IT Career If you’re applying to Amazon, don’t feel like you’ve done bad on the interview |
- If you’re applying to Amazon, don’t feel like you’ve done bad on the interview
- So today I noticed I had accidentally lied on my CV
- AWS or Azure
- Is 6-7 rounds of interviews normal for a CSM role?
- What’s my best option to find an entry level job for A+ certification?
- When do you go from a technical role to service management? Or any management.
- Later IT career choice, should I stay in private industry or Federal Government (Canada)
- How is network admin looking for the next two years?
- Should I quit my job to focus on education and growth?
- Looking for what to do next in my career as an IT Professional?
- What are some mid-level IT jobs that I should be working towards and what education/certifications should I be working on in the next few years?
- Where to live that has a higher likelihood of jobs without experience?
- Going to start studying for a Master's degree in Python, need to work a part time job.
- World wide tech solutions/ field tech position, anyone done this job before
- Should I participate in an Hand Off Meeting after exiting?
- 10 year Retail manager transition into IT with Cloud/Python/IT support/ComptiA+
- Is a New career in the IT and programming field worth it !?
- HELP HELP-"Never tell me the odds"--is it reasonable to try for a Level 1-2 help desk role?
- Help me navigate a path! Not sure if I should just try and tackle certs or go back to college.
- not sure where to start with IT study, interested at perhaps working in the industry
- App academy 24 week software engineering program- is it legit?
- Am I getting paid enough? 35-40k/y as entry level Sys-/Netadmin
- Passed my AWS CSAA, no IT experience. Wondering where to go from here
- How often is too often to change jobs? Does this show initiative or inability to commit?
| If you’re applying to Amazon, don’t feel like you’ve done bad on the interview Posted: 20 Jan 2021 08:33 PM PST I applied to Amazon for the IT Support Engineer 2 position. I wasn't ready for this due to the heavy networking/programming questions. However, they offered me the IT support associate 2 position. Since I already had the first interview for the other position I didn't have to start over and I was sent to a final interview. A few days later I got a job offer above the normal salary of the position (I told them my minimum requirement was 60k). I got an offer for almost 62k and it's 20 minutes from my house. I make 45k at my current job with an hour commute. I got a pay cut due to "world events" with no prospect of upward mobility or a pay increase since the company seems to be doing bad financially. I'm very excited since I felt like I did HORRIBLE in the interview. I could only ace the Microsoft portion since I didn't know anything about Linux or much about networking. I genuinely felt like I was a joke since the questions were out of my scope and I thought that they would never hire me but they ended up I guess liking my other experience with Microsoft and the work experience I've had (3 years with no degree). This is the most money I've ever made and I plan to keep going from here. I plan to self-study and also get on the job training to be able to get promoted in a few years to the engineering position because r/iwanttolearn In my brief IT experience I went from making $17 an hour to almost $30 and I'm 24 with no degree for reference. I have a partial college education due to dropping out, one certification, knowledge from siblings in IT engineering positions, on the job training, a desire to learn, and employers taking a chance on me early on. Each job has been better than the last! [link] [comments]  |
| So today I noticed I had accidentally lied on my CV Posted: 21 Jan 2021 08:20 AM PST So it all started with me being my usual self and being in a way too big of a hurry to finish something. So I made myself a cv with a generator and sent it to an employer. I got a call in a few days and we agreed for a part one of a job interview. It was all going great until they asked to confirm my e-mail and my working experience. Well the generator had taken my spam email that I use for weird sites and for logging on things that I wont remember in a few minutse. Strike one. Strike two occurred on the work experience. They wanted to know how I had managed to keep six jobs and go to school at the same time. Well the generator had fucked up and made all my work experience Last till 2020 december. I even had one job with 1 year more experience that I actually had. Welp they were happy Otherwise but want to have a few days for some thinking time since my cv was so utter trash. What are the possibilities that they think I was trying to be fraudelent with my cv? Really scared of it right now since they are a big employer at our city. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 21 Jan 2021 10:29 AM PST I'm a sys admin looking to going deeper into Cloud Compute platforms. I know AWS is more popular, but would it be a bad choice going to Azure? My previous company made us take some Azure courses, but I have yet to even use the skills. I have AZ-500 and AZ-900. I'm looking to get AZ-104 now, but would that be a good move or would any of you recommend going AWS? I have some AWS experience, but no certs. [link] [comments]  |
