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    IT Career [February 2022] Ask The Experts - Networking

    IT Career [February 2022] Ask The Experts - Networking


    [February 2022] Ask The Experts - Networking

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 01:12 AM PST

    Do you have an interest in Networking as a job or career choice? Are there things that you have wanted to know but not been able to find a resource to ask?

    • Ever had a question you wanted to ask your Networking team?
    • Ever wonder what the heck your Network team was thinking when they decided to not upgrade the bandwidth at your office?
    • Do you want to join the rank of Networking but not sure if it is a right fit?
    • Ever want to know how Networking got where they are now?

    Ask the Experts is an opportunity for the community to answer questions for each other or provide general advice on their respective field to people interested in joining your ranks.

    NOTE: Experts when you answer, please give an indication of your experience in the field.

    Example:

    Subnet Engineer for 8 years, Network Analyst for 3 years.

    MOD NOTE: This is part of a weekly series. Next week is System Administrators.

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    Stop lying to people about degrees! It helps so many of us

    Posted: 20 Feb 2022 09:37 PM PST

    I already know this is going to attract alot of pure hate and strike a nerve on alot of people but Stop telling people a degree is a waste of money when it's really not. We have so many people here who are telling people they don't need it then those same people are coming back to the sub complaining about being underpaid or not even considered. Times are changing and people need to start getting with the times. There is so much evidence to prove that people with degrees are getting paid much more than those without. Now some of you are going to say "well I'm making 6 figures without it" and while that might be true consider the time spent? If it's taken you 10 - 15 years to hit 6 figures in technology, how "successful" were you when the college grad with half the experience is making just as much. I will certifications are important as well. Supplement your certs with a degree so your that much more marketable.

    Don't be like u/eman0821 tell everyone who has a degree they are dumb and inexperienced. Stop telling everyone your so much better because you don't have one.

    https://www.cityu.edu/is-an-information-technology-degree-worth-it/

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    Landed my first role as Desktop Support Tech (45k) at an Airline!

    Posted: 20 Feb 2022 10:58 AM PST

    After having no experience in the field, what I think helped me get the interview was having a good LinkedIn, my A+ and having my Windows Server labs that I got from KevTech on Youtube.

    After a phone screen and two video interviews I accepted the offer. I also have an entry level AWS cert but I'm sure that was unrelated.

    I still don't know what my path is after this, I eventually just want to be remote. NOC, Security Analyst, Network Admin, they all look interesting to me lol. But I'll be doing the Sec+ in the meantime.

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    Should I take interviews to jobs I don’t plan on taking?

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 05:52 AM PST

    With how LinkedIn is, everyone knows recruiters are going to hound you like predators to a woman in a fancy dress in the city. With that said, is it worth it to take an interview for a job that you don't want to take?

    I work as a field tech and make pretty good money for it for my age, and love where I am. I don't plan on leaving until I can upgrade my skills and either get a new position there or find another place that will allow me to get that position, but every now and then I still get offers for things like help desk, or another field tech job. Is it worth taking the interview if offered, just to get experienced with certain possible questions? I'd say it is personally because you can try and see how others react when you bring up new projects, or challenges, or accomplishments.

    I just don't know if I should do it even if I know I'm not going to take the job and would like a few more opinions on the matter.

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    When to start applying to bigger roles when current position is starting to stagnant?

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 10:14 AM PST

    I was just curious on other people's opinions on this matter but when is it a acceptable time to start looking for bigger roles?

    I'm currently a Tier 1 Service Desk Analyst. I have my A+ and currently studying for the CCNA. I've been at my current position for 4 Months now, not really a long time but i'm just starting to get bored with troubleshooting the same repetitive issues from users and really want to get into "Networking" already.

