IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[African_brehda]

Idk BTS installation(what's the acryomn for?) But my day-to-day duties involve assisting customers in rebooting modems, making sure email settings are correct(port numbers are key in this) looking at certain charts to help determine internet issues such as drops, speed issues, VPN's not working etc. I deal with fiber, dsl, and cable connections I hope this helps.

Bts is base transceiver station. I'm supposed to join the brehs in the field and take reports, so I need to take the courses to understand what they're doing on the field.

Was it difficult learning fibre? Was there any real maths and physics involved?

 

[EnzoG]

Bts is base transceiver station. I'm supposed to join the brehs in the field and take reports, so I need to take the courses to understand what they're doing on the field.

Was it difficult learning fibre? Was there any real maths and physics involved?

No not at all maybe in another department at my job like Networking such as getting the iP addresses for different subnets in different nodes of the city

 

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Studying for the Sec+ and I am going through the content faster than I would otherwise because I learned a lot of this in school it has just been a while....

Looking to take the test by the end of July......I am seeing vids of people studying for weeks or not even at all and passing this. I will be good

Also learning how to tailor my resume more, the goal is to get a cybersec job by this fall

Might hit the CySA+ after because I am hearing it is very similar to the Sec+....

 

[ryda518]

On job boards there are a lot of positions for "seniors and managers" with multiple years exp and hardly any entry level cloud positions. I mentioned earlier in this thread from my perspective while in the industry most positions are lateral. Meaning companies simply promote "system admins and developers" to work on their cloud projects. Not saying its impossible to find an entry level cloud position but it seems difficult. Especially for those with NO it experience. Just getting an aws cert doesnt seem to be enough without desktop support/system admin/dev experience to find a cloud role.

As someone with an AWS cert, this is 100 percent correct

I have the cert but until I have more years on my resume it’s not going to mean much to these companies

that’s why I’m getting the certain now and with more experience and practice I’m not thinking about a cloud job for about another 2 years

 

[Kwabena]

I'm supposed to join a project team, writing reports and shyt, but since I don't have any prior telecom experience, I've been asked to take courses in Fibre and BTS installation...but I don't have a proper math or physics background...will that be an issue?

I mean... telecom is bound by the laws of physics, which introduces a lot of mathematics. I don't work in this industry though, so take this with a grain of salt. You might be troubleshooting electronic devices mostly, with no physics/math background needed.

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

Bts is base transceiver station. I'm supposed to join the brehs in the field and take reports, so I need to take the courses to understand what they're doing on the field.

Was it difficult learning fibre? Was there any real maths and physics involved?

You will be straight man. I worked in Telecom, now in I.T security. The fundamental concepts has not changed in years to be honest with you.

 

[FastEddie215]

As someone with an AWS cert, this is 100 percent correct

I have the cert but until I have more years on my resume it’s not going to mean much to these companies

that’s why I’m getting the certain now and with more experience and practice I’m not thinking about a cloud job for about another 2 years

How many years experience do you have now?
also your resume will determine whether you get hired for a cloud position. I think a few pages back someone had a link from reddit by a cloud recruiter who listed the skillset you need to land a cloud job.

 

[Steel]

As someone with an AWS cert, this is 100 percent correct

I have the cert but until I have more years on my resume it’s not going to mean much to these companies

that’s why I’m getting the certain now and with more experience and practice I’m not thinking about a cloud job for about another 2 years

Yeah probably best path is to get some sys admin experience and learn Python/java/linux.

 

[#1 pick]

Entry-level IT has always been dead af forever. Not just now, but forever unless you wanna do help desk shyt. This is a prove it, get promoted industry and people only want experienced and proven industry experts hires. Just the facts.

The best way to move up and move up quick is do short stint contracts, put up numerous skills, usually the pay is kinda low and the challenge is high but once you build up a portfolio, you will get the good offers. 60-75k if you aren't coding.

Coders differ. They also have the hardest market and always gotta prove it.

 

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Can someone in here go deep on how much degrees really boost your salary in IT/cybersecurity? Or is it mostly for leverage in negotiations and have no bearing on your career trajectory? I am hearing that most people do not really need the degrees or even certs until years into the game, at which it becomes a requirement for promotions/higher salaries, but am also hearing they are not necessary at all

 

[JT-Money]

Can someone in here go deep on how much degrees really boost your salary in IT/cybersecurity? Or is it mostly for leverage in negotiations and have no bearing on your career trajectory? I am hearing that most people do not really need the degrees or even certs until years into the game, at which it becomes a requirement for promotions/higher salaries, but am also hearing they are not necessary at all

Order of Importance for Cybersecurity
1. Technology Experience & Skills
2. Job Title (Engineer, Analyst, etc
3. Certifications
4. Degree

 

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Order of Importance for Cybersecurity
1. Technology Experience & Skills
2. Job Title (Engineer, Analyst, etc
3. Certifications
4. Degree

I got 1 & 4 which are probably the most time consuming out of the 4 to obtain so once I get this cert I’m demanding no less than $75K

 

[JT-Money]

I got 1 & 4 which are probably the most time consuming out of the 4 to obtain so once I get this cert I’m demanding no less than $75K

Senior job title gets you the most money. My salary jumped 30K in just 3 years going from Security Analyst to Cybersecurity Engineer. Don't ever accept a job with a shytty generic job title. Once you've got Senior or Engineer in your job title they have to pay you.

 

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Senior job title gets you the most money. My salary jumped 30K in just 3 years going from Security Analyst to Cybersecurity Engineer. Don't ever accept a job with a shytty generic job title. Once you've got Senior or Engineer in your job title they have to pay you.

right now I'm trying to get in as an Analyst, my goal is to land a nice position by September

the plan is

1. Study and pass the Sec+ by August (taking it end of July)
2. Set up a lab on a used laptop, get used to running tests
3. Fine tune my resume and start shooting for government positions

any tips on this challenge would be appreciated

 

[JT-Money]

right now I'm trying to get in as an Analyst, my goal is to land a nice position by September

the plan is

1. Study and pass the Sec+ by August (taking it end of July)
2. Set up a lab on a used laptop, get used to running tests
3. Fine tune my resume and start shooting for government positions

any tips on this challenge would be appreciated

The Security+ only really matters for Federal Government jobs. You'll earn way more money learning IT Security technology. Because companies are getting their ass kicked by hackers. They'll pay big money to people who can stop the bleeding.