| Is 6-7 rounds of interviews normal for a CSM role? Posted: 21 Jan 2021 10:17 AM PST A few days ago, I finished up my 3rd round interview for a Customer Success Mgr. role... I was told then that I have 3 more rounds to go! It would be a total of 7 interviews if I'm including the Recruiter "conversation". For my previous 2 roles, I've only done 3-4 rounds.... Any CSMs here have the same interview experience? I seem to be nailing every round and am surprised to move on to the next round to just have the same conversation... "Why company X?" [link] [comments]  |
| What’s my best option to find an entry level job for A+ certification? Posted: 21 Jan 2021 10:34 AM PST I'm currently studying for the CompTIA A+ (taking core 1 in 2 weeks and then taking core 2 early March to get certified ASAP). I've been trying to find jobs for A+ certification, but they are few around my area or maybe I'm looking in the wrong place (mainly googling jobs, also some stuff on zip recruiter and indeed). I'm trying to get the trifecta by the end of year, but where should I look for jobs that require A+? [link] [comments]  |
| When do you go from a technical role to service management? Or any management. Posted: 21 Jan 2021 10:32 AM PST What does a Service Management Analyst do? Is going for a Service Management role a sane transition from a technical job just because it doesn't involve coding any more? When do you realise your never going to be the technical specialist and need to move into a more people centric role? Looking out for the next 10 years.. [link] [comments]  |
| Later IT career choice, should I stay in private industry or Federal Government (Canada) Posted: 21 Jan 2021 10:28 AM PST I need some career advise. I am 47 years old and have been in IT as a Tech generalist somewhere between a developer and a Solutions Architect. I have over 25 years experience as an IT consultant in Government and private industry. I was recently laid off from a medium sized private company doing work for Canadian Government IT projects. I have been verbally offered a CS-02 Canadian Government job that pays around 80K. I also have an opportunity to work for a medium sized Private Consulting company that pays 100K+ and is remote work. I'm wondering what path I should go with. If I go Government, I have a partial pension upon retirement and a permanent job that is pretty firm. With the private industry job it is not as firm and probably not a long term job in my experience. Is it too late in a career (aprox. 15 yrs left) to work for Government? Some advice would be great, also what can I negotiate for the Government position? [link] [comments]  |
| How is network admin looking for the next two years? Posted: 21 Jan 2021 10:26 AM PST Lost very good 10year job to COVID. Industry is still shut down. Since the only job I could find is a 32k a year less salary I figured this is the perfect time to do something that has always interested me, cybersecurity. I know this is a long journey and I'm not looking for any immediate large payout. I'm already living 32k under my last job and well under my living means I have in place, might as well work toward something that I want vs random jobs. My question is, will i be able to land a job with a network administrator lvl 1 cert once I'm done with the college courses in 1.5 years? I have a family and wish to not spend this time in poverty to have it be useless. I will be studying for other veers as well on this journey but figured it's a good foundation for cybersecurity. I've seen cloud certs mentioned on this sub for network admins so I will throw that in the mix as well. Unfortunately, having a family working and not being able to afford daycare, 1.5 years is the targeted time with how many classes a week I can take. Am I wasting my time and money here? I've always been interested but always had the fear of being in a lower paying job as I've been in my industry, which is now gone, for 15 years. 31 doesn't seem to old to start and my fear of job security is absolutely gone as I lost it already. Thank you in advance for your time and sorry for the long post. [link] [comments]  |
