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- Pursue Microsoft or continue Federal service in IT.
- What shenanigans happen around your office to keep things light?
- Looking for advice for low stress, remote work and the knowledge required to get work can attained be self taught or online?
- College Advice : Am I making the right decision? Cyber Security over Machine Learning
- I'm thinking about going to full sail for cyber security.
- 11+ yrs in application support and networking/routing/switching. What are my options ?
- What kind of drug test for IT Support Engineer at Amazon?
- I got a network consulting job and all my colleagues are high performing workaholics !
- Best route to take for career in IT for a beginner?
- What is the best way to answer this interview question? (Entry level help desk position)
- Tech 3 interview for MSP tomorrow... Server basics?
- 32 years without any developing experience ( It has been seven years since I got my bachelor degree)
- Any interview tips for a System Administrator position?
- Career path and growth in the cloud, what’s in the future for me?
- What is the deal with the multiple choice assessments?
- Looking to move from Service Desk to Applications Support Analyst. What can I expect?
- No Work Experience Or Degree - Can my resume compete against others?
| Pursue Microsoft or continue Federal service in IT. Posted: 24 Feb 2022 09:01 AM PST Howdy! I recently left active duty Army and was accepted into a unique job role as a government civilian for the Air Force. It is a GS13 position doing primarily Helpdesk and cloud management. The position supports software engineers on multiple Air Force applications. Coming out of the Army I got a 6 month internship with Microsoft to help me transition out of the Army. They gave me professional development classes and we learned a lot about Microsoft proprietary products. I am awaiting interview results from Microsoft for a full time position. I am unsure if I should accept the Microsoft offer or stick with the federal government. I know federal is more secure job wise, has a pension and 401K. BUT Microsoft offers training and a higher annual salary. I am happy with either! Its been stressful trying to decide between the 2! Stick with Federal and have stability, continue service to my country (in some capacity) but less pay OR go private with more pay, more opportunities to grow but longer hours, and a cut throat work environment? I don't want to pick the wrong one and be miserable in two years or regret my decision. Anyone here have experience at both places? [link] [comments] |
| What shenanigans happen around your office to keep things light? Posted: 24 Feb 2022 07:55 AM PST I currently work support desk for a mid sized company. Last summer we had an intern who we will call Murpy for the purpose of this story. complaining of input lag etc. we went to look at his setup and there was a 50ft+ cable attaching his phone to his PC. Our setups involve POE to the phone and then daisy chain to a thin-client. We have dubbed this cable the Murph cable and will install it randomly at each other's desk setups as a prank. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 24 Feb 2022 07:00 AM PST So essentially to give some background. I suffer with depression and some other mental health related issues. Due to this high stress jobs are not an option. Im actually not sure whether it would be looking for a job specifically or whether it would be more of a better option to do things as a freelancer (that would be ideal) I also want to make it clear that i'm not looking to make a lot of money 20-25k a year would be great especially if there is an upside to earning more if my health improves. So this is the ideal low stress, remote and ideally flexible hours. I have plenty of time and a deep interest in learning but I can't go to college or anything and ideally making some money even if its a couple a hundred bucks a week within a shorter amount of time I'm happy to keep learning for life as it is clear that is necessary. So the tech pathways. So I'm interested as to whether programming, general IT work, UX/UI, cyber security would be the best avenue to purse given the constraints and what I want? What are some of the options I could pursue? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| College Advice : Am I making the right decision? Cyber Security over Machine Learning Posted: 24 Feb 2022 01:44 AM PST I'm a currently enrolled for B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering. In my college we are given an option to specialize in specific domains of computer science. I've always liked cybersecurity and have participated in local CTFs and all. I was planning to specialize in Cyber Security but almost everyone I know are after Machine Learning. Even some of my teachers recommend it over Cyber Security. I'm really confused. Am I making the right decision or will I end up regretting? [link] [comments] |
| I'm thinking about going to full sail for cyber security. Posted: 24 Feb 2022 09:22 AM PST I have 23 months of my gi bill left. I am wanting a career change. I can only do online right now and I am hearing horror stories about full sail. I've looked into WGU but I'm not able to enroll because I don't have any credits. Are there any other online colleges that will take my gi bill for cyber security and no college credits? That's also a 2 year degree? I require online due to my current work and the schedules I work. [link] [comments] |
