IT Career Interview that left me uneasy (followup) |
- Interview that left me uneasy (followup)
- Is it douchy using Masters in Signature
- When should I ask for salary and title change?
- I want to thank you folks for your insights.
- What is your "cultural wishlist"?
- Have I become a Sysadmin too soon or am I just in the wrong place?
- How do you keep yourselves up to date?
- Landing a good IT tier 2 Heldesk job
- How to go from a chemical engineering graduate to a software developer in Scotland without the experience?
- What IT work will look like in 2030 (cio.com)
- Questions about moving forward.
- My direct superior suddenly scheduled a sink meeting with me. Need advice about that meeting.
- CCNA 200-125 certified with a Degree in Computer Engineering Looking for Job opportunities in Bangalore .
- Preparing for summer InfoSec internship
- There doesnt seem to be many Jr. Systems Administrator jobs. So it feels like a Catch-22 situation when you apply to Systems Administrator jobs. It seems like the best path is to get a Level 2/3 helpdesk job and get certs. Is that enough to get an interview?
- MIS Resume Question
- CompTIA vs Cisco
- How I escaped the First Level Support Purgatory
- What kind of job can I get with an associates in computer science?
- Need Details from experience networking professionals.
- Unix/Linux job search
- Asking for Increase
- From Chemist to IT at 52? Where would I start?
| Interview that left me uneasy (followup) Posted: 30 Jan 2020 06:30 PM PST I was the one that made the post about the small medical practice wanting an IT professional to fix their network and get them ready for expansion. For a quick recap, I interviewed, I asked questions anyone in their right mind would want to ask, got no answers, and was told that they had failed two security compliance tests. I would be flying in blind, as no one there can really answer any question of their infrastructure. I deleted the original post, as I do live in a very small town and it wouldn't take much to put two and two together if anyone wanted to. I've ultimately decided that that doesn't matter much to me, at the end of the day. Believe it or not, they made me an offer. A comically low offer. While also stating that if I took the position, I would only have health benefits (no vision or dental), one week of vacation a year, and I would also be expected to do accounts receivable work and general office clerk labor. Oh, and run their social media presence. Needless to say, I rejected their offer. I want to thank all of you who responded and gave me blunt and honest advice. While I would like to think the tech skills are there, I would be the first to admit the experience isn't, and I appreciate all of you who shared yours with me. [link] [comments]  |
| Is it douchy using Masters in Signature Posted: 31 Jan 2020 06:32 AM PST I have a Masters in Science for IT (basically means diddly squat lol)... but I was wondering if anyone thinks it's douchy to see, " name, MSc" in an email signature. I currently see people with MBA's have it on their title and thought shiat.. why shouldn't I put mine too since I did basically the same amount of work.... [link] [comments]  |
| When should I ask for salary and title change? Posted: 31 Jan 2020 07:55 AM PST Some quick background information. I do not have any certs or degrees. I am currently working on Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate. I have 4 years of IT experience, deskside and helpdesk positions. Currently, the position title I hold is helpdesk (i'm the only helpdesk employee), however, all the duties and responsibilities except the network part of things are the same as the system administrator (the only other IT person, he is also the network administrator). I've held this position since October 2019. I work full time. I provide updates and upgrades both software/hardware, deploy PC's, create and manage users, manage and maintain the domain on windows server 2012, create and edit gpos, access and restrictions on file server, windows 10 migration, domain migration, create FY business plans, etc etc... In the time I've been here, I've completed a windows 10 migration for 100+ PCs, created a new business plan for the next FY, created and edited multiple GPOs and tested them, created an AD within the server and am in the middle of the migration, and your basic deskside/helpdesk work. In all the time I've been here, my manager has never needed to give me direction or needed to speak to me about goals I need to hit or any of the work I've been performing other than telling me good job or i'm a great worker. I get paid hourly. I was told it is paid hourly as the person before me was paid hourly and worked PT. I was told I was able to move up to salary at one point and have some option to work remote after the migration is complete. When would be the right time to sit with my manager (IT director) and explain I would like a title change to system admin as my duties are the same and moved to salary with option to work remote? I don't plan on highering my pay by much if I get paid salary. (Maybe an extra $5k/year) All advice is welcome, thank you. Edit: Corrected start date to October 2019 [link] [comments]  |