| Should I quit my job to focus on education and growth? Posted: 21 Jan 2021 09:49 AM PST Hi everyone I am a social sciences grad who graduated in 2019. With the pandemic and my lack of knowledge and preparation for the job market, I have struggled to find a way into any career path. I have been working at the same retail job that I've been at since I was 20 years old, save for the fact that it has become a full-time job in the last year, and I am in a management position. It doesn't pay well (17/hr) and I certainly don't enjoy this job. I am now almost 25 years old and I feel the need to grow and move on from working at low wage jobs that aren't rewarding. I have recently identified urban planning and development as my passion and I wish to either a professional urban planner in Canada or work for real-estate development companies. To pursue this journey, I have applied to a graduate program, and I have begun to pick up some technical skills that are desired in the industry (ArcGIS and Python) by watching youtube tutorials and following modules I am finding it difficult to stay motivated on my path, despite the fact that I truly am passionate about building better cities. I accredit this to my irregular sleep patterns that are created by being a shift worker with little to no structure in his life. Even though I am aware that the problem is my inability to properly manage my time, I always feel like there is not enough time in my day to be productive and devote myself to this path. I would like to work fewer hours and focus more on growing as an urbanist. I still live with my mom and I pay her small sums of money to help the family. Other than that, I have no hobbies or expenses to worry about. Would it be a good idea to leave behind retail work and devote my time entirely to something that I wish to do for the rest of my life? I understand that a gap in employment does not look good on a resume, so I might need to just go back to being a part-time worker. [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for what to do next in my career as an IT Professional? Posted: 21 Jan 2021 09:16 AM PST So, I am 22yo and I have a BS in CIS with focus in Information Security. I had an internship for a 1 and half during college and after college I got my first IT role as an IT technician in Nov. 2020. I am currently making 35k salary with basic benefits (e.g. no 401k). I have been considering get some certifications but my employer won't pay for them and while I can afford to pay for them I would only do so if I felt really confident and knew which one I wanted to go for. My current role has me doing everything from sys admin to security ( I am the only IT person in the company, which is in the manufacturing business). So, do you think I should look to maybe go for my CCNA or something similar or do you all think it maybe best for me to just try and work my way up in a different company for a better role? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 21 Jan 2021 09:07 AM PST So, I've been in the industry for about 2.5 years. I've been able to jump around and get good experience and I've recently been offered a job that will have me be a part of a MSP team that will have me servicing my metro area. Im proud of what I've been able to do through hard work and a bit of luck, in less than 3 years I've been able to break into the industry with very little formal education and no certifications and im making about 20k a year more than when I started. However, I always like to think about my next steps. I know for one I need to show commitment and longevity so I plan to be at this position at least two years and it sounds like I can learn a lot if I focus. But after those two years, what should I be aiming for? The IT field is so broad it feels like its hard to know if I should try to have a broad range of skills or specalize. After the next few years I would like to be making 60-70k, ideally more but im trying to set realistic expectations. What are some mid-level positions to start looking at? Something like system admin? What education should I be focusing on? Im currently studying for my ccna, what else will be helpful? Is it better to focus on one subject like networking or branch out into some security and/or cloud computing after that? Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Where to live that has a higher likelihood of jobs without experience? Posted: 21 Jan 2021 08:22 AM PST I don't have much experience I'm undergoing a security clearance through a federal contractor in the NoVA area. The job is $15/hr and I'm having a difficult time paying bills. I got my Security+ certificate, Cybersecurity Bachelors, and one year experience at the Apple Store prior to this federal contractor. I've waited 6 months on this clearance. I came to this job for the clearance but honestly I need to get out and get my own place but then again this DC area is so expensive with rent. I want to move to the West Coast and Texas but I'm unsure if I'd just be struggling the same way unless I land a job there first and because of COVID many companies have hiring freezes. [link] [comments]  |
