6 Figures 6 Certs Random Thoughts Thread

[Jimmy from Linkedin]

Got a raise.

Getting better at asking for stuff

 

[patscorpio]

Any of y’all own stock in the company you work for?

I own about 10 shares so far (valued at about $500) right now, and the company is granting me about 50 shares of common stock this month as an early Xmas gift.

i dont but then i kinda slacked on finding out..i should really took a deeper look into my fidelity accounts very soon

 

[phcitywarrior]

Damn...I feel for my manager. Dude is definitely putting in effort and trying to get better but our team just ain't it.

Side Note: People in Corporate America be getting their feelings hurt for no apparent reason.

Situation: I'm leaving for vacation in a week and I have a tight financial model I need to crank out essentially in 3 working days. It just so happens I sit next to one of our inside sales support teams and if you know anything about inside sales, it's that they are always talking on the phone and are quite noisy. Toss in the fact that its almost end of year so there's pressure for the sales team to hit their year end quota and the like. It's a madhouse right now, can't even focus on the work I need to do. The team is like 8 women or so and these ladies are chatty and quite gossipy.

Anyway, I came in early today and went to one of the open corner offices on our floor to focus. Literally went to Starbucks, got a venti coffee with a double shot of expresso and when to business lol.

My manager came into my "office" for something else, then he said he'd received feedback that some people were feeling a certain way about me sitting the open office. He said he didn't care and knew I was only doing it to crank out the work on my plate. I just told him I'd go back to my cube to finish things off. I'll pull a late one tonight and tomorrow. At least I'm taking a good 3 weeks off.

 

[RealCrownHeights]

Posted this in the official thread too:

Made an account to ask this. I'm not even sure if this is the right section in the forum for this but here goes: I am 26 born and raised in Brooklyn. My Mother and those around me sent me to Morehouse and I was able to graduate barely but my degree was in English because like many others I thought if I can't make it professionally, I still wanted to work in sports. 3 Years later, I am at my third non profit job (All in Harlem where I take 3 trains a day) and can't seem to past 45k annually. I live in Bed Stuy in an increasingly gentrified area but a hood block and building. (I literally saw a blood initiation last week). Long story short, I'm tired of living like this and I like and want to make money.

Going to Morehouse and seeing black people with wealth and obtain wealth after finishing school, made me realize there still may be a way to get it, and this website and forum confirms it. I have Security + for dummies on my computer but also have been thinking about going into the Air Force in a 3d job so I can have training and security clearance when I leave. I just want some advice as far as what would be the best option logically and financially for me, as I'm not getting any younger. Keeping in mind, I have student debt and I'm 5'11 196 pounds in shape. I'm terrible at math, and I have tried getting in contact with my Alumni chapter in NY to no avail. I wouldn't mind leaving NY and finally getting a car as well.

 

[phcitywarrior]

I have Security + for dummies on my computer but also have been thinking about going into the Air Force in a 3d job so I can have training and security clearance when I leave.
I'm not in the military nor have I ever been in the military but I'd think you could make money without joining the military, especially considering that you're 26 and already a college graduate.

I just want some advice as far as what would be the best option logically and financially for me, as I'm not getting any younger.
You'll need to give us a bit more to work with. Ask 10 people what's most logical and you'll get 10 different responses. Since you've picked up a Security+ book then I'd suggest you check out the IT thread for advice about how to break into IT/Tech. That seems to be a field where people with little to no prior knowledge of IT can do pretty well for themselves. Best thing to do is find out what a career in that field looks like, and what steps do you need to take to get

I'm terrible at math,
Math can be learned. People that say they're terrible at math just need practice. Sure, it comes easier to some than say writing, but it can always be learned. Best part is that there are a lot of resources online for you to take advantage of. Having and analytical mindset/comfort with numbers is definitely a good thing within our current economy. You don't need to be a data scientist but you should be able to spot trends and be comfortable with numbers.

and I have tried getting in contact with my Alumni chapter in NY to no avail.
Reaching out to alums is good, but you do have to have a strategy on reaching out. What are you looking to get into and what gaps can they help fill? If you can answer those last two questions, it'll help your search. Also, you have to keep at it.

I wouldn't mind leaving NY and finally getting a car as well.
Not a bad idea, but NYC has a lot of opportunities to network and build a skillset BEFORE moving out to some place smaller

My overarching advice would be to get an idea of a career path or a field you'd like to get serious in and then layout a plan/map of how you'll break in and then move up. Sure, it's easier said than done. You're 26 now, so write out an 18 month plan of how you'll break into say the IT space to a job paying $70K/yr etc. Do your research and see what's feasible

Once you have the plan, get a council of advisers or mentors. They'll help keep you on track/accountable and can offer advice. Be intentional with your contact and ensure you have frequent/regular check ins with them. Create and excel spreadsheet and keep things on track. Aim for every 2-3 weeks in the beginning, and then every 6-8 weeks once you start getting your feet wet.

