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- Last Minute Career Path Change!
- Advice on taking a job.
- Next steps for IT technician looking at AWS sysops
- Interview with Amazon for IT Support Engineer I
- Making the career switch
- Extremely off-putting question in a systems analyst interview
- CISCO "Account Under Compliance Review"
- Resume Sanity Check
- Switch from developer role to system engineering
- Discord for those learning / studying!
- Transition from Service Desk to Network Infrastructure
- So what do you folks think about IT Audit?
- Amazon IT Internship, HireVue Interview, What to expect ?
- Looking for suggestions. Cyber Security future.
- Should it be more than a $3k bump in pay?
- Resume advice for cybersecurity jobs
- Anxious about the future and looking for some mid-career advice
- Possible to move up in this field without turning studying into a 2nd job?
- Interview with HR
- Looking for Resume Building Help
- Pursuing a degree in IT Management, any advice on what I should do to make a good resume?
- SaaS employee looking to learn new skills
- Second Bachelors or a Masters in IT?
| Last Minute Career Path Change! Posted: 23 Nov 2019 07:03 AM PST Hey folks, I'm about to graduate from college with a Bachelor's in Strategic Communications (minor in Marketing/Business) and I've come to realize I want to get into the IT field. I indeed on finishing my degree, but my local community college offers a path for certification in Sec+, I had a couple general questions about my situation and what I should do: 1) Any prep/other training programs I should look into besides Sec+? 2) Does my 4 year degree have any value if I were to switch careers paths? Any other advice or info would be great! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 23 Nov 2019 09:23 AM PST Hello all, I posted this in r/cscareerquestions but my post just got downvoted. So I'm just trying this sub instead. I am currently a DBA, still fresh out of college, and I love my job. Unfortunately, since I work for a non-profit, we can't afford a lot of licensing for tools to work with that could help me expand my knowledge and growth in the tech field. But recently, I got offered a 6-12 month contractor Data Analyst position at a very large financial company. They said there's a very high chance they'll take me full time after the contract ends. The pay is also obviously better. The one main reason I'm concerned about taking this is because I feel far too overqualified to be spending a year being a Data Analyst. I also fear that since it is less technical, I may have a difficult time finding a DBA role again. So I'm not sure what to do. Financial companies seem to offer really great benefits as well, so passing out on this opportunity feels wrong, but taking the job also feels wrong. I guess I'm just looking for advice. [link] [comments]  |
| Next steps for IT technician looking at AWS sysops Posted: 23 Nov 2019 09:15 AM PST I was hoping I could ask for some guidance for next steps in my career. I was considering getting (start working on it at home) my aws sysops associate cert for the next year. I heard it's really tough but also that It background is important. I have 3 years now in IT/Helpdesk roles, and the last year I've spent a lot of time doing network design and implementation with a focus on network security and business continuality. I have some Linux background too, a lot of real basic stuff at a job I had in 2018 and my homelab. Where am I defecient beyond the AWS training to get a decent sysops position? I'm not looking to make 130k or whatever people are saying right off the bat, but I would like to continue moving forward in that direction. Any advice would be mucho appreciated. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Interview with Amazon for IT Support Engineer I Posted: 23 Nov 2019 09:05 AM PST So I passed my HireVue interview for IT Support Engineer I at Amazon, and i'm trying to find some more information on the job and what it's like. Anyone here have any insight or advice for me? This is the job description: Responsibilities include, but are not limited to BASIC QUALIFICATIONS· High School diploma or GED equivalent I currently work at a Help Desk, and it's good experience, but I'm looking to move on for sure. Does this seem like a good job? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Nov 2019 09:55 PM PST So, I currently work in the beer industry, but it isn't for me anymore. I had a greater passion for this kind of stuff, however I am nervous cause I am in my 30s, married and own a home. Kinda freaky to switch industries. The only training I have is growing up with computers and tech and messing around with them. I am a quick learner and have self taught myself most of what I know. My question is where is a good foundation to start? I was thinking CompTIA+, ya? Anyone else find themselves in a similar situation? [link] [comments]  |
