IT Career Best IT career path for someone with the long term goal of working completely remotely overseas. |
- Best IT career path for someone with the long term goal of working completely remotely overseas.
- Does this help you learn Python coding?
- Understanding the IT industry
- help desk tech to cyber security
- JOAT sys admin to network engineer
- Are my career goals realistic?
- Moving into IT Management
- Step Backwards Regarding Growth?
- New Position - No Training - Need Materials/Advice
- Is anyone a database administrator? What's it like?
- Why do IT certifications expire? Please explain
- Relocating
- Interview questions
- Pursuing the right things
- Help in deciding tech career that doesn't have high turn-over rate.
- Best way to answer technical questions I don't know?
- Are O365 Certifications "hot" right now?
- Looking to move to new area in IT - Best Certifications for Systems Analyst position
- Security Clearance UK
- Wondering If I am on the right track?
- Resume check! Recently Revised, trying to get a foot in the Help Desk door!
- Applied for DevOps. Company rejects but wants to speak about QA role.
- ITSM Certifications - Curious about next step.
- Thinking of emigrating to Canada
| Best IT career path for someone with the long term goal of working completely remotely overseas. Posted: 10 Feb 2020 07:34 AM PST Hey everyone, I was wondering if I could get some feedback on a IT career question that I have. Essentially, the question I have is what would be the best specific career path in IT that would allow for me to work completely remotely, and also not be physically located in the U.S for months at a time. I understand that if these kind of work arrangements are possible, they are not entry level positions. This is what I am hoping to shoot for 5-10 years from now. I've been working in IT for a year and a half, right now I'm looking at getting AWS certs and doing some projects so I can get a cloud or devops position, with the hopes that after I gain experience in that field I can find a completely remote position. My wife's family lives in Asia and I use to live there myself, we both now live in the U.S but we are hoping that eventually I can find a remote position so I can live in the U.S half the year and in Asia the other half, while still being employed by an American company and working completely remote. Thanks for the advice. [link] [comments]  |
| Does this help you learn Python coding? Posted: 10 Feb 2020 08:59 AM PST Good Coding Everyone! I'm trying to create tutorials specifically people who work in IT and are looking for ways to learn how to code. I'm creating content more specifically for network engineers, system administrators who would like to benefit from the coding knowledge in order to automate manual tasks. I would like to ask you if this is useful? Or do you think that I should approach this question from a totally different angle? The concept is really simple. Start by assuming close to 0 knowledge. Try to explain the most basic things in programming by showing Python examples, then jump into the project and code the working source code to reach the goal. I don't want to say that I'm an expert in IP subnetting, but I thought I get the concept to the degree that I can create beginner's guide to Python programming with the goal to code an example script for a small subset of the problem. Here is the link to the video: https://youtu.be/JaD640CS3ro If you have time and you are interested, please watch it. If you have 1 min please give me some feedback? Thanks in advance, Regards, Tamas [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 09 Feb 2020 03:51 PM PST I've been looking to break into IT for a while and it's been interesting seeing how people get qualified for IT. From the outside I thought it was just get a university degree like many other fields but then I discovered certifications. It seems to me like you could side step university all together. However I don't really understand the certification system. I looked at compTIA and it seems I'm essentially paying hundreds of dollars (Ive even seen thousands I think) for a single exam? It seems very risky and I'm not sure what I should be commiting to as a new comer to IT. Though compTIA A + seems to be the entry point. [link] [comments]  |
| help desk tech to cyber security Posted: 10 Feb 2020 09:39 AM PST Hey everyone, so I am currently a Tier 2 Help Desk Tech. I graduated 2 months ago with my Bachelor's in IT but have been at my position for about a year now working for a large non-profit. I didn't specialize in anything in university because I wasn't quite sure what I liked ( I liked a little of everything) and I didn't have my interest piqued in security until recently. I was just curious on the best path I could take for me to transition into security? I do have some programming skills (albeit a 2ish years since I practiced last) and I have a basic understanding of networking but I want to grow my skills to the point I can be qualified for entry level roles. My current plan was to take the CompTIA A+ (which I will take next month), then go for Network+, then Security+ along with Linux+. I would like to be able to apply for some cyber security roles in 2021 ideally, although I know it could take a bit longer to acquire the skills. I am not in a rush as my position now is good and pays well, but is this path of certifications a decent choice for someone in my position or would you suggest anything else? [link] [comments]  |
