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- How much do clothes matter in an interview: what are your experiences?
- Am I not cyber enough? My 2 years helpdesk experience does not seem to interest recruiters.
- Feeling huge amount of imposter syndrome looking for advice
- How did you guys study in order to pass the compTIA A+?
- Sysadmin to Cloud Engineer switch is it a decent path
- I’ve got an interview this week for a position I feel I am unqualified for. How would you convince the interviewer that you are trainable ?
- Advancing career, just curious if what I have going is about the average?
- What jobs are out there for someone who gets satisfaction out of automating stuff?
- Book recommendations for SOC analysts/security engineers?
- What are my job prospects overseas in cyber security? NZ -> Anywhere
- aws vs azure vs cloud for h1b visa to the states - which one is best suited?
- I’m in high school and I’m interested in IT, where should I Start?
- Should I look for work with my bachelor's or work towards a masters degree?
- What would be a smart decision? Any advice is much appreciated!
- Good resources to prepare for solutions architect interview that hit all key areas? (Networking, Database, Security, OS) Etc.
| How much do clothes matter in an interview: what are your experiences? Posted: 27 Mar 2022 11:20 AM PDT Was thinking back to this time I had an interview for an IT security position at a bank. I had been unemployed for a while and was pretty broke, so I kind of made due with the clothes I had. I had lost a bunch of weight and my belt was too big so I had to manually punch holes in it with my swiss army knife. My shoes looked a little beat up, but I wore a nice tie, the one pair of slacks I had that would fit, and made myself as presentable as possible with what I had on hand. It was such an odd interview because the in-person was my 3rd. The 2nd interview was a technical interview over the phone, and they essentially asked me all of the same questions in the in-person interview. I answered them all the same as well. But just one day later I got a very brief email from HR saying thanks but no thanks. Always wondered if the clothes could have made a difference. I'm since doing much better, working in a position I'm happy with, and I have belts that fit properly now. So I'm curious what everyone else's experiences are with this...have you ever been in an interview situation where you knew or thought your clothes made a difference one way or another? [link] [comments] |
| Am I not cyber enough? My 2 years helpdesk experience does not seem to interest recruiters. Posted: 27 Mar 2022 12:13 PM PDT Background: Hello all, longtime lurker here. I know this isn't a resume review sub, however I cannot for the life of me land an interview for a part time cyber/cloud job. I am looking for a part-time position, willing to work full time hours however I do have in person classes that would interfere with a traditional 8-5 until spring of 2023. I live in a decently sized midwestern city and my last position paid decently, however I was getting tired of fixing printers, crawling under desks, and driving 1 hour to restart a machine(Doesn't happen often, usually with folks who can't take instructions over the phone). I did gain experience working with windows server and many different vendors of firewalls. Even got some vendor-specific certs. There are a decent amount of part-time cyber positions being posted. And I have been applying to every last one. I have been focusing on school for the last couple of months and got my pentest+ just for something new on the resume. Do I need more certs? Should I change up my resume? I am looking for anything cyber/cloud. Do I have enough experience to make this transition from helpdesk? Here is my blanked resume: https://pastebin.com/L5Dy23VJ Edit: The use of "Internship", I'm looking for a part time position. [link] [comments] |
| Feeling huge amount of imposter syndrome looking for advice Posted: 27 Mar 2022 05:10 PM PDT I have recently started a new role as an "IT Generalist" but am the sole IT staff on site supporting about 40 users. So essentially I am handling all help desk tickets, maintaining servers, troubleshooting network connectivity, troubleshooting databases, and anything in between related to technology. On top of this another huge part of my role is upkeep on a spreadsheet for keeping track of orders and budget forecasts for for one of our revenue streams (this takes up at least 16 hours of my week and I often stay a few extra hours on Tuesdays simply to finish it all before the meeting that I lead on Wednesdays). I had a month of training with the person who was leaving the company (as a note he did not leave on bad terms just a life change) and his last day was last week. Previous to the position the only real experience I have had is about a year and a half of help desk in a school system environment and an A+ cert (did no go to school for this and have self studied to know everything I know so far). I didn't lie in my interview and brought up very plainly that I do not have experience working on servers or LAN/WAN but I was still hired (not having much experience I thought surely I will be able to handle it since they are giving me a shot). I do have a business degree which I think is why the wanted to hire me as I had technological skills and some understanding of the business aspect (hence some of the spreadsheet work). This is technically a contract to hire position as I am working with a recruiting company but my boss pretty much treats it like I am already a full fledged member of the team. As I have started to to see all the things that I needed to do in a relatively short time frame I am starting to realize how much I really do not know for my job. I have been trying to study for the network + to learn and bought some servers to walk through a course from home but I simply do not feel like I can learn as fast as I need to. I few of the problems that have already arose are:
I guess I am just looking for any advice on the situation I am in. Am I just completely over my head? Has anyone else been in a position that they realized they were completely unqualified for? Should I just be polishing up my resume to move on after the 6 months or stick with it? [link] [comments] |
| How did you guys study in order to pass the compTIA A+? Posted: 27 Mar 2022 12:32 PM PDT The book I ordered just came in from the library "A+ Certification for Dummies". It's nine books in one and it is THICC! I've also ordered a course on Udemy for A+. Given how dense these study guides are, how did YOU study for the exam? I have a feeling this will be very boring and difficult to study for just reading page after page and watching video after video, I'm curious to hear about any hands on experience you may have had while studying and if you think it's necessary. I've been torn between going for my compTIA A+ or to just keep learning to code with Python and HTML like I have been because at least with those I can gain some hands on experience. I really want out of my monotonous factory job and I just feel like IT will have a lower barrier to entry than programming. [link] [comments] |