| 11+ yrs in application support and networking/routing/switching. What are my options ? Posted: 24 Feb 2022 09:33 AM PST I sometimes feel that I am done with networking and supporting legacy applications for 11+ years. If I study, I am pretty sure I will be able to crack the interviews related to core networking but I'm having second thoughts. However, public cloud skills seem to be in demand. I have completed my AWS-SAA C02 certification. I know how to setup a basic web application in AWS involving EC2, RDS, Route53, VPC, Security groups and Route tables. Also know how to write basic cloud formation template for EC2 instance, security groups and VPCs. I can write small lamdba function code that queries the RDS database and returns the result when user triggers the API Gateway URL. Is there a possibility I can switch to cloud domain with such high experience and no previous cloud experience ? Please suggest. Would love to hear if anybody did a similar kind of transition. Thanks [link] [comments] |
| What kind of drug test for IT Support Engineer at Amazon? Posted: 24 Feb 2022 09:31 AM PST Just got offered the job and saw they are requiring a drug test. What type of drug test? Urine or mouth swab? And do they even care about THC showing up? I have a medical license for cannabis. Don't want to fuck up this opportunity [link] [comments] |
| I got a network consulting job and all my colleagues are high performing workaholics ! Posted: 24 Feb 2022 05:39 AM PST I recently passed my CCNA and got a job as a network consultant. The pay is great(base annual salary + bonus), everybody's nice and thoughtful, but they're all a bunch of workaholics ! I'm supposed to work 37.5h a week from 8:30 to 5 with occasional after hour maintenance windows But I see my colleagues work crazy hours like 7AM to 11PM !! They remind me of the show Suits, basically they're all a bunch of Harvey Specters ! The company offers bonuses every quarter that are calculated based on your billable hours + other factors I wonder how big those bonuses that everyone's so motivated to put in so many extra hours It's my first IT job and although I'm learning so much, since I get the chance to work on many projects simultaneously, I can't help but feel overwhelmed. Or sometimes trapped, because my work life is leaking to my personal life and I find myself stressing about what I have to do the next day when I'm supposed to have a chill night with my girlfriend instead. And when I'm at work, I stress about making sure all my worked hours are billable to clients I keep telling myself it's worth it because I'm learning a lot and my resume is growing everyday, what do you guys think ? [link] [comments] |
| Best route to take for career in IT for a beginner? Posted: 24 Feb 2022 09:21 AM PST So I recently turned 30 and I'm looking for a career change. I already have a bachelor in sports administration and a minor in business administration. I've narrowed my options to cloud computing or cyber security. With internships/help desk aside(I already know I have to do those) which career path would be more beneficial. Also does it make since to go right into a masters in cyber security or get the bachelors that comes with all of the certs (WGU)? [link] [comments] |
| What is the best way to answer this interview question? (Entry level help desk position) Posted: 24 Feb 2022 09:19 AM PST I recently had a panel interview for a entry level help desk position at a university. One of the Directors of IT asked something along the lines of: "Describe how and in what order you would help in this situation if they happened simultaneously:
I said something along the lines of: First, I would ask the walk up customer if they can wait for a little bit as there is an extremely urgent issue going on and apologize. Then I would try to resolve the Head of IT email access ticket. Then I would ask the walk up customer about their issue and determine if it would take long or if it's a quick fix. If it's a quick fix, I would help the walk up customer. If it would take long, I would ask them to wait a little longer and apologize again. Resolve the ticket with the professor. Help the walk up customer. Then resolve the ticket with the TA whose printer is not working. I'm not sure exactly what the answer is, can someone please elaborate? And, I did pretty poorly on one of the questions (not the one above) and it was obvious that I didn't do well to answer that one. So after the interview, in my follow up email saying "Thank you" etc., I said if I could have gone back in time to answer that question again, I would have said, "....". Is that appropriate or a complete no-no? I felt I did okay on the interview as a whole, but did pretty horribly on this one other question. Is this acceptable? Thanks for your help! [link] [comments] |
| Tech 3 interview for MSP tomorrow... Server basics? Posted: 24 Feb 2022 08:27 AM PST Ok, so I have a 2nd interview tomorrow, and I hit most of their qualifications pretty solidly, but they started prompting me about server experience, of which I have very little other than managing already running active directory servers. I can learn pretty quickly on the fly but can I get any tips to get me to a level where I can speak more to it in the interview tomorrow? In the preliminary interview they asked what my server experience was but didn't get any more specific. Looking for any advice. [link] [comments] |
| 32 years without any developing experience ( It has been seven years since I got my bachelor degree) Posted: 24 Feb 2022 04:32 AM PST Hi guys, I got my bachelor degree in computer science in 2015 and my master degree in the same field in 2019.Since then I habe never really gotten onto the field, no programming experience in real life, only 1 year as IT support technician. I have been running a family cafe- restaurant all those in between years. We are about to close the family business so I was thinking if I can get my degrees to good use I would like some advice on where to start as I m feeling kind of anxious about my age and lack of experience plus my long year absence of the field since I got my bachelor degree. Can you tell me your thoughts? [link] [comments] |
