6 Figures 6 Certs Random Thoughts Thread

[phcitywarrior]

With that said, the easiest and most fundamental, thing a young person can learn to master right now, and will be applicable enough to realistically have them paid day 1, by the time they graduate high school is SQL.

Every company needs and manages databases. There's still a technical gap in the workforce between people who can navigate SQL and those who refuse to learn.

Even at my company now, we're in the process of reconfiguring our db because a previous analyst, refused to learn how to join tables (merge data) .

Yep. Data is the currency of today's business world. Knowing how to manipulate and analyze it will be crucial.

At least until ML/AI really kick-off and things get more automated, but we are some ways from that.

edit: saw what company she went to. i def think she made the wrong choice simply for a title (these are the places black people have blind spots in when it comes to building a career). her company has the same valuation as ours on their F round while we reached that in our B round - means there is way more upside to working here, and titles come and go, money and mentorship lasts much longer. ugh

Do you know if she's trying to get into higher ed/MBA? Titles come and go definitely, but too many lateral moves may not show she's rising in her career even if the responsibility and pay are also rising. I do know they look at those things for grad school.

Kinda my situation when I took my most recent role. Moved from a Pricing function to Biz Dev, although it came with a pay and title bump. However for my company the pricing function is core to the business model and can be seen as one of the key departments, I think it'd be akin to Search at Google, IB at GS, Software at Apple etc

But she's at a start-up so the dynamics are different..

EDIT: What's more important: title or pay? | LinkedIn

Similar case here, Title or Pay.

 

[Sonny Bonds]

"security software that was bought out by Blackberry"

Sounds like Cylance which nobody really uses.

The CTO brought up Cylance again during a meeting. I countered with the fact that we get MS Defender through our Azure licenses.

He was skeptical of Defender for Macs, but said he didn’t know much about it. Now, he wants me to look into our Azure licenses and compare the different tiers. Because he said having Google Workspace and Azure is redundant. He’s mentioned switching to Google for SSO before. We’re locked into Azure until March, so I don’t understand what he’s thinking. It’s like he wants to make the IT infrastructure like the way it was at his previous job.

The head of engineering told me he wants to hire 40 engineers by the end of the year, but I’ve only onboarded 1 in the three months I’ve been here. CTO’s priorities seem misplaced.

 

[JT-Money]

The CTO brought up Cylance again during a meeting. I countered with the fact that we get MS Defender through our Azure licenses.

He was skeptical of Defender for Macs, but said he didn’t know much about it. Now, he wants me to look into our Azure licenses and compare the different tiers. Because he said having Google Workspace and Azure is redundant. He’s mentioned switching to Google for SSO before. We’re locked into Azure until March, so I don’t understand what he’s thinking. It’s like he wants to make the IT infrastructure like the way it was at his previous job.

The head of engineering told me he wants to hire 40 engineers by the end of the year, but I’ve only onboarded 1 in the three months I’ve been here. CTO’s priorities seem misplaced.

Lots of these dudes jump from company to company spending money like crazy just to build up their resume. But they aren't the ones who have to support all this crap.

I just want to make sure the technology the company buys is the industry standard. That way it's easier for me to switch jobs. So I don't want to waste my time learning something nobody uses. That isn't gonna make me more money on the open market.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Had to throw out a bit of change to help some family. Also had to throw out a few resumes so that I can get paid what I'm worth . The biggest issue is that I'm not hands on with technology that the industry wants. Who you know clamoring for ColdFusion ? My company is good at saddling us up with non transferable skills. Ain't seen WSDL or SOAP in a posting like ever. Don't get me started on unnecessary wrappers on standard industry tooling.

Man, you work at my job and I don't know!

We still on SOAP Webservices. Team tried to move to REST/WebApi, people almost got fired that day

 

[Sonny Bonds]

I just want to make sure the technology the company buys is the industry standard. That way it's easier for me to switch jobs. So I don't want to waste my time learning something nobody uses. That isn't gonna make me more money on the open market.

This right here. One of the questions I asked during the interview was if I could choose what IT tools to implement.

Nobody uses Google as their IdP. We have a bunch of SaaS apps and some internal tools using Azure for authentication. Why bother switching and being disruptive when the company’s app is supposed to launch this fall?

