IT Career Are my personal projects resume worthy ? |
- Are my personal projects resume worthy ?
- Should I get CCNA between community college and university?
- does everyone in this sub need to spoon feed at all times?
- Thinking about getting AS in computer information technology (help)
- How am I supposed to find time to do interviews?
- Should I just take whatever job comes my way for entry level?
- IT Service Desk Interview
- How to get into project management?
- Fastest you have quit a new job?
- Recruiter asks my motivation for a career change to IT, what to answer?
- My first year in the help desk has passed, but my company seems to be going under before I can get another year on my resume...
- Feeling completely lost, like an actual impostor
- Installation tech for Hospital or keep searching for help desk? First potential job in field.
- Next steps/certifications to become a Network Engineer? Experience included
| Are my personal projects resume worthy ? Posted: 01 Jun 2022 12:25 PM PDT Hi everyone, I'm trying to land a helpdesk position and while I'm working on getting my certs I'm also trying to boost up my resume with personal stuff I could do during my free time, the thing is I have some projects, but I don't know if they're interesting enough to be resume worthy so I'm asking for some feedback on the matter. So far here's what I have: - A virtual ''homelab'' made of a Windows Server with a network setup (DNS, DHCP , Active Directory , Printing Server,etc ...) and two clients (Linux and Windows) that I use for testing software or scenarios (monitoring, testing scripts, scheduled backups) - An automated setup (Tails + VPN + software) running on a stick to make the host computer as hidden as possible on a network - A monitoring setup with Prometheus / Grafana / Loki with automated alerts in case of an incident - A platform as a service (AWX Tower + Squest) that pretty much works as a ''marketplace'' for custom scripts (getting an running VM on a host with only a click on a widget for example) I'm looking forward to your answers and feedback, thanks in advance ! [link] [comments] |
| Should I get CCNA between community college and university? Posted: 01 Jun 2022 01:06 PM PDT I am currently working full-time as a help desk tech at a small MSP, while going to community college. I have 4 classes left before I transfer to a state university for my bachelors in information technology. Which is great but I want to get my CCNA too. I just dont know if i can deal with the workload of CCNA studying, school studying, work, and all my life outside of that. So I was thinking about taking a small break in between community college and university to get my CCNA. Is this a good idea? Or should I just try and find the time in between everything else and transfer right away? [link] [comments] |
| does everyone in this sub need to spoon feed at all times? Posted: 01 Jun 2022 02:07 PM PDT OMG I may have to quite this sub, every post seems like it's just someone who can't be bothered to do the most basic investigations on things they claim to to want to do for a living. They know nothing about any part of IT but are willing to change careers and expecting strangers on here to tell them exactly how to do it. they can't be bothered to google, read any of the other dozens that are posted in this sub daily. It's maddening. Doing your own research should involve doing more things on your own before asking reddit. You will learn way more and it will stick better because you had to put effort into it. It also makes for a more interesting discussion here if they have tried a few things first. grumble grumble grume
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| Thinking about getting AS in computer information technology (help) Posted: 01 Jun 2022 03:16 PM PDT I'm 31 years old and I'm thinking about making a career change, currently have no experience in the IT world and thinking if it is Worth going for my Associates of science for computer information technology, is it a good career choice? Will it be easy for me to get a job with this degree, I have no plans in getting a Bachelors. I'm so confuse and been in my thoughts lately, can someone help me, break it down or have you gone thru the same. I've wasted a lot of my time working in the kitchen. [link] [comments] |
| How am I supposed to find time to do interviews? Posted: 01 Jun 2022 05:55 PM PDT I am working on trying to make the jump from IT support to web development and I am stumped as to how I'm supposed to do interviews. I get a 30 minute lunch break, so shorter interviews can be scheduled for then, but what do I do about about longer interviews? I would be fine with using my PTO for it, but I have to schedule that 2 weeks in advance, which I imagine would be inconvenient for most companies interviewing me. And from what I've heard from friends who are developers, it's pretty standard to have 3-4 interviews for a job. And that's just one job. How do those of you already with jobs find time to do interviews? Any suggestions for me? [link] [comments] |
| Should I just take whatever job comes my way for entry level? Posted: 01 Jun 2022 01:38 PM PDT Just got a call from a recruiter who saw my profile on Dice and thinks that he could help me. He asked a little about my background and what I'm looking for. At one point he asked me what I was looking for in terms of part time, contract, temp, etc. And I told him I would take anything because I have no relevant experience and only have my A+ cert to point toward... Was this a good idea? I'm 2 weeks into sending out resumes and have been unemployed since March. Haven't gotten anything solid except some emails but all of them passed on me eventually. I feel like I should take anything just to build up relevant experience, but I'm not sure if I'm doing myself damage by taking short term contracts or part time work. I know I have the skillset for entry level roles, it justs the convincing employers without experience part that seems to be trouble. [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Jun 2022 05:14 PM PDT Hey everybody. I have my first IT Service Desk interview tomorrow and I'm super nervous. It's for a pretty big company when it comes to Information Security and whatnot in my state, and I really need the job. Is there anything I can do to prepare myself for it? Like what kind of questions can I expect to be asked and how deep into detail should I go into? Any help would be appreciated and if there's any more information needed I can give it. [link] [comments] |
