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- Asking for a raise
- Anyone go from a small business where you were solo IT to bigger company with IT team? Need advice.
- Should I wait until my yearly review and hope to be promoted or seek another job outside the company?
- Boss asked me what I wanted to learn to advance.
- 5+ Years in Security Niche - Looking to broaden.
- After passing A+, how long did it take to find a job?
- Career advice? Salary/Next Steps etc
- Tips for finding entry-level jobs with MSPs?
- How bad does 2 misdemeanors of reckless driving look on my record?
- Early Exposure on IT Industry.
- Negotiating a salary
- need help with my resume
- Does Appearance Matter? If so, how much?
- Career change before I crash and burn...
- Going through some serious imposter syndrome thoughts
- Looking for a career change ( IT / Marketing ) UK
- Leaving job after few months, interested in TPM/PM route, be blunt
- Anyone have any insight on these Microsoft certs?
- Can't find work ��
- Thinking about helpdesk role but afraid of my issue with accents
- Did you ever just want to give up?
- Advice on pathway
- Loss of motivation?
- Should I join this company?
| Posted: 30 Nov 2020 04:54 AM PST Good people, What are the points i can use to get a raise. I am really struggling to make ends meet. I am a Systems Administrator. Haven't got any certs off late... Got married few months back but i have a feeling that changes in my personal life are not related to my salary.. Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone go from a small business where you were solo IT to bigger company with IT team? Need advice. Posted: 30 Nov 2020 09:21 AM PST I walked into work this morning to 5 emails, each addressing multiple different topics, in regards to secretarial work for the VP. I am not the secretary. However, I was smart enough to inform them if they want the 10 things listed done, we should not do them all at once but over the next several months(because the VP takes a long time to arrive at a decision). I said that several months ago and tried my due diligence despite them badgering me not to(they're control freaks). Now they want it all done at once while I'm knee-deep doing IT stuff setting up a new building and doing data management work at the current building. I, a solo IT person at a sub-30-person business, cannot keep doing this on top of upkeep from their years of tech negligence(we have stuff from the 80s and 90s too due to cheapness, with some 2000s stuff too of course) I take my A+ 1001 next month and 1002 in February. Should I stay until I get a higher cert or should I take my A+ elsewhere as soon as I get it? How did other one-man-shop IT techs like me get out of this situation into sysadmin or just higher-up desk support? -----A bit more context?----- I've had multiple health professionals at this point advise me to get another job because of how much more I've frequented medical appointments for issues in the past year+ I've been at this job than when I got surgery a few years ago. I agree with them and think it's the job. No one I know at this job is healthy. We all have issues. The Office Manager told me out of everyone, 'cause I'm I.T. which is a foreign nature to the President and VP, they definitely treat me differently and not in a good way. I feel so tired, then guilty for not being 'grateful enough'(because it could be worse with pandemic layoffs), and while I've looked for jobs in the past what I've applied for during covid barely paid over minimum wage, whereas I make double minimum wage now(still gotta live with roommates because of cost of living where I'm at though, but I'm fine with this). Idk, I just feel like I need a better strategy and looking for some guidance on what to do. Applying blindly and getting my A+ doesn't feel like it will be enough. I have two years of experience but scared I haven't set myself up enough for Desk Support Tier 3 or network or sysadmin stuff where I make around the same if not higher(tbh, kinda sorta really hope to get into sysadmin stuff, i think what you guys do is really cool as rewarding as it can be to help people face to face in desksupport like my last job, I really want to move into more complex stuff than reboot solutions.) ----------------- Thanks for reading this far if you have! Any and all advice is really appreciated. Edit: Typo [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 29 Nov 2020 09:13 PM PST Hi, first time posting on here. I am at a bit of an Impasse. I have no IT degree, 1 cert Linux+ and 1.5 years of IT experience to my name. At my current job i feel like I have learned everything technical that I really need to know for my day to day. The pay is below market but I enjoy the overall culture of the company. Should I wait until my yearly review and hope to be promoted or seek another job outside the company? For some Background: I work helpdesk at a small company in the dc area for 30k salary a year. I started at 12.50 an hour in mid 2019. I primarily perform tech support for Linux based digital media players via team-viewer, email, and phone. Most issues involve someone unable to connect to a WiFi network via the GUI, but there are some harder Linux or networking issues to be resolved. [link] [comments]  |