| Extremely off-putting question in a systems analyst interview Posted: 22 Nov 2019 08:29 PM PST Today I had an interview with a small organization. My current role is with a national hospital doing their help desk. This new role looked like a much better one so I interviewed. I'd be going from a tier 1 help desk role to a systems analyst role where I'd work help desk for 6 to 8 months to learn responsibilities and become the owner of a new software and all processes being implemented. We sat down and began the process. It was me, one HR rep, the CIO, and some kind of manager. Then a couple minutes into the interview, the HR rep asks me "are you interviewing because you're afraid of losing your job?" I said "excuse me, what do you mean?" She said "I heard you were being outsourced." I said "that was one team and there has been 0 talk of the help desk being outsourced." Her response was "oh, usually when a company outsourced the first thing to go is the help desk." Wow. Just....wow. OK. What the hell? Who says something like that?? To boot the CIO seemed very demanding. Mind you, this position has been open since late September. The other off-putting thing is there are only doing one interview. This seems like a huge investment to make on a single interview. I emailed my recruiter and expressed my concerns. His response was "oh I didn't know about this" and asked if I was still "100% interested?" I said let me think it over the weekend and of course, no response. Is that an unprofessional question to be asking in an interview or is it just me? Should I be avoiding this place like the plague? Between that question, the CIO rubbing me wrong, and the one interview only... this doesn't feel right and could be a massive mistake. I stayed professional the whole interview and did well, they have no idea how offended I was. [link] [comments]  |
| CISCO "Account Under Compliance Review" Posted: 23 Nov 2019 08:08 AM PST What is this? I have never had an account with them and needed to download the Packet Tracer to continue with my CCENT course! Ugh. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Nov 2019 10:00 PM PST Here's the deal. For the past few years I've been employed full time as a sysadmin for a small company. During my run there, I spent a considerable amount of time working on my skillset and getting certs. I've had my hands on a ton of technology both at work and at home, and I've been updating my resume to reflect that. In the last few months at that job, I started getting a ton of attention from recruiters on LinkedIn, to the tune of around 5 cold calls a day at the end. I was contacted by a recruiter for a cushy NOC engineer position for a fairly big data company. I made it through the interview process, and agreed to an offer in writing. Put in my notice at the old job, and made preparations to start the new one. For weeks the new company made excuses about why the new job wouldn't start (according to the recruiter), and then one Friday the recruiter informed me that the job was outsourced. Since then I've been job hunting for things that are well within my skillset, and frankly, things I'm overqualified for. I'm applying to Sysadmin roles, Network admin roles, NOC engineer roles, and junior dev roles. Hell, I can't even get a call back from MSP's, it's infuriating. On top of that, all the recruiter action seemingly dried up overnight, it takes days to even get a response from the ones that contact me. Here's the resume I'm working with: https://imgur.com/a/rsxHMCb I've sent out hundreds of applications over the last month, and had four interviews, and zero offers. Am I losing my mind here, or missing something obvious? This seems like a slam dunk for the kinds of roles I've been applying to. [link] [comments]  |
| Switch from developer role to system engineering Posted: 23 Nov 2019 05:10 AM PST Hello, I've been working as a developer for more than 7 years, using high level languages (Java, C#, Javascript), mainly web with technologies or Android apps, UIs, backends, REST, MicroServices, creating business applications for few domains, either the apps directly or a layer/framework used in the end user application. Last two years I had opportunity to participate in DevOps, building infrastructure for application build, testing, development, CI/CD - using AWS IaaS, CloudFoundry PaaS, Jenkins, K8s, Docker etc. I did some Linux administration as well, on small infrastructure I created in AWS. I made some scripts for user provisioning, I used Python, BASH, Chef a lot. I gained LPIC Linux Admin certification. I started to think about changing my job, I've already got few offers as a Java developer. But last months I was pretty burned out from my job, and I still have the feeling that the development is not the right path for me. So I started to look for jobs in System/IT Engineering, Administration, Analysis (whatever it's called). I just thought it's time to try something different, and maybe this is the role that will be better fit for my personality and style of work. I would like to work with AWS or data centers directly, learn more about for example vSphere, KVM, SAN, OpenStack... Is here somebody with this experience who would be willing to compare the roles? I am still not sure if this is the right decision. For example, what about salary. I expect salary drop since it would be probably some entry level position, but I mean, later in the career, is the salary comparable with software developer role? I went through few offers, but often they don't event require university degree (I have Master degree). So I am confused and I am not sure if my expectations meet with reality. What about opportunities? Are out of there far more opportunities for developers than for IT engineers? Is there good possibility for professional grow? [link] [comments]  |
| Discord for those learning / studying! Posted: 22 Nov 2019 11:57 PM PST Feel free to join! For anyone learning / studying azure, aws, comptia, gcp or already in a job, all are welcome! [link] [comments]  |
| Transition from Service Desk to Network Infrastructure Posted: 22 Nov 2019 05:37 PM PST As a Sr. Service Desk Analyst I am currently working on a project to upgrade about 250 locations ATT circuit (just being on the phone with ATT) and want to ace this project and hope to land on the Network team as a System Engineer 1 after completing it. How would you approach it? [link] [comments]  |
