IT Career [Weekly] What would you like to know Wednesday? General Question Thread |
- [Weekly] What would you like to know Wednesday? General Question Thread
- Thinking of a Cybersecurity Career? -Article by Brian Krebs
- PSA: Learn some coding, even if you don't want to
- Found what looks like a dream job, but I already have a job I love
- Writing good system requirements - detailed or vague?
- What should I learn first?
- Is Digital marketing SEO or It help desk easier to do?
- Looking for actionable advice on career, specifics on skills to learn to double annual salary in 5 years.
- How quickly can I move from entry level to something that is a little better paying even if it's the same job?
- 1st interview successful, going for 2nd next week
- About Me for entry level job
- IQ question in the interview
- Considering a transition from Web Development to IT and have a few questions
- I'm all over the board fellas.. Would love your advice
- Who are some good streamers to watch?
- How do you handle multiple mandatory references on job applications?
- Should I major in IT knowing very little about it?
- Planning your day
- I live in Chicago, what’s the starting pay for help desk roles with no prior IT experience?
| [Weekly] What would you like to know Wednesday? General Question Thread Posted: 29 Jul 2020 01:17 AM PDT Not every question needs a backstory or long explanation but it is still a question that you would like answered. This is weekly thread is setup to allow a chance for people to ask general questions that they may not feel is worthy of a full post to the sub. Examples:
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| Thinking of a Cybersecurity Career? -Article by Brian Krebs Posted: 29 Jul 2020 06:43 AM PDT To make sure I am keeping within the subreddit rules, this is not job advertisement, recruitment, or solicitation of any kind. I often see LOTS of "how do I get into cybersecurity" questions in comment threads as well as other subreddits. Brian Krebs is a heavily known security journalist and while this shouldn't be an end-all-be-all, hopefully this will help with first steps. Mods: if this isn't in the spirit of the sub, my apologies, please remove it. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/07/thinking-of-a-cybersecurity-career-read-this/ Sample from the article:
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| PSA: Learn some coding, even if you don't want to Posted: 28 Jul 2020 01:25 PM PDT Title. You'll be far more valuable and companies will pay you more if you know some sort of programming language, or shell language like Powershell/Bash. This is more evident in hard times like this Covid outbreak, where the people with the most valuable skills are prioritized over those that don't have those skills. I'm not saying you have to learn enough coding to do it and only it for a living, but learn enough to be able to read some piece of programming and have a gist of what's going on. Extra credit: also for Taco's sake...learn your way around Linux. Linux and coding will make you dangerous, and recruiters will love you, and you won't be stuck on help desk/desktop support forever (unless you just want to because that's your thing). Disclaimer: this is just my opinion, but I mentioned the word "taco", so this post should be taken 1000% more seriously. Edit: my biggest regret is not learning coding/Linux early on in my tech career, don't wait and be regretful. Learn the skills to obliterate your bills! [link] [comments]  |
| Found what looks like a dream job, but I already have a job I love Posted: 29 Jul 2020 04:02 AM PDT I've been with my current company for 2 years making good money, like my coworkers, love my freedom and what I do every day. It's a smaller company of around 750 so I get to administer a wide variety of technologies, but usually not very complex. I never had any intentions of switching jobs anytime soon. Fast forward to me just browsing LinkedIn and I see a job offer for a position that is very similar to what I do now, but at a larger company and what I assume would be more in-depth due to its size. Not a huge company by any means, but definitely a magnitude larger. The kicker is this new company specializes in a field that is a huge side interest for me (cellular technologies), and reading about what they do REALLY peaked my interest as I had always wanted to work for a company where I can get involved with that. So this is my predicament. The job posting did not state a salary, nor did the companies website. I don't want to pass up a chance to work for a company in a field I love, but I also would only leave my job of the pay was significantly higher. What's the easiest way to find out the salary? I assume I'd have to apply, interview, and could ask then. But what if they tell me it's close or just a bit above what I make now and then get offered the job, is it common to decline at that point? I don't want to prevent myself from working at this company in the future. [link] [comments]  |
