IT Career [Week 26 2021] Resume Review! |
- [Week 26 2021] Resume Review!
- do i stay and milk the sysadmin title or find another job with a possible paycut?
- The more I learn, the more I abandon what I'm learning
- For the Technical Support Engineers out there, can anyone relate to this ?
- My I.T. director actually knows nothing about IT in our department
- Haa RSA 4096 bit encryption been cracked by the NSA?
- I got the job!! How can I set myself up for future success?
- Anyone else notice a big rise in salary ranges for desktop support?
- The Ask??? I've inherited facilities management as part of my IT Mgmt duties
- Placement regarding help needed for 3rd Year B.Tech student
- At what point in a person's career does CompTIA A+ become obsolete?
- Career advice to become a System Administrator please
- Technician job help/count for experience in IT? I don’t want to say yes and it not help at all.
- I want to start my Journey in the IT field, but I'm lost and not sure how to start
- Best options for mid level State or City IT Jobs in New York
- Just graduated with a bachelor's in an unrelated field, thinking about an associate's in IT. Mistake?
- How useful would it be to study Network+ material before the Security+?
- Can someone help me with study Penetration testing
- 18 year fresh out of high highschool what should I do with my life I have no idea
- Common problems they give you on the exam in a programmer interview
- Revisiting IT as career - Would greatly appreciate resume feedback
- Looking for suggestions in security formations/certificats to progress in my IT carreer
- what is the quickest way back into the it career field?
- Does your employer pay you more for having a Bachelor Degree?
- I am having my first interview for windows support engineer on Monday
- Opportunities for remote work.. any help is welcomed.
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| do i stay and milk the sysadmin title or find another job with a possible paycut? Posted: 01 Jul 2021 03:58 PM PDT First of all, thank you for reading and I appreciate and input you may have. I will try to be concise. I landed my first IT job as helpdesk at a mid sized organization a little over 2 years ago. I think it was a pretty typical helpdesk job, although it could be slow at times. My goal was to learn something new every week at least though, and I'm proud to say I grew a lot in those 2 years. By the time I resigned, my boss had told me I was more of a t2 or t3 tech. At my current job, my title is technically Sysadmin, but really it's much more basic than my last role. It's extremely slow, to the point where I've had days of literally 0 actual work. The other details aren't overly relevant and somewhat tedious, so I'll just summarize by saying I'm miserable and want to find another job. I've been here for about 3 months, but I'm hesitant to even put it on my resume or leave because 1) I've learned nothing and I do nothing, 2) Even if I fluff up my duties they are nowhere near Sysadmin. 3) My last role was $18/hr, current job is $24/hr, I doubt I can do better. Do I list this place as another helpdesk position, or leave it off my resume entirely? Or, do I stay and take advantage of the down time as much as possible and then leave? I'll admit, I'm not in a great place mentally right now so I apologize if this post makes little sense. Thank you. [link] [comments]  |
| The more I learn, the more I abandon what I'm learning Posted: 02 Jul 2021 12:29 AM PDT Does anyone else have this problem? I started off enrolling in an AWS Solutions Architect course because I eventually want to get into cloud engineering, but then as I learned more about it I realized that I should probably learn more about traditional on-premise systems first so I better understand what problems the cloud helps solve and how they relate. So I start looking into on-premise server architectures and realize that I should really learn about Kubernetes. So I start studying Kubernetes then realize I should probably learn Docker and Virtualbox/VMWare first. Then I start studying those topics and realize I need to know more about networking. Then I start studying networking and realize I should know more about general linux system administation. Then I start learning sysadmin stuff and decide I should really know shell scripting first. And on and on and on it goes... Is this sort of paralysis by analysis kind of thing? I mean I definitely feel like I'm learning more and more every day but the more I learn, the more I realize I don't know shit. [link] [comments]  |
| For the Technical Support Engineers out there, can anyone relate to this ? Posted: 01 Jul 2021 05:57 PM PDT I am currently a TSE for a pretty global SaaS company, about a couple of years in the field. I have some certs (ccna, rhcsa,etc). Recently I have gone through the entire interview process for two different companies for TSE roles (about 4-5 weeks long, consisting of 30 min phone calls to 4-5 hour panel at the end) and it seems that I'm getting rejected after getting to the last interview. I usually answer 8 out of 10 questions correctly and I still elaborate on how I would find out the answers for the ones I'm not quite sure of. I also do pretty well on behavioral questions, especially the ones where they'll ask about how to deal with certain customers, etc. Also I'm a pretty easy going guy and a very polite person to talk to. What am I doing wrong ? I am not really having issues getting callbacks for interviews (have interviews scheduled next week with two different companies) but it seems that I'm having to invest a lot of my time, burning through my saved up PTO just to get rejected. I politely asked them for feedback as well. Company A said that they actually did not have any feedback for me (not sure what this means) and Company B said I was a great candidate but it's a very competitive role. Tr;dl Don't have issues getting calls for interviews, interviews themselves seem to go well with the hiring managers and the engineers interviewing me, but keeps getting rejected at the end. [link] [comments]  |
