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- Just accepted an Azure Administrator job, super happy
- Need help preparing for Jr Project Engineer interview
- What is the best IT job to get to learn as an apprenticeship and gain knowledge and experience on-the-job, in the same way like plumbing or electrician or carpenter?
- I feel like im drowning, how can I manage stress in a chaotic work enviorment?
- 4th interview (3rd in person) with MSP - talking pay today -- Advice?
- I passed my LPI Linux Essentials - Sharing result 570 - result status on Pearson VUE says status score pending what’s this?
- For Those That Transitioned Out Of Desktop Support
- Money or Intellectual stimulation? I’ve a supposedly good job for a big tech company. It pays well, but I’m bored to death and frustrated. What to do?
- Looking for some study tips, any help appreciated.
- Which career involves more coding: DevOps or Cybersecurity?
- What is the literal first step to jump from Helpdesk to 365/ System Admin
- Boss wants me to apply for a full time role. Should I take it if offered?
- New job, Upcoming Degree in Information Technology = Raise?
- Best IT certs for career change/entry positions with good upside in the future
- How do i proceed my career in Cybersecurity as a fresher?
- Should I accept the PhD position in communication networks after my Master degree?
- Quickest way to get IT job staffing agency or direct apply?
- Advice please... would you study a bachelor of cloud technology or bachelor of IT?
- Cloud engineering job path-non IT background-need advice pls
- Will a Computer Science Master's degree help me get a job as a Data Scientist, Machine learning engineer, Audio programmer, or UX Designer?
- Salary negotiation- Should I bring up that I know my coworkers starting salary?
- Suddenly need to redesign my career, any advice or help please
- Which IT career path is really fun and also pays nice?
- Lost need help with career and bad job: not sure whether to stay in IT field???
- How to get into IT field once more time when you're a foreigner?
| Just accepted an Azure Administrator job, super happy Posted: 29 Mar 2021 01:47 PM PDT In the past 4 months, I decided to change careers, went and got my AZ-900 and then a couple months later got my AZ-104. This got me a few interviews and I landed on a great job. Pay is $95K USD. I had applied to 25 jobs. I didn't have a degree or anything, so these certain really did it for me. Edit: used to be a windows sysadmin 10 years ago, non-IT job between then and now. [link] [comments]  |
| Need help preparing for Jr Project Engineer interview Posted: 30 Mar 2021 08:00 AM PDT Hello all, I recently applied and am interviewing for a new role at my current company as a Jr Project Engineer. For the interview they are expecting me to have a full project plan created for a large workstation deployment and they provided me a quote and SOW to go off of. For some background, I work at an MSP and am a tier 2 tech. I've worked at this company for about 1.5 years and it is my first IT position after graduating with a bachelors in CIS. I've never done a large deployment like this so I am unfamiliar with how plans are created. Are there any methods or standard procedures to go off as far as creating the plan is concerned and how to make sure I don't miss any crucial steps? Any and all advice is appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Mar 2021 06:50 AM PDT In the same way as one might start an apprenticeship with plumbing or carpentry, and have no background or experience, but start working right away, with the ability to make money, learn, and grow and gain experience over the years - what is the IT equivalent? Getting a help-desk job somewhere, and then working your way up to networking or security? Do you know what I mean? [link] [comments]  |
| I feel like im drowning, how can I manage stress in a chaotic work enviorment? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 10:31 AM PDT About a month ago I quit my job at a private company as a lab technician to move to the Government as a Cyber Security Analyst. The department is going through a period of BIG change, and so is their SOC. Basically, the old team all left and my new team moved into the old enviorment (everything was left behind) ~1 year ago. There was 2 of them, and I got hired on a month ago and am still the most recent guy. We are basically starting trying to start from scratch and get everything up to date (the old team was using ~8-12 year old equipment). I feel like I'm downing. Since I got here, my main priority was to get the cyberevent tracking platform online and to baseline functionality. They were using MS AccessDB, and the old co-op student moved it to a half-finished laravel platform. Now, I have a background in networking system administration [both linux/windows], and I like to write python and BASH scripts, but I AM NOT a programmer. I had to basically teach myself how to troubleshoot Laravel, PHP, JS, and some MySQL... and I still don't know what the hell I'm looking at half the time. However, I managed to rebuild