IT Career [November 2021] State of IT - What is hot, trends, jobs, locations.... Tell us what you're seeing! |
- [November 2021] State of IT - What is hot, trends, jobs, locations.... Tell us what you're seeing!
- Can I stay remote? NO. Put resignation for new remote job. Now is, nobody knows how to do your job.
- Is this a toxic work environment, should I change my job?
- Anyone have any experience or knowledge with Amazon IT?
- I dont do anythin at my job cyber security analyst been over a month
- Going from Desktop support to SOC analyst but afraid to leave.
- Looking to change career to IT and hoping for advice on finding the right path for what I want.
- How beneficial is it to join a company which is undergoing a "digital transformation"?
- Have you left after 2 months starting your first it job for a new job? Did you find a new job? Is it worth putting on Resume for that short time?
- Guilt for leaving a new job early for a better offer?
- Not sure where to go from here in my career, looking for perspective
- CCNA is the best choice or do I get another Certification?
- Cant find a job 6 months past college graduation in IT
- Hi, very curious on the cyber security side of things.
- Finally landed my dream IT job of working for a school district
- I'm not sure what jobs to look for that fit my somewhat unique background. Looking for suggestions?
- Web Development or Cybersecurity? I’m stuck between them both
- I was offered a job but they want a quick response (by tomorrow). How can I stall them?
- I want to get started in IT. Should I just wait until I finish my associates and my A+? Or still job search.
- Alright, explain like I’m five, what the hell is ITIL???
- Can performance review be affected by things that aren’t *really* in my job description?
- Is it "okay" to put intermediate skills on my resume? help!
- Best resources to for CCNA or Network+? The Cost through Comptia is $500+
- How to make the jump from service desk to management?
| [November 2021] State of IT - What is hot, trends, jobs, locations.... Tell us what you're seeing! Posted: 04 Nov 2021 01:12 AM PDT Let's keep track of latest trends we are seeing in IT. What technologies are folks seeing that are hot or soon to be hot? What skills are in high demand? Which job markets are hot? Are folks seeing a lot of jobs out there? Let's talk about all of that in this thread! [link] [comments]  |
| Can I stay remote? NO. Put resignation for new remote job. Now is, nobody knows how to do your job. Posted: 04 Nov 2021 05:27 AM PDT It's insane how some companies are taking us for granted. I asked, I told them I wanted to stay remote, was told NO. People started quitting and taking remote work, losing amazing talent. I asked again, can I stay remote, NO. Ok, now it's my turn to put my resignation, now I'm being asked why, being told nobody knows how to do my job. I can't even train a replacement because, nobody wants to accept a job because it would require people to be onsite, and to move. But nope, they are sticking to the "you must be in the office" bullshit. By the way, my job is very well documented, if the person has the right technical background, so basically the company is looking for a well qualified individual, who is willing to pay their own expenses to move near an office, and commute daily, good luck with that shit. [link] [comments]  |
| Is this a toxic work environment, should I change my job? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 04:25 AM PDT I recently joined a company as a mid-level software engineer with 5 years of experience. The onboarding was not that great, I got some documentation, an overview KT, and bad quality videos of the product. I went through all but the assigned buddy used to ignore my doubts and help messages. and will be stern whenever he used to reply. After 2 weeks with whatever knowledge I got, I started working on a ticket. Now I had to test it end to end, but I started getting a lot of blockers in configuration for the test. My problem is, the few experienced engineers who I have approached, ignore my messages for almost the whole day, and when they answer they talk very rude like I am 8. My progress is crawling. I have told my manager multiple times that I am not getting adequate help to unblock myself but he still says he doesn't know why I am not getting the task done. Even the manager talks in a stern tone with all teammates in standup, almost the whole team is new (people switched jobs in covid). Now I am afraid of asking questions especially dumb ones and making mistakes for fear of getting talked down to. I am not sure if I should up my game or is it a team problem. Is it expected to just read code and understand the product/features on your own, with almost 0 help? The product is a little complex with a complex UI. PS: Pardon my bad English. [link] [comments]  |
| Anyone have any experience or knowledge with Amazon IT? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 08:10 AM PDT There is a job posting in my area for a IT associate II at the local Amazon facility in town, and I'm thinking of applying it pays more than my job now. currently I'm a computer technician in a factory and a full time student majoring in network security. I feel like it may be a more lateral move but it seems to have some of the most reasonable requirements and preferences in town, while earning more than I do now. Plus I think that it would look good on a resume later on. I would appreciate any thoughts and opinions regarding amazons internal IT from anyone who has experienced them. I would like to see if I should bother applying given amazons track record of employee treatment. Thanks, and sorry if format is odd Ive never made a post on mobile before. [link] [comments]  |