| So what do you folks think about IT Audit? Posted: 22 Nov 2019 04:08 PM PST |
| Amazon IT Internship, HireVue Interview, What to expect ? Posted: 23 Nov 2019 01:34 AM PST Hey guys, I have a HireVue interview for an IT Internship at Amazon in France, what should I expect, and how do I prepare? Thanks a lot! [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for suggestions. Cyber Security future. Posted: 22 Nov 2019 03:49 PM PST Hi everyone. [link] [comments]  |
| Should it be more than a $3k bump in pay? Posted: 22 Nov 2019 10:31 PM PST Okay so I am currently pursing my bachelor's in Information technology. I currently have A+, ITIL, CIW, MTA-Database Fundamentals, MTA-Networking Fundamentals, CompTIA Cloud Essentials and currently working on Network+. I made a career change earlier this year from Healthcare. I was hired at an ATL, GA startup in January as a Customer Support Specialist, after 3 months I was informed that they would be creating a Tier 2 position and would like for me to transition into that role. The new title would be Customer Support Engineer. Well the time came and they hired 2 additional (outside hires) for the Support Engineer role. They were previously developers that had been laid off from their previous employers. I was informed that I would do a 6 month ramp up I guess to show I could write SQL queries in MSSQL and obtain basic understanding of debugging in VS (not necessarily re writing the code but stepping through to see where it breaks and correcting the action) and then they would do a salary review. Here is the salary review and it is only an increase of $3k and it will take effect Jan 2020. Mind you when I started the salary range for the CSS position was $40k-$45k, I got $40k upon hire then bumped up to $42k at my 6 month review, and now they want to offer me $45k for the CSE position. Low and behold we (the 2 CSEs and I) meet with the QA Manager weekly to discuss items that are escalated to Tier 3 (QA team, they are hoping to no longer need to utilize the QA team for escalations), roadblocks and Jira/bug tickets. In our past meeting she informs us that she is currently looking for people to join her team and told me I crossed her mind. I was excited as this was my end goal QA Engineer (I also plan on learning automation). As soon as I said yes, she told me she would talk to my managers about it. Fast forward to the next day she informs me that everything looks good and she had to reiterate to my dept head that she did not want to share me, (as in have me doing a dual role) but wanted me to join her team. So I sit with my manager and he informs me of the compensation for the Jr. QA Engineer role is also $45k. I don't know how to feel, because I can't believe that they are paying the other CSEs (former developers) 45k. Do you think this salary is fair, I was looking to at least get 50k-55k from one or the other? [link] [comments]  |
| Resume advice for cybersecurity jobs Posted: 22 Nov 2019 12:16 PM PST Just re-did my resume and working towards getting in cybersecurity or a system admin role. Any review or advice with my resume would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Anxious about the future and looking for some mid-career advice Posted: 22 Nov 2019 11:44 AM PST TL;DR: I don't feel like my job is secure. I have lots of experience, but no degree. What are my best courses of action? I never knew what I wanted to be when I grew up, so to provide for myself, I simply did what I knew how to do. That was IT support. I started from the bottom the Monday after I graduated from high school. I changed jobs a few times and worked my way up. Mainly I did this by taking on large projects, delivering on them and learning new things. I still do basic IT support, but my roles have expanded to include mobile devices, virtual environments as well as some scripting, application packaging / deployment, project management, etc. (IT, IS, MIS stuff). All of this has lead to me ending up in a very good position. I have worked for a large company for around a dozen years. The benefits are decent and I would say that I'm paid well for what I do. Though all jobs have downsides, I like what I do and the people I work with. I'm not the type to continually be reaching for the next big position available or trying to climb the ladder. I'm more interested in finding stability and being really damn good at what I do. Still, I love to learn and I am adaptable and dependable. That is how I have done so well. My company has gone through a lot of changes recently. I barely survived one round of outsourcing, but there are rumors of another. I don't think it would be difficult to get a new job, but I feel like I would lose the position that I have built for myself and I would be starting from the bottom again. Now I'm in my mid 30s with a family to support. One of my children has special needs. My finances are in a good place, but I would like to avoid taking a step backward. I cannot lose health insurance. Early on I got an associates degree, but ended up not going further than that. I have a few certifications. My real qualifications come from loads of experience. However, any job application processes that I go through filter me out on the fact that I don't have a bachelors degree. I sincerely do not have time to go back to school to get a four-year degree. Am I screwed? Is there a way for me to make a lateral move to another company with the experience I have? Frankly, I don't even have to stick with IT work. I'm not sure what the future looks like in that field as I get older. I feel like I could do a lot of things if given the chance and some on-the-job training. Are there jobs for reliable, experienced people without degrees? Thank you for reading this. [link] [comments]  |
