IT Career [Week 04 2022] What would you like to know Wednesday? General Question Thread |
- [Week 04 2022] What would you like to know Wednesday? General Question Thread
- I pass all my technical interviews, demonstrate CompTIA A+ knowledge, and always get rejected because I literally can't afford to sit for the A+ exam. So frustrated with all the gatekeeping.
- 47k after 4 years as a sys admin. Is it unreasonable to ask for 65k in interviews.
- Do relaxed entry-mid level IT jobs exist out there?
- I am now supporting an app that I literally made and am being forced to do training modules that I literally am the cause of
- Hey !! I am a lawyer with a software Engineering degree. Now I want to leave law. My question what are my options in the IT industry
- Trying to get a good starter Cloud Cert to gain more experience.
- Do REMOTE entry-level IT Help Desk positions exist?
- More about Personalized Internet Assessor (Job, salary etc.)
- Is it worth working at a toxic environment for a pay raise/new title?
- Interview preparation and readiness. Recently have been contacted by several recruiters and businesses.
- Application Support Engineer Final Interview Tomorrow
- Approved for pay increase, but haven't gotten it for two months
- AWS Cloud Support Role - No response even after 2 days
- Need help, started school again feeling lost, don’t know if I made right decision.
- Is Business Analyst an IT Job? If so, what does a person need to have, to get it?
- Should I take a job with only a 3 month contract with no signs of an extension
- (Seeking advice) just got hired to a tier 1 help desk job for $20/hr fully remote
- Is switching companies before completing a year of work wrong?
- Network consultant vs senior engineer - Hands-on vs Hands-Off ? at a crossroads, need help.
- What may be the very job roles that are directly related to information systems?
- When should I following up regarding offer after trying to negotiate and hearing nothing?
- Frustation experience with AWS hiring ? Anyone else?
- Training programs? Entry lvl positions for help desk requiring little to no experience?
- How do I prepare for the Google ITRP interview, I've basic networking knowledge
- Interviewing for 2 positions at the same company simultaneously next week.. No idea what to focus on to prepare for technical questions/assessment(s)
| [Week 04 2022] What would you like to know Wednesday? General Question Thread Posted: 26 Jan 2022 01:12 AM PST Not every question needs a backstory or long explanation but it is still a question that you would like answered. This is weekly thread is setup to allow a chance for people to ask general questions that they may not feel is worthy of a full post to the sub. Examples:
Please keep things civil and constructive! MOD NOTE: This will be a weekly post on every Wednesday. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Jan 2022 06:48 AM PST The immutability of hiring managers is driving me insane. Over the past half-year, I've gotten to 5 final/on-site interviews and aced the technicals/culture fits along the way (their words, not mine). In every follow-up seeking constructive criticism on my application, it's the same thing every time: "We wanted a candidate with more on-the-job experience." The last one was the best, because the senior technician (in the role I was applying to) outright said the A+ is a money-grab aimed at career-changers that was not a necessity for the role; and in my technical interviews they said I was at A+ passing level anyway. Hiring manager at the end? "If you had the A+, it'd make up for your lack of experience. Good luck with your job search." I'm just so frustrated because I literally do not have the luxury of affording the $500+ to sit for the exam. I live paycheck to paycheck, I'm running out of money and will be homeless by summer; and if I display the technical knowledge (as determined, in their own words, during the assessment), that means I'm qualified but am being disqualified for being poor. I homelab. I study my butt off on all the materials to stay sharp. I work a backbreaking blue-collar job that barely floats the bills while getting up at the crack of dawn and staying up past midnight to better my candidacy. And I communicate all of these things in the interviews. I'm just so sick of this self-fulfilling prophecy of lack of experience, where anything less than 12 months is equal to no experience at all. No one "deserves" a job, yes; but it feels like a giant Pay-To-Play game at this point. Seniors and hiring managers of this subreddit, I could use some words of wisdom and tough love/comfort because I'm running out of time and sanity. I understand there are a hundred reasons why the other candidate got it (internal referral, etc), but with a dozen interview processes and half as many on-sites, "credentials" is the only reason I keep getting. Does this line up with your shops and experiences? Or am I just dodging bullets with psycho managers? EDIT: I have 3 months of technical support experience from a short gig, so it's more than no experience but tantamount to nothing. [link] [comments] |
| 47k after 4 years as a sys admin. Is it unreasonable to ask for 65k in interviews. Posted: 26 Jan 2022 09:31 AM PST Pretty much as the title states. Is it unreasonable to ask for 65k? Is my current 47k enough? Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks, [link] [comments] |