| How to get into project management? Posted: 01 Jun 2022 01:35 PM PDT I'm a desktop support technician and have been involved with many IT projects during my time here. I'm interested in getting into IT project management. What is the best way to get into this type of position, would an MBA be required? I already have a BS in IT [link] [comments] |
| Fastest you have quit a new job? Posted: 01 Jun 2022 06:03 PM PDT What is the quickest you have quit a job you recently started and how awkward was it doing so? Just curious to hear stories because I know IT job changes are so frequent. [link] [comments] |
| Recruiter asks my motivation for a career change to IT, what to answer? Posted: 01 Jun 2022 01:21 PM PDT So I have decided to make career change from financial audit to IT. I'm still at the beginning of my career (26 ATM) and found out that financial audit is not something I want to keep doing. I am interested in IT and I'm planning on taking an introductory position where they will teach me and help me to grow in something like software testing, but if a recruiter would ask me what my motivation is to get into IT than I won't be able to give a definite answer. What are good motivations/reasons for someone to get into the field of IT? Any recruiters here? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 01 Jun 2022 04:37 PM PDT Title and escrow industry, which is dictated by interest rates... we're slowly going under and I have hardly done any real IT-related work in months. I'm 35 and I just got into this career last March and I really don't have the time to spin my wheels in place here at this job (which I absolutely loved up until recently) and I also don't know if I qualify for much anything else yet. I have 10 years in the events industry as an on-site tech plus this one year of technician in the actual IT industry doing all the level 1 stuff and more, I have built 9 full gaming PCs, have done my own home networking for myself, my family, and friends, and have been using/maintaining/fixing/troubleshooting my own built computer(s) since I was 12. I've been applying for a level 2 help desk job but I just don't think 1 year in the industry is what people are looking for... but I really feel like I'm going to continue to stagnate if I just find another tier 1 job. I hate the feeling of not progressing forward and an adjacent tier 1 job just sounds like something I'm better than being at this point. I felt like I was stagnating 6 months ago, before interest rates skyrocketed and we lost most of our business. Has anyone been in a similar situation? Should I just say fuck it and keep applying for tier 2 positions? I would say I've got a few months left here so I'm not worried about not having a job at this moment in time but I do wanna make sure I've got something lined up. What do you guys think? Help desk experience I have so far: A+ cert, built and maintained 200+ employee workstations, configured a print server, remote help for offsite employees, numerous HP laser printer fixes, emails fixes, Office365 account modifications, AD tinkering, ticketing/documenting/knowledgebase/inventory responsibilities, account creation for all sorts of things... your standard first year stuff I would imagine... with my personal background and tech background pre-IT though, I really truthfully feel like I am way beyond a tier 1 help desk job. [link] [comments] |
| Feeling completely lost, like an actual impostor Posted: 01 Jun 2022 04:09 PM PDT I just started a job as a software support analyst. I just graduated college and my only IT job experience has been helpdesk. My coworkers are all much older and very experienced, and I'm utterly lost and feel completely hopeless. My training was just spending about an hour watching someone do a few tickets, and I'm expected to be able to do tickets on my own starting tomorrow. All I have for resources are a few old notes and videos which don't go into great detail about solving routine problems, and this isn't the type of stuff you can google. Everyone else is busy and doesn't have time to hold my hand as I ask dozens of questions about each issue. I'm completely at a loss and I'm afraid I'll be getting the boot if I don't somehow figure out how to do my job [link] [comments] |
| Installation tech for Hospital or keep searching for help desk? First potential job in field. Posted: 01 Jun 2022 03:30 PM PDT Hello! As the title says, should I proceed with installation or look for help desk still? Only information I can find is ATT techs and I haven't seen a job description yet as a recruiter reached out to me and proceeded with the interview [link] [comments] |
| Next steps/certifications to become a Network Engineer? Experience included Posted: 01 Jun 2022 03:24 PM PDT I am looking to advance towards becoming a network engineer. I work as a Desktop Support Specialist currently. It is somewhat of a glorified position, and my duties are basically that of a field tech. I do basic 365 and AD administration, and troubleshoot general Windows and hardware issues. Being a systems administrator seems like a decent pay bump from my current $57k salary, I think this could possibly be a good placeholder, or am I wrong? Are there maybe a few easy certs I can work on alongside networking specific stuff to do that in the meantime? Or am I best off just grinding out networking stuff and going directly to that after this job? I currently have no certifications, but have a lot of all around computer experience. A lot of surface level stuff, but robust all around knowledge of hardware and software, and very basic networking knowledge. I have an associate's degree in business but that is absolutely useless here. From where I am, what exact certifications would you recommend I get? I was thinking starting with a CCNA, but I have zero idea what to do next. I am not even sure what next job I would get with a CCNA, maybe a network administrator or network admin? Please help point me in the right direction. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
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