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    I got my first IT job today! Service Desk for one of the big federal contractors, but I'm trying to transition to a Cyber role

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 09:48 AM PST

    Hi everyone I just started my first service desk role, but I just got a call from a start up Cyber Security MDR company for a Business Sales Representative role. I know its not technical, but would it be more worth it to work for them to get my foot in the door in Cyber Security and trying to transition internally within the company?

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    NYT : " Tech Companies Face a Fresh Crisis" ....Hiring Recruiters in tech are desperate for workers. But candidates are the ones who hold all the power.

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 07:33 AM PST

    The article basically claims there is a huge shortage of tech workers that are needed . Most refuse offers unless everything they want is met .

    The comment sections is interesting as 95% of them are saying this is just a soft push for more H1-B Visas & that there are many "older" experienced qualified but in tech there is tons of ageism for anyone over 55... Thoughts ????

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    Accepted my first job as a Service Desk Analyst at 31!

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 10:21 AM PST

    I've spent the last 10 years or so of my life having zero direction of what I really wanted to do as a career. Ive been working in various customer service roles since I was a teenager, but never really had that passion for anything specific. Obtaining my Associates degree was a challenge in itself mostly due to me not knowing what I wanted to do and not prioritizing my education in my 20s. For some reason, I had come to the conclusion that entering my 30s, I was too old to figure it out and that this was the new reality of my life. It was pretty depressing honestly.

    Fast forward to about 3 weeks ago, sitting in a parking lot waiting for something to pop on my phone doing Instacart, I realized enough was enough. I stumbled into this subreddit and immediately began seeing many posts of different people switching into IT or just starting their paths at a later age and it just completely flipped my perspective.

    Through the inspiration of Kevtechs videos and Josh Madakor labs, I managed to throw together a resume that I really believed helped land me this first job. I felt pretty unqualified for every job I applied to but just kept forcing myself to send them out. After only a week (I know that is incredibly lucky) I managed to land 3 interviews and actually received a job offer from my first one! It is a smaller government contracted business, but it comes with amazing benefits and they even offer to pay for me to pursue certs and furthering my education if I chose to. 100% remote as well.

    So with all that being said, I just want to say thank you. To all the strangers that motivated me and helped get my ass in gear. This is a life changing moment for me and I cannot wait to start down this path!!

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    Looking for ideas about what position to move up to after Tier 3 tech support.

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 10:19 AM PST

    I have quite a few years under my belt as a top level support agent at a company that primarily deals with NAS storage servers, and I have a good reputation there. However I already reached the peak of what is possible at this company and it is time to move on.

    I'm looking for ideas of what positions are even out there which I may be qualified for based on my tech support experience.

    Other colleagues I've worked with moved into positions which I never even heard of or thought would be easy to transfer to, such as Solutions Architect, R&D engineer, Security Analyst (despite having no security experience), and others.

    Sysadmin seems like the go to answer, and I know some people who had success with this. However I don't think this is for me. I don't want to have to be on call on weekends, or work 16 hour days if something goes wrong, and really am hoping for as much WFH as possible, in particular during this pandemic. From what I've heard, this on call, in person, and wild hours is typical for a sysadmin. So unless there were a sysadmin position with a regular 40 hours and WFH, I don't think it is for me.

    Anyone know any other positions which might not even be on my radar that I should look into?

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    Which certificates besides a+ should I go for after my a+?

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 09:46 AM PST

    So I'm looking to get into it. I have previous general knowledge of computer and windows basics, built my own pc, etc. I'm currently taking courses for my a+ cert, which other certs should I go for after my a+?

    I'm also taking up cybersecurity classes at a local college in the fall

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    Is it normal for QA to be such a hassle in large corporations?

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 09:31 AM PST

    I'm in the IT department at my company and do tiers 1-2 helpdesk as well as QA testing for tier 3 tickets/enhancements.

