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    IT Career [Week 35 2021] Resume Review!

    IT Career [Week 35 2021] Resume Review!


    [Week 35 2021] Resume Review!

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 01:12 AM PDT

    Finding it is time to update the good old resume and want a second set of eyes and some feedback? Post it below and let us know what you need help with.

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    MOD NOTE: This will be a weekly post every Friday.

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    I hear people sayin "There is good Money in IT" but I can't find it.

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 07:38 AM PDT

    Recently joined a service based company as a fresher and the money I get is just enough to pay rent and food. Idk what to do now? I never expected to become suddenly rich but I thought money would be sufficient to save more money for future.

    What should I do to increase my value in IT ? What things/technologies should I learn ? How to remember learnt things for more than a month ?

    When should I think of changing the company (Or am I in a bad state and need change ASAP) ?

    Meanwhile I have known about people of my age earning 5 times my salary ? What should I do to get to that level ?

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    Stuck in IT helpdesk....I played myself...........

    Posted: 02 Sep 2021 02:27 PM PDT

    I'm currently in my IT Technician (helpdesk) role for about 2 years... and we had a software developer position open...I thought I wasn't qualified to take on the role so I didn't apply (I have 0 experience in coding). I met the individual who got the position and he has 0 knowledge about coding as well... his background was in helpdesk too.... So, I played myself...

    **update:

    Thank you everyone for the comments. They were truly helpful and got me thinking even more about my career! And Yes I definitely did play myself but I should not expect to get a job out right with no experience! Back to the books I go!

    Also love this subreddit. Everyone's always wiling to give their own personal input and it helps a lot! Whether it be encouragements or critical critiques. I will take all of that into consideration. There's always room to grow!

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    A Networking Undergrad looking for database positions advice

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 08:32 AM PDT

    Im currently employed as a IT Technician for a company in my local city and although i have no experience in networking (other than my learnings from uni) im very interested in working with networks, servers and switches as it seems to be a more hands-on role. If anyone has any words of advice for any certifications or general advice i should know before applying to these roles as interns or trainees i would really appreciate it!

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    Have a year or 1.5 of free time, is RHCA worth it?

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 09:20 AM PDT

    Hi,

    I'm in a situation now where I have lots of free time for over a year, I'm studying for RHCE now as I have RHCSA, and I was wondering if getting RHCA is worth it?

    I'm thinking of focussing on Ansible+Ansible best practices, security & hardening, troubleshooting & diagnostics, for a total of 5 specialist certs.

    I used to have my own IT company focused on general Linux and Windows stuff, but want to start a career in DevOps / cloud.

    After obtaining RHCA my plan is getting some more cloud/devops related certs, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform and to start learning Python so I truly have all the skills required for DevOps.

    Would this be the right order to go about things? The thing is the single specialist certs are so expensive I might as well get the RHCA by taking Red Hat Subscription ? I'll have a year for 5 certs then.

    Any tips or advice on what would be a better path ? Or any stuff I might have overlooked ?

    submitted by /u/Warm_Bid4225
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    Is the Comptia A+ worth getting while working help desk?

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 07:03 AM PDT

    Hello,

    I've been an IT Coordinator (Help Desk Role) for about 4 years and am currently working on my A+. I understand the A+ is designed to get into a help desk role. So I'm wondering if it's even worth it since I'm there already. My employer said they would give me a pay increase once I got it and their also requesting it of me. But I don't plan on staying with them much longer (probably until mid next year). So I'd like to get as many certs as I can during that time. However I still haven't decided between going down the networking or security routes. Long story short. Is it still worth getting the A+ when I'm already working a help desk job? Or should I shift gear and focus on the Network+, or CCENT. Also which is more recommended Between Net+ and CCENT?

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    From your years of experience in IT. What do you believe? What is your perspective?

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 05:06 AM PDT

    Information Technology is always changing. From your perspective, what IT job roles do you see that will still stand for a long time?, like 10 years plus. And Wich IT jobs will be in demand for the future? Thank you.

