IT Career Current high school senior, what should I be doing to prepare for a career in I.T.? |
- Current high school senior, what should I be doing to prepare for a career in I.T.?
- Network Engineering for phone companies with 5G boom.
- Current project manager, what should I be doing to switch from classical projects to I.T./Software projects?
- How to explain in an interview that I no longer enjoy my current job
- help or suggestions for finding recruiters / headhunters
- Next Steps? Any Short Term, Full Time Employment Opportunities?
- What is a normal callout policy for an operational IT team?
- What are my chances ? Wanting to start my IT career without certs or college.
- Rant? Stumbled across an unique opportunity to learn some extra skills...
- Midlife engineer career advice for a network engineer
- Help choosing the right institution to study at
- Anyone work for or has worked for epic? (Wisconsin)
- I want to progress in my career , starting with microsoft azure cert
- Should I go back to working in pharma underwriting, or take a shot going into networking and doing an internship doing AWS cloud work at a start-up?
- Are these two tutorials good enough for learning PHP?
- Should I drop out of college for a career in the IT field
- Absolute AWS beginner, where do I start, can I look into certifications without work experience?
- I have an entry level help desk job I'm studying for my CompTIA certs, and learning to code. Would I need to get an IT degree to be competitive in the Palm Springs area, or would that be Overkill and just put me in debt
- Is it better to use a headset or a separate microphone with headphones for IT support jobs?
- What certs would pair well with a bachelors in business management to enter into a business analyst role?
- Being on the job hunt sucks, does it ever get any better?
- How do you built fundamental skills if you are always fire fighting
| Current high school senior, what should I be doing to prepare for a career in I.T.? Posted: 28 Feb 2021 12:20 AM PST I want to work in cyber security in the future, what should i be doing right now to reach that goal? What college should I attend and what degree should I go for? I'll be the first in my family to attend college so I don't know much, thank you for any responses! [link] [comments]  |
| Network Engineering for phone companies with 5G boom. Posted: 28 Feb 2021 08:29 AM PST With the 5G boom in mind, I was thinking about networking engineering as an interesting field for the future? What are your thoughts and how would one get into the networking field? MIS degree worth it? Or are certifications alone good enough to land you a role? Both combined? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2021 05:52 AM PST Hello, I am currently project manager in one of the biggest automotive company in the world. My projects are mostly classical vehicle projects which are being led with waterfall model. I am in parallel leading other mechatronics projects where I have some exposure to software side of the vehicle which I find much more interesting. I want to work in purely with I.T/Software projects in the future, what should i be doing right now to reach that goal? There will be also huge demand with digital features in vehicles as well so could also be anything to do with these digital features. Background: Mechanical engineer with excellent PM skills and basic understanding of software/agile world. Goal: I think regardless of the content in any project, efficient communication is the most important skill to lead any project. I am not looking to be expert in IT or write awesome codes. I at least want to have a enough understanding of IT/software world in order to step in and lead those projects. Thank you for your answers! [link] [comments]  |
| How to explain in an interview that I no longer enjoy my current job Posted: 27 Feb 2021 08:24 PM PST TL;DR: How do I explain in an interview that I am no longer happy in my current job, so I'm looking for something different? Sorry for the ramble. Here's some backstory: For the past decade or so, I've been a hardware tester. Started with testing hard drives then moved onto storage and network adapters. Testing things like vNICs, FC, infiniband, switches, SAN, etc. Setting up infrastructure for tests as needed for the tests. Things like file shares, VMs, PXEs, Windows Domains, etc. When the chance arose, I'd help out testing CPUs, memory, BMC, RAS, etc. Basically, I took every opportunity to touch everything I could because it's fun to figure out how something works and figure out why something doesn't work. Over the years, I have been asked to move from testing to lead roles. Basically, moving from actually testing to keeping track of how other people are testing. This is something I have zero interest in and have repeatedly refused. My previous managers were fine with this and understood that I prefer a hands-on role over a higher paid role. My current manager, however, has decided to continue to push me into these roles without an increase in salary. A couple months ago, I tested positive for covid and the timing lined up with my scheduled Christmas vacation. Luckily, I had a relatively minor case and recovered relatively quickly. However, 2 weeks of not breathing right kind of makes you take stock of