spin two IT internships where I learned nothing into something appealing on my resume? Posted: 03 Aug 2019 11:15 PM PDT Hi, I recently graduated from college with a meh degree and wanted to go into IT. I have two summers of "IT internships" which in reality it was extremely outdated IT work that doesn't seem applicable to IT work now a days not to mention at the time it was just a side job so I didn't even retain/care about it. I spoke with some career advisors at my university and they recommended I leave it out but having no skills/projects that would make my resume empty.... For those curious, at my IT internship I was basically technical support for the employees, went around manually updating computers, built some computers/repaired them, hardware and software maintenance on printers/servers/computers and hard drive imaging/cloning/wiping. My career advisors told me that this sort of thing would be better left off of my resume but I have nothing with out it. Anyone have any ideas how to spin it to seem like I did more without straight up lying? I worry about saying things like "worked on servers" and then being asked about that when in reality it was just doing what I was told and retaining nothing. [link] [comments]  |
| Applying for jobs going on 3 months now still nothing Posted: 03 Aug 2019 05:48 PM PDT I'm becoming desperate now. I just don't know what to do anymore. I am not expecting an answer to all my problems I just want help or tell me what I can improve on in order to get a an IT Job. I've been applying like crazy on entry level IT jobs but still nothing. Can anyone help me? Point me in the right direction? Some background on my credentials Bachelors Degree in information technology Comptia a+ certification I dont have any job experience related to the IT field Edit: also I live in SoCal [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Aug 2019 12:24 AM PDT Hi, I'm looking to do an MBA Online (With Information Systems or Information Technology as the concentration, for ideally less than $13,000 for for the whole program. I don't want to do a Masters in Information Systems, or Information Technology. It needs to be an MBA. I only have (3) requirements: 1.) Be $13,000 or under for total price (I am maybe willing to go up to $15,000) but that is my total upper limit for the whole program 2.) It is totally online 3.) It is AACSB Accredited 4.) It offers an MBA Concentration in Information Systems (and/or Information Technology or Information Technology Management) I know I will probably get comments about how low quality an MBA will be for that price, but I really just need an accredited MBA online degree, I don't care much for quality/school reputation, as long as the degree is valid and AACSB accredited. Please don't leave comments like that. I am aware, that you get what you pay for. Can anyone recommend any schools, that meet the above criteria? I have literally been Googl'ing/researching for hours, and cannot find anything, even though I know there are probably tons of schools, that meet the above criteria, I just haven't been able to find them. [link] [comments]  |
| Should I get a macbook or a windows laptop for IT degree? Posted: 03 Aug 2019 03:37 PM PDT I'm starting a degree in IT and I'm wondering whether I should a macbook or windows computer for IT degree. [link] [comments]  |
| How to make IT job introductions more interesting? Posted: 03 Aug 2019 07:50 PM PDT I'm curious to hear how others describe their work in IT when meeting somebody knew or if somebody asks what do you do for a living? [link] [comments]  |
| How to get hired as an intern? Posted: 03 Aug 2019 11:25 PM PDT I'm working at this company, a credit union to be accurate, and was wondering if anybody has any advice of how to get hired as an intern, and I'd like to move up from a part timer to a full time employee [link] [comments]  |
| Advice when applying out of state? Posted: 03 Aug 2019 11:02 AM PDT The wife and I want to move out of state but feel like I need to apply and get a job first. What are some things to keep in mind when applying out of state? [link] [comments]  |
| Resume opinions, let me know what needs changed or if it looks good please. Posted: 03 Aug 2019 09:09 PM PDT Let me know if it looks good or what it needs changed, sorry for reposting. I need opinions or advice. I have explained why some previous advice I either used or did not. I updated my resume. This is for an entry level help desk (or some other relevant) job. I would like to note a couple things. For my relevant experience work I have done on and off jobs for a small business, which I was not on the payroll of. The jobs were small and it was not my main source of income. It was more for the experience and to help out. I made more money working part time at a fast food place as the work was here and there once every