the server, import the old code, add some new stuff, and get it to a level where we can use it. Now, this took a month and I have learned NO analyst tasks or skills. I don't even know what our enviorment looks like at this point. I was supposed to be learning all of that over this week and the next few so I can actually do the job I was hired to do and learn the things I wanted to learn. But now I'm stuck troubleshooting a +6 year old snort server. My inbox is constantly bomboarded with email chains that are completely foreign to me, and I feel like I should have a good idea as to what they are in reference to. I know why it is this way, there is 3 of us, we are using out of date software/hardware that are not even feeding info into a SIEM yet, and I am in government, so when I need something like a firewall rule created so I can test network connectivity, it will take +2 months to get done because the firewall team is bitchy about the way I submit a change request. I really don't like this kind of chaos. It makes it really hard for me to learn and keep up with what is going on. I feel nervous all the time because I will have an idea as to what something looks like, then the next day it will be completely different. I just need advice on how to not get so stressed out over this and how can I maxamize the oppourtunity of being one of the first people in the new enviorment. Thanks for listening to my bitching. TL; DR: Got new job, workplace enviorment is going through major overhaul. SOC team is understaffed. I don't know the enviorment at all and can't do any analyst tasks. It's freaking me out because I feel like im not being a useful asset and my OCD-ass doesn't like the chaos/lack of knowing what the hell is going on. [link] [comments]  |
| 4th interview (3rd in person) with MSP - talking pay today -- Advice? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 08:51 AM PDT As stated in the title, i have a 4th interview today with a small-ish local MSP for a "field tech/support(help desk)" role - all in-person interviews have been in the office with the owner and 1-2 other managers, but today they're taking me out to lunch. Interviews thus far: 1st - phone interview to make sure im not an idiot. 2nd - in person and asked me mostly personal questions to get a feel of whether id gel w the team or not. 3rd - technical with an A+ level assessment and lab that I did well on. ***Halfway through the 3rd interview they told me "Yes its for help-desk type work, but really there's one particular local client you'd be working with exclusively on site with them - you'd learn office 365 and Azure overtime, well pay for certs, and basically be this clients IT -- they have 12 locations around town" I've never had a help desk job, but I have really good soft skills having done sales for years, and have my A+. Also in school for my degree in infosec. Ill have my Sec+ and Net+ in the next month or so and intend on stacking more certs - probably Microsoft whether i accept this job or not. I feel good about my ability to do the work day to day, but not sure what im getting myself into. My working hours will be 8-5 but always on call for this company. "Expect occasional overtime" They seem to be treating this more than a help desk role with the depth of this hiring process. Todays interview is to just hash out pay and benefits I assume. Im going to ask if there's compensation for gas and vehicle maintenance. What else is typical to ask for in a compensation package? This will be an hourly job. What should floor and ceiling be pay-wise with this kind of work? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Mar 2021 11:29 AM PDT Hey everyone, just wanted to share that I passed my LPI Linux essentials this evening. I'm relatively new to Linux and I found the exam fairly hard in terms of remembering certain things but managed to do well. I used a cloud Guru business plus to lab and prep. As per the post title I want to see my result but it says score pending on the Pearson vue site. I want to show of my badge haha but what's this score pending with LPI exams? Usually with Microsoft u can get exam result straight away. [link] [comments]  |
| For Those That Transitioned Out Of Desktop Support Posted: 30 Mar 2021 08:56 AM PDT Hello Everyone, I want to push my career to the next step. Currently in desktop support. The core of my knowledge and education is in InfoSec, Microsoft Server stuff, and Networking (Cisco); however, most of those jobs seem to require experience or certs that I don't have and can't afford (or cant afford just on a whim). I understand that I have to put in the time and start from the bottom and that's actually what I prefer. Even "entry level" InfoSec/Network Security positions are posing a challenge for me to get an interview for. I've landed a few interviews that went great and I landed the technical questions, but they resulted in "we've selected a candidate with more experience". I know the CCNA would most likely land a networking job, but due to the cost of the CCNA I'm affraid I'll invest the time & money for nothing. I'm not sure if I'm trying to move too fast in my career or not. For those that transitioned from other IT areas, what were you in? What's the amount of time you put in before being able to move into an InfoSec/Network Security role? What certs or knowledge opened doors for you the most? Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Mar 2021 04:44 AM PDT My background: former certified Linux sysadmin, with AWS background. Not much programming experience, other than some online courses. My last two jobs involved bash scripting, hardware maintenance, network troubleshooting and regular config changes, but never wrote full software. Current role: working for one of the major names in the tech industry. It used to be considered the best company in the world to work for. Perhaps it still is. But it hasn't been that great for me. The pay is good. The benefits are good - the private health insurance covers a very expensive medication I'm on. We get free meals. We get to work from home 2/5 days a week. The problem is my current role. It's not very technical. I'm a "senior" support person, supporting user-friendly web applications that are meant for laymen. What I do every day: The company has call centers run by contractors all around the world. But the workers there don't get access to some of our internal tools and systems, because the company doesn't trust them. This is a privacy and security issue, and I can't automate anything here or I'd get in trouble. What I do is get lengthy and elaborate trouble tickets from those call center people, read them and reply with some troubleshooting advice, such as "please test it on another browser" or "tell the customer to try and restart the computer and try to connect again", or "please do an internet speed speed test and resubmit with the results" etc. In the rare occasion that they've proven there's a software bug, I do lots of paperwork to justify and send the ticket to a developer team to fix (they almost never do btw). Many of the hoops they make us go through seem unnecessary, and exist only to push back. The role is a HUGE step backwards on a technical level - I'm not learning anything, other than the company's internal bureaucracy. Troubleshooting basic end-user applications (such as chat and video conferencing) is not that sophisticated. The only bright side is that I rarely get to talk to angry customers directly. I'm pretty much alone, nobody else in my office does this very specific role. My coworkers are in overseas offices. I have no idea what they do all day. Probably the same boring nonsense. No technical people to learn from. I'm not too sure what to do. I started studying for vendor certs after work hours, but I find that I'm tired and unmotivated after a whole day of the aforementioned tasks. My precious skills are deprecating too. I'm worried that this will end some day. And I won't have any real current marketable skills for the next role. It's even affecting my self esteem negatively. I tried to move to another role internally, but got declined for lack of headcount (not sure if it is as just an excuse to reject me tbh). I've the financial resources to quit, take a year or two off and focus on studying, whether it'd be programming or just certs, even a whole degree, but I'm approaching 40 and a career break might be risky. Especially during a pandemic. And I'd be giving up a lot of money. Right now I'm just dragging my feet about it, because I have no energy to get up and do something about it. Curious if anyone here faced a similar situation, and what decision you made if so. Please please don't post "just automate your job if it's boring", it's not feasible and they expect human and personalised responses on those tickets. Even if I had the skills to do it, I'd get in serious trouble for something like this. And it's easy to spot canned responses or bots in this context. Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for some study tips, any help appreciated. Posted: 30 Mar 2021 12:18 PM PDT Just looking for any study tips. Trying to get a+ certified Already have Mike meyers book and udemy courses, along with James dion's practice tests, and professor messer a notes and practice test [link] [comments]  |
| Which career involves more coding: DevOps or Cybersecurity? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 12:00 PM PDT Basically, on a day-to-day basis, which job would you be coding more in? Which job do you think is more stressful on average (irrespective of work environment)? [link] [comments]  |
| What is the literal first step to jump from Helpdesk to 365/ System Admin Posted: 30 Mar 2021 12:00 PM PDT Helpdesk has been good to me (lucky I guess) but I have gotten completely complacent. I want to shake this off before I hit my late 20s and get fully entrenched into Helpdesk forever. What is the first thing I should do when I get home today? My current skillset is completely limited to help desk, I haven't hobbied in tech past building PCs. Should I just try building a server at home? I really have no idea where to start in teaching myself sysadmin / 365 admin skills. I know I want to pivot into 365/sys admin type work because something about organizational structures like AD call to me, dunno what it is. Long term goal is pivoting into Azure. I have quite a few years of experience at this point, and I'm pretty good at interviewing. Maybe I should just apply for jobs that I'm a bit underqualified for and learn through trial by fire? Should I just go back to school? [link] [comments]  |