| I want to thank you folks for your insights. Posted: 31 Jan 2020 08:05 AM PST I'm a lurker on this sub. I have some experience project planning in IT, but I don't actually have an IT related education. I guess I sort of just fell into project coordination roles, and the company I worked for was upgrading their ERP system, and my role kind of evolved into an analyst type role - basically I was the guy keeping the peace between departments and just monitoring progress. IT was actually a really fun job. Fast forward a few years, unfortunately became unemployed due to cuts coinciding with my contract end date. I've been trying to develop strategies to break back in to a role like that, and have gotten very valuable information on this sub. This morning, I got an interview! Although I haven't gotten the job yet, I think I'm finally better able to communicate how my experience and skills can transfer into the IT world - and I must say this sub really helped out a lot. So thanks all! [link] [comments]  |
| What is your "cultural wishlist"? Posted: 31 Jan 2020 06:22 AM PST When you look for a job, what is the sort of culture you want? Not "what sort of culture do you want to see in the job post using buzzwords", but the actual, real culture within the company itself? And how do you get a company into that culture? [link] [comments]  |
| Have I become a Sysadmin too soon or am I just in the wrong place? Posted: 30 Jan 2020 07:35 PM PST Hi! I'm probably not the first nor the last person having this type of question on the sub, but I figure this might also help others who are confused about their career choices. During last summer, after being in the field as a tech for a couple years, I landed my first system administrator job. Great news, right? Well, I wish it was more simple than that. The last sysadmin that was managing the place for many years left shortly before I came in. Things were barely documented. Many systems barely have/don't have backups, the company insists on us completing projects that drive revenue rather than securing our infrastructure to be resilient in case of failure. Plus, my lack of previous experience in such a role is leaving me often in search of the best way to do things and avoid breaking anything, which takes times, and management is starting to get frustrated with me. I also have one collegue, which is as new as I am in the team, and he is also insecure about his position, but whenever in stress, loses control of his tamper and gets angry for the smallest of inquiries. I feel I don't have the trust of my collegues/boss, and I can't blame them since I have a hard time being absolutely sure of what I doing. Basically, I am considering leaving and maybe go back to help desk, or just find another sysadmin job that is more adapted for a newer sysadmin. Or maybe I just need to manage my emotions better and get a thicker skin? Any thoughts about this? Sorry if the writing is a mess, it's getting late and I realize I just wanted to put my thoughts out there, somewhere, to stop them from being bottled up. It has been a long 6 months, and it feels freeing to put this on 'paper'. If you made it through the end, thank you for reading my nervous wreck and I hope you have a an amazing day! :) [link] [comments]  |
| How do you keep yourselves up to date? Posted: 31 Jan 2020 05:23 AM PST Hello, people, how are you doing? I will start a graduation on system engineering and I would like to know how you get in touch with what is going on IT. Do you read any scientific magazine, acess foruns or websites etc.? Thnx for the help! Everson Elias. [link] [comments]  |
| Landing a good IT tier 2 Heldesk job Posted: 31 Jan 2020 07:13 AM PST What do I need to land a good IT job as in (The Lingo) and Tech Terms to make a company confidences next me? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Jan 2020 02:53 AM PST I'm currently a fifth-year chemical engineering (integrated master's) student at a Scottish university. Frankly, it has been awful and I have no desire to pursue it after graduating. What I have enjoyed is the programming aspects of it and I've always enjoyed tinkering with the latest technology as well so I am trying to figure out how best to get into something along those lines. In short, what is the best way for someone in my position to get into this field? There are quite a few master's conversion courses in software, information technology and even artificial intelligence at unis in Scotland but I'm not sure if I can face another year or two at university given how bad the last 5 years have been. I know I don't have the experience to apply for a traditional software grad job and there are not many other graduate jobs that will take you on without the necessary experience (ie FDM which basically rob you blind). There are some options down in London, but I really want to stay in Scotland for the outdoors, friends, family etc. Apprentice schemes exist but being paid half of what I could be getting paid as a grad is really not great. I've also looked at some of these 'boot camps' you can do (eg. Code Clan) which are quite expensive and I'm not sure how that would differ from teaching myself from home from an online course. Any advice on where I should be looking would be appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| What IT work will look like in 2030 (cio.com) Posted: 31 Jan 2020 09:43 AM PST https://www.cio.com/article/3410344/what-it-work-will-look-like-in-2030.html The article summarizes reports from various industry trend watchers and is in line with how I see things too. What's your take? [link] [comments]  |