    • However, I would say 80% of the time I can't even do the test because I need to create a ticket to someone else in IT to fix an issue. For example, to send out basic "orders" to test, some process is usually stuck. That "process" is completely different from the tier 3/enhancement because it's a basic function of the application.
    • Other times it's because the UAT database is completely different from the production database so every little detail has to be modified to properly test (since its two applications and the third party software test and live environments are synced). I've brought up my concerns and delays to this but to no avail.

    Then, when having to provide reports to IT project managers, I'm always getting asked "why these are taking so long". It seems like no one really knows that all these different aspects are linked to other parties. I've mentioned the bottlenecks to my testing but it's like this every week. When I finally get to test, it takes me less than 1 business day to finish.

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    Should I be submitting a cover letter for internships?

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 09:05 AM PST

    For context, I am an IT Sophomore in university (will be junior after this semester) looking to find an internship (sys admin, desktop support, "IT Intern", "cloud intern", "cyber intern... etc.) for this upcoming 2022 summer. I have only 2 relatively unsubstantial personal projects, only about a year of volunteer experience, no technical certifications aside from MS Office, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro. I also think my coursework in college so far has been pretty lackluster and I have worked to augment this by taking online courses in my free time (AWS cloud practitioner material, general networking, and currently an ethical hacking and Linux course). I can't make a homelab (to my knowledge) because I live on campus and do not have the capacity to make a server to tinker with switches and whatnot, so more courses has been my route instead.

    I've read that it's a numbers game when looking for an internship, especially when applying close to the summer rather than in the fall. Ergo, I have applied to about 60 internships this past weekend and look forward to applying to a ton more.

    However, I have not been sending in cover letters and I recently read on this subreddit that a cover letter is helpful. Is this the case with internships as well? Should I be writing individual cover letters when I plan on applying to 100+ more positions? Should I use a cover letter to clarify why my background is weak and how I have been working to improve that?
    As always, thanks for taking the time to help. Cheers

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    Should I worry too much about a negative reputation in the industry?

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 08:54 AM PST

    So I've been working at this place for five months and it's gone pretty bad. I'm worried that things will follow me my whole career and I could use some insight into how this works for other people.

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    Hello need help cybersecurity questions need help please

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 08:43 AM PST

    What is an example of a complex cyber security project?

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    Entry level (career transition) Looking for advice on starting an IT career

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 08:39 AM PST

    Hi all, I am new to considering IT as a career path. I always assumed that it was a career field that required a degree. I have recently learned how many folks are getting in and moving up with no college background. Of course this path requires certifications which I plan on getting within the year. I have many years of professional customer service as well as trades work experience. I currently work as an apartment maintenance technician. How can I best market my current skills to find entry level jobs? What jobs can I get before even getting Comptia or other certs? I know help desk may be an option but are there others that may be more obscure or looking for someone with technical hands on trade skills? Any advice helps, Thanks

    Also I am located in Spokane WA if that helps.

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    My mentor is leaving, giving me full responsibility - Bad time to quit my job?

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 08:27 AM PST

    I'm possibly in an awkward position right now. I'm working as DevOps/CI/CD engineer for a big company where this is my first job after university. There is another person that we hired recently to help out 50% and doing 50% on software development and he got into the role quite quickly I would say, so that's good!

    I have worked six months currently and my mentor decided to quit the company. He had full responsibility on DevOps/CI/CD and now I'm in a position where I'm in charge of it all basically. And that is not a easy task for a person to take over.

    Fine I have no problem having that responsibilities, but I applied for a job recently since I was a little dissatisfied with the salary overall. However they liked me so much they want to hire me basically (they almost wanted to say that on the interview :) ) only if I send in the code test which I am very sure I will pass, its not so hard, its just standard procedure. I also have a connection there at that company that vouches for me and that weigh heavily.

    So now thoughts come in my mind that maybe I could have a strong case to bump up my salary here since I get new responsibilities. And I would like to hear your opinions about it. I like the company and I'm afraid to do something that could damage my reputation if I would leave now directly after my mentor have left the company. One thing to note is that I am a consultant and not hired directly at that company.

