IT Career Take a Step down? |
- Take a Step down?
- Got an interview for Sysadmin!
- Importance of working as an intern before getting your degree
- IWTL about Load balancers, Firewalls, DMZ etc.
- Wireshark self training/labs
- Those in entry level IT: how much do you make?
- What should my job title (and salary) be?
- I need help. Two offers, Government job vs public sector?
- My last job lowered my confidence, I can't be a technician. Really upset I wasted money on school.
- I'm an Information management major looking to get in to cyber security. Where should I start?
- What's next? Debating my next move.
- Help with a Platform Engineer
- Should I start applying now?
- Good ITRP first technical interview. How long did it take for you to hear back after doing it? Did you move on or get rejected?
- Any advice making the switch back to a tech role from leadership/business?
- Career Path (14 yrs experience) change
- New Year! New Goals!
- Currently PT Helpdesk Support, Will I need an Internship?
- Next steps to progress my career.
- My job told me that they would pay for any training or education materials I could find. What's the best way to take advantage of it?
- Google Suite Certification
- Help with entry level IT/Networking career path
- As an android app developer , the future opportunities
| Posted: 09 Dec 2019 06:25 AM PST Hello, I (23) have been with a medium company (80-120 employees) for about 5 months as an IT Manager making 47k/y. Prior to that I was a Level 3 tech for an MSP. I have been a 1 man shop since I started and sometimes I feel super lost/overwhelmed because I don't have anyone else that understands the systems here and it is kind of a mess. I consider myself fairly good at my job and I base that off of being able to complete projects/tasks timely and making large improvements on the Network, Processes and security, etc etc etc. I was really excited about the jump, but IT Manager is just a fancy Title for what I do which I learned quickly. I really do not think I am happy. A lot of my stress I think comes from being handed tasks that are out of my scope and my employer knows my level of skill, but since they have no I.T. experience so I really don't think they understand how broad the I.T. field is and how far out of touch some of their expectations are. I feel like I need to step down and look for a position with some more mentor-ship such as a Junior Sys/Network Admin or a desktop support position. Do you guys feel that mentor-ship has improved your career? I am in constant fear that the company is going to realize that they need someone with more experience as we grow and that I'll end up getting the boot. Nothing has lead me to believe that as logical, but I've never been written up, missed a deadline, failed to communicate important events, etc. I report to an operations manager who has no clue what an HDMI cable is. I have a tech who reports to me as of 2 weeks ago, but I think I would like to have someone who I report to that 1) understands enterprise IT, or 2) can at least mentor me. When I say mentor, I don't mean micro manage or explain everything to me, but my last job my manager really took me under their wing and loved to show me new things and have me work towards my interests and I feel like this job may be holding me back from learning more. [link] [comments]  |
| Got an interview for Sysadmin! Posted: 09 Dec 2019 04:47 AM PST So I've got a face to face interview coming up after like 3 phone screen calls including one facetime, they mentioned its going to be about 2-4hrs long. This is my dream job so I do the best I can to make a lasting impression. Is there anything I should know about interviews like these, helpful tips, advice on what to expect will be really helpful and much appreciated not only for me but for future redditors! [link] [comments]  |
| Importance of working as an intern before getting your degree Posted: 08 Dec 2019 02:38 PM PST I'm going to get my degree in computer engineering next year and I've been presented with the opportunity of working in a company as an intern before the end of the studies. However, the tasks explained in the offer are not something I would say I like or I'm particularly interested in, but I wonder if it would be helpful in terms of getting a good resume for a first proper job. Also, how important are the tasks I will be doing in the development of my career. I'd like to work as a cybersecurity/network engineer or something related and the internship is about full stack dev [link] [comments]  |
| IWTL about Load balancers, Firewalls, DMZ etc. Posted: 09 Dec 2019 04:06 AM PST I want to learn about Load balancers, Firewalls, DMZ etc. as my current job role needs a better understanding of all these. Are there any books which gives a comprehensive understanding of all these? Any courses that I can take in Udemy? Any help is greatly appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2019 08:11 AM PST Im doing some self training on wireshark in my off time. Does anyone know of any free labs? Ive been able to find some for PT with some digging but not Wireshark. Ill drop some $$$ if need be but obviously would rather dl and go Appreciate the help [link] [comments]  |
| Those in entry level IT: how much do you make? Posted: 09 Dec 2019 08:02 AM PST Here it looks like help desk/hardware technicians at entry level, employers offer 30-40k. Wondering what it's like elsewhere from here. (Philadelphia) [link] [comments]  |