| Boss wants me to apply for a full time role. Should I take it if offered? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 05:57 AM PDT Hi all, Ive been a contractor for the core networking department at a large healthcare organization for 1.5 years. My title is a Jr Network Engineer. My boss came to me and one other contractor and wants me to apply for a role titled Senior Network Technician. This is an entity-specific role, and I will have 3 large hospitals under my belt to take care of. The problem is, I really like working with the core group. They're extremely smart and I respect all of them immensely. I like the projects we work on, and the responsibilities we have. I would take a full time role in a heartbeat if it opened up. I would get a considerable pay increase, benefits, and job security. But the role doesn't excite me at all. Should I bite the bullet and change my attitude on it? It isn't forever. But it isn't what I want exactly either. Any advice would be appreciated. I can offer more information if needed as well! Thank you! [link] [comments]  |
| New job, Upcoming Degree in Information Technology = Raise? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 11:51 AM PDT Hello all, I recently accepted my first full-time role as an entry-level IT Tech. I am pretty happy with my starting salary of $20/hr in CA. However, I will be graduating with a degree in IT at the end of May. I was hoping to get about a %15 percent raise upon degree completion, as this knowledge will add to my knowledge I can apply to this job. The reason I'm interested in this raise is because I have plans to move into my own apartment soon and this $23/hr salary would suffice according to my calculations. Does my college degree obtained 3 months after being hired give me a good chance of obtaining this raise? If not %15, then how much is deserved as a result of my degree if anything at all? The average salary for bachelor's degree holders is about 50,000/yr which works out to about $25/hr, so I'm thinking of using this as negation ammunition. Thanks for all advice. PS: I have about 2 years of experience in entry-level IT work. [link] [comments]  |
| Best IT certs for career change/entry positions with good upside in the future Posted: 30 Mar 2021 05:46 AM PDT I posted on this sub about a year ago and got some really helpful feedback, so I wanted to hear what experienced people in the field have to say about my situation. I will be separating from the military in a couple months after 9 years, bachelors in business admin, almost done with masters information systems. What certs should I be looking to get next? A lot of good paying certs need years of experience before taking the test, but what entry positions would be best to get that experience? I'm open to pretty much anything, thanks in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| How do i proceed my career in Cybersecurity as a fresher? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 10:34 AM PDT I want to pursue my career as a security analyst (cybersecurity) for web application security or information security. I have a certification , and a project experience. However right now I'm in my last sem for B.E degree and whichever job i search in the field of Cybersecurity needs 1+ years of experience, so how do I proceed?!?!? [link] [comments]  |
| Should I accept the PhD position in communication networks after my Master degree? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 02:34 AM PDT Hi. I'm currently in the last months of my Master of Science (MS) degree in computer science in Germany. During my time at the university, I more and more steered into the networking side of things. Now I was offered to be a PhD student at the chair of communication networks. I thought about it a lot, but could not come to a definitive conclusion. Maybe you can give me some insight into your background and your opinion about this path. I really like the low-level side of networking, heard lectures about embedded systems, system simulation and analysis, and quite a bit of networking stuff. I've worked with GNS3 and DPDK and also do a lot of data analysis in python while working as a student research assistant. Currently, I'm implementing a project for the programmable data plane in P4 as part of my master's thesis and could see myself getting into designing and developing network function virtualizations or general network equipment. Financing the PhD isn't really an issue, as it is paid quite good. Also, a PhD in Germany is quite broad w.r.t the things you work on. All of course in the networking area, but there I would be working on multiple research topics while settling on the final thesis topic. Now my question to you: Are any of you in a similar field? And what is your opinion on the level of education? Would I be better of with getting real-world experience or is pursuing the PhD worth it? Thanks in advance for your feedback [link] [comments]  |