| I dont do anythin at my job cyber security analyst been over a month Posted: 03 Nov 2021 04:14 PM PDT So I started workin as an cyber security analyst at the end of September and I was surprised I made the jump from help desk in 7 months. The thing is, I literally am not given work to do. Our scanning team is literally only me and 4 other ppl and our lead. They literally all WFH expect for one who has been onsite to train me. Thing is, he's leavin next week and is the only one who is teaching me and giving me things to do since im always askin him. I think after he leaves my team will start givin me things to do but I literally just listen to music and play games like almost my entire shift and I feel kinda bad cuz I get payed alot to do nothin lol. Anyone got any tips? Like I literally hated help desk but at least I was doin somethin and had work to do. [link] [comments]  |
| Going from Desktop support to SOC analyst but afraid to leave. Posted: 04 Nov 2021 03:07 AM PDT So I recently got a job offer as a SOC analyst after doing desktop support for a little over a year. The desktop support role is my first IT job after I graduated from University but I'm scared shitless about changing job to a SOC analyst. I'm worried that I won't be able to do my job or make too many mistakes and get fired during my probation period. Anyone else felt this before when you leave your first IT job and if so how do you deal with it? [link] [comments]  |
| Looking to change career to IT and hoping for advice on finding the right path for what I want. Posted: 04 Nov 2021 02:21 AM PDT I'm currently a brewer, but I'm looking to leave the industry. I realise IT is a vast field but I'm looking for a job where I can get some work life balance and remote working too. I'm pretty good on a computer (used to build them for gaming and audio production). I see cyber security suggested over and over, would this be a viable path for what I want to achieve? CompTIA security+ looks like an easy study in my spare time. Financially we are fine if I earn £20k. Cheers [link] [comments]  |
| How beneficial is it to join a company which is undergoing a "digital transformation"? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 04:58 AM PDT So there's a well-known US retail brand which has apparently learnt its lesson in the pandemic over the last year or so, and has laid out plans to go full digital in all aspects. They have already started their work in this direction since late last year. They have been hiring a lot of new leaders, executives, digital experts etc. throughout this year. In short, its clear from all of their recent campaigns, CEO's media interviews etc. that they are serious about it. I'll be working as an architect and going to be the primary resource for one of the important digital teams. I'm going to be responsible for building a team (and then few more), which is going to be working on quite a few D2C projects, and is going to have a lot of visibility throughout the org. I'll be working with leadership, management, product owners, external & internal teams, 3rd parties etc. on day-to-day basis. Both pay and role are good for me. So, I'd appreciate if you guys could share your thoughts on this. How do you see this opportunity? What benefits do you guys see in this opportunity? What are the risks, if any, involved? If I join, is there anything that I should keep in mind? Please feel free to ask any questions. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2021 06:56 AM PDT Have you started a new, your first new IT job then decided its not what you thought for several reasons! I mostly do imaging, keeping Inventory, sending out various equipment to different locations, helping current employees with technical problems! I have learned everything and we are also understaffed, no communication for many things, i have not gotten permission yet for certain things pertaining my job, everything is a cluster and i been staying later because no one wants too! Have you gotten a new job after and is it worth it putting on your Resume? [link] [comments]  |
| Guilt for leaving a new job early for a better offer? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 10:03 AM PDT I recently moved to a new job due to a relocation with my wife; however, I just got an offer for a job I REALLY wanted with a better commute, benefits, hybrid in/out of office, but most importantly it's the EXACT experience I need (Jr. System Administrator gig). If I start the new job when they want me, I would have been at my current job for only 3 weeks before leaving. A job is a job and I dont owe a company anything and vice versa, but I do feel some guilt. [link] [comments]  |
| Not sure where to go from here in my career, looking for perspective Posted: 04 Nov 2021 10:01 AM PDT I currently work for a small business in the Identity management niche and I just hit my 4 year anniversary. I majored in computer science and I've always been passionate about technology in everything from cars to computers. I love knowing how things work and I'm at semi competent backend developer with PHP and JavaScript. I feel like I have a lot of technical buzzword skills but I can't seem to find anything else in my field. I've felt like I'm falling behind but my position takes so much of my energy I don't know how to grow while I'm here. I'm the only person in the IT department and have been most of my 4 years. When I wasn't I had a report who was split between my department and another. I manage our 3 websites, the databases our applications live in, active directory, and pretty much anything our customers need including physical repairs on printers. Before this job I spent 2 years after graduating working at a Cellphone Repair store. I just don't know how I get from here to another place. TLDR: I'm kinda technical person, who's unsure of his self and career direction. [link] [comments]  |