| Going to start studying for a Master's degree in Python, need to work a part time job. Posted: 21 Jan 2021 07:14 AM PST Hello I have enrolled in a private university Master of science degree which teaches mostly Python as a programming language. I haven't programmed in a while and when I did I used PHP without any frameworks, I was pretty good at it in addition to HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, AJAX etc Now the issue is that I need to find a part time job as a web developer and I noticed that in my area the most in demand webdev language is PHP with the smyfony Framework. So I'm wondering, should I learn Symfony and get a part time job with it while learning Python in the uni? Or wait until I learned me some Python and look for a part time job in it? [link] [comments]  |
| World wide tech solutions/ field tech position, anyone done this job before Posted: 21 Jan 2021 06:58 AM PST Anybody out there worked here as a field Tech before? I'm new to IT, I have an interview with these guys doing break fix, pay is 16$ and change, and they pay .34 cents per mile for travel, also get benefits for full time, is this a good starter job? Or would something like Help desk with a company be better moving forward? [link] [comments]  |
| Should I participate in an Hand Off Meeting after exiting? Posted: 20 Jan 2021 11:23 AM PST I was recently terminated a week ago from my position for reasons I still don't quite understand and they want me to do one more meeting with my former coworkers about what info they may need or want. I would rather have them ask me their final questions via email than a phone meeting but I don't even know if I should do anything at all. As I don't feel my termination was all that fair or just I'm really not inclined to do it and it is not a stipulation of my severance. At the same time my former coworkers are not to blame for my former management's failures. I'm also not in a great place mentally over this and don't feel that talking to them would do much to improve things on that front. What should I do? Edit: I sent at an email to my former manager at 4pm respectfully declining the meeting. Thanks to everyone for their advice. [link] [comments]  |
| 10 year Retail manager transition into IT with Cloud/Python/IT support/ComptiA+ Posted: 20 Jan 2021 04:05 PM PST Hello, I'm a store manager in retail. My retail company is a high demand and high-stress job. I have always been in a learner state with computers. I built my first PC when I was 12 and alone. I've constantly been playing around with programming, Operating systems, SQL, LDAP, Command prompt, etc. I am only 29 years old, but I've spent a long time in retail. I do a great job with what I do, but I'm not passionate about it anymore. I almost have a business degree, but I started studying Computer science before business. 3 months ago, my job got so stressful, and I had a mental breakdown( typically wouldn't share this, but I want to provide context). When I had this mental breakdown, I started a Leave of Absence. While on this leave, I spent most of the time unable to get out of bed. At the end of December, I decided to look up certifications in tech. I have now finished almost four certifications. The problem: I want to leave my job to start my career in IT. Right now, I'm finished A python, Google Cloud, Google IT, and about to finish a COMP TIA+ certification. Where do I start? I typically wouldn't reach out to a group, but I thought I ask some professionals. [link] [comments]  |
| Is a New career in the IT and programming field worth it !? Posted: 21 Jan 2021 02:47 AM PST I am currently in a biology related field Now I want to learn programming and go in the software development / engineering field by doing a 3 year computer engineering diploma . Is it possible? Is 3 year enough time to learn programming languages and land a IT job ? Also I am interested in the programming and all but getting confused if I can solve problems and build/ develop stuff later on . Do give some advice [link] [comments]  |
| HELP HELP-"Never tell me the odds"--is it reasonable to try for a Level 1-2 help desk role? Posted: 20 Jan 2021 06:52 PM PST So I received my first rejection today from a MSP because I was "overly qualified" for the job, it was a entry level $15/hr User Accounts Manager role. My only qualifications are that I have bachelors degree in Information Technology and 8 years of Active Duty Air Force in a totally non-IT career field. I'm just looking to get my foot in the door basically doing ANYTHING in IT with the overall goal of doing Network Administration. I keep looking at all these level 1 and 2 help desk roles on Dice.com and they all require like 1-2 years experience. Is it unreasonable to be applying for entry level help desk roles with no hands on experience? [link] [comments]  |
