6 Figures 6 Certs Random Thoughts Thread

[phcitywarrior]

LOL Yea never will entertain a woman even talking at a Lagos/Abuja social setting. There is an assumption I should pay for even conversation when I go to Nigeria

Nigerian women always tryna finesse the bag

Just look in her direction and its "Oga, won't you buy me malt?"

And they do it in that drawy voice.

 

[Jimmy from Linkedin]

I guess this is a humblebrag but I got recruited off linkedin for a position that seems to be intense but is paying too low, Multi-Site (100 nationwide) "Operations Project Manager" paying out $58k in DC. I turned it down after the phone interview, and the recruiter just hit me up asking about whether or not I want to go in for a real interview, the person I spoke with was real impressed.

Thinking about whether or not just asking him straight up, if they aren't paying at least $80k then I'm not interested.

What yall think

 

[se1f_made]

What skills are you listing and where are you at in your career?

All of the configuration management tools, I’ve labbed absible, and familiar enough with chef and puppet to discuss;
Played around with Git;
Completed several labs and tutorials in AWS such as configuration of auto scaling groups, S3 buckets, cloudwatch configuration, sns alerting, some lambda coding, etc;
I’ve set up a Jenkins pipeline in a lab environment but I admit that it’s been awhile and I could brush up on it;
I’ve set up and labbed a kuberbetes cluster and understand the basics of how it works;
I’m most familiar with Docker through labs and can explain how containerization works;

I’ve been a Windows sysadmin, virtualization engineer and DBA for the last 4 years but recently accepted a role as a Linux admin within the last year but there’s only 3 nodes which I manage so I’m not getting the daily experience in that. Instead most of my time is spent managing mini projects like O365 initiatives, automation projects and SAN management. I’ve had a few Devops offers but even more rejections. I think that it may be time to go back to the lab, study more on all of the tech, work on getting an AWS cert and continue the marathon...

 

[NeilCartwright]

Still havent been verified to post an ad on Indeedwent through ZipRecruiter instead. Its bringing in about 2 applications per day, but no responses from the guys who applied

Trying to stay solid. All we need is one guy to be a good fit for us and we'll be back.

By the time my contract is up i should have about 11k liquid and 10k in my 401K. Im going for the big one Trying to get my disability together to have a monthly cushion so i can jump off the porch, not trying to go back to a 9-5

I gotta make something shake

 

[MoneyTron]

Taking the GRE today. Let’s see what happens.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

All of the configuration management tools, I’ve labbed absible, and familiar enough with chef and puppet to discuss;
Played around with Git;
Completed several labs and tutorials in AWS such as configuration of auto scaling groups, S3 buckets, cloudwatch configuration, sns alerting, some lambda coding, etc;
I’ve set up a Jenkins pipeline in a lab environment but I admit that it’s been awhile and I could brush up on it;
I’ve set up and labbed a kuberbetes cluster and understand the basics of how it works;
I’m most familiar with Docker through labs and can explain how containerization works;

I’ve been a Windows sysadmin, virtualization engineer and DBA for the last 4 years but recently accepted a role as a Linux admin within the last year but there’s only 3 nodes which I manage so I’m not getting the daily experience in that. Instead most of my time is spent managing mini projects like O365 initiatives, automation projects and SAN management. I’ve had a few Devops offers but even more rejections. I think that it may be time to go back to the lab, study more on all of the tech, work on getting an AWS cert and continue the marathon...

You have the technical experience to move into the role, it just sounds like you aren't able to articulate it well enough during the interview process. Maybe try recording yourself taking about your abilities with the tech stack you have listed on your resume. When you play it back does it sound like you know what you're talking about? Are you going into detail or are you giving cursory knowledge? If you can't speak to what you have on your resume then you might have to make some revisions or bridge that gap.

 

[MoneyTron]

Taking the GRE today. Let’s see what happens.

False alarm. It's tomorrow. Had me all hyped up for nothing. Guess I have an extra day.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

False alarm. It's tomorrow. Had me all hyped up for nothing. Guess I have an extra day.

well I guess that's better than it being yesterday. Did that for a final once. Went from an A to a complete F

 

[phcitywarrior]

I guess this is a humblebrag but I got recruited off linkedin for a position that seems to be intense but is paying too low, Multi-Site (100 nationwide) "Operations Project Manager" paying out $58k in DC. I turned it down after the phone interview, and the recruiter just hit me up asking about whether or not I want to go in for a real interview, the person I spoke with was real impressed.

Thinking about whether or not just asking him straight up, if they aren't paying at least $80k then I'm not interested.

What yall think

Sounds about right. Salary, outside of personal benefits, is also a signal of how important the work you're doing is to an extent (at least in the corporate world). It really helps when looking to pivot elsewhere. When I interviewed earlier this year I saw I was about $20K below my market rate.

 

[acri1]

I just have to say, I hate VOIP. And don't even get me started on fax/FOIP.

The person before me left a couple years ago and I've basically just got stuck as the "phone guy" since then.

 

[Sonny Bonds]

Is the Salesforce worth getting into?

 

[Cynic]

-Does anyone know of any entrepreneur vlogs on YouTube?
-Going through a lot but learning a lot as well. Personal & business credit, accounting, finance in general
-Finding a driver has been a challenge but it’ll gone together. Being on the other side of the interview table is different. I’m notbut It gives you a different perspective.

My background is in journalism and mass media. My initial plan after the military was finesse a disability check (right now it’s at 1110 a month, shooting for 3k) and never go back to a 9-5..but it’s looking like I may need to

Thinking of using the GI Bill for either an MBA or going back for an accounting degree. Journalist don’t make no moneytheres only so many spots for the Stephen A Smiths of the world

Focus on sales and business development. You can hire others to do that grunt work

 

[Cynic]

As anyone ever gotten a position applying on LinkedIn (not a recruiter seeking you out)

Send your letter via signed delivery. Fukk being put with the other candidates.

 

[Cynic]

I feel like the only way you get hired by applying online is if you're overqualified for the position or have brand name companies on your resume/CV and even then it's a crap shoot.

Send a piece of direct mail to the role you REALLY want by signed delivery.

Use Fedex if necessary - A recruiters online attention is split with multiple candidates

but offline she'll only have yours especially if you sprinkle some sizzlin copy.

 

[Yinny]

Trying to stay booked and busy to borrow a phrase from all your favorite IG Thots,

wrapped up and invoiced my first client and now on to the next. I ordered my newer business cards and need to pass them out at some networking events, have to keep this client pipeline coming in. Last client I connected with hasn’t responded to my emails so I guess he was just blowing smoke but I have a business email and everything now.