where you're at in life. This whole stint made me realize that I am no longer enjoying my current position and the push towards a lead role. This prompted a need for change. I brought this up with my manager and asked him to assign the lead role he's been pushing on me to someone else. I explained that if he would like me to continue in this role, he would need to pay me an extreme amount. Basically double my current salary would be the minimum to make me consider the role. His response was basically "No one is getting promotions right now. Keep doing work for free and you might get a promotion in a few months." In our team meeting the next week, he announced that he had received a promotion. At this point, I decided that it's time for me to leave my current role and started looking in earnest. I am looking to get out of hardware test and move into systems administration and tech support roles. Something that will allow me to continue to learn different technologies and solve problems. I have been on a number of interviews in the past month and they all see that I have been in my current role for 6 years now. This always brings questions. When interviewers ask "Why are you looking to leave?" I have been answering something akin to "I have been in hardware test for about 10 years now and I'm just ready for a change." The skepticism I hear in their voice after leads me to believe that they are not taking me seriously. I don't know how to properly express why I'm looking to change in an interview. I don't want to go into a long story to explain that I no longer enjoy and see no future in my current role. What do I say? [link] [comments]  |
| help or suggestions for finding recruiters / headhunters Posted: 28 Feb 2021 09:45 AM PST Hello, I am currently on the search for technical recruiters or headhunters in the Phoenix area. I have never searched for recruiters as a job seeker before and hear many horror stories about poor recruiters and headhunters. If anyone could give me some advice for searching, or able to recommend anyone that would be a great help. [link] [comments]  |
| Next Steps? Any Short Term, Full Time Employment Opportunities? Posted: 28 Feb 2021 08:50 AM PST Hello all! Been a big lurker here for a while; but finally reaching out now for some advice! Just turned 20 years old and wrapping up my second year in college (IT major/full time student). I currently work for my college doing mostly L1 help desk support for staff/students/researchers and a little facilities management here and there. I also recently got my A+, N+, and Sec+ certs in the past year. Summer is fast approaching and due to the low pay and limited hours I'm getting as a student worker on campus, I am starting to looking for a full time job away from campus once school gets out. My two concerns I'm having at the moment: My summer is only around 3.5 months long; are any companies willing to take on a new hire for such a short period? I'd also love to continue to work once school started but at reduced hours due to the fact I'm taking 19 credits in the fall. Also, is my age (20) a potential barrier to entry for corporate companies? Any recommendations and advice would be appreciated! How did you guys do it? [link] [comments]  |
| What is a normal callout policy for an operational IT team? Posted: 28 Feb 2021 01:11 AM PST Hello all, I'm an operational support analyst for a large credit bureau here in the UK with 2.5 years in the job. I'm wondering what a normal callout policy is because I can't find any info online that relates to IT callout rather than manual labour callout. The problem in a nutshell: I think our policy could do with improvement, as I've had a few unlucky weeks where I get called 4 nights in a row at 3am, work for 3 hours then carry out all normal duties from 12pm-6pm. One or two consecutive nights is ok, but four really messes with my mental health. If I can't sleep during the day so because of other commitments and the noise of shared accomodation, I end up doing 8 hours of work on 3 hours sleep per 24hrs. I'm sure this is a common problem, how have you solved it in the past? What's the average policy that you guys have seen? Thanks! Optional detail below for comparison. Our policy in detail is: Being "on call" means you can be called at any time from 6pm to 8am every day, with ~20 mins to get online. You're required to work your normal 37.5 weekly hours while on call, which are normally 10am-6pm with 30 mins lunch. If you get called between 00:00 and 07:15, you get to take those hours worked off your up-coming day shift. So if I got called at 3am, worked 2 hours then went back to sleep, I would be expected in at 12pm-6pm. If I got called at 9pm then worked 5 hours, I would be expected in at the same time, 12pm-6pm. We rotate callout on a weekly basis around the 5 man team so you're on call 1 in every 5 weeks. We typically get called 75% of the days we're on call. Most of the time it's 3am because that's when most of our systems/batch processes run their biggest components. Salary: Between £30-40k Standby pay, per on call week: £150 paid whether you get called or not. Overtime paid at x1.75 equivalent hourly rate: £30/hr for a £35k salary. [link] [comments]  |