| Boss asked me what I wanted to learn to advance. Posted: 29 Nov 2020 05:43 PM PST Hey! my boss (a network engineer) asked me to give him a list of things I (a tier one helpdesk guy) wanted to learn. problem is, I'm fairly inexperenced in IT and am not sure what's best. Would anyone be able to help suggest things I should know that an experienced coworker could use to help me advance in IT? [link] [comments]  |
| 5+ Years in Security Niche - Looking to broaden. Posted: 30 Nov 2020 06:52 AM PST Hey everyone, just looking for some thoughts/feedback, and just a discussion around what I've been feeling/thinking. I currently work as a technical lead transition into a managerial position starting next year. My expertise is in Identity & Access Management. I've worked as a consultant for 4-ish years, eventually moving up to somewhat-of a Jr. Solution Architect (all in the IAM space focused on 2 products). I have excellent knowledge of IAM best practices, products, configuration, and technical customization (Identity governance, access certifications, separation of duties, SSO, MFA). I am a technical programmer at heart. I am happy with my position, and worked pretty hard for it - which is why I'm extremely hesitant to rock the boat on something amazing. Where my thoughts are going - I started my career in IT getting trained in a hyper-specialized field (IAM). I've self taught myself a lot of networking and security fundamentals that crossed over into what I see in my job. I'm definitely no dummy in IT in general, and like to think I can pick up things rather quickly. I've been slightly stressing about obtaining a managerial role since that would take more further away from the tech, and more into the "boardroom" if you will. The money will be better probably, but I don't see myself overly enjoying that role. The director of my dept, who is my direct manager, has been grooming me for this manager position for a while. I'm thinking about having a conversation with him regarding this, we've had a great relationship, and he's honestly the best manager I've ever had. Secondly, I wanted to try and branch out - while still trying to use my experience as my "in", in working with SOC, or maybe in App. Security. If I did stay in Identity - I was thinking about going back into consulting. The pace was faster, I saw more problems, I had to be more creative more often then working immediately for a corp. With the corp I'm with, the stability is great, but incredibly boring for me - and good lord the internal politics makes it even worse lol. Any discussion is welcome! [link] [comments]  |
| After passing A+, how long did it take to find a job? Posted: 30 Nov 2020 09:52 AM PST I know that there are a lot of flaws to A+. I just wanted to know how long it took to find a job after passing it. Of course it's going to vary from person to person. [link] [comments]  |
| Career advice? Salary/Next Steps etc Posted: 30 Nov 2020 09:51 AM PST I need some advice/kick in the butt on my next steps. I will try to keep things quick/simple
Long story short, the company as a whole has a poor structure and very understaffed. Had I not been working for a long time friend and one of the initial employees at the company, I would have left a long time ago. They promise things will get better but in reality, its actually getting worse as they try and structure "better". The company is severely understaffed with only 4 techs with over 150 clients (range in size). Current queue is around 120 tickets. It has taken them 10 years to actually create a true benefits package with insurance benefits (still no 401k). There is a high turnover rate of techs due to toxic work environment/little "teamwork" especially in my position (tech + on-site client support). Questions
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| Tips for finding entry-level jobs with MSPs? Posted: 30 Nov 2020 09:37 AM PST Hi everyone, as the title suggests, I'm trying to find an entry-level job with an MSP to get myself some experience in the IT industry.. I have customer service, retail, sales and hospitality experience so I'm comfortable dealing with customers and people. I have recently passed my A+, have experience building computers and troubleshooting home networks, but I am having trouble finding roles that don't require 2+ years experience. I know I'm not alone when I say I find most of these "entry-level" job ads quite intimidating with their long lists of software experience and technical skill requirements, and a friend of mine who works at an MSP told me I could pretty easily pick up his job with a bit of training, I mean, most of what you'd be doing to begin with would be active directory, some networking, maybe some remote desktop support, right? I've been applying on sites like Monster, Indeed, Reed and LinkedIn to no avail, so where on earth should I be looking to find jobs that are specifically with MSPs? EDIT: I'm currently living in South-West London [link] [comments]  |
| How bad does 2 misdemeanors of reckless driving look on my record? Posted: 30 Nov 2020 05:38 AM PST I graduated college in May and looking to become a software engineer but have 2 misdemeanors of reckless driving by speed (20 or more over) on my record. How bad does this look to recruiters? I'm aware that security clearances would be tougher to get but what about others? Anyone have experience with getting a job in this field with misdemeanor/s? [link] [comments]  |