 

[OfTheCross]

I didnt start until a few years ago.

I'm still "behind" in a lot of respects, but I'm also not technically a "programmer". I deal with data, but I've been learning SQL, Python, R over the past few years.

I'm in a masters program now, to help shore up some areas for my lack of experience / exposure.

I saw all this to say, there's a shyt ton of free resources out.

This site has everything:

https://www.freecodecamp.org/

With that said, the easiest and most fundamental, thing a young person can learn to master right now, and will be applicable enough to realistically have them paid day 1, by the time they graduate high school is SQL.

Every company needs and manages databases. There's still a technical gap in the workforce between people who can navigate SQL and those who refuse to learn.

Even at my company now, we're in the process of reconfiguring our db because a previous analyst, refused to learn how to join tables (merge data) .

Free game

 

[Rawtid]

I like doofai better than doofuses.

 

[Sonny Bonds]

There was this big push at work to adopt 2 week sprints.

But it’s kinda dumb because I’m now in a sprint with a bunch of non technical people. There’s like a chief of staff and HR in the team I’m on.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

There was this big push at work to adopt 2 week sprints.

But it’s kinda dumb because I’m now in a sprint with a bunch of non technical people. There’s like a chief of staff and HR in the team I’m on.

But they can call themselves agile

 

[PrnzHakeem]

My supervisor put in his 2 weeks to go to a start up. 2 other colleagues bout to hit maternity leave in August/September.

Who gonna do all this work in Q3/Q4?

Spoiler: Uhhh

I'm gonna be spread really thin covering for folks now and then there is the transition when E10n purchase is final.

Judging by how things go, I might could parlay this into a quick promo and some retention pay before I finally hit the job market.

Spoiler: bruh

if I can finesse this, I could pull in half if I stick around all 2023

 

[Serious]

My supervisor put in his 2 weeks to go to a start up. 2 other colleagues bout to hit maternity leave in August/September.

Who gonna do all this work in Q3/Q4?

Spoiler: Uhhh

I'm gonna be spread really thin covering for folks now and then there is the transition when E10n purchase is final.

Judging by how things go, I might could parlay this into a quick promo and some retention pay before I finally hit the job market.

Spoiler: bruh

if I can finesse this, I could pull in half if I stick around all 2023

Good problems to have. Use that leverage to advantage.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

you have 3 months of experience in a profession and it's the 3 mos you've been in your current role...shyt happens and companies don't live up to what you expected, but in that case, you either need to stick it out for 6 more months and at least have 9 mos of experience or you need to interview for roles in your previous domain. you simply have nothing to offer here

 

[patscorpio]

For the engineers/programmers/tech folk in here….how early in your life did you really start to engage and learn about this stuff?

High school? College? Post college?

And if it was before college, how were you introduced to the field?

I got a niece in middle school, she’s into creating shyt…was trying to get her into this programming/STEM summer program that the local college offers but her mom’s reluctant about it.

I've had exposure since I was a kid..my neighbor had a father who was a programmer...we were frequently over their house...playing games on his mac....i knew i wanted to do it for a living when my mother sent me to computer camp when i was in the 4th grade for the summer...changed my life

 

[WTFisWallace?]

On the side I was playing with Unity and C#.

If she into creating then foster that. She's at the right age to latch on. That summer program can be a huge catalyst for her, and historically she's at probably the best time to be a female getting into tech. When I first started my classes, damn near the only females were the professors (there was like 4 in the department). By the time I ended, a lot of classes were edging towards 50/50. shyt, my team is probably half female now. So your niece will have that visual representation that she can do it to.

didn’t realize Unity was around that long…it’s actually one of the things the program offers an introduction to.

How do you have time to day trade as well.

I remember when a doctor in our discord was day trading during the peak of Covid

We got a snake schedule…come in during the afternoon our 1st two days. Leave super early our last two. So outside of OT I pretty much got the middle of the week off.

Also, when flight traffic was down due to Covid we got a crazy amount of breaks at work, so a lot of people were fukking with the markets during breaks.

 

[Rawtid]

"I would try to help, but I don't know Qlik that well."

Learn it, whore!! You literally have access to your own personal space, all the company data, admin rights, and Udemy. These are the tools of technological survival. Make a way out of no way, sir. Please.