| What are my chances ? Wanting to start my IT career without certs or college. Posted: 28 Feb 2021 07:27 AM PST So im an university student studying engineering (materials).. its my third year there but i changed my major after first year. I lost my motivation to study.. with online learning we have zero labs and im failing Math 2 (already spent 3 years trying to pass it).. school makes me frustrated and im failing most of my classes. Im from Slovakia so the educational system here is different than USA. I have finished middle school with specialization in computer and network technologies. We had a chance to do the CCNA exam but back then i wanted to study engineering so i did not do it (big mistake).. Now i want to drop out and start a career in IT. I read that there are rules here against company names and so on... But i want to start my career in an IT service company. The starter position there is called SAP administrator 1. It requires only middle school education and English level of B2 which i have... it requires no certs but i know that having CCNA would help me. Thing is, i know that certifications such as CCNA would help me greatly but i do not really have time to study for 3 more months for CCNA before applying for the job. Ideally i want to do my certs during my job. I have one friend that got accepted into that company without college and English level of just B1... but he had CCNA and it took him about half a year to get the job. Now he is happier than ever and from what i heard from him the job is very great with a lot of career opportunities. Will it be a huge setback to not have CCNA for a starter position ? ( even if they do not require it) I made sure to put in my CV the fact that i finished my basic programming and 3d modeling courses during my stay in college and that one of my hobbies is 3d printing. Another issue is that its been 3 years since i studied IT.. i do not remember much. Should i refresh my memory before applying or is basic understanding enough ? My friend says that he learned everything on job... he believes that it took him half a year to get the job because of English. I would like to get the job as fast as possible so im interested in knowing about chances to land it. [link] [comments]  |
| Rant? Stumbled across an unique opportunity to learn some extra skills... Posted: 28 Feb 2021 07:02 AM PST Hello All! TL;DR: I accepted a job knowing they didn't have inventory and ticketing software, which I knew I could create and use for my resume to propel me into a software development role elsewhere. After working there for a week, I see they lack network admins and desktop admins. I'm wondering if I should try to dabble and make improvements in those areas for the experience. Anyone with similar experience and advice? Long Story: Let me start off by saying I am not too interested in networking. It doesn't seem too difficult for me to pick up, but I don't think I like the whole, "nobody notice you until the web is down" aspect. I also do not care for desktop admin much. My ultimate goal is web dev/software engineering. However, I love knowing as much as I can about as much as I can, especially in technology! So my IT career is mostly in schools. Started 'professionally' with basic break fix for 1 highschool for 36k/year, then due to org restructure, it transformed into breakfix for 7 schools for the same pay, then changed to another school district where I managed student/teacher inventory of one highschool for 40k/yr, then before I got too complacent, decided to leave for another breakfix position where I'd service 3 schools where I negotiated 50k/year. This new job is stone age... We make user accounts on the actual devices, no imaging, no automatic program deployment, no inventory system (everything is spreadsheet), no ticketing system (everything is email), etc. I knew this during the interview, seemed like free real-estate! My goal is to create a a basic inventory and ticketing system from scratch to add to my resume and use that as my experience for an entry level position in software dev, but my god, I see the opportunity to get some Cisco/network admin experience, desktop admin experience, google enterprise/education mobile device mgmt, might do ITIL for shits and giggles and much more. The technology department head is my immediate higher up and there is a lower level tech and that's it. In my head, I think that just the lower tier tech and I can handle 3 schools while the department head handles 'business' stuff, simply because half of the one highschool I serviced solo at my first job was much larger than the 3 buildings at this district combined. The head has a corporate background and ITIL certs so they know a bit, but I suspect are not super proficient in anything particular. They often complain that there is never enough time in the day to get all the work done. I'm used to diagnosing the problem, troubleshooting, and either fixing it or calling someone to fix it, create a ticket/update ticket, and move on to the next thing. I used to knock out 10-20 tickets a day (including traveling between multiple campuses). That's something critical in schools, especially back when I had 7 to keep up with. Here you have to do paperwork before you begin, troubleshoot the problem, troubleshoot everything around the problem, troubleshoot everything that you troubleshot