| JOAT sys admin to network engineer Posted: 10 Feb 2020 09:58 AM PST So for 10 years of my career I was in software implementations. I decided that I did not want to have all of my value tied up onto installing and configuring a particular software so I jumped ship and was lucky enough to land a system administrator job for a property that I had worked with. In 2 years of working here I have gone from little to no real world production environment experience to someone who knows the fundamentals of IT in a small business. My goal working here was to get a broad view of IT and find what I like doing and try to specialize in that. I have found that networking is probably my favorite part of IT and want to move forward to being a network engineer or admin some day. An issue that I have is that I am fairly well compensated $70k (Minneapolis MN) and I provide for a family of 6 so I would rather not take too much of a pay cut. I have the comp tia trifecta and am going to study for the updated CCNA when it comes out. Networking at my work is pretty basic ( I configure a few vlans, port security some ACL's, basic DNS, DHCP) I am curious to hear from some network engineers as to what the next level looks like and what skills are required for a mid tier network engineer. Maybe I can roll out some projects that can boost my value at my current job. [link] [comments]  |
| Are my career goals realistic? Posted: 10 Feb 2020 09:42 AM PST Hi all, I decided to go back to school at 26, and chose an Associates program in IT/Networking. I didn't have any prior IT experience, although I had always been pretty tech savvy. I excelled in school and graduated with my AAS at 28 with a full-time job resulting from my internship program. I am still with the company today as an IT Specialist. We're a three person team supporting about 130 local and remote users, and the position is unique in that I get to wear many hats including tech support, server admin, networking, phones, active directory and hardware maintenance. A year after graduating with my AAS, I decided that I was ready to go further with my education and enrolled in a Bachelors program in Cybersecurity/Networking which I'm about halfway through now. Throughout my learning and career experience, I've learned that I particularly love anything involving Linux, Javascript, any kind of database, embedded systems/electronics, and web development. On to my question... I have no idea where to go with these interests. I'm grateful for my job but it is not mentally stimulating and I don't think it's going anywhere. I really think getting into web dev would be fun, but I also think being a database engineer or designer would to really fun and challenging as well. I do plan on continuing with my Bachelors degree, but what else can I do to get into my fields of interest? Is it even a realistic goal for a 30 year old with minimal coding experience? Any insight is super appreciated. Also, sorry for bombarding you all with a wall of text, I just wanted to give some background info. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Feb 2020 03:31 AM PST TLDR: - OP has opportunity to move into IT management or remain individual contributor - OP is hesitant to move into management because enjoys the flexibility and enjoys building/desiging IT solutions and working within a team - OP believes society as a whole places too much emphasis on professional life and not enough on just enjoying life - OP does not want to get caught up in office politics, stress, demanding schedules, etc. What does OP do? Hi all, I was approached by my superior to have a discussion about moving into IT management. The role would be strictly managing a team, being "hands off" with technology, and would require me to be involved in many more meetings. In my IT career, I have worked in all areas of IT except Networking. I have a little SysAdmin experience, a little development work, familiar with both Windows, Linux, a little db administration, and a little architect/design work. I truly enjoy the ever changing and challenging world of IT. With all of that said, the best definition of success that I have heard goes like this: "Success is having enough time to do all of the things that you love to do." The more I move up the ladder, the more I am afraid that I will have less time to be and do things outside of my professional life. I am torn between being an individual contributor and moving into management. I like the flexibility (remote work), challenge of building/designing, and truly being a part of a team that comes with the individual contributor. However, I like the idea of more responsibility with management. I believe myself to be a good leader and capable of the job, but I am hesitant of office politics, too many demands, and not enough time to spend with family, on vacation, and losing flexibility in my professional life. Has anyone faced a similar dilemma? I enjoy my career, but my career is not my life. I love life and have so many things I personally want to experience and enjoy. As a society, I believe we place way too much emphasis on time spent and 'work ethic' in our professional lives and not enough time just being. I would love to hear thoughts! [link] [comments]  |
| Step Backwards Regarding Growth? Posted: 10 Feb 2020 09:29 AM PST I am currently an Jr. IT Analyst at my current company. I've been working here for approaching two years now, and right now I'm currently stressed with all the ongoing and outstanding projects that need to be done and approved. (Last year we recently had a lot of people let go / leave the company, and while I love our current department, the workload has been insane.) However, recently there has been a job opening for a Help Desk Analyst for a government office that would begin paying me at around 25% more than I'm currently making if were able to pass the interview portion of the training. My question is that based on the description for the new title, I'd be doing less from what I can tell than my current position. But I'm worried that because I'm doing a lot less that it also means that I have a lot less chances to grow. I'd also be moving from a private corporation to a government position which I've heard is a lot slower in terms of job growth. Would taking this position for more pay, but less duties be worth it in the long run? [link] [comments]  |