| What should my job title (and salary) be? Posted: 09 Dec 2019 04:46 AM PST My current job title is "System Administrator I", which generally translates to "Junior System Administrator" in my workplace. I'm not great at advocating for myself in interviews, but I've come to the realization that I'm no longer a Junior, and I might be underpaid even for that (mid-$50k salary) in my area. My workplace is structured differently than a lot of places; I don't have to do a little of everything in my day-to-day. I work on a team of a few people who manage a group of servers that host some applications used by the company. I have planned a restructure and upgrade of some of these servers, written documentation on server management, troubleshoot (and usually fix) if the applications are being weird or go down, patch these servers, and probably some things I'm forgetting, but everything focuses on these servers. I have worked on several different teams, so I do feel that I have a decent understanding of things beyond what I do. My greatest weaknesses right now are that I 1) don't have a degree, but am working toward a Computer Science one, and 2) I don't have a specific cert for the application. I do have CompTIA A+, Net+, Project+ and Security+, and my workplace requires a clearance. I have been planning on getting an application certification in the next few months, and have had trouble getting company support to pay for it, despite them calling me their resident SME on the application (and a few others). I'm talking to several people today (interviewing for another company with very similar requirements for a very similar position). So does anyone have any suggestions on what my job title or salary should be? [link] [comments]  |
| I need help. Two offers, Government job vs public sector? Posted: 09 Dec 2019 06:19 AM PST I know this has been asked before and i read through some threads, but i thought to ask again in an IT subreddit. I have two offers, one from a local county, and another from a private business. The county offers 5k less, while the private business offers less PTO and 401K match % is lower. I am torn because moneywise i think its even. I am now considering work-life balance etc. Is it true that government jobs are more relaxed and less stressful? [link] [comments]  |
| My last job lowered my confidence, I can't be a technician. Really upset I wasted money on school. Posted: 09 Dec 2019 09:51 AM PST I had a telcom job in 2017, which I held for 8 months. I got let go because the temp agency I had was incompetent and they pissed off their customer, but their customer also lied to me and I was paid contract rates well over 5 weeks after my job ended. I was used as a stop gap employee until someone else arrived. I learned a lot there under a hot plate and I have no reasonable explanation why I was kept for so long.. I wasn't a good technician, it was my first job and most of it was call center stuff and ticketing.. The only technician work I did was pinging both public and private IP addresses and investigating cut fiber lines. So in other words I wasn't even doing actual work, the managers clearly didn't want me there. I think I need to give up. I was discouraged last year when I failed my Network+ by 10 points, I studied hard for that exam.. I didn't even finish my A+ 902, even though I passed the 901. I can't do anything right, I'm 26 years old and its pathetic I can't even have a sustainable job and actually MAKE money, and not just paying loans and insurance bills. [link] [comments]  |
| I'm an Information management major looking to get in to cyber security. Where should I start? Posted: 09 Dec 2019 09:20 AM PST I've been taking an Information Security class this past semester and have loved it but I'm not sure what I can do to better qualify for jobs in the field. Since my degree is in business would I need to get certifications to have a shot? My professor mentioned Security+ and it seemed like that's a good one to have but I was just looking for some more advice on what I can do before graduation and what kind of positions I should be looking for. [link] [comments]  |
| What's next? Debating my next move. Posted: 09 Dec 2019 08:41 AM PST Hi all, I'll start by saying that i'm 21 just to put things in perspective. I'm working today as a Tier-2 dispatcher in a big corporate firm (~80-100k workers all around the world). I recently got the promotion to Tier 2 after proving myself as a Tier 1 supporter and overall my managers and colleagues are really happy, i believe, about my position in the team (I'm working for this firm for around 5 months as of now). I have an experience of something like 2-3 years in Help desk (I've done that in the army) and i really don't know what to do next. Don't know what to study, don't know how to proceed. I've never studied anything in the IT world theoretically (except for some Active Directory, CUCM). However, i do have a really good understanding of how things work and practical experience. So i'm thinking of studying independently for some certificates, and to get a better understanding of my future and career in the IT world (if at all). I also made some interest lately in learning python and information & cyber security. In my current position, i can get a promotion i believe in a few more months to IMC [Incident management control] / Shift Manager (which is nice, but still not really different from Tier 2 and does not counts something unique to it). Except that, we have the Tiger team which works on really special projects (I believe that at some point i can get there if i'll prove myself and stand out from the other guys in my team). So what would you recommend me to do next? What should i study / do in order to get a good promotion? What certificates would be good for my resume? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2019 08:28 AM PST Good morning (afternoon/night)! I am a recruiter for a large insurance company in Central Wisconsin. Insurance - not sexy. Central Wisconsin - really cold right now & not sexy. Recently, we've bled platform engineers & expanded a couple teams in our IT dept. As a result, I'm faced with 5 openings that look essentially like this or this. I feel like I've run out of options & my knowledge of these openings is so limited, I don't know how to continue recruiting for them. If anyone with more insight than I can give me a few pointers, that would be amazing. I'm at the end of my rope & my candidate pool is zilch. Thank you!!![link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2019 08:17 AM PST TL:DR; Is three/four months experience too little to apply for more help desk work? Hey All, I got my A+ in August, and started working at my current job in October. This is my first IT job, and it's doing Windows 10 migrations. I've learned a lot, and I'm willing to put ServiceNow on my resume, and include some other stuff from this position. I previously applied at some big companies (I'm in Charlotte, NC if that helps) for help desk positions, but wasn't selected. My question is: Is it too soon to reapply for those positions with my new resume/work experience? This project is only going until April/May, so it's not a long term deal anyway, but I'm wondering if it's too soon for me to be give a second look at these companies? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2019 08:16 AM PST Hi guys, I recently had the first interview for theITRP program... Its been 4 days (2 weekend and 2 weekends, so reallt 2 days) and I haven't heard back. The interviewer said it would be really soon that I'd hear back and put emphasis on really soon. So I wanted to know how long did it take to hear back in your experience and did you get rejected or move on to the next round? If you got rejected did they give you a reason why? I just wanna have a peace of mind! [link] [comments]  |
| Any advice making the switch back to a tech role from leadership/business? Posted: 09 Dec 2019 07:46 AM PST I made the switch into a leadership/business job about a year ago and before that I was an architect for a couple years, but I am trying to get back into a hands on technical role. I'm having some real difficulty landing any interviews. Just testing the waters a bit, any business analyst or management type of role I apply for I will receive an immediate response, but this is not my passion. Experience wise, I have 16 years of IT experience with 13 years at my current company. I'm a bit all over the place: Server deployment/administration, VMWare, SQL DBA, factory automation, DevOps, helpdesk and field service. Troubleshooting is my specialty and I stay very sharp on all my skills during business and personal time. I have a BS in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, CISSP, CCSP, Security+, Network+ (all of this I have obtained within the last year). Moving to a different role within my current company is not desirable. They shut down the local office a few years back and I have been working from home full-time and it's very isolating and not for me. I've recently been testing a different resume style where instead of categorizing experience and accomplishments by position I instead group it by topic (system administration, networking, etc.). I've also been reaching out directly to recruiters at local companies or 3rd Party firms. Any advice would be much appreciated. Just trying to figure out if there is something I could be doing differently or if my past experience is just no longer relevant? [link] [comments]  |
| Career Path (14 yrs experience) change Posted: 09 Dec 2019 07:36 AM PST Career Path (14 yrs experience) change: I have completed around 14 yrs in IT. Primarily in .Net with bit of Java/PHP thrown in. Currently I am not satisfied with my job and direction. I feel like I am doing exactly same thing I did in early 2010s. I wanna get into something that is exclusive and better. I checked Software AG (B2B integration software) I wanted to explore if I can try something that is different. Any ideas? I am checking on Azure logic apps which seems close to what Software AG has. Let me know if you got something interesting or point in right direction [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2019 06:08 AM PST I posted this over in /r/homelab first but feel like it works here also. (Mods feel free to take down if not.) First, I want to start by saying Happy Holidays from the whole In The Shadaux Team! The support that has come from you all over the last couple of years has been much appreciated. What started out as just me trying to help others learn about Enterprise technology has grown into something much more. I am happy to say that the Team today is 7 Members and growing. Our Team is not paid for anything they do. In fact, much of our team put in money from their wallets to help support the channel and the videos we do. With that being said I am happy to announce that starting this week and beginning in the new year we will be working as a Team to bring you more videos. What does this mean for you as the users? Our plan is to have each of our Team Members doing videos on their passions that brought them into Information Technology. We plan to do reviews over hardware, software, and even IT Careers. We want to know what some things are you would like to see tested? Set up? Or even broke in the Lab? Our hope is to have a greater spread of content while still filling that niche that we are enterprise technology tutorial channel! Please let us know below the things you would like to see done in the lab. To start this off we will be releasing some review videos over hardware that a lot of people use in their Labs. The first piece of Hardware we will be