| Writing good system requirements - detailed or vague? Posted: 29 Jul 2020 06:10 AM PDT Looking into getting into systems analyst work and a big factor is the requirements. I current clash on the team of BA's I work with as i tend to be more detailed, as i've worked with SA's and Devs often enough to know that the vague requirements they've done have provided more questions than answers. But I realize I could be wrong. So which do you prefer. More vague but short requirements, or detailed albeit a bit longer requirements? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2020 08:14 AM PDT I've been reading up on the sub and I'm putting together a small list of things to study during quarantine. Finding full-time IT work is already hard right now, and finding part-time work since I'm in college is even harder, so instead of holding my breath, I figured I'd start improving my resume. So far my list is:
I wanted to ask what would be best to study first, or if I should do multiple/all of these concurrently. I have one year of college under my belt, and my programming experience is a few code.org events, some shitty programming classes in highschool, and a Java Intro to CS course in College. Work experience is 6 months of Desktop Support in my college library. [link] [comments]  |
| Is Digital marketing SEO or It help desk easier to do? Posted: 29 Jul 2020 09:52 AM PDT Hello, I'm interested in learning some kind if IT certificate. I am interested in marketing SEO or computer user support specialist. Are any of these good for introverts or for people with no experience? Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2020 09:42 AM PDT I live in Connecticut, US. I make $75k. I have no degrees or certifications. I have been Operations Support/Incident Response for almost 12 years. I will remote work or consider relocating. I will self study, bootcamp, certify, or enroll as needed. I would like to spend the last 10 years of career providing massive value and expertise to NFP organizations by consulting on their generally lower budget. Until then, I want to be marketable so I can court specific companies/roles. Open to a lot of ideas. Seen some great feedback here on sub. Hoping for some starters on a path. Web references welcome. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2020 07:33 AM PDT I was offered a help desk job from a recruiter at $14.50 an hour. I currently work in accounting making double that, but I do not like what I do. I've always had an interest in computers and have even taken some IT classes at a community college in the past. Before I got in the job that I'm in now, I was going to try to switch to IT, but got offered a lot of money to do what I do now. I ultimately would like to explore other IT career paths, but it might be difficult for me to live on this wage while starting at help desk. I'm just looking to make a little more than $14.50 in a few months to make ends meet in the short term. I do have some in savings, but I don't want to drain everything. I would just like to know if anyone has any experience moving to a different company within about 6 months to increase their pay in this field. [link] [comments]  |
| 1st interview successful, going for 2nd next week Posted: 29 Jul 2020 04:41 AM PDT So i had an interview with a small startup MSP and was invited for the 2nd and final round next week. I was told it is a more technical interview," scenario based questions and show me how" compared to the 1st one. Its a 1st line support role, working with schools and this is my first potential job. tips please.... thank you [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2020 11:56 PM PDT Please give me any advice or comments you may have, RepairIT/ER2 requires this for an application and I enjoyed making it, I'd love to improve and make more for other places! Naaman About Me https://youtu.be/WGEV3VoKmTs [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Jul 2020 04:56 AM PDT I faced this IQ question in the interview. Can you solve this problem if you were asked? [link] [comments]  |
| Considering a transition from Web Development to IT and have a few questions Posted: 29 Jul 2020 12:11 AM PDT About me: 30 years old and I currently work as a front end designer and developer and make $65,000 a year in California. I'm not in love with development but did it because it was a career I could enter via self teaching. I don't hate it but it's not something I'm very passionate about. Over the past year I started helping out our IT guy at work and getting really into IT stuff. I started listening to Darknet Diaries and it captivated me like nothing I've ever experienced. So for fun I started learning Python and studying for Network+ and Security+ and I find it so damn interesting. I'm building my skills and learning core networking concepts and doing Overthewire, HTB, CTF. I built a Linux machine and am learning Linux and expanding my knowledge of the command line. Working with windows and learning how to setup and manage AD. I just love nerding out on this stuff. I am not in a hurry to transition. I am currently doing my research and trying to layout an action plan. I really enjoy learning this stuff and I'm ok keeping it as a hobby but if my skills get good enough I'd seriously consider making the transition. Questions:
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| I'm all over the board fellas.. Would love your advice Posted: 28 Jul 2020 04:19 PM PDT Background: I've worked my way up as a contractor. Work: Electronics repair shop -> Help Desk Call Center -> L2 Support Engineer. L2 is just to pay the bills, not my passion. Education: I'm studying my bachelors in "InfoSec" I have to admit idk what's going on much of the time but somehow it still comes to me easily and I'm making progress. Like reading outdated literature, I can read it but I might not exactly comprehend the plot. Passion: I'm no where skilled in this area and everyone tells me it doesn't pay much but I love figuring out how it all comes together. I enjoy and appreciate networking and it's what pushes me through this to begin with. I'm always up at 3am watching and learning new things on YouTube to try in my house. I've built a great relationship with our networking/infrastructure team at work so I can have supervised side projects with them. Career: I know the money is now with AWS. I have a buddy helping me that worked Amazon. So with all of this in mind, what is the best combination/path to make this work with a solid AWS career? I want to partner some of this down a path that is as marketable as possible with AWS but I fear I am currently going in all directions without a decent plan [link] [comments]  |
| Who are some good streamers to watch? Posted: 28 Jul 2020 03:46 PM PDT I am curious to know if there are any good streamers you guys watch that are open to answering questions or generally discussing IT career-related subjects? Any suggestions are appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| How do you handle multiple mandatory references on job applications? Posted: 28 Jul 2020 05:46 PM PDT It seems crazy to me for multiple references to be asked upfront when you don't even know if you're in the running. I've also been burned before where they asked for FIVE references (which I provided). I made it to the finalist level and then they decided they were going to rewrite the job description and have all applicants re-apply. I wanted to punch a wall😫 I have a good potential application 99% filled out. I get to the final step of applying and it requires THREE references. I obviously can't ask my current manager. It's a pain asking the same people multiple times from past positions. [link] [comments]  |
| Should I major in IT knowing very little about it? Posted: 28 Jul 2020 05:06 PM PDT I'm going to finish my AA in Business Administration hopefully within the next two semesters. Afterward, I plan on doing a double major and getting my BBA in Logistics and Supply Chain Management / Information Systems. Both of these areas interest me; however, I'm not particularly tech-savvy or anything. Will this be a problem? Will I learn enough in my classes (as well as on my own)? And is SCM / IS a solid path to take? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Jul 2020 02:48 PM PDT Preface; this is not related to getting a job in IT. It is a set of questions that I ask people when I interview them for roles with my company and I've asked the same questions to desktop coordinators to a few IT Director's that I've had the opportunity to interview. The questions are: How do you plan your day? How do you plan activities that may be out further than a week? What I am looking for from desktop support and sys-admin type's is a look at how they plan today, and then also weeks and months out. Granted - for most in this role, day to day support takes priority. But knowing there is an upgrade a system in a few weeks or months is also important. For senior managers, it looks a bit different because maybe meetings take up most of their day, but they still need to have a good eye on what's happening months out and how that impacts their team. What I've found is that not many people plan their short term and focus on drive-bys and fighting fires. Then directors are focused too far out and then get a panicked call that something is not right. Middle managers sometimes get in there, but maybe 50% don't seem to have a clear road map either for the near term goals and fall into the fire fighting scenario as well as they support their team. I'm curious to see what the collective wisdom has for resolving this. I know there is no one solution to helping improve task/project/initiative planning, but I'm open to hearing thoughts. [link] [comments]  |
| I live in Chicago, what’s the starting pay for help desk roles with no prior IT experience? Posted: 28 Jul 2020 12:00 PM PDT I have a previous bachelors degree but now I'm pursuing my associates degree and A+ by December completion. I'm current job pays me $17. What's the chance I can at least match or exceed that figure. I can't really afford to go backwards in pay. [link] [comments]  |
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