| My I.T. director actually knows nothing about IT in our department Posted: 01 Jul 2021 05:02 PM PDT Pretty much as the title states. I work in IT for a non for profit, his earnings are posted online for the IRS. He makes way too much money, and he's our department director. He knows absolutely nothing at all about what we do, or anything of our process, or tech. He couldn't do I.T. to save his life. Is there anything that can be done about this? Or should I just move on? [link] [comments]  |
| Haa RSA 4096 bit encryption been cracked by the NSA? Posted: 01 Jul 2021 11:39 PM PDT Has anybody including the NSA cracked 4096 bit encryption today yet? [link] [comments]  |
| I got the job!! How can I set myself up for future success? Posted: 01 Jul 2021 06:39 PM PDT I posted here asking how to study for technical questions on an interview and, while no one responded (no judgment my post was kind of a mess), I took the study portion into my own hands and put about 20 hrs of study in across two days. I'm not sure it was necessary, but it certainly helped me feel confident and I answered all their questions reasonably well without a single IDK. I probably could've saved myself some stress and put about half the study time in, but I digress. I'll be working a Level 2 Desktop Support Technician role. I have two years of experience doing level 1, some level 2, type work. But I've been out of the IT work force for 1 year as of today and needless to say I'm anxious (yet excited) and have so many emotions! How do I ensure I don't get stuck in support roles? ( Like what steps can I take to set myself up for career success?) Not that I hate support, quite the contrary, it's my favorite job role I've ever held. Where many call it Hell Desk I actually quite enjoy the work involved with support type roles. But I don't want to get stuck doing that because I know it can be career limiting. [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone else notice a big rise in salary ranges for desktop support? Posted: 01 Jul 2021 07:15 PM PDT Maybe it's just my market, but I've noticed desktop support jobs are paying a lot of money these days. I wasn't really planning on leaving my job as I've been here less than a year after being laid off during covid and struggling to find a job for months, but I am being swayed by salary ranges that are $15-25k more than I make now. I'd say I'm paid pretty fair overall currently too. Is this because of people leaving for remote opportunities, etc? Seems like demand is pretty high right now. [link] [comments]  |
| The Ask??? I've inherited facilities management as part of my IT Mgmt duties Posted: 01 Jul 2021 05:59 PM PDT Hello all!. Im a VP in IT for a small Credit Union, say 500Mil in assets. we have less than a hundred employees, 4 branches. In 2018 a VP passed away and over the years i've taken on the responsibility of facilities management as the deceased did. I pretty much do everything from call in the contractors, review and approve proposals, to oversee installations. Sometimes this runs past my normal hours and weekends as facility stuff gets scheduled like IT projects. So i want to ask the CEO a couple of things. Main thing is an increment. I figure i save the CU at least 36k/year in salary for a entry facilities manager. I admit i am not the fastest to respond to requests as IT comes first however nothing is broken or neglected from maintenance. 2nd thing is prior to my hire the previous IT manager used to report directly to the CEO. As that person had difficulties , IT/Technology was redirected to be under the control of the CFO. I have been running Tech for many years without any management or direction from our CFO, i want to put in the ask to report to the CEO again. How can i broach these items? thanks all and be safe! [link] [comments]  |
| Placement regarding help needed for 3rd Year B.Tech student Posted: 01 Jul 2021 10:35 PM PDT I'm in 3rd year of my UG B.Tech in CSE. And I don't know that much coding to get placements. Help me to get placements, tell me what to read, what to do? [link] [comments]  |
| At what point in a person's career does CompTIA A+ become obsolete? Posted: 01 Jul 2021 04:28 PM PDT I always see two sides of opinion on having the CompTIA A+ cert: it's the golden ticket to getting jobs, or it's a waste of time. I understand that it's definitely more on the entry-level side of certifications ( if not the most basic), so I understand it being a ridiculous thing to seek out if you're a SysAdmin making $70k/year. But at what point between "help desk" and "top dog" is it not even worth the time it takes to pursue it? [link] [comments]  |