| Sysadmin to Cloud Engineer switch is it a decent path Posted: 27 Mar 2022 05:55 PM PDT I guess it doesn't matter now because I made the switch. Maybe I'm crazy for making the switch but very little room for growth at the company. Just was curious if others made the jump from a sysadmin to tech support role. I like the work balance so much more when it's 5 pm I'm done for the night. It's for a much larger company and I have many different paths I can go. I have a path to be a manager if I want that now. I feel a little embarrassed that I'm in a support role for some reason. This will give me an opportunity to learn the cloud a lot more as my cloud skills were limited before. Instead of my customer being internal it's external now. Has anyone else made a similar switch ? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Mar 2022 05:54 PM PDT As the title says, I have a interview for a DevOps role coming up this week. The recruiter said it is more on the "junior side" so it's not a huge stretch from my current position. I at least know I have a chance due to me getting an interview in the first place. My question is, how would I demonstrate that I am very trainable and eager to learn? What specific verbiage, phrases would you use to say " I know I don't check every box, but I can be taught". The recruiter says this interview should be more technical so I am expecting questions on CI/CD, Code Pipeline,etc so I've been studying up on those. [link] [comments] |
| Advancing career, just curious if what I have going is about the average? Posted: 27 Mar 2022 01:59 PM PDT I am an IT Assistant for a corporate company that owns a bunch of newspapers I make good enough pay to support me and my wife and have enough money to put back for savings. But just curious if I could have potential for more pay? I make $17/hr and I'm going on my 3rd year of total IT experience. I have my associates degree, only look to get my bachelors if the company pays for it. Don't want anymore debt than I already have. I have one certificate but it isn't well known, mainly I am curious what could I look for down the road? Is what I am getting acceptable? [link] [comments] |
| What jobs are out there for someone who gets satisfaction out of automating stuff? Posted: 27 Mar 2022 04:48 PM PDT I like automating stuff. Specifically, using CMD to automate stuff. I work at help desk and it's been 6 months and I have to find a better job because inflation is making it hard to even scrape by. All I get when I research jobs for automation programming is PLC stuff which is low paying and just not what I want. What are some terms I can search for to go down a few rabbit holes? [link] [comments] |
| Book recommendations for SOC analysts/security engineers? Posted: 27 Mar 2022 04:25 PM PDT Hi everyone! I'm looking for some light (using this loosely lol) reading brushing up on some of my knowledge gaps while out on vacation with no internet. Specifically looking for things tied to network protocol review/security, incident response, etc etc. Basically any topics for SOC analyst/security engineers. Appreciate y'all! [link] [comments] |
| What are my job prospects overseas in cyber security? NZ -> Anywhere Posted: 27 Mar 2022 03:47 PM PDT Been wanting to go overseas and work in a different setting while I still have no kids or mortgage. I'm well within the working holiday age bracket but how many places are willing to hire someone for 6 months for a working holiday? Been working as a security engineer mainly dealing with managing firewalls and networking however what are my chances of getting a job without any degree or certs (at the moment; planning on getting my CCNA and NSE4 this year). Have only been in the position for about a month and was planning to leave after a year or so. Any help or guidance would be great! [link] [comments] |
| aws vs azure vs cloud for h1b visa to the states - which one is best suited? Posted: 27 Mar 2022 11:29 AM PDT Hi guys, i come from a traditional networking and security background with about 2yrs experience. I want to get into cloud that is appealing for h1b. anyone have an idea which cloud platform i should learn based on my background and desire for h1b to the states? A bit of h1b job search shows more jobs for azure and aws than gcp. [link] [comments] |
| I’m in high school and I’m interested in IT, where should I Start? Posted: 27 Mar 2022 01:41 PM PDT I'm a 10th grader and I'm really starting to think about my career and majors that I plan on going into. I'm interested in IT but I'm unsure about what I would need to study in high school in order to go into college for IT. My school offers AP comp sci, and I'm already taking an intro to graphic design and Autocad class, so what else should I consider ? I'm not really interested in coding tho. [link] [comments] |
| Should I look for work with my bachelor's or work towards a masters degree? Posted: 27 Mar 2022 01:37 PM PDT I am about to graduate with a bachelors degree in management information systems, and am unsure if I should prioritize looking for work or just continue school and get a masters. My end goal is to start a career in data analytics, but I currently hold very little relevant experience. I feel like I did not utilize my time at school properly with the lack of participation in school organizations and internships, and generally feel unprepared for looking for a worthwhile job at the level I am at now. Part of me wants to continue school to get a masters so that I can properly utilize the resources there for my career. Any advice on my situation is greatly appreciated. [link] [comments] |
| What would be a smart decision? Any advice is much appreciated! Posted: 27 Mar 2022 01:04 PM PDT Hey guys, so I have no background in IT. In November of last year, I got a call from a recruiter to work for AWS logistics team but as a 3 month contractor and there's a chance they could flip me to full time employee so that's what happened. I got offered a full time job in the logistics team. But there's nothin really technical about this job, I mean we just deal with computer parts. There's a data center technician position but I have to stay one year logistics department. Then I will be able to apply to different positions with in the company. My question is should I start applying to other jobs with other company or should I stay one year and then apply to jobs within? Little bit about myself: I have no degree and I have no certs. I was going to community college, but I dropped out cause I'm not able to do school. I rather just work and work way up. Before this job I was working at retail jobs and doing food deliveries on the side. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 27 Mar 2022 12:47 PM PDT So I got an AWS SA interview lined up and it's the final step and I was wondering if you guys have any good resources for preparing for this interview besides LP and STAR which I'm prepared with. I want to improve more on the techincal aspects. TIA! [link] [comments] |
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