IT Career Anyone done the Grow with Google IT Course? |
- Anyone done the Grow with Google IT Course?
- Got An unexpected job offer, where does this put my career trajectory now?
- Job offer for job starting in Spring
- Is the google IT certificate that google offers any good???
- Excited and Nervous for the new Role.
- Told my supervisor that I was quitting due to a 30% pay increase. Supervisor went to HR and asked if I could provide my offer letter so she can prove to HR that they were underpaid. Has this happened to you guys before?
- Need help with a decision
- Can I get opinions if I should negotiate a title change/pay raise?
- Should I get an A.S. degree in IT or just focus on certification? Starting at 30.
- Google Data center technician
- college grad with no experience - how do i find a job and is it even worth it?
- Working towards my first cert (CCNA); what are some additional skills I could pick up on to add to my resume?
- Being assigned project management assignments as a Help Desk.
- Should I feel guilty about getting free uber rides?
- Need some general advice on beginning my IT career
- better title than "web developer" if I did end-to-end web development?
- Misdemeanor Charge
- As a college student, what should I be doing to get my first job/internship?
- To finish school (Associates) or not?
- Is going from help desk to sales even possible?
- Is it worth getting into cyber security if I'm not former military and lots of governmental contractors don't pay for sponsorship for clearance?
| Anyone done the Grow with Google IT Course? Posted: 02 Oct 2020 08:59 AM PDT I'm thinking about doing the Grow with Google IT certificate course but not sure how helpful it will be. Has anyone done it and got any feedback? Did you find it easy to get a job after taking the course? Was it helpful for preparing for CompTIA A+ exam? Was the content interesting? Is it worth the money? Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Got An unexpected job offer, where does this put my career trajectory now? Posted: 02 Oct 2020 10:48 AM PDT I graduated this spring. Got a job in June in a NOC doing essentially level 1 helpdesk work for an MSP. This last spring I was interviewing for an IT security analyst position and though I interviewed really well I didn't get the position due to the other top applicant having 10~ years experience. Anyways he got a better job and resigned so the hiring manager reached out to me on Linkedin and set up an interview which I had today (not much of an interview, just telling me I have the job if I want it). I didn't expect to move into security so soon and was orginially planning on obtaining a CCNA (currently have Net+, ITIL, testing for SEC+ next week) and then moving into a network based roll before branching off to either cloud or security down the road. I'm definitely taking this job offer since its a substantial salary increase and in a much better location but its got me thinking about my future career trajectory. What would be the next job I would try to obtain a few years down the road? Would it be a bad idea to go back to networking or switch to cloud? Am i now destined to specialize in security? [link] [comments]  |
| Job offer for job starting in Spring Posted: 02 Oct 2020 10:25 AM PDT I applied for a job and received a phone call that they would like to hire me but not until the spring time. The director who I spoke to said they were going to hire an outside guy for a 6 month contract to get everything up and running smooth, then wanted me to come in and run it. I have recently graduated and have no IT experience. The job posting had 5-7 years required experience. Is this uncommon to wait ~6 months for a job? I'm a little anxious about the career shift and I"m probably just getting into my own head too much. Edit: I forgot to mention I currently have a stable job that pays decent. [link] [comments]  |
| Is the google IT certificate that google offers any good??? Posted: 02 Oct 2020 12:30 AM PDT Just wondering since I want to start my IT career but in small small steps since I can't get any grants or ask for loans. Want to take one step at a time. [link] [comments]  |
| Excited and Nervous for the new Role. Posted: 02 Oct 2020 06:55 AM PDT Please I need advice, my contract which ended last month was not renewed from my former work place and by God's grace I got another opportunity as Night support engineer (paid internship 3 months) with an ISP, Previously I was doing some data entry job but I also got my ccna in august this year. The operations manager was impressed with my profile during interview and now it's time to show in action the profile and reality. I started work yesterday and am working during day the first weeks to learn the process and I feel like am drinking from an ocean. There is so much tools to learn and the company offers different services VSAT, Microwave, Fiber among others. The monitoring tools are many and my biggest challenge now is how to help some clients who cannot even tell you the type of equipment in their premises, I plan to request for a few site visits but I don't know if that will help. There are other subsections like systems and networks department and I thought I should step in a little to learn something from there as well but carrying my own load is now scary. For the record am not discouraged or anything but I need to guidance towards the right direction and I put in some work. After 3 months they will check my productivity to get some promotion or even see if I can take up some opportunities in other sub section. What are some suggestions for materials that I can use to help me learn the dynamics of support role? Thanks in advance. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Oct 2020 02:49 PM PDT I quit my job after three weeks. Absolutely loved the team and the organization, but I got a better. Telling my boss that I was quitting after they spent so much time with the hiring and training process was very hard for me. When I told my supervisor that I was leaving, she asked how much I was going to make so they could try and match it. I told her it was a 30% increase, which is true. Which was basically $20k more. She went to HR after our meeting, called me back and asked if I could share my offer letter with her so she can tell HR that they are not competing with the market. I took it as that I was going to make more then her and she wanted my offer so she could negotiate lol. Or maybe HR didn't believe her. Has anyone ever experienced this? Should I give her my offer letter? Company I quit was at a non-profit and I was a system analyst. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2020 04:52 AM PDT A couple weeks ago I started as a help desk specialist contracted to a base working a 3pm-11pm shift. I just create trouble tickets and leave the fixing to the lvl 2. My company wants to move me to a sysadmin role in the future but that could be a year from now. I just got offered a day shift position as a repair technician closer to home but it pays a little less and not much room to move up. I'm not planning on being at either of these for more than a year as I plan to move out of state. The big question is should I trade the possibility for advancement for hands on experience at the cost of a pay cut. I'm looking to head into cyber security and want that's going to help the most [link] [comments]  |
| Can I get opinions if I should negotiate a title change/pay raise? Posted: 02 Oct 2020 08:13 AM PDT I started a new job in March as an IT support specialist II, and a few months ago management wanted us techs to specialize in our own areas. The area I was assigned was the network. Here are my new job roles: Respond to Helpdesk tickets Firewall, Unifi (wireless), Network administrator. Network maintenance/Server maintenance Security/firewall maintenance Manage and coordinate changes to Biscom E-faxing. Maintain configuration of printer/copiers Assist (IT Manager) with config of system security access Research and propose software solutions based on needs Support software rollout, optimizations, improvements. I am an IT support specialist II currently, and have also recently gotten certified in CompTIA's Network+ and Security+, and am taking a test for certifications in CySA+ next month. At this point I feel like I am doing the job of a network admin/analyst, and have credentials to back that up. If I should talk about getting a title change/raise, how would I approach this? [link] [comments]  |
| Should I get an A.S. degree in IT or just focus on certification? Starting at 30. Posted: 02 Oct 2020 12:24 AM PDT So I am wanting to go into IT. I have a previous B.A.S degree with no technical background/ skill involved. The college that I am interested in offers both an IT A.S degree and B.A.S. degree, the later you can only get into after having taken the A.S degree. The A.S degree includes CompTIA A+ exam fees and give a help desk certification. I want advice on whether taking this route is worth the time and money, or would my time be better spent getting the various entry level certs needed to get an entry level IT job. Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2020 06:23 AM PDT Hello everyone I applied for a data center technician at Google in Europe I would like to know, what are the requirement to be selected, skill wise ? How is it to work in Google data center? how organized is the data center team / leadership ? How does it compare to AWS and Microsoft from a benefit, workload and responsibilities view ? Do you like it yourself ? Any opportunities for promotion and getting managerial and project management or more advanced technical roles ? Thank you very much ! [link] [comments]  |
| college grad with no experience - how do i find a job and is it even worth it? Posted: 01 Oct 2020 11:59 PM PDT I just graduated with a 3.3 gpa in Management Information Systems. I have no experience in the field but I've been considering applying for help desk positions (2 years in retail). I have lots of experience working with customers and working my way up from an associate -> shift supervisor -> assistant store manager in the 2 years of my position. My college was really subpar and didn't teach me anything useful in the IT field, and my current job as a assistant store manager is making me $20 an hour and most help desk jobs pay around the same so I'm wondering if its even worth the switch despite the long term growth incentives in IT. Any suggestions on what I should do/how my mentality should be? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 02 Oct 2020 01:18 AM PDT Currently studying for my CCNA through NetAcad. Planning on taking the exam in Nov./Dec. - I'm been searching LinkedIn, Indeed, Craigslist and other job boards to see what positions are out there that I could potentially be applying to after I get my CCNA. I'm planning on studying for the Sec+ and A+ after I get my CCNA, and I am anticipating on getting those certs in February as I don't think they will take nearly as much studying compared to the CCNA. Ideally, I'd like to get those 3 certs before applying to jobs because once I start working I (obviously) won't have nearly as much time to study if I were to get the CCNA and go right into a job. I'm currently living back at my parents right now rent-free, and once I get a job I'll be moving out somewhere. On top of that, since I was working full-time before covid, I am getting some unemployment so this has really been a blessing in disguise in some cases - which is why I want to use those next couple months after December to get the other 2 certs and have the "Trifecta" as dubbed by some on here. However, are there any skills which I could "easily" pick up/familiarize myself with so that I can include them on my resume? I really don't know specifically what I would like to do/focus on within IT, as this is my first step into it, so I plan to get an entry level position and go from there. Being that I will be getting my CCNA, I am looking more towards networking roles - whether that's a network or system admin, NOC, or any other thing with "networking" in the title. I've seen additional skills such as Linux (which I know some of already; basics), programming (which I already know HTML/CSS/JS, again, basics), Active directory (which I know nothing of). I put "easily" in quotation marks because being pretty busy with school, studying and life - I really want to focus on studying so I don't want to put in hours a day for another skills to add to my resume - but rather something I can learn passively or pick up enough to become familiar with it and add it to my resume. Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| Being assigned project management assignments as a Help Desk. Posted: 01 Oct 2020 08:03 PM PDT Good evening. Over a period of time at my job, things have gotten a little out of control. My normal duties are just help desk, and it is what i get paid to do. The first year or two at my job was great as everything was stable. Soon after My bosses boss hired a *project manager* I say it this way because to be honest I don't know what she really does, she acts as my direct boss and it confuses to me as who i report to. Honestly i ignore most of her e-mails. Not too long ago i was given, not really by choice, to run "e-rate" Pretty much this is just free money we can allocate for internet projects, as i work in a school environment, if the project is approved, half the expenses are covered. What doesn't make sense is why as a project manager, is she assigning me project management responsibilities. How do I go about removing this responsibility from my workload? It takes way too much of my time, and I was not hired to do this kind of work. [link] [comments]  |
| Should I feel guilty about getting free uber rides? Posted: 01 Oct 2020 06:18 PM PDT So this one coworker of mine tried to make me feel guilty about getting free uber rides to work. I got offered it, because I was about to refuse the job offer. Is it my fault for getting free rides, and how does it concern him? Isn't it like saying that I don't deserve my salary even though he doesn't know my salary and how much I am getting paid? To be fair, he thought I lived near an university campus, but it was the other one I was referring to and not the one in downtown, so he thought it made sense to me to ride with them and pay a co-worker 50$ a month for the ride. [link] [comments]  |
| Need some general advice on beginning my IT career Posted: 01 Oct 2020 11:40 PM PDT Hello all, I am 30y/o and most of my work experience is in social work and law enforcement. After a recent Injury, I have come to realize law enforcement will not be the The best or most feasible career path for me to take any more so I have been thinking of transitioning to IT. My only background in the field is that I held a help desk position for a little bit over a year in Washington DC working on a program called HSPD 12 with the federal government. I basically solved issues with federal employees credentials which is what they need to get onto any federal properties or to log into any federal computers they may encounter or have to use at work. That being said I do not consider myself a novice when it comes to computers although I do not have extensive experience in any certain field. I am looking for advice on what certification I should start by getting in order to obtain the career I want within the IT realm. I want to do something that will take me through the rest of my life even if some additional training or certifications are needed down the road. When I first begin my research it seemed like CCNA was the best route to take. Networking is pretty much universal and when I research different jobs in several cities I wouldn't mind working in, I always found jobs that required a ccNA or recommended onefor a network related position. In my further research I have noticed that many people suggest obtaining an MCsa certification as it would be more widely marketable. The ccna Route is at least pretty defined when it comes to just needing to pass the test, either the one or two part test and then there are things further than that if I wanted to further my career any more than that ie obtaining a CCNP or CCIE. The Mcsa route is a bit more confusing being there are several areas and specialties that accompany the mcsa. I'm not sure what MCsa exam I should study for being that there are so many of them in that I just want to begin a general career in IT and then maybe see what I like as I move along and maybe specialize in something down the road. I want something that will get me a decent IT job for the time being and then if I wanted to in the future I could further my education by obtaining more certificates leading to earning more money. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should start with if I follow the mcsa route like as in which Mcsa I should pursue at first to get my feet wet within the field and to obtain a decently paying job with an IT that I can manage a decent Living taking care of myself with while possibly studying for the other MCsa certs that specialize in more specific fields. Like with the CCna , I know I should start with the general CNA certification and then move on to things like CMP and such but with the MCsa, I'm not sure which one I should even start with nevertheless which one to pursue afterwords to further my education and make myself marketable for better jobs, any advice would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| better title than "web developer" if I did end-to-end web development? Posted: 02 Oct 2020 02:55 AM PDT I worked several years developing "web applications", meaning: - understanding requirements or collaborating with end customers - working with graphical designers, even proposing application design - deciding infrastructure, architecture and tools - developing, maintaining, testing and evolving the applications - hiring and coordinating external developers. - presenting results to customers "Web developer" doesn't sound the right title for this job, even if in the end I was doing just that, developing...It sounds humble rather than inflated, which is fine for me, but maybe it will be considered low level by recruiters. Full-stack, it's considered by many an impossible role, and I don't like very much either, but in a sense I wasn't specialised on frontend or backend and I was also deciding about infrastructure (devops?). It wasn't just me, I was collaborating at time with up to 10 people. Actually, most of the above could be just covered by the definition of an "agile developer"... So...what title could I use? I do prefer role description over title, but probably the title it is what make your resume worth reading or not.. Let me know what you think, considering I'm looking for a well paid job. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Oct 2020 06:09 PM PDT I have a sealed misdemeanor charge that is no longer on my public record(charge occurred last year). However when I advance in my career I may need to obtain a security clearance. My question is how do employers view this? Obviously with the record being sealed I will never have to report the charge on any job application. However I would still have to report it on the clearance application. Could this prevent me from advancing in my career to a much higher position in the future ? I just obtained a Master's in Comp Science and have 3 years of Help Desk experience. Any opinions would be welcomed. [link] [comments]  |
| As a college student, what should I be doing to get my first job/internship? Posted: 01 Oct 2020 06:59 PM PDT I'm a senior going for my Bachelors. What job titles shoulf I be searching? Anything I should avoid? [link] [comments]  |
| To finish school (Associates) or not? Posted: 01 Oct 2020 03:16 PM PDT I am a part-time college student taking a Network Administration program. My classes focus on CCNA, A+, Network+, Security+, Linux+, and Microsoft Server 2016. Currently even community college is becoming expensive (shortened weeks at work plus back rent from lock downs where I live.) Is having the associates degree worth it? Or are the individual certifications a better option? [link] [comments]  |
| Is going from help desk to sales even possible? Posted: 01 Oct 2020 06:00 PM PDT Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but my dream is to work in sales for a tech company. I like technology and I think it has tremendous value for people, but I'm really not good at technical side. I took a help desk position in the hopes that it would be a foot in the door to transition to the sales side. In six months I've realized I don't actually interact with anyone on the sales team and everyone around me is really focused on learning and moving up on the technical side. Is what I'm doing on the help desk valuable at all in transitioning to a SDR/BDR role (or more preferably an AE role)? Anybody know anything about this kind of thing? If I'm posting in the wrong place I apologize. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Oct 2020 03:23 PM PDT I know the cyber security field is huge and has many fields of study and interest, including education. But for me, getting to work for a three letter agency or even just a government contractor would be awesome. Decent pay and usually really good benefits, from what I often hear. But yet, a lot of these institutions require some sort of security clearance to work there. Now, I don't know the exact process of obtaining one, but it seems that people who are ex-military and do cyber work get one as part of their job. Well, I never really had that chance to join as I have asthma. I tried getting a medical waiver when in high school and again in college, but was denied both times. Fucking sucks. But I have a dream and don't want to be cut short because I didn't have the same opportunities as other people. [link] [comments]  |
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