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    Job offer. Lower pay, no remote, but gaining experience doing what I want. WWYD?

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 09:56 AM PDT

    Just before covid I took a job at a fortune 500 company doing DoD contracting. I was originally hired as a network engineer, what I wanted to do, but was moved out of that position into essentially a tech writer role without any one asking if that's what I wanted. That was around covid so I didn't complain, I was fully remote and a jobs a job right?

    But now that things are a bit better than last year I started looking and just got a job offer as a network administrator with a very small company, still doing DoD contracting.
    The issues that I face would be taking a small pay cut, and I would lose my remote status so another pay cut since that's less family time, commute, food expenses or packing lunches etc. Not to mention a 50 minute commute.

    The only highlight is that I would be doing what I want to do, actively adding things to my resume, and maybe get around other people again.
    But I don't know if it's because I'm content where I'm at, it just doesn't seem like a smart jump just for the experience.

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    Any catch to State Helpdesk jobs starting at 72k/year?

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 12:51 AM PDT

    I am always continuing to look at job posts just to be aware of the job market in my area and I recently saw a few jobs that description is basic help desk level job not requiring too much experience and they say starting at 72k, what's the catch? I applied just to see what happens.

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    How do you sus out company issues during an interview?

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 01:49 AM PDT

    It really feels like accepting a position at a new company is a roll of the dice.

    I left my last job because the environment was highly politicized and toxic. I found my current job and it sounded amazing, only for me to arrive and watch almost every person in my team leave and get replaced because of terrible management.

    I think it's obvious that you can't ask questions like "is your manager a micro-manager" during an interview and expect to get hired. Or if you do, they won't give you a real answer because they want to make the company look good.

    Are there any techniques for finding out what the issues are within the team before joining? Or are we all doomed to go from job to job hoping the next one might be better?

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    Any tech support engineers here? Looking to transition from an application support analyst to a tech support engineer but I am unsure of how much coding is involved on the actual job. Not sure

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 05:32 AM PDT

    Any information is appreciated. I am looking to transition and confused about what languages I need to sharpen on and the extent to which I really need to be proficient in them.

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    Need advice with career change from medical manufacturing into the world of IT

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 09:05 AM PDT

    So about a year ago i decided that working shifts for the rest of my life aint for me and at 25 i thought no better time than now before life starts to hold me down, so i started studying got my A+ and have my Net+ booked in next week. I always had PC's and always tore apart everything out of curiousity thats why i naturally went into engineering and landed myself a fairly high paying job but over the course of 6 1/2 years i come to the realisation that money doesnt out way that feeling of being unhappy day to day!

    I see alot of people going for helpdesk jobs as a foot in the door but i have a job opportunity as a IT/EPOS engineer that pays a fairbit more than a helpdesk job, but as i said money doesnt mean its the right way, so basically my end goal is to get into cyber security and plan to keep studying whilst working but dont know wether to turn down the job offer if it will not help me along the path to where i want to go.

    I see people say helpdesk jobs will get you the experience to climb up but there has to be other avenues where you can gain experience and climb the ladder to right, if so is this job something that would in say a years time help me get into the networking space and so forth?

    any advice would help me honestly just confused as i dont want to accept only to find this kind of experience wont help me advance at all, thanks in advance if you made it this far LOL!!

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    Advice for someone offerred an infosec role, switching from non-security role

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 08:35 AM PDT

    I work for an MSP as tier 2 support. T2 here is pretty involved, we do a lot of networking and sysadmin stuff. I didnt have any plans to move into cyber security initially, so it hasnt been my focus. Ive been a top performer and was just offered a job as a security analyst for our infosec team. I have my sec+ already and will need to get my cysa+ for this role.

    What other things should I be learning that will make me successful? I think I have strong foundational IT skills already. Just curious to hear from people who made the jump from non-security roles to security, and what some of the bigger things they needed to learn to be successful in their security role. Obviously im going to dig in specifically on the tools we use, but where should I focus the training I do on my own time? Is tryhackme a good resource, should I focus on doing courses on there?