| Do relaxed entry-mid level IT jobs exist out there? Posted: 26 Jan 2022 05:59 AM PST Currently work in this agile IT department which from what I've learned is all about constant collaboration: daily standups, weekly backlog review, weekly training sessions. I also work alongside of smart, hardworking, and ambitious people. I'm an average Joe. Not smart, not too dumb, able to absorb high-level information, and able to get the job done. I have a clock-in, clock-out mentality. I don't see myself as useless as I have multiple uses. The issue is compared to the guy who has the same title as me, I feel like an ant. I'd like to work a job where I work alongside of people who are laid back but not incompetent. I'd also like to work a job where: collaboration is toned down a bit and standups are maybe an every-other-day sort of ordeal (maybe even weekly?). Is it just my department that does this? Does anyone have admin level jobs that are more relaxed than this or this is life from here on out? Also: - I'm only 2 years into my career so I'm new to all of this. - I work what is basically equivalent to Jr Sys Admin. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2022 11:23 AM PST I'm a new service desker. About a month in after my career Switch. I'm getting trained on a new thing to support and it's something I helped make at a company I worked for during my software engineer days. My life has came full circle, worlds have collided. I also now hate younger me for not doing proper testing because some of the common issues are because of things that I specifically did lazily because I wanted to finish all my monthly sprints early and spend 2 weeks a month playing video games. On behalf of all former and current engineers, I apologize for the pain and suffering we have caused you. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Jan 2022 08:50 AM PST I am think about becoming an Audit Business analyst. What Audit BAs do ? How much they earn ? Changing the career at 28 makes sense or not ? [link] [comments] |
| Trying to get a good starter Cloud Cert to gain more experience. Posted: 26 Jan 2022 08:13 AM PST Hey everyone. I got an email this morning saying that INE was coming out with a Cloud cert at the end of February, the ICCA (INE Certified Cloud Associate), and was wondering if this would be a good intro cert or should I go with something like the CompTIA Cloud Essentials certification to get my feet wet? [link] [comments] |
| Do REMOTE entry-level IT Help Desk positions exist? Posted: 25 Jan 2022 07:11 AM PST Hi! T.I.A. I'm disabled and interested in finding a work-from-home opportunity that actually pays a livable wage. I've been researching entry level IT positions for nearly a year, but want to guarantee I'd be able to find a remote position before I decide to invest in certs. I haven't found any of these positions through indeed. Do they exist? [link] [comments] |
| More about Personalized Internet Assessor (Job, salary etc.) Posted: 26 Jan 2022 10:03 AM PST Hi, Can somebody tell me more about Personalized Internet Assessor as a side job, is it any good ? Thanks [link] [comments] |
| Is it worth working at a toxic environment for a pay raise/new title? Posted: 26 Jan 2022 09:59 AM PST Currently I'm doing help desk call center stuff. Been here for 5 years and I know I have to get out and move on up. I got offered a tier 3 desktop support at another place. Better position and also a huge pay raise (75k) compared to where I work now. Sadly looking at Glassdoor and even their Google review, it's literally nothing but 1 star reviews about how horrible it is to work there. Granted, the job role people are reviewing aren't from other desktop support employees but still... I'm wondering if the big pay raise and and job title is worth it. Any opinions would be appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 26 Jan 2022 09:49 AM PST Hello Reddit! I am getting ready to do some pretty significant interviews. I feel pretty good but not 100% ready at this time. Can anyone point me in the right direction for prep or provide any advice? For reference, I am currently a Tier 2 tech and I am interviewing for several positions, everything from SysAdmin to Networking roles. I am not a technical Networking wizard or anything, but am expecting some heavy technical questions. [link] [comments] |
| Application Support Engineer Final Interview Tomorrow Posted: 26 Jan 2022 02:00 AM PST Hey guys, I need help asap. I apparently passed 2 interviews for the application support engineer position and now it is time for final interview tomorrow. The position is to support media broadcasting services from software side. My background would be nearly 3 years of IT related working experience. I will be talking with the vice president of the team. The recruiter said he will mostly ask behavioral questions. Any tips on how should I prepare for it? [link] [comments] |
| Approved for pay increase, but haven't gotten it for two months Posted: 26 Jan 2022 07:54 AM PST Hello, I am a contractor and have been with this company for over 2 years. Once I found out that the new hires make more than me bc of COVID-19 funding I had to speak up and request for an increase myself. I was approved in October and havent gotten the pay increase until a couple weeks ago. What the term called where I should've received the amount owed to me since the pay increase? Is it retroactive or retro pay? I'd like to request for that as well bc that's not cool to approve it for me to have me wait for months for it to take effect. What can I do about this? Thank you! [link] [comments] |
| AWS Cloud Support Role - No response even after 2 days Posted: 26 Jan 2022 06:44 AM PST Hi all, Anyone here has recent experience with AWS...how long they took to get back after final onsite interview? I interviewed on Jan 21, still no response. [link] [comments] |
| Need help, started school again feeling lost, don’t know if I made right decision. Posted: 26 Jan 2022 12:20 AM PST Hello, I recently started school again this semester majoring in computer information systems after taking a 2 year break from classes. This is my first semester taking CIS with the goal of eventually getting a job in an IT position, would I have been better off just getting a certification online? I'm really confused if I'm in the right area and if I made the correct decision to go back to school. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