| Quickest way to get IT job staffing agency or direct apply? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 05:28 AM PDT In March I applied for 12 jobs, and got around 12 interviews, 5 went to a 2nd or 3rd stage. I've found if I apply directly though, companies take a long time to respond 1st, then even after between interviews they're very vague about the next steps then either they ghost, make you fill out a culture fit/some weird mock IQ test/or a technical screen test. Then they take a while to email and it's usually a week to 2 weeks between interviews. I've tried indeed quick apply and the response rate was super low, then I used keywords and went on the company site and got better responses, but even then I would have bs like this happen. I've debated using staffing firms, but I'm not sure if it'd even be worth the time or if it would lead to anything. I really want to get out of my current job quick because the management sucks. They monitor how many chats, slas, and tickets we pick up, what we say in the response if we use the right template, and we have had 12 people quit in the 10 months I've been here so the workload has gone considerably up. I get around 45 to 60 calls a day, 20 to 25 slas and 10-15 chats that I have to multitask between. Is this normal for IT? We also have to type understood to every email, and there's almost no downtime and they tell us when to have break and go to lunch, and our lunch is only 30 minutes so it's really hard to schedule interviews. And I've went days without eating lunch at times just to schedule interviews. I've looked up details on companies, matched my resume to keywords, and done so many interviews now I almost have responses memorized. IDK what else to do: should I change to software development or computer science, I feel at 28 it's too late to learn though. Also, are there good paying jobs in IT and is it necessary to change? Do you have to get into CS to get any good job nowadays? I also used to be a firefighter and thought of going back to that or go to school for physical therapy assistant? Every other field I haven't had to do 3 and 4 interviews for 1 job. Idk what else to do, stay in IT or look for something else (CS/Medical field). Staffing agency or direct apply [link] [comments]  |
| Advice please... would you study a bachelor of cloud technology or bachelor of IT? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 02:59 AM PDT Looking to the future what do you think would be a better option for me to study? Thanks everyone! [link] [comments]  |
| Cloud engineering job path-non IT background-need advice pls Posted: 30 Mar 2021 08:55 AM PDT Hi, I've been doing some research about cloud engineering for some time now and would like to choose this as my career. Im 22 and will graduate from university in 2 months time with an MEng in Aerospace Engineering. How can I transition to cloud engineering without having to get a degree in IT/computer science etc...I don't want to do another 3yrs at university and would like a job in this field within a year. Is this reasonable/ feasible to achieve. Also where do I start as I have almost no prerequisite knowledge of IT/computer science. I am willing to spend 20+hours a week on learning whats required from scratch...do you think 1 year is a reasonable amount of time to learn everything to start applying for jobs? PLS any advice is truly appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 30 Mar 2021 08:39 AM PDT I'm soon done with my bachelor in Software Engineering and don't know which of these jobs I want:
I could do a FREE master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine learning, Audio programming, or UX Design. From what I've read it seems like Computer science is a bit more general degree, while the others are more specialized towards some specific careers. So I don't know whether to:
Will the Computer Science master's degree help me get any of the more specialized jobs? So... I guess my question is:
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| Salary negotiation- Should I bring up that I know my coworkers starting salary? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 06:37 AM PDT I am currently Level 2, but I am up for a promotion to our company's Level 3 support. I have been shadowing a Level 3 guy for the last year (same position I am applying for); one day, he just volunteered what his starting salary was and told me what he was told the pay range for the position was (him starting at the minimum). After I applied for the position, a recruiter called me (literally just to ask what salary i expected) and told me the starting salary they were thinking of is around 10k less than what the minimum I was told is. I know I should be negotiating my salary based on my merits, but is it appropriate to bring up that I know that info? When I was doing my research and planning, I was using my coworker as baseline, so my requested salary is like 20k higher than the number the recruiter gave. I don't want to screw myself out of the running with a ridiculous number, but also don't want to be severely underpaid. [link] [comments]  |