    What is the best thing to do here? Have anyone else been in this situation before?

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    How to get into the Cyber Security field and do not know where to begin.

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 08:19 AM PST

    I would like to get into the Cybersecurity field, and have no idea where to begin. What certifications/school I need. I would prefer to skip the college route if possible.

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    What IT Certifications Would You Recommend the Most?

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 07:27 AM PST

    I have been browsing the web as well as looking at forums for weeks trying to get an idea of what IT - related certifications would be best to take a closer look at from experience.

    I am currently an intern in a PC/ tech support related field and I would like to possibly acquire a certification that would bolster my CV along with a Bachelors Degree in Enterprise Computing.

    Given the fact I am still a student, I have little to no experience in a lot of areas such as networking, cyber security, etc. So I would preferably like a certification that would boost my chances of progression through multiple fields of work later down the road, rather than just one specific area.

    I have looked into certs such as CompTIA A+, CCNA and MCSE which seem to be most popular but I do know these serve different purposes in different areas.

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    I am interested for companies in Europe which are looking for C# Developer and Dotnet Developer

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 07:07 AM PST

    Hi guys! Does anyone has any idea of companies which are hiring C# / Dotnet Developers? Me and some friends are looking for better opportunities. I am interested just in European companies. I do not like the policy of US companies and their recruiting process is far away from reality ( it's taking forever).

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    Why would a Software Engineer be let go after 5 weeks?

    Posted: 20 Feb 2022 05:18 AM PST

    I'm a self-taught software engineer and finally got my first job as a remote entry-level Software Engineer as Contract to Hire. I was to start 2 days after Christmas and was let go 5 weeks later... I thought about it a bit and I think they knew that I'd be let go around 2 to 3 weeks in. I have no clue what I did wrong... I'm inclined to believe that it was a money issue though based on the info I gathered on the job. I consider myself a nice person and I know what I'm doing too.

    I was told that I did good work but that they couldn't afford me because of budget cuts or something like that. It was a startup of ~30 people. My "boss" who was a senior engineer originally, was thrown into a "management-ish" position and was constantly getting mad and yelling at my co-worker and myself. It was a very toxic workplace because of my "boss". I've been told that companies take a lot more time to evaluate Software Engineers than 5 weeks (from 3 months and up is what I heard. please correct me if I'm wrong.). I was in meetings for approximately 32 hours a week so I had 8 hours to get my work done. Most of those meetings were with my co-worker, my boss, and myself. Those meetings generally consisted of my boss rambling on about something for 30+ minutes... I'm not kidding about the 30+ minutes... I just stopped asking questions because the answer was usually wayyyyy longer than it should've been. My boss also yelled at me to remove the code that I wrote only to re-add the exact same code and push it under his name the same day...

    Many other things happened but I'm still unsure as to why they'd let me go??? I'm definitely thinking about this too much but I would like to know what I could improve upon so that way I reduce the chances of this happening again. It was one of my dream jobs and I've been wanting to be a Software Engineer since 8 years old. That's part of why I'm curious.

    I'm venting/asking for opinions here so anything is helpful.

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    Am I competitive for anything beyond helpdesk jobs? (Resume Posted below)

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 05:25 AM PST

    I wouldn't put all of this on an IT Resume, but I just figured I'd include everything in case something is more relevant than I thought. Basically I've worked a lot of temp jobs for 6 months and then I've taken off traveling. Thanks for any insight!

    EDUCATION:

    2008-2010 University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME

    GPA: 3.6 Bachelor of Science in Biology

    Coursework: Ecology, Organic Chemistry, Neuroscience

    2004-2007 Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, CA

    GPA: 3.5 Coursework in Computer Science: Java, C, Assembly

    EXPERIENCE:

    Warehouse Packer L.L. Bean, Freeport, ME Nov 2020 to May 2021

    Efficiently and accurately packaged customer orders into boxes. Stood for very long periods of time, and handled packages weighing up to thirty pounds. Was in top percentile of efficiency of holiday packers and was subsequently kept on beyond the holiday season.