| Early Exposure on IT Industry. Posted: 30 Nov 2020 09:23 AM PST Hello, I am a first year student and I have 2-3 months of work experience as a Full-Stack Developer Intern for the Health Care Company under the IT Department. I want to consult if is it okay that I am in right track which I am expose to this so called real life world. I created many websites though I have less certifications but I have the right skills to prove it. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2020 05:20 AM PST I have a phone interview this week for an internal IT Specialist position, FTE no contracts. I'll answer the salary question when I'm prompted. It's a lower COL area, so I'm not expecting huge dollars, but from what I've gathered the position pays anywhere between $20-22 hourly, or roughly 42-45K a year. Do I throw a number like 43-47K a year? What have you all found to be the most beneficial to your negotiations? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2020 08:56 AM PST I started looking around for jobs last year right before COVID happened. After that, the job market got insanely competitive. I used to get callbacks for interviews with my resume but I've started to receive no callbacks. I'm having trouble promoting myself as a viable option for a recruiter or hiring manager. My job is pretty dead end and I've been in a hybrid help desk / field tech role for 4 years. Before they merged the position, I was helpdesk for 3 years at the same place. I want to branch out into a higher tier technician so I can get experience and possibly move into a jr sysadmin role in the future. Any help/critique would be very appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| Does Appearance Matter? If so, how much? Posted: 29 Nov 2020 08:44 PM PST Just kind of an off-topic question, but curious to know what people who have been in the industry (especially within big companies and FAANG) think about this topic. Is it a leg up if you are good looking, tall, and the usual appearance cliches? [link] [comments]  |
| Career change before I crash and burn... Posted: 30 Nov 2020 08:29 AM PST Throw away for obvious reasons. Stick with me on this, going to start with career history and explain where I'm at now so hopefully you can provide some insight. It may get a little jumbled as it's a lot to think through. I've been working for the same company for 8, going on 9 years now. I started as a Jr. Network Engineer when the infrastructure was petty small, 4 servers and a SAN, one location, just me and one other Engineer. Over 8 years I've grown with the company to met need. I've filled the gaps in IT and provided solutions, grown the company to 3 locations, DR site and our team is now 4. I've ben promoted 3 times and am now a Sr making 6 figures. Historically It's been a fun gig as I get to touch lots of stuff, but we are plagued by being understaffed for the amount of systems we admin. I've been putting up with it, every year I tell myself " it'll get better, it has to!". Everyone on my team specializes in an area with little cross training and documentation due to lack of time. We're basically on call 24x7. Can't remember the last time I took time off without getting called about an issue or some system having a major problem. I find time here and there to play and grow myself. One thing I'm lacking is any other Engineers in my area to bounce ideas off or Sr's to learn from. I'm self taught. I've found over the past two years or so my interest in what I do has been rapidly declining. I feel like I'm falling behind the industry and am realizing Infrastructure/sysadmin generalist type work is not something I want to keep up with for much longer. Now I'm at the point where I do dread work and pretty much drag myself to work every day for the money. The company I work for has switched to 100% remote which is great but for whatever reason workload has increased even more ( maybe people a more productive at home and want technology to solve problems?). Management has been really digging in to understanding how we spend our time as well which is even more on our plate. Weekly status meetings explaining every little thing we did as well as setting goals for the next week. Not how I like to work, I like to work my projects in big chunks. Switching gears to the other side of my life. I am a divorced dad who has my son a majority of the time. Now with the virus and remote learning in effect, I'm stressed to the max trying to meet the demands of my child as well as my job tasks. It's pretty much a living nightmare every day, I feel very stuck. I have a very supportive girlfriend that makes about the same as me. I have my old home in process of being sold which will net me around $30-40K profit. 