| CCNA is the best choice or do I get another Certification? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 09:50 AM PDT Ok, I was told to take the CCNA as an entry-level cert? Are there better options? Is this the most efficient option for a college student looking for part-time/full-time IT work? I'm currently in a registar for IT systems technician but would love to improve my chances/find better things to apply for. [link] [comments]  |
| Cant find a job 6 months past college graduation in IT Posted: 04 Nov 2021 09:41 AM PDT I have been getting very few interviews as of late and would love to receive some feedback on my resume. I currently have been feeling a bit down lately and was wondering if it could be my grammar. I am mainly interested in technical support or data/sql analyst roles. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| Hi, very curious on the cyber security side of things. Posted: 04 Nov 2021 05:50 AM PDT So I have a CompTIA A+ certification, and I'm currently working on my CCNA however, I do enjoy networking, but I am looking at going for some sort of security certification, the Technology center I am going to offers a Security + certification however I'm not sure how much knowledge this offers. But there is also the pentest+ that seemed intriguing as well as the CEH and I wanted to ask which of these or what other certification would you suggest [link] [comments]  |
| Finally landed my dream IT job of working for a school district Posted: 03 Nov 2021 12:25 PM PDT Worked at a hotel doing IT for three years, bachelors in Cyber Security, and no certs. Was lucky enough to land an interview after taking the Civil Service test. I'm starting at $68,700 with voluntary overtime, 5 weeks vacation, 12 sick days that roll over, union, and a pension. Another great perk is each employee has their own role. I'm not an expert with networking but there's a network admin there, I see it as a great chance to learn from an expert. It's all too good to be true. I just wanted to know, does anyone else work for a school district? Is this kind of pay the standard? and how do you like working at a district? Positives and negatives? I believe this to be my career job until I retire. [link] [comments]  |
| I'm not sure what jobs to look for that fit my somewhat unique background. Looking for suggestions? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 09:10 AM PDT I have my PhD in analytical chemistry-it was very experimental, wet lab based work. I only mention this because there are some fields of chemistry which are basically computer or data science. This was not it. However I did have some coding experience between some electives I took in undergrad, an internship I did during grad school where we used a lot of MATLAB and my own learning. That's how I ended up in my current position. They were looking for someone with a chemistry and cs background. It's a staff scientist position. I'm not classified as IT but as it turned out the actual work I do on a day to day basis is more like a python developer. I work with the other scientists to make small python apps tailored to their research needs. These apps will do things like combine data from many different files for them, clean data, format data, do QA/QC checks, etc. Whenever they have a lot of data (which to them is a very big excel file), they come to me to for help. I really love this part of my job- working with researchers, working with data and developing apps for them. However, it feels incredibly niche. I haven't found other jobs like it. I interviewed for a research technology IT position at a university recently but even though the job description made it seem like a dev job, talking to the interviewers made me realize it was more of a help desk/outreach kind of position. Basically answering researcher's questions and selling them on what resources were available. Not actually working with data or doing dev. I've tried looking for data analyst positions but I usually don't meet most of the qualifications. I don't know high level stats or ML. I dont have access or never used most of the software/packages they want. This is the other problem- I am essentially entirely self taught. The apps I make, they work but I'm afraid if anyone who knew anything about software engineering or had a formal CS background looked at them, they would think they are a goddam unoptimized mess. I don't think I'd have any chance at software engineering positions without having a formal CS background. I want to leave my current job because I want to gain more experience. In my current job, I am the only cs person among a bunch of chemists. I work completely by myself, there's no one here that could be a mentor. Consequently, and the most important point, we also don't have a lot of resources that an actual CS or IT team would have access to. It feels very limiting. I can't even pull from GitHub if I wanted to. I tried requesting certain resources and got denied each time. I am tired of it. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what types of jobs, companies or job titles to look for? [link] [comments]  |
| Web Development or Cybersecurity? I’m stuck between them both Posted: 04 Nov 2021 09:01 AM PDT I'm very much interested in joining the IT field and I've narrowed down my two options that I'd pursue into being web development and cybersecurity. However, even though I'm sure it's more personal choice than anything. I'd be interested to know the pros and cons of each, and which would likely be a better situation and career path. If you work in any of these fields, what is your experience and thoughts? And is it worth going to school for web development, or am I better off doing self paced learning? I'm excited to learn more about these careers paths and which provide the best experience. Thank you for your time. [link] [comments]  |