| Questions about moving forward. Posted: 31 Jan 2020 09:34 AM PST Thank you all in advance for any advice and information you can provide. I am a desktop support technician with a great employer (incredible PTO, insurance, retirement, etc). But, I cannot help but feel limited by my income (think right around $50k +/- a few thousand). Unfortunately, I have no degree (not even an associates) and have no formal certifications yet (there are a number of internal ones but that doesn't exactly carry to other potential jobs). I am also 30. After a recent interview experience it is starting to feel I have hit my salary cap given my education and certifications. The interview went really, really well. I could tell the answers I provided were the ones being looked for, and I honestly believed in the answers. What caught my attention was how they asked about having a degree twice. Then, after the interview, they effectively ghosted me forcing me to contact their company's HR to find out if I am still in the running after a number of weeks. This new job would have had a better salary and arguably less to do than my current position. It feels like my lacking formal education stopped the process in it's tracks. I have a checkered history with higher education but it's still not something I dismiss entirely. I've been eyeing this program. QUESTION: Since I have more than likely hit a salary cap, in spite of experience, do you think I should go all-in on formal certifications or bite the $30k/3-year bullet and go for a bachelors (or possibly an associates of some kind)? [link] [comments]  |
| My direct superior suddenly scheduled a sink meeting with me. Need advice about that meeting. Posted: 31 Jan 2020 09:00 AM PST Hello everyone, first time post here, might be long, also a little bit of ranting, sorry. This is my first job in this field ever. Managed in may 2018 to land a job as a part time intern on software development at this company. I was in my second year of university. After those 2 month, after that discussion i ended up changing my mentor to someone that was more "fit" for my personality. The following month went normally and i got a contract for another 6 months. This project was great, people were great, i was slowly learning interesting stuff, but i could already see i wasn't performing at all (mostly spending time waiting the clock to turn off and the paycheck to come). I've spend time here till i finished university (which was october 2019). From then i asked my direct superior to split me between this project and one that wasn't on maintenance (since it was getting stale with no actual work to do). I need help in how to approach this, how to handle it, and any other general advice you guys could give me. Tl.Dr. Intern for almost 2 years, not performing because of both my flaws and the company flaws. Contract ending in march, direct superior wants to discuss future plans since my deadline is getting closer. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2020 10:57 PM PST Hi , Hope you'll are having a great day!! Is Cisco TAC a good option? Also, Apart from CCNA, what other skills set do i need to posses to get the job? I am currently learning Linux (Network engineer's prospective) and wireshark and would also like to learn Python . Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks and Regards. [link] [comments]  |
| Preparing for summer InfoSec internship Posted: 31 Jan 2020 08:37 AM PST Hi all, I have been a long time lurker of this sub and have posted on Reddit only a few times. I'm glad to say however that I finally acquired an internship for this summer. I believe I will be mostly doing vulnerability assessments, pen test, and other related work. Is there advice or tips you can share with me? Thanks in advance [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2020 12:50 PM PST Currently I have about 2.5 years of experience in help desk, about 1 in level 1 call center job and the other 1.5 in a hybrid desktop support and level 1/2 help desk role. I got to work with my system administrators but I never got to manage the backups or servers or deployments or anything like that. If I continue doing what I do and also get certifications like MCSA or AWS or RHCSA or whatever the case may be, will having those on my resume be enough to get a Systems Administrator interview? So far I haven't gotten any to bite but I have been able to get interviews with roles similar to mine but I also get to touch technologies that I haven't touched before like SCCM and the like. There's virtually no Jr. Systems Admin roles out there on the job market where I'm at so it seem's like that's the only path for me at the moment. Any thoughts/tips? Thank you guys for your time. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 31 Jan 2020 07:55 AM PST Hi, if I am receiving a degree in Management Information Systems can I write Computer Information Systems on my resume. After comparing 30+ school curriculums they are the same thing and course content is the same but I feel like it helps for people who don't know what it is. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2020 07:22 PM PST I'm trying to break into the IT field and eventually get into Networking. Should I study straight for my CCNA or start out with CompTIA Network+? My main goal is to become a Network Engineer. [link] [comments]  |