| New Position - No Training - Need Materials/Advice Posted: 10 Feb 2020 09:02 AM PST I recently moved into a backup administration position that also covers management of our data center, generator/PDU maintenance, and disaster preparedness. The previous employee in this position left before they could be utilized in training me, and I've been asked to sort of figure things out on my own. My previous role was in imaging, desktop support, and asset management. I am going into this new role with little to no experience or training, so I am looking for resources. I will layout below a few things I know about our current setup. If anyone has any resources, advice, anything I'd greatly appreciate it if you shared your knowledge. Backups: Utilizing VEEAM Current issue: Needs to be totally reworked. Several repeated jobs, storage full, tape backup connection to V7000 broken. Current setup: Diagram of setup Backups not exactly going to cloud. Was never really fixed before previous employee left. Tape backups connection to v7000 broken. Unsure of solution to fix this (will be working with net engineer). Data domain is currently totally full, which is why data is being written to v7000. Need to recover data indexes for networker (we decommissioned networker in December) before blowing data domain away, updating, and then starting new jobs to cleaned data domain. Once this is resolved I can redo all jobs on VEEAM and clean up the mess it's currently in. Veeam seems pretty straight forward and I have plenty of info on how to use it, however I am quite lost when it comes to the overall structure of our datacenter and how everything communicates/how to fix things that are not communicating. Any materials on how to manage data centers, the overall structure/design of ideal data centers, networking designs, etc. would be greatly helpful. I get the idea that they would like me to become the owner of the data center. I am being given a large grace period to figure all this out, but at this time I feel a bit overwhelmed and lost on where to start. I am learning as much as I can on VEEAM currently, but I really need to dive into the data center management side and get things cleaned up/working in there. Extra info: Backup Related Devices: Tape - Scalar i500 Pure Storage v7000 storwize (12 x 24 drives 1TB each Total: 288TB) EMC2 Data Domain DD2500 [link] [comments]  |
| Is anyone a database administrator? What's it like? Posted: 10 Feb 2020 08:47 AM PST I am doing my own personal research on finding the best IT job, always have so many questions. I am thinking on taking the MCSA in either server or sql database admin route. Not sure yet. What can you tell me about this field? Is it really high stress? Is it really a 24-7 job? What's the work/life balance like? Is database administrator really going out of IT field within 10 years because of the cloud? Do you love/hate your job? [link] [comments]  |
| Why do IT certifications expire? Please explain Posted: 10 Feb 2020 08:45 AM PST I'm a second year student at a university majoring in IT and I've always wondered why most certifications expire. Isn't it a hassle/expensive to renew & sometimes retake the exam every 2-3 years. They should last forever since you studied your butt off for the exams. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Feb 2020 08:38 AM PST I'm relocating to the Blacksburg, VA area. Anyone have career advice or lines on any openings? Indeed has a lot of Senior positions. I have an AS in Network Security, finishing my BS in Cybersecurity within the next few months, and hold active A+, Net+, Sec+, Server+, Project+ certs with 5 years of desktop/network/server support experience. Any general relocation advice also welcome. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Feb 2020 08:30 AM PST I've got an interview coming up for a lead SD tech in an enterprise environment, and I've only really done much in an MSP/SOHO environment before. I've been regular SD at another enterprise (contracting lol) for the past few months, and I've got some questions put together to look better at my interview this week. I'll throw them on here, anyone thinks this is maybe too many questions, or do any of them need to be more detailed: [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Feb 2020 08:29 AM PST Long story short - had a child very early on, graduated and went to local community college for Network Admin - failed out of that and dropped down to a Computer Systems Admin - ended up finding a job working with computers with a local guy, small business and home users. Quit school.. I was doing that for a few years, learned many things, moved onto working in a School District and at my 2nd school now for the last 7 years. I like my job but I'm at a plateau with it. There's not much new going on, projects aren't coming in.. it's just stale. I've applied other places and during the interview realize that I'm not exposed to a lot at my current job. I know some things about what's wanted but not enough to be qualified. I don't have any certs or degrees, just knowledge on certain things. I've been messing with things at home as far as networking, server (unraid and some windows server), raspberry pi/Linux. Trying to learn new things.. Anyways, I was thinking of going after my A+ Cert. Just to have something... does that look better than experience to employers? I have a Network+ Book but networking outside of simple things are like gibberish to me..it's a weak point. I love computers, I want to stay in this field and keep growing.. and I feel like the last few years have just been stagnant.. I want a new opportunity. [link] [comments]  |