| Suddenly need to redesign my career, any advice or help please Posted: 30 Mar 2021 06:10 AM PDT Hi everyone! I'm here to ask you something... I'm a mid 30's electromechanical engineering student in his last year of undergrad (I know mid 30's is not usual but I got big gap working in different continents)... For personal reasons I'm not going to be able to finish it, I have no other study credentials but programming skills, the courses I took in colllege and speak 3 languages fluently... Now I have to redesign my career and start working (any further studies would be certs, self-learning or slow pace college)... I have electromechanical products design experience (2+ years) and sys admin and cyber security experience (1~2 years)... I'm thinking switching to software engineering or cyber security... Is it doable? What should I do to reach that goal? Thanks in advance for any advice, I need all the support as I can get, these are difficult times for me. [link] [comments]  |
| Which IT career path is really fun and also pays nice? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 05:46 AM PDT I am currently in college and have to decide which Field should I specialize in, I have many interests but am not sure which one to choose I am looking for a field that is fun to be in but also pays nice. I have a good knowledge of Cloud Architecture and Networking. I am interested in Artificial Intelligence but never tried learning it. I tried Ethical Hacking and I have a headache. I find software development with people I know to be fun but had a bad experience when I tried to do it with a bunch of strangers. Please Recommend to me what should I do: Should I continue to enhance my knowledge in Cloud and Networking? Should I give a try to AI or Software Development? Or Something else? [link] [comments]  |
| Lost need help with career and bad job: not sure whether to stay in IT field??? Posted: 30 Mar 2021 05:33 AM PDT In March I applied for 120 jobs, and got around 12 interviews, 5 went to a 2nd or 3rd stage. I've found if I apply directly though, companies take a long time to respond 1st, then even after between interviews they're very vague about the next steps then either they ghost, make you fill out a culture fit/some weird mock IQ test/or a technical screen test. Then they take a while to email and it's usually a week to 2 weeks between interviews. I've tried indeed quick apply and the response rate was super low, then I used keywords and went on the company site and got better responses, but even then I would have bs like this happen. I've debated using staffing firms, but I'm not sure if it'd even be worth the time or if it would lead to anything. I really want to get out of my current job quick because the management sucks. They monitor how many chats, slas, and tickets we pick up, what we say in the response if we use the right template, and we have had 12 people quit in the 10 months I've been here so the workload has gone considerably up. I get around 45 to 60 calls a day, 20 to 25 slas and 10-15 chats that I have to multitask between. Is this normal for IT? We also have to type understood to every email, and there's almost no downtime and they tell us when to have break and go to lunch, and our lunch is only 30 minutes so it's really hard to schedule interviews. And I've went days without eating lunch at times just to schedule interviews. I've looked up details on companies, matched my resume to keywords, and done so many interviews now I almost have responses memorized. IDK what else to do: should I change to software development or computer science, I feel at 28 it's too late to learn though. Also, are there good paying jobs in IT and is it necessary to change? Do you have to get into CS to get any good job nowadays? I also used to be a firefighter and thought of going back to that or go to school for physical therapy assistant? Every other field I haven't had to do 3 and 4 interviews for 1 job. Idk what else to do, stay in IT or look for something else (CS/Medical field). Staffing agency or direct apply [link] [comments]  |
| How to get into IT field once more time when you're a foreigner? Posted: 29 Mar 2021 11:35 PM PDT Hi there, A little story about me, I graduated in Networking in a small country( Viet Nam). After graduated, I moved to U.S ( Silicon Valley), and start over my life again. All my knowledge I obtained in Viet Nam is forgotten, and I only learned about old hardware and software. I'm currently attending college to get 4 years degree again, but I think it's not worth. I did some research about certs that can help you get a job without a degree too. I really appreciate every help from you guys, and please guide me. [link] [comments]  |
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