| Is Business Analyst an IT Job? If so, what does a person need to have, to get it? Posted: 26 Jan 2022 12:17 AM PST Starting out in the Tech Industry, hoping to aim for a good job, and currently I see Business Analyst as a job I could see myself running for, I have a basic idea, but would love to know more about what it's about, how it works, the pay, the professional development, And Most importantly, what do I need to get it? [link] [comments] |
| Should I take a job with only a 3 month contract with no signs of an extension Posted: 26 Jan 2022 05:49 AM PST Hello, (24M)bachelors in health services and I recently got my Google IT support certificate in November and I've been applying to jobs like crazy since then, haven't really heard much back until yesterday I got on the phone with a recruiter. He said he could get me a job with a big hospital in my area but the contract is only 3 months and doesn't start until may (I just missed the January wave). Now I know a lot can happen between now and May and they even said that if somebody currently working quits before May I'll be first in line to start early (I see a very small chance of this happening). I know I could find another job in that time by May but let's just say worst case scenario, I get this job and it's a 3 month contract from May - July. Is it worth it? My current job is full time but I'm looking to get into the IT field, this job I'm interviewing for is a VERY BASIC IT position (setting up passwords, helping employees turn on computers, VERY basic stuff, no ticketing) would it be worth it to leave my job security and take a leap of faith here? I feel like I keep getting rejected because I have 0 experience and this temporary contract job would give me experience to put on my resume, but after those three months would it be enough to help me stand out against other applicants? I know it's experience I'd be getting won't be very rewarding or much but it'll be SOMETHING. I'm okay leaving my current job security for the contract if the experience is worth it to put on my resume. Even if it takes a year after my contract ends I'll be able to live on savings just fine, I can even do Uber eats for a while in case I do need money, I've done that for a few weeks before. Any help is appreciated and questions are welcome. [link] [comments] |
| (Seeking advice) just got hired to a tier 1 help desk job for $20/hr fully remote Posted: 25 Jan 2022 10:53 PM PST Background: Just graduated with a bachelors in cybersecurity from an accredited university, no professional work experience, some home lab experience, some coding background, decent relevant project experience, working towards security+ Should I take this job or would I be able to get something better? I want to eventually work blue team after maybe working in a system administrator role. What skills should I focus on developing while I'm here working up to a system admin? Edit: some wording [link] [comments] |
| Is switching companies before completing a year of work wrong? Posted: 25 Jan 2022 04:09 PM PST Got accepted into a reputable defense company as a sysadm, and was granted a clearance, and also recieved a free training to attain a certificate (sec+ 2021). After 7 months of working I started getting contacted by other defense competitors, with better compensation and benefits. However I am not so sure of considering these offers if I am barely 7 months in the company.. Is it bad to consider these offers? What should I do? I am comfortable where I am at but apart of me says to always go for bigger opportunities.. [link] [comments] |
| Network consultant vs senior engineer - Hands-on vs Hands-Off ? at a crossroads, need help. Posted: 26 Jan 2022 01:52 AM PST I currently work in a professional-services consultancy in the UK, dealing with network infrastructure. The job is a lot more hands-off than I would ideally like (I've done it for around 15 months now, I thought I would be alot more hands-on than this), a large portion of my time is taken up by writing design documentation and attending calls with customers, 20% of my time could be on an implementation or troubleshooting a fault - but its rare. Prior to this, I've been a senior/network engineer for 7-8 years. I'm at a crossroads, I don't feel like I'm growing as an engineer - I have an offer from a large retail org to come and work for them in-house as a senior engineer (matching my current remuneration) whilst they embark on a large infra transformation. I will gain so much technical exposure over a 2-3 year transformation. However, I dont know if I am being short-sighted, should I stick out consultancy and aim to progress into architecture/pre-sales sort of stuff? As I feel eventually that's where this current position will take me. Those tracks seem to be more financially rewarding than what a top-level engineer can make. I know its not all about money, I'm a tinkerer at heart and love getting down and dirty with technology - but the more I think about it the more I feel like I should be laying down the groundwork to stop being an engineer, people tell me keeping super technically relevant at a low level is a young man's game and I will burn out eventually. There's always a new technology to study in detail. I guess my question is - do people see themselves being engineers for life? do all people aspire to step out of day-to-day hands-on? when is the right time? Im 33 btw [link] [comments] |
| What may be the very job roles that are directly related to information systems? Posted: 25 Jan 2022 09:25 PM PST I'm really confused tbh. I'm a freshman studying information systems right now and I'm learning java on the side but I can't help it but think that it may not be useful for me in the future. [link] [comments] |