    Contract Excel Macro Writer Sonovol, Remote May 2020 to Aug 2020

    Created macros and formulas in Excel to allow sales team to customize sales pitches to thousands of potential customers. Worked quickly and efficiently, often turning macros around within hours if required.

    Background Actor Central Casting, Burbank, CA Sept 2018 to Sept 2019

    Worked on television shows and films in various non-speaking roles. Successfully took direction and adjusted actions as needed.

    Technical Library Assistant Brunswick High School, Brunswick, ME Sept 2017 to June 2018

    Independently researched new software and collaborated with teachers to create novel classroom projects. Taught students how to use software and other library resources such as 3D Printer.

    Temp Analyst Assistant WEX Inc (ProSearch), South Portland, ME Jan 2017 to Aug 2017

    Successfully interacted with a large number of businesses in order to help them avoid fraud on their accounts. Independently created several Excel macros that saved hours of work for team members on a weekly basis.

    Nonprofit Researcher Muskie School of Public Service, Portland, ME Mar 2016 to Nov 2016

    Helped gather data over the phone and in-person for surveys that were ultimately used to analyze the effectiveness of state policies and programs regarding tenant rights, children's healthcare, tobacco use, and seatbelt compliance.

    Summer School Youth Film & Media Instructor Home, Inc, Boston, MA July 2015 to Aug 2015

    Independently developed a media curriculum and taught it to middle school Haitian English language learners. Guided students as they successfully filmed and completed three media projects in three weeks. Presented students' work, including a retelling of Harry Potter as a Haitian immigrant.

    Temp Financial Analyst EnerNOC (Monument Staffing), Boston, MA June 2014 to Dec 2014 Mastered a wide variety of web-based financial software in a matter of weeks. Fostered and maintained positive relationships with sales leaders while negotiating commissions with their sales teams. Successfully worked to become de facto system administrator for commissions software when IT liaison quit unexpectedly.

    Laboratory Technician Idexx Laboratories, Westbrook, ME Sept 2012 to Nov 2013

    Ran daily experiments to help improve malfunctioning diagnostic tests. Experiments required extreme organization and high attention to detail for hours at a time. Developed several Excel macros that greatly improved data collection efficiency and accuracy. Collaborated across several research teams on a weekly basis.

    VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:

    Volunteer Trail Worker Brunswick/Topsham Land Trust, Brunswick, ME Sept 2020 to Nov 2020

    Helped land trust stewards with various projects, including blazing new trails, fixing medallions to trees to demarcate land trust property, and clearing brush to create educational trails for elementary school students.

    Volunteer Computer Tutor Portland Public Library, Portland, ME Sept 2016 to Dec 2016

    Taught new computer users the basics of word processing and internet use. Fostered positive relationships with clients that motivated them to return on a weekly basis.

    Volunteer Financial Guide Roxbury Financial Empowerment, Boston, MA Jan 2015 to Apr 2015

    Helped a large number of low-income clients take steps to improve their credit score by helping them to interpret their credit report and outlining possible steps to clear up credit issues.

    TRAVEL:

    Thru-hike Appalachian Trail (Southbound: Maine to Georgia) July 2021 to Dec 2021

    Hiked over two thousand miles from Maine to Georgia over rugged terrain and in sometimes extremely uncomfortable weather conditions with a thirty-five-pound backpack. Came to deeply understand the value of dogged persistence.

    Traveling India Feb 2020 to May 2020

    Solo-traveled through India. Lived in isolated jungle village in Meghalaya for two months while waiting for COVID-19 lockdown to be lifted. Learned about village life and customs, including cultivation and harvesting of various jungle staples. Introduced frisbee to the village children (and some adults).