6 months of expenses is around $12-13K for me. No car payment or debt, just utilities and my half of our mortgage. Lately I've really been thinking I should take 6-8 months off and get my kid through the school year while training to do something else. I certainly don't have the time to do what I am now plus add in additional training at night or whatever. I already have to work at night/weekends to get any stuff hat can't be done during the day. I could get some certs, discover what I want to try next and start fresh in some other area of IT. I need to switch my career path into something that I can do long term, something more focused. I'm very interested in Azure as well as SQL and BI type work or Data analytics. I have a little experience in Azure as I run our tenant and have my own test tenant. I have a little experience in SQL as well, mainly in the back end standing on prem and Azure instances up etc. A little SQL admin type stuff but not writing major queries or anything. Basically I want a job that I can just do without being a jack of all trades and having to keep up with so many technologies. I want to be able to leave work at work so I can enjoy my personal life. I want to stay remote if possible, it makes the routine with my kid so much easier especially if they stay remote. I'm willing and realize I'll have to take a step down in pay to make this happen. However, I've become a shell of myself and want to change that whatever the cost. So, any opinions or feedback from people that have done this? I do realize I am lucky to have a remote job that pays really well but this isn't sustainable for me any more. I also don't want to switch to another workplace doing the same work. [link] [comments]  |
| Going through some serious imposter syndrome thoughts Posted: 30 Nov 2020 08:26 AM PST It's just as the title states. Spent the better part of 8 years in various leadership level desktop support, systems administration roles. An information security officer title was added to my IT director title because there was nobody else around willing/able to do it, and I was in that role for the last 5ish years. I've since studied for and obtained the CISSP, CISA, and CISM certifications and moved to another company with the promise that I'd be given the reins to security there. I'm now in a role/organization that I'm not very happy to be in and have begun looking around, however I am having some anxiety and thoughts that I'm not good enough, and not an actually-qualified security guy. I am familiar with terms, concepts, standards, privacy, etc. and I've built the security program from ground-up at two places now, though implementation have largely been taken care of by someone else (MSP or otherwise). I don't think I know enough. I only have what I feel is surface-level knowledge of AWS, haven't coded anything since school 15 years ago (but can still read pseudocode and understand functionality, I suppose), and my linux knowledge is pretty tenuous. I've worked with some of the tools of the trade, but have not had nearly enough hands-on with things like SIEMs, FIMs, WAFs. I almost feel like I'm more of a policy or pencil-pusher equivalent to security. I'm all for additional training and certification, just wanted to get some feedback and/or direction of where I should aim myself to be a better overall candidate. Help is definitely appreciated! Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for a career change ( IT / Marketing ) UK Posted: 30 Nov 2020 08:21 AM PST Hello everyone I am 24 years old and currently looking for a career change from a full time long distance driver (24k-55hrs) to a path I am more passionate about, that would be more along the lines of an I.T or Digital Marketing. I have studied and completed two different courses in the past, these include a Business Extended Level 3 Diploma and a Level 2 I.T Diploma. During the summer period my employer had put all of their employees on the furlough scheme, this had given me a chance to grow my knowledge, with web design ( basic html, css, Wordpress, Shopify), and advertising (Google, Facebook, Email, SMS). With the knowledge gained I was able to launch an Ecommerce store generating just over $65,000 in revenue between July and September using google as a main form of advertisement. Would it be hard to land a role in an I.T or Digital Marketing field without a university degree? Is it a bad idea trying to change career at this point in time with the current world climate as I am in a secure job at the moment? Would I be able to use my website and advertising account as a "portfolio" for potential employers? Thanks Troy [link] [comments]  |
| Leaving job after few months, interested in TPM/PM route, be blunt Posted: 30 Nov 2020 07:58 AM PST Hi, I work for AWS in Seattle. I have a tech degree and a few years in a professional environment. Formerly HPC work, now SysDE type stuff. Long story short, I do not enjoy AWS and I don't enjoy being 'technical'. I've been at AWS for 5 months and I'd rather just not be here. It's honestly made me reevaluate my career path. Is a career path to a Project Manager or TPM realistic for someone with only a few years experience? What are the basic qualifications? Speaking generally, what does the path to project management even look like? I'm just worried about my lack of experience and also the fact that I want to leave my current job after a few months. Thanks for any insights. [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone have any insight on these Microsoft certs? Posted: 30 Nov 2020 07:39 AM PST |