| When should I following up regarding offer after trying to negotiate and hearing nothing? Posted: 25 Jan 2022 08:18 PM PST Context: interviewing for multiple jobs. Got offer from 1 but was asked to answer within 4 business days at latest. (I have other offers coming and a couple final round interviews going on still). I've learned to always negotiate so the next day I follow the protocol outlined in the offer and reached out to HR via email to ask and make the case to see about increasing the base salary closer to X amount. On day 3 of 4 I've received no response, so I follow up more or less get the reply to let them see. When would be appropriate to follow up? I was very excited/interested in this role and the opportunity to leverage my skills in a new capacity, so feeling potentially ghosted sucks. But I'm thinking this may be normal timeline for this process and I'm letting my anxiety get the best of me? I've only negotiated once before and I had a response about 3 hours after sending it. [link] [comments] |
| Frustation experience with AWS hiring ? Anyone else? Posted: 25 Jan 2022 07:45 PM PST I have been going through a horrible AWS hiring process. Mostly because of the recruiter I have to deal with. Honestly, I admired Amazon and AWS ( may be still do a little). I was quite excited to learn about their Leadership Principles when I was picked up for an interview. It was refreshing to know that the company very transparently lays out what it expects from its employees. They have even identified LPs that are applicable to specific roles. All good until rubber meets the roads. Suffice it to say, that my recruiter ( and other AWS recruiters on LinkedIn I noticed, barring some exceptions) need a lot of catching up to do on #1 LP, ie, Customer Obsession. Now, I do not expect my recruiter to see me as a customer, however this person lacks very basic professional courtesies, such as replying emails, not ignoring follow-up emails and not forgetting to send meeting invites. I have worked in a professional environment for the last 14 years, in a customer facing role, where I was vendor/service provider for some very big corporate clients. I do not remember when was the last time I faced these kind of challenges for simple communications tasks, setting dates, times for meeting. I thought it was just an isolated case of bad apple. Then I noticed another recruiter gentleman on LinkedIn live. This AWS recruiter flatly told someone "No dont apply at AWS. You are clearly much smarter than me. I dont know what you are talking about". The question was " I have a Phd in Quantum Physics,<some other physics related stuff that honestly I didnt understand either>, Should I apply at AWS?". I dont know how casual tech industry is , but I would have atleast shown some interest in understanding where questioner was coming from. This kind of rude snub is very off putting to say the least. I am just a little frustrated that I would not be as excited to face the interview. If I somehow make it, should I even be excited about joining aws. Then there is whole saga about behavioral part of the interview, where AWS actively encourages interviewees to fake their experiences/examples. For another time. No wonder such gems are able to see through interview process. sighhh. [link] [comments] |
| Training programs? Entry lvl positions for help desk requiring little to no experience? Posted: 25 Jan 2022 02:39 PM PST Hey yall, I'm a college grad with a BS in computer science and comptia A+ certified. I've completed a training program for IT back in 2020 but that program no longer exist due to covid. I've only done a help desk role for about 2 weeks helping a company with a small project back in june 2021. Ever since, I've been struggling to meet the requirements for a simple entry lvl help desk role. If you want to know, i live in the NYC area and I've been looking in the east coast mostly due to preference. Are there any training programs you guys are aware of that could help me get my foot in the door or opportunities itself that are willing to take chances on a self starter? Thanks [link] [comments] |
| How do I prepare for the Google ITRP interview, I've basic networking knowledge Posted: 25 Jan 2022 10:46 PM PST What type of questions can I expect from them.the major focus will be on windows and Linux as they mentioned [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2022 06:34 PM PST long story short, recruiter put me in for 3 different positions at her company, 2 of the managers want to interview me. I thought I would be interviewing with each seperately, but I'll actually be interviewing with both at the same time. roles are: devops engineer, cloud engineer. I can refresh myself on both topics and get back up to speed in a few days but my problem is I have absolutely terrible memory and I cant prepare myself on both at the same time to a standard I feel lives up to what we've come to expect from technical interviews(which also gives me anxiety which makes my memory worse but thats a whole nother rabbit hole). The logical thing to do would be to focus on 1 of the jobs since I can only accept one of them anyway but I feel like since I'm interviewing with both managers at the same time it must mean their teams overlap and I feel if I fail to impress one, then I lose both. The reason I assume this is the job descriptions have a lot of common phrasing but the main difference is the devops role looks like it focuses on CI while the cloud role focuses on CD.... no idea what to do.. I know its not the end of the world if I flop the interview(s) but i'd like to put my best foot forward.. [link] [comments] |
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