    Thanks all, any tips/advice is appreciated, just want to be as successful as I can in this role as I realize what an awesome opportunity this is to get this job title

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    Career change from Business to IT, which degree should I choose?

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 08:29 AM PDT

    I currently work in Accounts Payable and ended up in this position due to circumstance. I've tried like hell to move into another areas like Human Resources where my degrees would still be of use but only get interviews for other Accounts Payable jobs.

    Growth in this job is limited and I'm at the top of what I can earn, so I've been looking at moving into IT. I should have studied this when I started university but didn't have a stable home life and picked the easy option. My goal is to be an Information Security Analyst or Systems Administrator.

    There are three programs I'm considering:

    1. B.S. in Information Technology - Kent State University
    2. B.S. in Computer Science - Cleveland State University
    3. Master in Computer and Information Technology - University of Pennsylvania

    What is the difference between IT and Computer Science in terms of getting a job? Based on the coursework, I'm more interested in the IT program but don't want to end up in the same position I am now with more student loan debt.

    Will employers recognize the MCIT degree the same as they would an M.S.?

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    What else do I need to get hired? Currently a 2nd year IS major.

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 08:23 AM PDT

    Currently applying to help desk analyst/technician jobs and haven't really landed much. I have a help desk internship under my belt from this past summer, and I am A+ certified. I figured this would be enough for an entry level spot…any pointers?

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    38 year old looking to switch career into IT field.

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 08:09 AM PDT

    I graduated over 14 years ago with a compsci degree, but never worked a day in IT. Instead I have ran various small businesses with varying degrees of success. The Covid pandemic destroyed my business and reserves, now I'm looking at getting 1 or 2 certificates to get back in IT and pick myself back up. What certificate would you recommend? In what field am I most likely to get a job real quick?

    P.s : I did all the networking/help desk duties and designed the websites(using templates) at my small businesses.

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    Need Advise, feeling lost. I really need some guidance.

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 07:00 AM PDT

    Hi guys,

    To give a little context I have about 2 years in the I.T. field involving, I.T. Specialist, field technician and service desk. I also have my master in I.T., have ITIL foundation, lean six sigma green belt and a security clearance. My question is, what would be the smart move to make? Cert wise or roles. Based on your guys experience is there any specific set of certs? Thanks for your response. I am kinda of lost and need directions since I am starting a family soon and want to make solid moves to improve my career.

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    Field change from Middleware SAP Support to Cloud Development

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 05:14 AM PDT

    Hey Everyone, i am seeking advice on changing my field from production support to cloud development. I have been in my current company since 2 years and i have been trying to change projects but in vain. So i am trying in another companies. However i am getting rejected everywhere. From my side i have been adding certificates(currently coursera certificates not Amazon's or Google's) related to cloud i.e, AWS/GCP since i have no field experience in it.

    Can somebody please advice how i can get an interview on Cloud Development?

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    Where can you point sobebody with aviation background?

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 04:02 AM PDT

    Hello fellow redditers!

    Where to find more viable information on IT then on Reddit? - I've asked myself struggling to find answers to my problems. So here I am, asking what YOU think!

    I've got a lot of experience in aviation (like >10 years), but somehow in the distant future I can imagine my job to be degraded* (an thus salary will be getting rather smaller then bigger) due to incoming IT technologies. Therefore I try to make something out of myself and I want to start and discover some of that IT carriers everybody around me is talking about. Having YOUR experience where would you point me to start first? A bootcamp for programing? Read-learn from books? IT studies are not an option for me (full time job at the moment).

    Also is there any link you could possibly know from your experience where IT and aviation really works together?

    During my work I use to help in software development (on a consumer site), and I use to teach my colleagues software that was developed for us. I think I'm kind of "computer smart" and programing seems to be option for me, but maybe YOU can give me some advice and better options which I could discover.