| Help me navigate a path! Not sure if I should just try and tackle certs or go back to college. Posted: 20 Jan 2021 10:17 PM PST 32 years old. Bartender majority of my life. I have a transfer/associates and 3/4 of the way to a BS in psychology that I don't plan on utilizing/pursuing. I feel like the only transferable experience I have are soft skills in communication, but I would rather not be a phone jockey. I like the idea of working in a server room/data center, as I like tinkering with mining rigs and rebuilding PC's in my free time. I enjoy the physical side much more than staring into 8 different windows in vim all day trying to poop out fancy grep commands, but I feel that I'm literate enough to do a little. To summarize my question, what are some potential certificates I could acquire to get me into the workforce as quick as possible to avoid getting sucked back into hospitality. I am really burnt out on higher education, so I would rather not go back to traditional college, but ultimately don't want to be limited too much by it. Any advice/direction is greatly appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| not sure where to start with IT study, interested at perhaps working in the industry Posted: 21 Jan 2021 01:03 AM PST i'm almost 17, live in australia and interested in IT related study, maybe not traditional programming though. what courses are best for an entry level student looking to get started? [link] [comments]  |
| App academy 24 week software engineering program- is it legit? Posted: 20 Jan 2021 08:19 PM PST Is the appacademy 24 week software engineering program legit? I've been working in a hospital lab for a while now and wanted to explore other career options. I came upon app academy and the 24 week softer program that claims you won't have to pay until you've landed a career that pays 50k+. I have no experience with computers outside of Microsoft office and basic computer stuff but no technical knowledge in working with computer programming or development or anything of that sort. I'm wondering what the downside is to this if anyone has any experience. Please no hate or judgement I'm just looking for some help on this. [link] [comments]  |
| Am I getting paid enough? 35-40k/y as entry level Sys-/Netadmin Posted: 20 Jan 2021 04:09 PM PST Hello, Started my IT career last year. I'm getting anywhere in the 35-40k range. I'm trying hard to not get much overtime hours, generally it's at least 10h a month. After tax I'm getting below 12€ an hour. The company charges customers in the 100-150€ per h range. I'm getting the feeling somebody's getting rich off of my cheap-ish labour. These days 35-40k isn't even middle class income. My skillset is really growing by the day and I'm feeling like I do stuff that's way above my pay grade. Should I look for a new employer? Am I being used? Should I ask for 50k or leave? I'm fine money wise. I don't want to get burnt out at 35 just so some bloke gets his second Porsche. It'll leave this year anyway, the question is now or later. Looks bad on CVs if you leave so soon, right? Thanks and I hope this isn't the norm. I'm afraid it might be but I hope it's not. [link] [comments]  |
| Passed my AWS CSAA, no IT experience. Wondering where to go from here Posted: 20 Jan 2021 11:23 PM PST I have 0 experience in IT. I saw this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/bhfi88/how_i_went_from_14hr_to_70k_with_no_experience/ and it got me really motivated to want to do something in IT, cloud related I really liked what I studied. I studied for this cert around 8-12 hours a day, so when all was said and done, it took less than 4 weeks total I was gonna get the rest of the AWS associates which shouldn't take too long if they're about as hard as the CSAA. Maybe do a couple projects and then start applying everywhere across the country. Do you guys have any better ideas, recommendations, change of course? [link] [comments]  |
| How often is too often to change jobs? Does this show initiative or inability to commit? Posted: 20 Jan 2021 04:05 PM PST I've been in the IT industry for about 2 and a half years now. I started at a very low position but I've had 4 jobs in my short time and I've just been offered another position that is at a msp that is a significant raise and much better benefits. I would like some longevity at one job, but I also didn't want to pass up opportunities when they come to me. My last job before my current one laid me off due to covid and my current job was more of a placeholder. This new job is a great opportunity but if I take it I want to be there at least two years to show I can commit to a job for a long time. Is this normal? Sometimes it seems like I'm skipping steps and like I've known people who were smarter or more knowledgeable than me who stay in lower positions. Does this show initiative or does it make it look like I bounce around too much? [link] [comments]  |
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