    Traveling Continental United States Sept 2015 to Dec 2015

    Lived out of my Nissan Versa on a three-month-long solo trip across the United States. Hiked in Roosevelt National Forest, Zion National Park, and Sequoia National Monument, among many other beautiful protected areas.

    Traveling Central America Jan 2014 to May 2014

    Solo-traveled through Central America, including Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Visited Safe Passage non-profit in Guatemala City, where children of recycling sorters are educated at no cost to their parents.

    Software Proficiency: Salesforce, Excel Macros, WordPress, MS Office Suite

    Language Proficiency: Spanish (Conversational)

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    Made a video on how I got a job in IT and I'd like to help others too.

    Posted: 20 Feb 2022 08:26 PM PST

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQymyc7UJiQ&t

    In short, I explain my path, talk about common traits, my recommendations on first steps. what to apply for, general resume format, my personal resume format, and what to do if you have an employment gap.

    At the end, I explain how to get out of entry-level jobs, like help desk, desktop support etc.

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    I'd appreciate any guidance on starting a career in I.T.

    Posted: 20 Feb 2022 02:59 PM PST

    I was a front line healthcare worker for many years, no applicable tech experience from that line of work. I'm looking to start from the ground up again in I.T. I was informed by a few senior level I.T. individuals in their specialized field to start with Help Desk. I would like to increase my chances of being a qualified candidate for this job, but not sure where to begin. If anyone could suggest a good certification to hit the ground running to better help me understand/perform entry level I.T. job tasks, I would much appreciate it. I have applied for roughly 15 help desk type jobs with no luck thus far.

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    I have a dream job and I hate it. Need a slap in the face/sanity check...

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 03:24 AM PST

    I'm unhappy.

    I feel like I have no right to be unhappy, but I am. I can't help it and I feel like I need to be slapped across the face and told to stop being a whiny little bitch about how wonderful I have it.

    I have it really good with my current networking job, way better than I feel I deserve, and yet I hate it.

    I am paid just shy of 6 figures in an area where the average is a little more than half that. I work 100% from home and almost nothing is required of me. Many days I do literally nothing at my job. I take my dog for long walks in the forest, I go grocery shopping whenever I need, and I have plenty of time to watch youtube videos and work on my own little side projects.

    I very rarely have to actually *do* anything for my job. My direct manager is in another part of the world and thankfully his day ends when mine begins, so I am in a goldilocks zone of being left alone.

    It's amazing, and yet I'm very unhappy about it.

    My manager's manager is a bit of a micro-managing fuckboi. When he joins video calls, it's often in a wife-beater t-shirt or some other shirt that's way too tight on him. He's the kind of guy who will promise some unrealistic deadline to executive management and then demand that you deliver on his promises. He has zero respect for the engineers he manages, constantly builds silos and tries to filter all inter-team communication through himself, and is generally toxic. The C level that manages him is also a bit of a fuck-head bean counter who says shit like "I traveled to the office in X country and just loved it! I loved being in the office and can't wait until we all are back in the office together! I also didn't get covid while traveling and so it must not be that bad as everyone says!" My direct manager is a bit aspergery and not the most emotionally intelligent, and also a bit of a sycophant towards fuckboi manager.

    All of the above managerial train-wreck happens outside my timezone, so again, I'm mostly shielded from it, but I see the affect it has on my coworkers. My team is a small international team. We're 3rd level escalation. We're not junior engineers or NOC. Instead, we are supposed to solve the issues NOC and Network support can't solve, and yet we're treated as a projects/maintenance team. I often wake up to see the private slack chat for my coworkers (management is NOT in that channel) and it's like looking at a crater where a bomb went off. I see them talking about some bullshit management is saying to them during a meeting, but I don't actually ever see the meeting because it's not in my timezone. This kills my morale.