| Posted: 29 Nov 2020 10:44 PM PST Hi friends. I begun my it journey like a year and a half ago. I started with Comptia A+ then Sec +. Then I started doing Red hat Certifications got my RHCSA and then the RHCE. My last certificate was the CCNA. Since I started learning I've been looking to get my foot in the door. I've contacted recruiters applied on indeed , linkedin and other websites and nothing... I understand that the first job is the hardest but Damn.. And I've been looking for like an entree type like help desk.... I really appreciate any advice. Do you recommend any certificate that can help me a bit. I work right now in a smoke shop so I have a lot of time for studying. Thanks again [link] [comments]  |
| Thinking about helpdesk role but afraid of my issue with accents Posted: 30 Nov 2020 07:15 AM PST I'm told I'm intelligent (LOL) but I am awful with accents. Like really really awful. If you're helpdesk, is there a way around this? Maybe you could ask to connect to their computer so you can see their screen and they demonstrate? Or come around to their desk and watch? I really want an IT job but I need to be able to get over this accent thing. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Did you ever just want to give up? Posted: 29 Nov 2020 10:01 PM PST Im working IT help desk for this company while im in college. Im also getting the A+ certification as well. Some nights I lay awake and think to myself that I'll never be good at this job and if I ever get fired I'll never be able to find a new one bc I'm not good at. Late night thoughts i guess. Might be posting this in the wrong place but I just need some help as I grow into the IT field. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2020 02:59 AM PST Hello everyone ! little background I started my IT experiences two years ago in the healthcare industry with doing contract as a (field technician) obtained A+ N+ CCNA. My contract was expiring and I need something and I took this contract job with the state, which the job itself is sort a step down from what I was doing . It's sort of like NOC for the IT equipment and resetting password. I'm more like a dispatch to on sight technician and I use Linux,secureCRT,Microsoft365,ticketing system. I notice they use Oracle SQL for the database and I feel like I'm not the using the Potenial of the CCNA and the information fading away. My concerns is the job is overnight and the manager themselves basically said this a dead-end job and chances of moving up in the future is slim. I'm Still in school I got the chance of taking database management and I really like database aspect of IT . Which drew me to the pathway I'm venturing towards. (Pathway I'm working towards) (Oracle 12c Cert - RHSCA - possibly security + to understand security - finished A.S degree as well) I'm not sure what position this will land me, but I really love using Linux. I want to work with databases/Linux/python Cloud database in the future After studying the CCNA I got burn out , but now that fire is burning huge and I'm hungry to keep learning. My question to you: What are ways you overcame obstacles like this one , where the job isn't what it turn out to be ? Would you recommend any changes to my pathway or advice ? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2020 06:43 AM PST Has anyone here in the IT world lost motivation in their work? What was the cause of this loss of motivation? Repetitiveness? Boredom? Low Pay? Not moving up? Etc..... [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2020 06:21 AM PST Hi redditer, I'm a S/W engineer with 2.5 years of experience with fairly low salary. I am a part of a team who developed a latest product (worth millions if offered either as a service or as a product, in my estimate) using AI, yet to get a lead by marketing team! In my current firm, I'm not got an increment this year due to covid, got a fairly low increment in past year. But, company got new business in different departments during covid also. Many of the colleagues and friends are resigning because of salay cuts and other policies, I'm not getting a cut on salary since my salary is below company's threshold for salary cut. Now, I'm on a job hunt spree because I think my tenure at current firm has been more than enough to give me any monetary growth. Recently, I was contacted by a comparatively smaller company in same domain and directly a competitor to my current employer at some extant. During initial rounds, since, I've told them I know this project completely, they seem to be interested in making me develop the same product for them, for that they seem to be interested or can offer me twice the amount on my in-hand salary (my speculation only, but I'm sure at some extant) So, before getting any offer or accepting any offer from them, I'm in this dilemma whether I should be joining this company or not.
Also, on resignation, I've this speculation that my current employer will be offering me a counter offer, but genuinely I feel that I can't take my current company anymore. I've to change my job anyhow! One way, I can see is to accept the offer, if any and based on that offer seek other opportunities. Please suggest and enlighten me with your experience to tackle this situation. Thanks for your help. PS: This will be my first job change. [link] [comments]  |
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