| I was offered a job but they want a quick response (by tomorrow). How can I stall them? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 08:55 AM PDT This after extending me an offer only a couple days after my final interview, after telling me they wouldn't get back to me until the end of next week. They already have a start date set and seem to want to get me in pretty quick. I was going to ask for more than two weeks notice since my current employer would be in a bind. Would it be out of line to ask for the weekend to make the decision? It's a big decision since I have been at the same job for so long and there some factors involved that I will really need to think about. Also I must admit that I am talking to other companies and considering other possible offers. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Nov 2021 07:57 AM PDT I seriously hate my current job and im currently halfway through my associates degree (I'm 19). I'm looking forward to get my A+ degree as well. Does anyone know any companies that hire entry level or possibly any advice? I'm a firm believer in experience and certifications over degrees any day, and I feel like this field is high on that. I'm in Maryland by the way, please message me if you live in the same state. [link] [comments]  |
| Alright, explain like I’m five, what the hell is ITIL??? Posted: 03 Nov 2021 11:11 AM PDT I'm taking a Net Admin course in college right now, loving it so far but we have begun our Foundations of ITIL. I have absolutely no idea what half the words in the book means, this is a bunch of business jargon, and am completely lost. Can someone explain to me what it is, what it does, and why is it used? [link] [comments]  |
| Can performance review be affected by things that aren’t *really* in my job description? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 07:23 AM PDT Junior systems admin here with a performance review tomorrow . 3 years ago, I expressed interest in coding , so I've been allowed to take on coding projects . We have a 5 man dev team doing most of the heavy lifting , but occasionally I'll make some reports , or some small utility apps etc. This past year, we've switched languages (modernizing legacy software) , and I've had an EXTREMELY tough time picking it up. Completely new language , stack etc . My production as a programmer has gone way down this year, when I feel I was expected to "take the next step" .I was assigned a big coding project months ago and barely made progress. It sucks because last year I was getting rave reviews and did great in my performance review. Lots of the kudos I got were because of the extra work I did programming. Despite the coding funk I'm stuck in , I have done well at my other responsibilities (Sys admin/support stuff) Can this have an impact on my performance review ? [link] [comments]  |
| Is it "okay" to put intermediate skills on my resume? help! Posted: 04 Nov 2021 07:18 AM PDT So, I'm a little late to the job field and I'm seeking internships with anything related to IT. I have 9 years of job experience mainly in customer service, which looks good because It shows I can hold stable jobs but it's not even remotely related to IT. That brings me to an issue with my resume-how do I list my skills with what little I've learned in school so far? I've had 1 class of python (which didn't even touch on methods/classes), and 2 classes in java (which I've just finished learning how to make separate methods, classes, and javadoc documentation/JAR files). I've got "okay" knowledge of SDLC/Agile, database design, and honestly struggle with hardware.
How am I supposed to list my skills on my resume? I feel like I would be lying to an employer putting "java" or "python" on my resume under skills. I don't have years of experience with this stuff, and I'm still very much in a learning process. Is it acceptable to put "intermediate knowledge" on my resume? It's difficult to answer these questions on my own because it's not like my resume before, where most of my skills weren't "knowledge" based. I didn't have to demonstrate customer skills because they could tell from my interview that I knew what I was doing. Applying to internships, I don't want to oversell myself and get thrown in a position to where I didn't adequately portray my experience (or lack thereof), and waste both myself and a future employer's time.
Right now, my skills section looks like this. I'm afraid that's not good enough, but I don't think I should be trying to make myself out to be a master programmer, because I'm not. I want to get into a position with someone who is more skilled than me and can foster my growth. I don't want to end up expected to be able to bust programs out or do tier 2/3 support work when I'm not sure if I have knowledge of anything beyond basic tier 1. Thank you for any advice, it's very much appreciated! [link] [comments]  |
| Best resources to for CCNA or Network+? The Cost through Comptia is $500+ Posted: 03 Nov 2021 07:30 PM PDT Does anyone have any preferred resources for Network+ or CCNA? Through Comptia its $500+ dollars [link] [comments]  |
| How to make the jump from service desk to management? Posted: 04 Nov 2021 06:17 AM PDT I am currently working in a Service Desk role at a healthcare company with a very small IT team. Due to this I have had hands on a lot of projects especially with our Infrastructure and Service Desk Manager. Due to this I have gotten interested in moving towards that role in my career in the long term. I am wondering what steps I can take to make myself a fit for something like this? If anyone filled the role of Service Desk/Help Desk manager how did you get there? Background about me. I am 23 living in a mid sized US city. I have a BS in Computer Science and no certs. I worked for a large MSP in Help Desk for around 6 months and absolutely hated it. I have been in my current position for around 4 months. I really enjoy my currently position and have no intentions of leaving soon but want to focus on future goals. [link] [comments]  |
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