    My team also has an insane turnover rate because of this. Within my first 2 years at the company, we lost 4 people on a team of 7! One of those was our direct manager who stood up for us against fuckboi micromanager and was terminated for it. (Fuckboi manager was angry that micromanager needed time off when his father died from covid)

    The entire team has gone to HR, even up to the C-level head of HR. We have gone through all the proper channels to file complaints about the toxic working environment and HR told us to fuck off. Seriously. If we don't like it, we can leave, and so many of us have left.

    All this against the backdrop of what is otherwise a dream job - being paid a good amount of money to do practically nothing and not be directly bothered.

    And yet I'm really upset in my current role.

    I'm not being challenged. I've stopped studying after hours to improve my skills. I'm stagnating.

    I know that's all on me. I know I need to use this golden opportunity to use the time and improve myself further, but it's fucking hard. It's hard when I don't have a clear goal to strive for.

    There's supposedly a light at the end of the tunnel - another manager is creating a new team and has tapped me to be on it. I'll get out of the current management structure, will get more than 6 figures, will continue to work remote, will be working for a technical manager I actually respect, and doing some interesting work. It feels like my salvation, but this manager has taken MONTHS to even write a description for the position. Meanwhile HR can't move forward with it until he does. He has no idea how important it is to me to leave my current team, and I don't know how to tell him without it coming across as a threat to leave the company. I've been in limbo with the possibility of moving to his team for ages now and it's really starting to get to me. To make matters worse, my current team is now losing 3 more people out of the 7, all at the same time! (Positions were backfilled after the original 4 left, and now 3 more, including 2 of the backfills are fed up and leaving this month). My transition to the new team might be delayed even further by management's inability to keep people on the team.

    And so I'm unhappy, and yet I still don't feel like I have a right to be. Sure, my current management is toxic and I'm not being challenged with anything, but for fuck sake, I'm being paid very well to do nothing and I'm mostly left alone by said toxic managers.

    I'm being unreasonable, yes? I need to shut the fuck up and appreciate how good I have it, yes? There are plenty of other people out there working tech jobs, making half of what I make, busting their asses in much worse situations and I have no right to complain.

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    Telling employers they don’t pay enough, benefits aren’t good enough or other frank honesty

    Posted: 20 Feb 2022 03:13 PM PST

    TLDR: Do other people tell the companies they interview with if they don't pay enough, have bad benefits, etc? I do but some people that I tell this to seem to think I'm shooting myself in the foot.

    For the long story I'm transitioning internally to a more senior spot (already at a mid/senior level) so threw my resume out to check out what else is out there. Recruiters spamming me quite a bit and I've applied to a number of companies.

    I'd certainly take a better offer if I found one or if it helped me pivot into something I found interesting or a different industry/sector I'd like to work in. I'd say I have a above average resume as I have lots of degrees, lots of certs, lots of experience and I've kept current with technology.

    I've had several interviews and got an up front picture on salary ranges, benefits, etc and on more then a couple I've gave a flat no after the second/third interview when pay, benefits and etc have come up.

    Notable ones were:

    Pay way too low, I told them I'm not taking a 25% pay cut to work there and they were quite shocked

    Another the benefits cost ~800 per pay period and I sorta scoffed and said that's employee covered right? Pay also was barely over what I make now so after they gave me a spiel about how great everything was I told them no.

    Another only had 8 days off per year which they then said but you also get holidays off. Told them no unless they were flexible on it and got the "it's company policy line".

    As for recruiters I just tell them my rates and expectations which usually shuts them down real fast unless it's actually a decent job. I have had a few come back and counter ridiculously low ranges which I just reply No to.

    Do others do this? Am I actually burning bridges like some seem to think I am. I feel there is no reason not to tell my actual reasons for saying no. I'm up front that I already have a job and all that so not misleading anyone.

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    what simple project should i submmit in my college?

    Posted: 21 Feb 2022 01:53 AM PST

    My college is asking me to submmit a small college project. Can sombody suggest me a simple project ideas?

    submitted by /u/Revolutionary-Yard59
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