reviewing is the Dell R710. With it being one of the main systems people seem to go for in their Labs we want to cover all that we can with that System. We have a slew of other systems we are planning to review and want to plan on releasing a review a week for some time. Let us know of the systems you want to see first below in the comments. There are plans to review a range of Software that most run in their Labs. That list we know is going to be crazy long. Each of us here has a passion for different things and we each plan to cover the software that we enjoy. We are also in the works for creating some of our own applications such as a Remote Monitoring System to monitor and manage our Lab when we are away. As the same up above make sure to comment below on any pieces of software that you would like to see in the Lab. You can find out more about our Team below at the link. I will also provide a link to our YouTube Channel. As always if you need any resume, career, or Lab help feel free to reach out to any of us. Below will be two emails that you can use depending on what you are needing. You can also hit us up on most major Social Media Sites. You can find links to them on our About Us Page. Website: https://intheshadaux.com/ About In The Shadaux Team: https://intheshadaux.com/Home/About Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/intheshadaux Contact: [contact@InTheShadaux.com](mailto:contact@InTheShadaux.com) Resumes: [resumes@InTheShadaux.com](mailto:resumes@InTheShadaux.com) Once again thanks for all the support! Looking forward to seeing everyone in the Lab in 2020! Shadaux [link] [comments]  |
| Currently PT Helpdesk Support, Will I need an Internship? Posted: 08 Dec 2019 07:20 PM PST Right now, I'm working part time as help desk support at a the district office of the county community college while I start going to school for an Associates in Computer Science. I don't have any other experience beside stuff I've been homelabbing, which isn't that expansive in the grand scheme of things. Should I be looking for internships as well? Would my current position be worth any more than an internship within the scope of job seeking post graduation? I do intend to keep pursuing more within the IT department here in the mean time, but I've a bit in the dark regarding IT as a career path in the long term. [link] [comments]  |
| Next steps to progress my career. Posted: 09 Dec 2019 02:27 AM PST Hello all, Hope you're all doing well. I'm currently working a Level 1/2 Help-Desk role at a school and am looking to move before the end of next year. But I am stuck at a cross road. I have the following certifications:
And am pursuing the RHCE, I am currently aiming for a Linux Administration position, but they appear to be hard to find in Australia or they are very senior requiring 5+ years of IT experience and seeing as my current employer is purely Windows based I'm gaining no experience in such areas. Is there a certain way I should go about transitioning into such a role and also once I've completed the RHCE would you have any other certification suggestions? Thank you in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 08 Dec 2019 02:59 PM PST I'm currently a jr. sys admin and know just enough to get by, but haven't decided on a full career path or what I want to learn next. My management has pretty much greenlit any reasonably priced education materials that I can find if they relate to the job I do now. I'm looking at Udemy, Pluralsight, and Udacity but can't decide on what courses I want or even what website I want to use. My question is to anyone who has used these sites before: which would you most recommend, or would you recommend something other than these entirely? Preferably, I'd like to see if my management would go for a getting me lifetime membership to any website and don't want to waste to opportunity for all the material I can consume. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 09 Dec 2019 12:26 AM PST Okay guys I just got hired as a technology support specialist for a school and the employer would like me to be google suite certified being that teachers use google in the classrooms like google docs, google drive, smart board stuff. Does anyone know where I can find some good training? Any books out there I can read or any video courses. [link] [comments]  |
| Help with entry level IT/Networking career path Posted: 08 Dec 2019 07:06 PM PST Hey there. So I am 23 and currently working on getting my CCNA before the cutoff in Feb 2020 and it looks rough trying to find even entry level jobs as I have no experience in IT. I have my net+ and have tried applying for a bunch of jobs and have gotten 0 response. So I guess I am wondering how to gain experience in a new field, not to mention how long I might expect being in a helpdesk position or something before I might consider looking for a job as a system/network admin. What jobs would you recommend shooting for to learn as much as I can? My plan is to study for the rhcsa right after I get my ccna to get some linux on my resume as well. Eventually I want to work on probably my CCNP Sec as well as learn some scripting in python to be more well rounded. Thoughts? Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| As an android app developer , the future opportunities Posted: 08 Dec 2019 10:28 PM PST I am currently working as an Android App developer for almost 3 years and don't have knowledge about backend/API development. By looking at the trends of mobile app hybrid development, should I concerning go over or learn iOS development and backend/API development for future job opportunities ? Need advices ! [link] [comments]  |
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