| How I escaped the First Level Support Purgatory Posted: 30 Jan 2020 11:18 AM PST I always knew I was made out to work in IT. My father was big into the PC building aspect during the Windows 98 era and it just rubbed off on me. But a bit about my path out of first level (took place in germany):
What I think my hidden ace was? My honesty in the interviews. I told them I was frustrated with the level of my knowledge. I was tired of not growing and I tried to take things into my hands during my off time. How I was eager to get responsibility and actually learn. How I want to sit at work and forget time again because I am so engaged in what I do and that internal desire to get it finished for yourself not just because it's your job. I knew I couldn't sell myself as a proper SysAdmin, DevOps or SysEngineer but I knew I could sell my honest desire to grow and try to show true potential. I believe if you are truely from your heart honest people notice and the reactions I got so far were prove to me. I got denied because they were honest in return and needed someone with more skills. Some didn't contact me until now. But one did and for the first time in a VERY LONG time I am actually excited to go to work tomorrow because I get shit to do that I never did before and enjoy. So to anyone fighting this fight - go use your own time to learn the things you don't know and you will get ahead. If you invest in yourself it's easier to convince someone to invest in you aswell. [link] [comments]  |
| What kind of job can I get with an associates in computer science? Posted: 30 Jan 2020 05:03 PM PST I'm about to get my associates in computer science and I've been struggling with money a little lately. I'm not looking for a high paying job. Just something to get me through my next 2 years of college. What kind of job could I get in the mean time with an associates? [link] [comments]  |
| Need Details from experience networking professionals. Posted: 30 Jan 2020 08:08 PM PST Hi guys finally landed a job as a network administrator just want to ask what are the usual day to day operations as a network administrator. what are the basics things i should know ? other than configuring router switches firewall . ? any input about change management or design and implementation ? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2020 11:50 PM PST So I'm looking for jobs in my area (upper Midwest) that primarily deals with Unix/Linux systems. My search for something like "Linux System Administrator" give me no results. I'm assuming my search is too specific so I was wondering what other keywords I could that would be the most helpful. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Jan 2020 11:40 PM PST Hi All, I am from the Philippines and this March we will have our assessment for yearly increase. I have been with the Company for over 5 years and I have achieve and accomplish a lot of things in this company. I work as an IT assistant manager, currently me and my boss are exchanging chat messages what is my next step and growth which I opened up but mainly the reason is I wanted to get my salary doubled. Is it safe to ask and provide a figure how much you want? [link] [comments]  |
| From Chemist to IT at 52? Where would I start? Posted: 30 Jan 2020 11:39 AM PST I have a "good" job. Chemist, Science, Lab ,hands on, physically active job. After 20 something years Im wondering what else is out there. I make a salary in mid 100's but thats because I work long days, midnights, with 15-20hr not optional built in overtime. Some would say they wish they had my job and Im so lucky for it. But Im wondering is something else out there that I am missing out on learning or doing? Something without midnight shifts, constant overtime or maybe there is a possibility to work from home(or where ever I want to be), freedom to travel but still make a decent salary? Is IT the way to go? I see all these programs out there for Cloud Cert, Automation, Data science. Etc. I have zero coding experience. Sure I can get one of these certificates but I know it takes years in a field to become proficient. I dont know which one of these paths to start with. Does getting one of these certs really get people jobs in the industry? Or do you already need IT experience? Is it like starting all over again salary wise? Or does it pay well to start? Also are alot of these remote jobs? Any basic courses or certifications I should start with? Not ready to retire but ready for a change or at least learn something different. [link] [comments]  |
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