    Your opinion will be very much appreciated.

    As for grammar/spelling mistakes please go easy on me as English is not my native language.

    *happily can discuss that case as I believe computers sooner or later "will take my job", give or take 10 to 20 years.

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    Starting Job as an IT director with little experience in IT

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 07:24 AM PDT

    I just accepted the role as an IT director, I feel I can do the job because it's a small company with only 40 users and the previous person they had in the role was an HR person with no IT background so that does give me some confidence. They wanted someone to come in and take over the position with knowledge of IT. I've fast tracked my career in IT so far, after getting my Comptia A+ cert in April I got my first help desk job in July. Now have taken this position, I felt like I couldn't turn down this opportunity.

    Every job I've had I've learned diving in working in the field, one of the main responsibilities that has me worried is managing the server which is a Windows server 2012. I know Microsoft sends updates the second Tuesday of every month? For those who manager and configure, update Windows servers, what's the daily, weekly task to making sure they are running properly? I've been looking up every tutorial I have on servers but anyone with working knowledge of them would be greatly appreciated along with links of study material.

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    Are you NEW to IT, Cyber Security, or Networking and need a foundation of what and how to get a job or info about the fields? Check out the 'Wiki' tab on this subreddit's dashboard. The mods created it for YOU! Link here as well. (Or on the right side of your screen if you scroll down.)

    Posted: 02 Sep 2021 04:14 PM PDT

    Here is the link to the 'Wiki' --> https://www.reddit.com/r/ITCareerQuestions/wiki/index

    Good luck in your pursuit!!

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    How do you do on your first day at new job? I feel like it's very hard to start talking to people.

    Posted: 03 Sep 2021 01:42 AM PDT

    I will enter my new job next month. It is my second job. I am thinking about it a lot and it give me anxiety. I am more of an introvert person but i think i can manage to talk to new people. but it's kinda hard. Any tips would be great.

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    Go back to college for IT or self teach/certification via plethora of free online content

    Posted: 02 Sep 2021 02:22 PM PDT

    Hello folks, need some inputs and opinion about which path to take. Currently, trying to switch careers from healthcare into IT. I've narrowed down my option to go down the software development route. I know this is an IT (hardware) subreddit. However, I feel I can get some good realistic and non-biased opinion here. My current plan is to study and get A+ certified and start looking for an IT helpdesk job. Then start self teaching everything relating to software development while using the helpdesk job mostly for IT experience and networking with professional in the field. Is that a good plan or am I wasting my time with a helpdesk job when my goal is to be a software developer and should start coding and joining software development groups around my area and start creating projects to showcase. Also, being mid 30s is it better to go back to college and get a bachelors degree in IT or CS or self teach, work on projects, certifications and hope future employers notice my drive, work ethic, and passion for the field. Welcome all realistic and constructive feedback.

    submitted by /u/NecessaryPeanut1529
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    Looking to understand networking/Security more - Help me become the defender of the IT world

    Posted: 02 Sep 2021 11:03 AM PDT

    My basic ass thought I'd get an easy job as IT Helpdesk with the certs I got from google coursera, but now that I think about it, I wanna do even more perhaps. Something that I lack is the knowledge for networking and security.

    Only reason I was able to pass those sections were the tests were easy to just look through open book even if you didn't understand.

    I want to get better at it, what are some Youtubers you guys can point at that I can start bettering myself? I want to put in the work so I can get an IT job and work my way up hopefully.

    Networking/Security seem pretty cool but I legit couldn't understand it since the teacher's were pretty terrible for those courses.

    submitted by /u/IchibanEtemon
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    Can a Computer Science major find remote entry-level IT help desk positions?

    Posted: 02 Sep 2021 07:39 PM PDT

    I was looking into working remotely in the IT field as it's a tech position (looks good on my resume), and it will pay the bills. Would you know if its possible for me too, I have 1-year of experience in answering tickets/customer service (kinda like IT, but more web dev related).

    Edit: I am currently in my Junior year

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