Per networking, make sure you check out local professional orgs in NYC. NYC hosts a lot of seminars, conventions and professional events. I think you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you left before building a solid base.

Props on waking up and wanting to stretch your full capacity. First step is admitting you want a change. Anyway, my thoughts/advice are in the quote - your statements bolded, my advice italicized. Best of luck breh!

 

[RealCrownHeights]

Props on waking up and wanting to stretch your full capacity. First step is admitting you want a change. Anyway, my thoughts/advice are in the quote - your statements bolded, my advice italicized. Best of luck breh!

Thank you bro. The best advice I've had in while. Going to check out the IT thread and start planning and networking now.

 

[phcitywarrior]

This vacation bout to be bliss. Out of the country holidays just hit different

What is an email?

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

This vacation bout to be bliss. Out of the country holidays just hit different

What is an email?

I just signed off for the rest of the year. I should have left shyt broke as a Christmas gift.

 

[Spin]

Posted this in the official thread too:

Made an account to ask this. I'm not even sure if this is the right section in the forum for this but here goes: I am 26 born and raised in Brooklyn. My Mother and those around me sent me to Morehouse and I was able to graduate barely but my degree was in English because like many others I thought if I can't make it professionally, I still wanted to work in sports. 3 Years later, I am at my third non profit job (All in Harlem where I take 3 trains a day) and can't seem to past 45k annually. I live in Bed Stuy in an increasingly gentrified area but a hood block and building. (I literally saw a blood initiation last week). Long story short, I'm tired of living like this and I like and want to make money.

Going to Morehouse and seeing black people with wealth and obtain wealth after finishing school, made me realize there still may be a way to get it, and this website and forum confirms it. I have Security + for dummies on my computer but also have been thinking about going into the Air Force in a 3d job so I can have training and security clearance when I leave. I just want some advice as far as what would be the best option logically and financially for me, as I'm not getting any younger. Keeping in mind, I have student debt and I'm 5'11 196 pounds in shape. I'm terrible at math, and I have tried getting in contact with my Alumni chapter in NY to no avail. I wouldn't mind leaving NY and finally getting a car as well.

I would say go for the military. Have you taken the ASVAB test yet to see what you qualify for?

You are correct with a security clearance you will be in demand with IT. Don’t let these people talk you out of it especially if they aren’t providing solutions. If you don’t want to do it full time you can join the reserve/guard and get basically the same benefits.

Air Force has the best “quality of life”, but you might want to check out the Army too since I believe they still have a student loan payment incentive. Talk with every branch and see who offers the best deal. Main thing is to score high on the ASVAB so you have options.

Since you have a degree you can likely go in as an Officer.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

KDE Neon is such a sexy Linux distro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with KDE pre-installed. Runs as smooth in a VM as my host OS does. Think I'm going to set up a half assed dev environment and find something to do while I'm on vacation.

 

[patscorpio]

my mind is already on my 2 weeks off...this is my last full week of work for this year, then off until january 6th

meetings and some project deadlines before all that

 

[phcitywarrior]

my mind is already on my 2 weeks off...this is my last full week of work for this year, then off until january 6th

meetings and some project deadlines before all that

Brooooo...you have no idea. I’m done this Tuesday, got a morning call from 8-9am on Wed then I’m checked out. Flying to Naij on Thursday.

 

[colicolicoli]

I passed that technical interview but they filled the position before I could get the full onsite interview with the manager. Recruiter told me she'd put me up for the position again as the job opens up a few times a year (kinda a red flag, tbh).

--

Had a backup position paying $2k less than that job at a smaller company for a Desktop Support role. Had a 45 minute interview last week and this morning an hour long PANEL interview.

Just got the call stating I got the job. Glad to finally be out of the helpdesk role...already thinking about how I'm about to finesse my resume to make it look lile I have 3 years of desktop support experience so I can parlay this into an even better paying job late 2020.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

KDE Neon is such a sexy Linux distro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with KDE pre-installed. Runs as smooth in a VM as my host OS does. Think I'm going to set up a half assed dev environment and find something to do while I'm on vacation.

project is coming together nicely. Wrote a Python web scraper that is pulling in a few metrics from a site. I've done a lot of manipulation to get the HTML into a CSV. There's a little more data I can extract, but that's something for later. Next step is to figure out some data science libraries and see what I can come up with. Get this stuck up into GitHub and then update the resume.

Update: ran it at proper capacity and got some strange failures - index out of range for some of the lists I have in the background. Luckily for me, I output some page identifiers, so I can manually test against those pages to fix it. But that aside, I've got about 450 of 720 entries populated. CSVs look good, header information and data. I'm almost tempting to just let it go against all ~10k pages, but I think I'd run into some memory issues. Right now I keep a list of dictionaries in memory and then write the CSV at the end. I may need to write the CSV after every data extract.

Update 2: I'm going to take a detour and do some Data Science courses on LinkedIn Learning. Glean a little bit of knowledge then put it into practice.

 

[phcitywarrior]

Signed off for the year.

These few weeks bout to be bliss