the second time, do more paperwork, then don't forget to add that to your daily log summary that's due at the end of the day. We might complete 3-4 tickets? Maybe its like this because I have only been shadowing here for the past week, and they are attempting to be thorough. But hell! Finally my question: Should I attempt to modernize how things are done? I new to the scene and expect a lot of push back and probably wont be allowed to do much of anything. Or should I just develop my program (not even sure they'll use it, but still looks good on resume either way) and bounce? I'm on the fence. I'm sure I can get my Net+ anytime and the CCNA within a few months (i was previously very passionate and on track to getting CCNA certified) to begin to at least get a feel for whats going on with the network. A couple online courses and sim work should be all I need to get the fundamentals of desktop admin down. I have a bit of experience using SCCM, but not setting it up from scratch. I think I'll attempt to do it all, sounds like fun... Anyone with similar experience and advice? [link] [comments]  |
| Midlife engineer career advice for a network engineer Posted: 27 Feb 2021 05:58 PM PST I'm 46/M, been dealing with midlife issues for a couple of years. I've been in IT for around 25 years, have done all kinds of things but primarily been focused on networking (route/switch/firewalls/vpn/lb's). In 2018 I left the job I had been at for 7 years and was one of the top engineers, to take advantage of a once in a lifetime opportunity, was a temporary contract position on another continent. Came back and after a short stint experimenting with a small company, my former company wanted me back but in a different role. I took the job but explained I couldn't do it for too long as it was more of a paperwork job. I built out the team as they needed it, processes, automated some stuff and I guess was doing too good of a job and they weren't going to let me go back to engineering. I got offered an engineering management job at another institution, from folks who knew me and after much deliberation, I took it because I saw my skillset dying and I would soon be institutionalized at my current job. The jump to mgmnt was like jumping in an icy lake. I still did a lot of engineering because much of my team was pretty new to IT. The sector I work in is very active when it comes to M&A's (mergers and acquisitions) and around 3 or 4 months after I started, just getting into my groove, they announced a merger. Now my new position isn't going to be an engineering role, more like over a helpdesk. I told them I would rather move to engineering, they could use some more experienced engineers, but they wanted me as a manager. I'm still doing some engineering work until the merger is complete. But I'm dreading my new role and like my former job, I know the longer I'm in it the less likely I'll be able to get back to engineering because my skills will be stale. However, I'm also making the most money I've ever made and I'm just now able to max out my retirement savings vehicles. I've started studying to regain my CCNP, had it for about 14 years, expired once in between, but due to life issues, it expired in 2017. Take my first test next month. Really debating whether to try and move into engineering at my current employer, if they'll let me (doubt it) or look for something else. I love networking and think I'm pretty good at it (not the best by any means but not the worst either) but wonder at my age, if I should hang it up and go the mgmnt route. I worry though because I don't have a college education, I went to the school of hard knocks, graduated summa cum laude. Have had several industry certifications throughout my time. If there's another M&A, I could be looked at as the least experienced manager, and maybe least happy, and be let go. Say it's 3 - 5 years down the road and I haven't done any engineering work, now there's almost no chance of getting back to engineering. But I also worry about keeping up. Due to the jobs I've been in not being cutting edge, I haven't had a chance to get into SDWAN/SD Access, cloud this or cloud that. Just mainly been route/switch/firewalls/load balancers. I also worry about hating my job for the next 20 years too. Anyone have similar experiences? [link] [comments]  |
| Help choosing the right institution to study at Posted: 28 Feb 2021 06:15 AM PST I'm trying to decide what uni to study bachelor of IT with a focus on cyber security/networking at and it's pretty urgent. Having already done courses at UofA i can save around 5000$ going there which I can spend on other Certs alongside only needing to do 3 out of 4 courses a semester giving me lots more time to do self study/get more certs ready for graduation. The courses at flinders do seem fairly better though with a more broad range of topics it seems. If you guys could compare the courses at each institution by scrolling down on the links below that would be much appreciated! For adelaide you will need to press on the major list and choose cyber security for the third year courses. I've been given advice that realistically if I can learn everything and do stuff at home as well and gets certs and experience the actual institution that I go to won't matter that much but who knows. https://calendar.adelaide.edu.au/aprcw/2021/bit_binftech https://students.flinders.edu.au/my-course/course-rules/undergrad/bitncs [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone work for or has worked for epic? (Wisconsin) Posted: 27 Feb 2021 06:44 PM PST A friend of mine who works in the medical field told me I should look at the company Epic for work. Has anyone have any experience working for them and if so, how do you like the company? [link] [comments]  |