| Any interview tips for a System Administrator position? Posted: 24 Feb 2022 07:47 AM PST Hello all, So I just received an interview request today for a System Administrator (local government) position. I plan on scheduling the interview for Monday morning, but I feel a bit nervous and underqualified. Does anyone mind sharing some interview tips for this position, please? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Quick background about me: · Bachelor's in CIS (with A+ Cert) and -4 years of combined IT experience (explained below) · 8-month IT Consultant Internship (Mostly just setup Office 365 email for mayor's office and did some project planning for VoIP) · 1 year Student Help Desk (Worked for my alumni university ~2000 students. Our 12 person IT department managed the entire university, so I did some of everything other than working directly with computer/network servers) · 2.7 years IT Help Desk (Current position. Our IT team consists of only 4 employees, so I'm pretty much the senior help desk guy. I mostly manage 4 computer labs and 2 classrooms (around 100 computers). I make sure computer software stays updated and license renewed each year. I also order IT supplies for the department. Otherwise, just standard help desk stuff. I'm currently studying to retake the Network+ and just started back studying Python, but that's it. [link] [comments] |
| Career path and growth in the cloud, what’s in the future for me? Posted: 24 Feb 2022 07:18 AM PST I got a job at aws that I will be starting very soon. I'm 25 this March and I just recently graduated with a bachelor degree in computer engineer. I don't like coding very much and I'd prefer to keep it to a minimum and not have my life depend on that. The job at aws is cloud support associate. What I ask is this, what are my options for the future. How soon should I get out of support? What should I go for next? Since I got a few months free I am taking the cloud practitioner certification of aws and the solutions architect associate before starting the job. What will those 2 certification and let's say a year experience at the job help me achieve? What type of jobs? I know programmers these days get insane salaries. Can I achieve that as well continuing in the cloud? [link] [comments] |
| What is the deal with the multiple choice assessments? Posted: 24 Feb 2022 06:03 AM PST I've been job hunting after a few years at my current role and for the most part things are going well. Got a few leads, done some programming assessments, etc. And overall feeling kind of positive about job hunting again. But I've noticed recently some companies (none of the BIG ones for software devs) have been giving these strange timed multiple choice assessments for programming questions. Like "what would code do if x" runs and then there will be a slice of code with some strange esoteric functions that I have used ---maybe--- once in my entire career. Not a coding assessment or an actual demonstration of my skills but a 90 minute multiple choice exam. Am I supposed to look up the answers? Is that the test? Is the test meant to get people to give up to weed out the quitters? Is the test written by HR? Is the test meant to bring you down so the recruiter can use your low score as a bargaining chip? I don't know, but I've NEVER had to do one til recently. [link] [comments] |
| Looking to move from Service Desk to Applications Support Analyst. What can I expect? Posted: 24 Feb 2022 05:49 AM PST Hey guys. Thanks in advance. Looking for people who have been in an Applications Support Analyst role and was wondering if it would be a good fit for me. BACKGROUND: I have a CS degree from a small school. Graduated at the start of COVID. Spent a year looking for a job and took a help desk one. Now 6 months into my 2nd position. Current job is moving locations to where I can't commute when needed. Currently I work in Service Desk at a health care company. I do the normal Service Desk stuff but tends to overstretch as we are a very small IT team. I put entries into the SQL database and provide T2 support to company specific programs. Due to reasons with the company I am interviewing for an Applications Support Analyst role at another health care company. This position will deal with their software and hospital EHRs. I have some experience with EHRs but not too much. The hiring manager said it would also have SQL involved to troubleshoot for issues within their system. The hiring manager seems really excited about my applications and I'd put money on them offering me the job soon. The position is a 20% raise approximately and if given the chance I will 100% take it. I am just wondering some questions. Where I can go from here? Is an Applications Support Analyst more of a customer support role? Would you consider this a step up? Have you worked in a similar position and have some advice? Thanks again [link] [comments] |
| No Work Experience Or Degree - Can my resume compete against others? Posted: 24 Feb 2022 04:46 AM PST As the title says, I don't have any work experience or a degree. I did try college last last year and did Liberal Arts but then dropped out. My college doesn't have a CS or IT degree of any kind, so I just stopped. I do want to continue my education at some point and finish with a CS degree, but now I just want to start working. Education aside, I do want to try and get into IT. Can I do it with this resume? I'm trying to get into helpdesk and IT assistant jobs. Link to Resume: https://ibb.co/gj09Mwz [link] [comments] |
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