| Career advice to become a System Administrator please Posted: 01 Jul 2021 05:18 PM PDT Hi All, My career goal is to become a system admin and I'm currently a bit of a roadblock. I've been working at a service desk for 1 year now and there isn't much more room for growth at my current workplace. Im 20 and this was my first "real" job. The company i work at is a small telecommunication/MSP provider that provides and manages phone systems (hosted and onsite PBX's) and network equipment (routers, switches, 4g failover, AP, etc). The company also provides ISP services (SIP trunks, psdn/isdn lines, internet services, SIM cards, etc) When I first started I was a little overwhelmed as I had very minimal it experience. I was able to grow and learn most aspects of the role. My "general IT" knowledge has greatly improved and I was able to pickup a basic-intermediate understanding of phone system programming, router programming and how to troubleshoot/fault find. I have a solid understanding of networks and how they operate. I also have a very basic understanding of the OSI model but am continuing to try and lead and use it in the troubleshooting I complete at work. My goal of being a system admin seems to have haulted mainly because I feel like I'm not actively learning at work. If I'm being honest, I really was only actively growing and learning in the first 6 months and have gotten too comfortable since then. When I look at sysadmin roles in my area, they require experience with power shell, windows server, automation, Microsoft exchange and Microsoft azure. I unfortunately don't have any experience in these areas and won't gain these skill sets through my current employer. How can I bridge this lack of experience? Do you recommend switching to another company for a different role? I'm currently using Linux as my main OS at home but wondering how I could learn windows server, power shell, etc? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Technician job help/count for experience in IT? I don’t want to say yes and it not help at all. Posted: 01 Jul 2021 07:23 PM PDT It's a job fixing radio antenna equipment, it seems fun and I'll learn things. But will it help land a better job in IT? Or should I wait for a help desk/pc tech, it support role to come around? Currently taking A+ [link] [comments]  |
| I want to start my Journey in the IT field, but I'm lost and not sure how to start Posted: 01 Jul 2021 01:39 AM PDT I hope everyone is well. I work as a tech support for 6 year, and I want to get out being in the call center set up. I have my bachelors degree in computer engineering but its kind useless now as I have forgotten what I've learned and only knows what I've been doing for the past 6 years. Where and how do I start? Would credentials like Comptia or ITIL help me start and gain the required knowledge? Thank you for taking your time to read [link] [comments]  |
| Best options for mid level State or City IT Jobs in New York Posted: 01 Jul 2021 07:11 PM PDT I've been working a high stress Helpdesk role at a fairly large international corporation in Houston for over two years now and moving back to NYC (queens) by early next year to be with family and was thinking of going for a state or city job . I'm thinking of a jr sys admin or desktop support type position and wondering if anyone has some tips or advice on what route to take? how to apply and what certs would help most? Some additional Info- I currently have an associates in an unrelated field and A+ but willing to take more certs/learn to improve my chances. My company went through a big merger last year so our team had to cross train and learn many new systems which basically felt like a new job. Learning things on the fly as our entire workforce went remote was quite an experience. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Jul 2021 04:30 PM PDT Howdy, Like the title says, I just finished up a 4-year degree in a field totally unrelated to IT (journalism). I realized halfway through my program that it was not the career for me, but I was too far in to quit, so I saw it through. Now that I'm graduated, I'm finding the jobs in my field to be completely uninteresting and work doing the kind of thing I really enjoy (photography!) inconsistent enough to pay my bills. I started thinking that I might need to go back to school in something I'd actually wanna do. In looking at the local community college's offerings in associate's degrees, I found IT to be the only position that truly interested me* and something I have any existing experience in.** I've done some looking around the web at potential career paths with an assoc. in IT and read up on some of the other threads in this subreddit, and I decided that the potential downsides of a career in IT were not enough of a deterrent that I am able to convince myself it'd be a bad choice to pursue. That said, I don't really know anyone who's done IT work and if it's really the path I should go down on a whim. Any advice? \I am really big into problem solving and working through issues. I love anything that has "right answers," and that can be quantified objectively, rather than subjectively. So, like, not journalism.* \*My father spent 20-odd years in an electrical engineering career at a university (I think? He did a lot in his time there). Growing up around him, I picked up a ton of basic computer knowledge, and his interests rubbed off on me. I consume a buttload of technology content on YouTube. I also took a practice CompTIA A+ exam online and found that I actually knew a surprising amount of the answers already (for whatever that's worth, maybe very little).* [link] [comments]  |
