6 Figures 6 Certs Random Thoughts Thread
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Yea, I need to get back on my external networking heavy. Gonna use this holiday to decompress and then regroup.
Yinny
Sweet and Sour Patch Mom
Job market looking rough ngl
Been getting inmails but low numbers and allegedly promo period here is December and September eyeroll
My reviews good again minor feedback and still no promo, I called out to my boss that I’m performing better than people way above my level smh
Been getting inmails but low numbers and allegedly promo period here is December and September eyeroll
My reviews good again minor feedback and still no promo, I called out to my boss that I’m performing better than people way above my level smh
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Visibility is important in your career, especially if you're on the sales side.
I went to the NVIDIA GTC conference to learn more about AI (and at my company they're a partner of ours) which included me going to discussions, sessions, talking with people from NVIDIA and other organizations on how they're doing AI.
Something I did that was SUPER was important was posting on my LinkedIn about my experience there and when industry experts were going to come to our booth. I got a lot of post impressions primarily posting videos. This resulted in a lot of senior leadership across teams adding me to their LinkedIn.
They know of me the team I work under, but not me as much.
Having Director, VP, & SVP level people from my organization add me from a few LinkedIn posts speaks to the power of posting on LinkedIn and also building relationships which will pay dividends in the future. Not to mention the contacts I made from other companies by going to this conference. Just a word of advice.
Hope that helps other people here.
I went to the NVIDIA GTC conference to learn more about AI (and at my company they're a partner of ours) which included me going to discussions, sessions, talking with people from NVIDIA and other organizations on how they're doing AI.
Something I did that was SUPER was important was posting on my LinkedIn about my experience there and when industry experts were going to come to our booth. I got a lot of post impressions primarily posting videos. This resulted in a lot of senior leadership across teams adding me to their LinkedIn.
They know of me the team I work under, but not me as much.
Having Director, VP, & SVP level people from my organization add me from a few LinkedIn posts speaks to the power of posting on LinkedIn and also building relationships which will pay dividends in the future. Not to mention the contacts I made from other companies by going to this conference. Just a word of advice.
Hope that helps other people here.
How y'all merit increases looking this year? I got 3% which was on the higher end on my team. Funny enough I turned down an offer for a role that made a lot more money, but I felt that the technology wasn't as interesting and would be dated soon. What I'm working on now though in AI there's going to be a huge up shot in the next few years and I doubt I will miss the money I left on the table from the previous role.
My current role has a better work-life balance. I work remote, my manager doesn't micro manage me, and I have room to learn more in this role. I will campaign for a promotion this year, push to go to more conferences, certifications, and do more highly visible work (by either creating content or adding stuff to my GitHub). If I don't get one by early next year I will have enough collateral and have grown enough to decide whether or not if I want to move on. Right now I'm going to grind more.
My current role has a better work-life balance. I work remote, my manager doesn't micro manage me, and I have room to learn more in this role. I will campaign for a promotion this year, push to go to more conferences, certifications, and do more highly visible work (by either creating content or adding stuff to my GitHub). If I don't get one by early next year I will have enough collateral and have grown enough to decide whether or not if I want to move on. Right now I'm going to grind more.
Secure Da Bag
Veteran
Formerly Black Trash
Philosopher, Connoisseur, Future Legend
It's fukking terrible
I'm doing 10 to 15 a jobs apps a day since Feb and nothing but hiring managers emailing me questions and then not following up after
Trying to get Network Engineer, applying in states all across the country
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unlimited PTO sounds nice in theory but my last job it was increasingly hard to take time off for various reasons..it almost was not worth it
Never had one of those jobs but it always seemed like a grift.
cyndaquil
Lv 100 Bold natured
They say once you have your first 100k invested the hardest part is over because your money doesn't seem to be working for you until then and compound interest hasn't really started show out yet but I've also heard that advice is outdated now and it is actually your first 200k invested that should be the target in 2025. Any thoughts on this?
Don’t send me a response to my thank you email if I didn’t get the job unless it’s to talk about why I didn’t get it and/or to connect on LinkedIn
I believe it. inflation is over 100% since '95. a dollar back then is 2 now.
cyndaquil
Lv 100 Bold natured
voo and chill for a few more years i guess 
SmoothOperator88
Your friendly neighborhood coli poster
Just updated my job search tracker. Getting close to 1000 roles applied to.
Market is rougher than last year too. Not saying I'm losing hope but needed a new role 4 months ago.
Market is rougher than last year too. Not saying I'm losing hope but needed a new role 4 months ago.