few months Some have recommended I move my education and certification to the bottom. I did not as those are all I have going for me at the moment short of a few computer classes. I have no solid IT experience yet even though I have done jobs for that company for a long time it was cleaning a virus here then 6 months later installing software etc. The biggest job I did for them was set up a small business network when they moved one time. Someone thought I was being unrealistic about the experience due to it would make me very young. I started when I was 18 I am 40 now. I neatened it up a little. Took it down to one page and I left the relevant work experience, but I am still not sure how to say I did jobs for them without making doing jobs for them to be more than it was. [link] [comments]  |
| What would my job translate as at other companies? Posted: 03 Aug 2019 08:54 PM PDT Howdy! I work as a Systems Engineer for an MSP. I know that titles and their meanings change from company to company. I've got a BS in CompSci, and 3 years of full IT experience and several in part time as a PC Repair Technician starting at 14. So my job is literally everything from doing initial breakthroughs for new client and sending off what we need for purchasing all the way to T1-T3 Helpdesk, configuring and setting up devices for the network, doing regular pen tests (light and heavy) for clients, cyber security, setting up servers, DC's, troubleshooting everything under the sun, training new techs, writing technical documentation for our KB, field tech work, printers, computer diagnostics, etc. I also do inhouse devops for images, I am our in house expert on EVERYTHING Windows under the hood and above, we have a very stripped down version of Windows for specific client needs that are near terminal level with extra functions. I am also our resident cyber security specialist. I handle Sysadmin, SysEng, NetAdmin, NetEng, Devops, EE, Cyber Sec, (I love our new firewall! Found a vendor that's awesome but I don't want to say anything incase anyone from work reads this lol.) etc. etc. The things I don't do: I do not order parts or things from vendors, we have someone for that. I do regularly interact with vendors for things under warranty and for troubleshooting. I do however, determine what is needed at a site and talk it over with our Client Service Manager who does that and ops as a field tech when needed and fills the role of Senior Sys Engineer at our company as he has 40 years of working with electronics and in IT under his belt. I respect his opinion and he respects mine. I do not do front line helpdesk support. Once it's gotten to me, it has gone through our help desk dispatcher who may or may not troubleshoot or fix things depending on what it is. When it gets to me, it get's fixed or parts are order. I do not network for new clients. I do not network with others, that is what our CSM and CEO do. What would my job translate to at another company? I enjoy the work I do but I'm being paid a few dollars above minimum wage. This was supposed to be my probationary pay and I was right out of my undergrad studies. I knew what I was doing going in, I've learned a ton and am comfortable where I am and have stopped learning on the job so to speak. I've been told by several people I should be getting paid anywhere from 25-45 an hour, not really sure since all I've ever made is near minimum wage. I would love to stay at my job I have now but my boss can't afford a raise. I understand and so does he but I can't seem to find jobs like mine where it's a jack of all trades type position. [link] [comments]  |
| Are there any reputable online Microsoft certification programs? Where should start looking? Posted: 03 Aug 2019 11:35 AM PDT After 18 years as emergency medical provider I'm ready for a change. I love working with computers but have only ever gone to school for medical certifications and liberal arts fro 2000-2004 when they didn't have IT in every school. Where should I start looking for a good online program, if one exists. [link] [comments]  |
| Graduated College and Landed My 1st Job, Where Do I Go From Here? Posted: 03 Aug 2019 07:51 PM PDT After going to college for 5 years I got a degree Majoring in Database Administration with a Minor in Computer Forensics. During the last 3 years I worked as a Systems Admin for a very small company doing everything from basic help desk troubleshooting to Network Security. As of 4 weeks ago I started a new job as an IT Security Consultant doing provisioning and application administration for their Security team. I am currently gunning to take the Security+ here in November. My goal is in 1-2 years have a staffed position where I can actually receive benefits, salary, and possibly PTO. How should I proceed. [link] [comments]  |
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