| How useful would it be to study Network+ material before the Security+? Posted: 01 Jul 2021 03:51 PM PDT I've recently decided to get my Comptia Security+ certification and am working towards it. I've had people tell me to get the network+ before that because it provides a really good foundation for networking concepts commonly used in the cybersecurity industry, and having knowledge of them is key to understanding many security concepts, and might help for the security+ exam. I've also been recommended that I go through the network+ material but not necessarily take the exam, just to get a good grasp of networking. I'm leaning towards the latter and have been going through some videos and material for the network+, but I've come to a point where I don't know how thoroughly to study it. Few main question areas have popped into my mind and any help would be appreciated:
Keep in mind, my main focus is cybersecurity, and that's the industry I'm going into. Also do not factor in exam and study material costs into the equation. Again, any help is appreciated [link] [comments]  |
| Can someone help me with study Penetration testing Posted: 01 Jul 2021 03:13 PM PDT Can someone tell me a study plan to learn the penetration testing? [link] [comments]  |
| 18 year fresh out of high highschool what should I do with my life I have no idea Posted: 01 Jul 2021 03:17 AM PDT im a 18 yr old who just graduated .my dad wants me to go to trucking business which can make decent amount of money but trucking life seems harsh I want try college and see new opportunities and experience ,or maybe find a major which I love but I'm worrying and conflicted If I would waste my time in college.Any advice? [link] [comments]  |
| Common problems they give you on the exam in a programmer interview Posted: 01 Jul 2021 08:47 PM PDT I'm an fresh grad I.T student and I'm planning to apply as a programmer. I have a question for developers here what are the sample test questions they give to you when applyng? [link] [comments]  |
| Revisiting IT as career - Would greatly appreciate resume feedback Posted: 01 Jul 2021 08:32 PM PDT Hello! 2020 was rough year. I graduated with my Advanced Diploma in Video Game programing in 2019 and unfortunately did not find a job in IT. After working some other jobs and gathering more life experience, it's time for me to finally break into the career. I have no previous work experience within IT but do know several programming languages. I'm currently working on my CompTIA Linux+ cert and building a portfolio to strengthen job applications. I will be apply to jobs in multiple areas of IT that relate to my skillset, for example, junior web dev, help desk etc. Below I have a link to my resumes. I have two, the one on the first page is a traditional look, the one on the second is a more "modern" look. Questions: Which resume type would you recommend to use? Do you have any critique or feedback for the content of my resume? Do you have any general advice for me? Thanks in advanced! [link] [comments]  |
| Looking for suggestions in security formations/certificats to progress in my IT carreer Posted: 01 Jul 2021 04:42 PM PDT Hi everyone, I'm actually working as a IT helpdesk in a good compagny. I have been offered to get continue formation of my choice by my boss, so I can progress even more. I have already several opportunities to evolve since one of the sysadmin and the team leader are quitting. Since I'm very interested in anything security related, the compagny is going to put me in the loop for every microsoft security meetings. I'm looking here for suggestions that could enhance my knowledge and my skills. I wish to do a formation leading to a good, reconized certificate. Thanks for the help in advance! [link] [comments]  |
| what is the quickest way back into the it career field? Posted: 01 Jul 2021 08:26 PM PDT Long story short I have a brief IT history...fixing computers, setting them up, building, general tier 1 support. Fast forward 12 years after getting into law enforcement I am now considering going back to IT work. I do not have any certifications other than some minor experience about 10+ years ago. Of course, I still have been doing IT stuff in my free time, building rigs, helping others with general IT stuff. I would love to do something or get some experience in the following fields: 1. Social media, digital marketing, eCommerce. 2. Cybersecurity, computer forensics something using my investigative skills and IT skills. I have a passion for building websites, small online communities. I love growing a small community into a very large active group providing content and sharing content. I have created a Facebook group with up to 18k followers in about 2 years. I'm kind of all over the board but just trying to see which would be the quickest way to land me and IT job or a digital job. Thanks. [link] [comments]  |
| Does your employer pay you more for having a Bachelor Degree? Posted: 01 Jul 2021 08:00 PM PDT Lets say you don't have a bachelor degree. If you were to get one, but keep the exact same position you have now, will your employer pay you more for doing the same job just because you have a degree? Will your employer give you a higher paying position now that you have one? [link] [comments]  |
| I am having my first interview for windows support engineer on Monday Posted: 01 Jul 2021 07:51 PM PDT I'm having this interview for windows support engineer on Monday... I don't know how to prepare for it...can u guy's give me some tips for it.... This is for L1... [link] [comments]  |
| Opportunities for remote work.. any help is welcomed. Posted: 01 Jul 2021 07:24 PM PDT Are there any entry level remote sales opportunities in IT? [link] [comments]  |
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