| I want to progress in my career , starting with microsoft azure cert Posted: 27 Feb 2021 11:28 PM PST hi guys, so I'm a Student , but i shouldn't be at this age , because i had wasted 3 years in nothing , so its really feel painful to study with other people that if we could say younger than me . I started learning CCNA like 3 months ago or 4 and still doing it . i Studied Programming also (Python,JavaScript) . i heard that you can get free 2 cert voucher from Microsoft . and i really want to get them , not because i have no money , but i think its a great chance to develop my self so the anxiety of being old than others won't bother me again or at least less , and also to develop my career of course. so my question is : there is free 2 exam cert , one you need to complete a learning path , and the other one you have to pass 1 exam of 7 (Microsoft ignite) , i want to try to get them both at the same time is learning Microsoft azure fundamentals enough to get them, or i need to study other learning paths ? i want the 2 voucher so i can do the Microsoft AZ-104 and Microsoft AZ-900 [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Feb 2021 09:43 PM PST So I will try and keep this as short and to the topic as possible. I was doing underwriting for a pharmaceutical company for almost 2 years prior to getting fired. After that, I felt really jaded and didn't want to think about anything finance or underwriting related so I decided to take some time off and I started learning more about IT-related stuff since I always thought it was interesting. Since then I been studying for my CCNA which I plan on taking next week. A buddy of mine introduced me to a friend of his who has a start-up doing blockchain-type work. Me and he started talking and he was really impressed with what I had to say and told me that he could definitely use some help setting up and managing his AWS instances. He offered me some part-time work where I would be helping him out doing some AWS stuff. He left it in my court; all I gotta do is give him the green light and from there he will set me up with what I need to start doing to help him out and shadowing him, etc. I would be starting out at 15/hour and see where it goes from there. I know it's not much, but money isn't really at issue since I have some savings lined up. This is where things sort of take a twist. So I got my mind right and ready to go full-blown down this path then all of a sudden I get a few callbacks from some past roles that I applied for within pharma doing the work I was going at my previous firm. All the interviews happened this past week and things started rolling fast. All the interviews I did they seem very impressed with my experience and my background. Now I haven't gotten any offers yet but I am just trying to think about where my head. I honestly wasn't expecting to get these callbacks or interviews and I started playing it out in my head if I got an offer would I take it? would I give up this road of going down the IT path and going back to what iI was doing? Truthfully I am not really too sure what I would do especially since mentally I had planned to move on and start pursuing the It path. Would the combination of ccna, some hands-on AWS experience, and an AWS cert be enough to potentially get a full-time cloud admin/engineer role? I would appreciate some advice as to what you think I should do. I definitely plan on taking the CCNA regardless since it's something I started and want to finish since I am so close to the finish line. Thanks, guys! [link] [comments]  |
| Are these two tutorials good enough for learning PHP? Posted: 27 Feb 2021 10:32 PM PST Hey everyone, I have picked two tutorials to learn PHP. One is from Traversy Media and the other one from Laracasts: Also, I have a good experience with JS before. So, are these tutorials worth the time? After that, I plan on learning Laravel. Thank You. [link] [comments]  |
| Should I drop out of college for a career in the IT field Posted: 28 Feb 2021 08:04 AM PST I started college as an accounting major. When realized I realized how mentally draining a job accounting is and the extreme amounts of hours accountants work I switched my focus toward managerial info systems. After that, I discovered that a lot of people in the IT field don't care about degrees and only go for certificates. Still, because of my mental programming and being told that college is the only way to make something of your life, I pushed onward. Now I'm in the middle of my final semester of community college. I waited until the last semester to take all of the dumb classes that they make us take, such as art appreciation and communications, and I hate college more than ever and after this semester my 3.7 GPA will tank because I despise each and every one of my classes. I have also calculated