| Possible to move up in this field without turning studying into a 2nd job? Posted: 22 Nov 2019 05:31 PM PST I've been a junior sysadmin for almost 2 years now. Before that I was a tier 1 desktop support tech for a few years. I feel like I've learned a lot but also nothing as a sysadmin. I'm a typical jack of all trades who dips my toes in 50 different pools but doesn't swim in any of them so to speak. I want to move up to a more specialized role with better pay but feel like my lack of certs or a degree hinders me. Obviously something like an MCSA, RHCSA, CCNA, etc. would really boost my resume and earning power. Not to mention Powershell or Python, but I have to be brutally honest with myself about the fact that I'm at a point in my 30's where after my 50 hours is up for the week - my brain is done with IT. I'm not a super intelligent or driven person, nor am I super passionate about IT anymore (nothing ever works - it's thankless troubleshooting all day long). I'm realizing that the people who are most successful in this field are constantly learning and chasing certs in their free time. They have good memories and get excited about what they're doing. I envy their passion but simply can't find it in myself. This applies to any career obviously but especially so in IT. Am I doomed to be a frustrated sysadmin making under 75k my whole life with this attitude? Do I just have imposter syndrome? Or has anyone successfully migrated to better and better paying jobs or a management role without earning any major certs or mastering any specific technology in their free time? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 22 Nov 2019 04:31 PM PST Hi reddit, So it is looking like I might get this IT helpdesk position. Many concerns though. First before hiring me officially I have to have an interview with HR. I really dont know what that means or what to expect? Why would HR need to speak with me before I'm hired if the IT team already said I'm good? (They say its standard procedure so im not special). My second concern is that I'd basically be working by myself in my own office all day, the rest of the team is located elsewhere (different city). I'm very new to IT just doing an internship so I'm not sure how I'll handle being left alone all day to do tickets etc. I think I'd be super bored, but I'm desperate for experience so at this point I'd take it. Any advice? Edit: to add to this they said that the top few candidates have to go through an HR interview so I doubt it's just about pay or whatever [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for Resume Building Help Posted: 22 Nov 2019 03:43 PM PST Hey Reddit, I'm posting to get some help with ideas for my resume. I have never been good at promoting myself, and aside from an Associates in CIS and the A+, I feel like I'm nowhere near close enough to get a job. I would love to send over my resume later on see if theres anything I could do, but primarily I'm looking for maybe little projects I could do at home over winter break to try and better my chances at breaking into IT! Sorry if this is a common question, and thanks for taking the time to read this! [link] [comments]  |
| Pursuing a degree in IT Management, any advice on what I should do to make a good resume? Posted: 22 Nov 2019 03:05 PM PST Is it worth it trying to apply for internships this early?(freshman) I see some people saying that getting a degree in IT doesn't help that much so I'm getting worried. I also see people saying to get certifications, which ones are good to start with? I'm also minoring in computer science so I was wondering if that would help my resume. [link] [comments]  |
| SaaS employee looking to learn new skills Posted: 22 Nov 2019 01:18 PM PST Ok so my boss just agreed to pay for any IT certification(s) that will prove valuable to our bootstrapped SaaS startup in the mid to long term. The idea is to acquire hard skills in any domain, whether that's product, growth, cloud infrastructure or something else. What certification(s) would you pick in this scenario given you're a total beginner (no programming knowledge, no CS degree)? [link] [comments]  |
| Second Bachelors or a Masters in IT? Posted: 22 Nov 2019 12:56 PM PST Hello Everyone, For some background, I have a Bachelors in Political Science from a State University that I finished in 2015. Since then I have worked in various Government Administration jobs and now currently work in QA for Federal grants that are administered through my State. I don't work directly in IT, but I use a lot of programs and data analysis for my position to ensure compliance with State and Federal laws/rules/regs. Anyways, I am currently seeking to move more into the IT side of Government or potentially private sector. As such I want to further my education in IT by either obtaining a MS in something like Information Tech or another Bachelors in the same field. My question is: is it worth the time to obtain a bachelors in the field for more knowledge, or should I just move onto a Masters program? Either degree will be completed entirely online while I work. Will the Masters program give me the skills I need to move into this sector? Thanks for your time! [link] [comments]  |
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