| Help in deciding tech career that doesn't have high turn-over rate. Posted: 10 Feb 2020 08:22 AM PST Currently, I'm in graphic design (freelancing), leaning into web dev. I hear that it has a high turnover rate, which I do not like. It feels a bit like freelancing/contracting. I also prefer not to do college because: 1. I absolutely dislike being in debt, 2. My schedule is not flexible enough, 3. I honestly feel I can learn better by myself. All the skills I have are self-taught from online resources. I am willing to take online courses, or anything else I was also looking into CompTIA certs and thinking of Cyber Security or Networking. I don't know much about the responsibilities or turnover rate. I'm looking for some general guidance as to what career to pursue that might fit my preference
I know this is open ended, I apologize. I just need to see if I can find something that I might prefer over Web Dev. I don't mind starting low at a help desk job if I know I can climb up the ladder later and slide into the career I want. [link] [comments]  |
| Best way to answer technical questions I don't know? Posted: 10 Feb 2020 07:55 AM PST Hello, I hate answering technical questions during interviews. The interviewer can either explain the issue incorrectly or explain the issue in a vague manner. What the best way to answer a technical question that I may not know the answer to ?. [link] [comments]  |
| Are O365 Certifications "hot" right now? Posted: 10 Feb 2020 07:49 AM PST About me: 9yrs in IT. Help Desk > Desktop Support > IT Lead > Sys Admin Perhaps, I'm a bit burned out. Jack of all trades, master of none in my current role (Help Desk, Exec Support, SCCM, O365, Azure, Servers) . Though this role has provided with great learning opportunities, I'm tired of having my hands in all the cookie jars. Work/Life balance was also non-existent my first 6 months here. Though work has stabilized, I'm the most senior person on the Team even though I've only been here 1yr. We've lost half the IT Dept over the past couple of months and the IT Manager as well. So the newbies come to me for everything, which I don't mind sharing my knowledge and my workload. I find myself these days in "career limbo" unsure whether to stay here absorbing the knowledge, or moving on to something else. I'm thinking of specializing, but I don't know in what. I like cloud stuff (O365/Azure). Came up with the following plan: Short term goal: a O365 Certification. MS500 > MS100 > MS101 > O365 Enterprise Expert. The reason for the Security route is because there's only one test to take for the MS500 vs the Teams, Messaging or Desktop route which requires two exams. Long term goal: AZ-103 Azure Administrator. Though familiar with it, I still feel like there is just SO MUCH more to learn with Azure. My wife told me to consider Management. I ran my office of 300+ users w/two techs under me when I was an IT Lead. So I'm also looking at an ITIL certification. I dunno /ITCarreerQuestions peeps. I think I'm stuck in a career rut. Can you provide some insight or perhaps steer me in the right direction? [link] [comments]  |
| Looking to move to new area in IT - Best Certifications for Systems Analyst position Posted: 09 Feb 2020 07:53 PM PST I have been an IT professional for about 2 years. After graduating college with a degree in Information Systems, I was hired at a large company as a mainframe systems programmer which is the role I've been in for the last two years. I am trying to move to a new geographic area in roughly a year and have started to look at the current job market around the city I plan on moving to. My degree was essentially designed to be a jack-of-all trades degree consisting of courses that covered a lot of topics, but did not get really deep into any of them. My problem is I spent most of college learning enough to do well on the tests and didn't really apply myself to get a deep understanding of the topics. I know a decent bit of OOP, Database Administration, Networking, and Project Management, but would not consider myself close to an expert in any of those fields. I also have done a really poor job over my career taking time for self-development and really expanding my knowledge. Also, I really want to get away form the mainframe space altogether. That leads me to now. I really want to commit myself to learning and growing to be a successful IT professional. Essentially I am committing to spend 3+ hours a day to learn a wide variety of IT skills and technologies, as well as certifications to validate them. In the roles I've looked at around the area I want to move to, I've noticed a trend of desired and/or required skills (in IT/System Analyst positions) that I want to create a plan to learn. The roles I'm looking at are looking specifically for Windows/Linux server administration, networking, and virtualization knowledge/experience. So this is the rough plan I currently have for certifications to align with those skills:
Should I limit the scope and only focus on planning 1-2 certs at a time? Can I leverage my degree and professional experience to swing a job I might not be 100% qualified for and learn a lot on the job? Any help would be appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 10 Feb 2020 07:40 AM PST Hi Guys, I work in an IT Support role in London and have been in it for the past few months. One of the conditions of this role is to pass a Security Clearance check. I don't see any reason why I should be denied one. But IF I was denied one then left this role, what would I say to recruiters? - "Why did you leave your last role?" "I was denied a Security Clearance, but I passed probation." I am sure this question is a relevant one for many IT guys out there. I just don't want a denial of SC to affect my future job prospects. Any advice would be appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Wondering If I am on the right track? Posted: 10 Feb 2020 07:32 AM PST Hello everyone and happy Monday, so I am a Junior in college, majoring in Computer Information Systems. I currently work at the IT department for one of the colleges at my school basically in a help desk position. Here's the job description:" to provide front-line desktop and laptop computer support for faculty and staff. Support to be provided includes installation and configuration of operating systems, software application installation, and local network services (printing, scanning, & network file storage) configuration. The position also includes hardware troubleshooting for desktop systems and laptop computers and providing assistance with user account management. Daily tasks are managed through a web-based tracking system." Am I on the right track? I have been looking for summer internships and have also been into getting some certifications maybe more on the networking side. If anyone has any recommendations, I am happy to hear them. Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Resume check! Recently Revised, trying to get a foot in the Help Desk door! Posted: 09 Feb 2020 06:55 PM PST I am applying to entry-level IT positions like Help Desk and Desktop Support. My only IT related experience is my freelance stuff I did for about 3 years and I tried to convey it as well as possible and include everything I'm comfortable with doing. My current position is a factory worker. And everything before that was factories and Pizza Hut as a teenager so I didn't include them. Is the white space at the bottom off-putting? Should I add another section like skills or technologies I'm familiar with, through coursework for example? I have been through courses on JavaScript, mySQL, Oracle APEX, Python, HTML and CSS, although I also realize that these are software and database related and may not help for the type of jobs I'm applying to. Any advice is greatly appreciated! I'm banking on my freelance business and my certifications (I will have Security+ as well by the end of next week) to get me an interview so I can sell it from there. Resume: [link] [comments]  |
| Applied for DevOps. Company rejects but wants to speak about QA role. Posted: 10 Feb 2020 01:06 AM PST So, it's my first application out of college/University and I've always been interested in DevOps. So I've applied to a role whilst in my last semester and got asked to do a test before anything else. Lo and behold, got rejected from the role but the email also states that "my colleague, cc in the email is keen to speak to you about the role with System QA Engineer. " Now, I have a bare grasp of what QA engineers do but have 0 experience in all my projects because usually I do other roles. My question is what's the daily life of a QA engineer and is it a viable path to a DevOps role? [link] [comments]  |
| ITSM Certifications - Curious about next step. Posted: 10 Feb 2020 06:17 AM PST Hey all! I hope everyone is having a great day so far! I'm trying to really focus on the future of my career in IT and make some major leaps over the next few years. Although I have 9 years in IT so far, with pretty much all of that being in ITSM in various degrees, I feel like I've peaked, or will at least be peaking soon. My current position is an IT Specialist III with a healthy mix of end user support, system administration, and project management duties. I have a strong knowledge of PowerShell and very comfortable with Windows server administration as well. I'm at the perfect company for me with the most amazing management and team I've ever had. I believe I'll be able to grow a lot in this company, but I want to make sure I'm position myself appropriately. ITSM is my favorite part of IT and due to my highly empathetic personality, it's where I shine the most. With having 9 years of experience in it, I'm currently short on education and certifications to help balance that out. The only certs I have/had are CompTIA Security+, which expired in 2015, and ITIL 4 Foundations. I've considered pursuing ITIL further all the way up to the Managing Professional tier, but I'm sure there are other ITSM certifications out there as well. I know HDI and SDI have certs, but not sure of their benefit as I've literally never met anyone with them. Additionally, I've really started to get into reading and most of my books are on leadership, ITIL, and ITSM in general. I enjoy improving the customer experience and feel like I've really found my niche. I know my lack of degree is eventually going to hurt me, especially trying to move into management. I've looked into WGU (Western Governors University), because the self-paced competency based program seems like it would really benefit my lifestyle and way of learning. Any thoughts or suggestions? I'd love to hear from anyone on this! [link] [comments]  |
| Thinking of emigrating to Canada Posted: 10 Feb 2020 12:08 AM PST Hi all, Looking to emigrate to Canada and have seen the entry requirements etc. Currently in the U.K. working as a presales cyber security consultant with earnings around £100k. Working from home but with travel to offices, customers etc up and down the country. Looking to see what areas of Canada are most relevant to my line of work. Want to still work from home but happy to travel to customers/offices. Thanks [link] [comments]  |
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