that even with the scholarships that I'm applicable for and pell grants I will still walk out of my last two years with $30K of debt at LEAST because I'd be living on campus whereas right now I haven't got any because I've only attended community college. Should I drop out and just spend the next two years working on both certs like CompTIA A+, CCENT, CCNA, etc., and learning code? Or am I being a naive young brat who needs to suck it up and finish my last couple of years? If I should not finish college, should I drop out now, in the very middle of the semester and start studying NOW for my CompTIA A+? Or should I go ahead and just get my associate's degree in business since I'm so close to it and will get it after this semester (and an application and test for it)? I have no motivation at alllll for this last semester regardless so what's the point of getting through if I'm going to drop out anyways right? Surplus Info: I'm a 22 year old male that feels behind in life and is paralyzed with fear of moving in either direction rn. I have until August to get out of my mom's house regardless and have to make a route decision NOW. I also have a bit of skill in JS, HTML, and CSS. Will my programming knowledge make a difference/can it be beneficial in IT? [link] [comments]  |
| Absolute AWS beginner, where do I start, can I look into certifications without work experience? Posted: 27 Feb 2021 01:30 PM PST I want to move from the role I am in and I have been talking to some IT professionals that informed me to look into AWS and cloud computing. They said they're companies are using these services and its best to get some experience in it if you want to stay current. Currently, I am a BA that uses in house applications but we are slowly diving into AWS. Pardon my ignorance but, Is there a free tier for AWS? Were can I start to learn about AWS and get some hands on experience? Can you go for the certifications without job experience? Any help will be useful, thanks everyone : ) [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 27 Feb 2021 03:38 PM PST By some Divine Miracle, I've been able to get an online Help Desk position with just my bachelor's in a social science field and my customer service experience. I'm studying for my CompTIA certs and am doing an online free coding Academy. I'm not sure if I should go back and get a second bachelor's degree in information technology, or if I should just keep trying to get these shirts, apply for other help desk jobs or analyst jobs or try to get promoted within my company, would an IT degree really help me at this point of just barely having an entry level help desk job, or should I wait until I can afford to pay for the degree myself. I know there are inexpensive programs like Western Governors University. I already have so much debt from my stupid social science degree, I don't want to put myself into further debt. But I'm wondering if that it degree would help me out since most of my work experience prior to this job was in Customer Service? I live in the Palm Springs area so it's not super competitive or High Cost of Living compared to some other hubs. [link] [comments]  |
| Is it better to use a headset or a separate microphone with headphones for IT support jobs? Posted: 27 Feb 2021 10:03 PM PST I thankfully just got hired after many months of searching for a job. I got an IT service desk position and I assume that I will be on calls a lot through out the day. I don't want to just use my xbox headset, so I was wondering if anybody recommends what would be best for my scenario. I have really good headphones, so I was thinking of possibly just using those and getting a USB mic. Any advice is greatly appreciated, thank you so much [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2021 01:45 AM PST As the title says looking for certs that will help spruce up my resume trying to get a BA role. TIA [link] [comments]  |
| Being on the job hunt sucks, does it ever get any better? Posted: 27 Feb 2021 04:16 PM PST Hi all, I recently graduated in December with a BBA with a focus in IS/Cybersecurity. I had an IT internship in the summer working and I've worked in instructional design. I've had several interviews for positions in consulting and IT but no offers yet- mostly rejections. I think I've gotten better at interviews but I won't be satisfied until I get an offer. My questions are: am I doing something wrong? Does finding a good job get easier? [link] [comments]  |
| How do you built fundamental skills if you are always fire fighting Posted: 27 Feb 2021 04:06 PM PST At work, I am half help desk, and half improving our infrastructure (to meet the team's objectives). But, I feel that I am not improving my fundamental knowledge if I am constantly fire fighting. I am always thrown to the deep end and fixing issues. I am thinking that if I can spend the week taking a Pluralsight course that it will help my understand of the first principles, which will aid me in being able to solve more issues easier. without these fundamental skills, I end up going down the wrong path a lot of the times, only to realize that I was missing a knowledge gap in my fundamental knowledge. Am I the only way who feels this way. Any thoughts? [link] [comments]  |
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