IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Dre23]

I havent been actively looking since i been at my recent gig but i been getting hit up by recruiters on LinkedIn every week pretty much since starting (this was oct). During covid shyt seemed like it picked up. But thats probably because of my skillset/title

idk if others have seen different but shyt looks good to me

Bet I'll be moving there in a year. I'll be working in Devops/SRE so im sure that Market is fine

 

[GollyImGully]

Bet I'll be moving there in a year. I'll be working in Devops/SRE so im sure that Market is fine

Yeah if you got the skills then you should have no trouble getting a SRE role

Crazy you mentioned that I been thinking my next major move will be to transition over to a full blown SRE. With the way the industry is going those type of roles will continue to eat well. Working the SRE's at my current job I can do everything they do at this point. Plus I understand infra very well being a cloud network engineer.

 

[Dre23]

Yeah if you got the skills then you should have no trouble getting a SRE role

Crazy you mentioned that I been thinking my next major move will be to transition over to a full blown SRE. With the way the industry is going those type of roles will continue to eat well. Working the SRE's at my current job I can do everything they do at this point. Plus I understand infra very well being a cloud network engineer.

Good shyt. You're pretty much good to go. Just work on some SRE projects and add that to your resume. Im glad that at as a tech my job allowed me to help with AWS, Docker & Kubernetes.

 

[BeachBum Unreal]

AWS Tutorial For Beginners: AWS Simple Storage Service (S3)

 

[GollyImGully]

Good shyt. You're pretty much good to go. Just work on some SRE projects and add that to your resume. Im glad that at as a tech my job allowed me to help with AWS, Docker & Kubernetes.

Yea i've been getting hands on with a lot of shyt the past year and a half company letting us wfh till jul 2021 - so im using all this extra time very wisely

 

[Splash]

If I pull of this next move

 

[JackRoss]

Couldn't find a hardware thread but about to open this laptop and Nintendo DS. Got tools for my birthday

I'm scared but I want see the inside

Edit: A+ might be like taking candy from a baby. I'm ready after this mission

 

[chargers31]

Hopefully moving to the graveyard shift soon for the remainder of my service desk time. No one calls in and you get paid more. Since I'm naturally a night owl this will make the job more tolerable.

I’m a zombie by 7am but it’s totally dead at night. Need a minor change to 7 pm to 3 am instead of a fully overtime shift.

 

[Splash]

Free Azure cert:


Due to Covid Microsoft are offering free Azure fundamentals sessions with a 100% exam discount after.

Only 1 date left... Duno if they will release more just book it in.

Event Registration

 

[Kwabena]

bash>>>PowerShell

 

[Dre23]

bash>>>PowerShell

Hell yes

 

[Rhyme n Tekniq]

bash>>>PowerShell

This.

I picked up on powershell pretty quickly due to my prior experience with BASH.

There are some similarities but it's not even close, BASH is more versatile, and intuitive.

shyt you can run PS in Bash

 

[colicolicoli]

Just passed my Security+ test finally...felt like I was flagging every question and about to fail but I got it.



CYSA+ next!!

 

[FistofJustice]

Just passed my Security+ test finally...felt like I was flagging every question and about to fail but I got it.



CYSA+ next!!

Congrats! I'm in my last rounds of studying/reviewing and getting close to picking a date. Have any tips or suggestions?

 

[colicolicoli]

Congrats! I'm in my last rounds of studying/reviewing and getting close to picking a date. Have any tips or suggestions?

Hmm, what resources are you using?

I used the Darril Gibson security book (with extensive note taking) and TestOut.
I didn’t get to finish the TestOut Course, only went through 7/9 modules and skipped most of the labs, but I felt if I had taken my time and finished I could’ve passed my Security+ test wayyyyy earlier, perhaps without even reading the book. It’s pricey (I forgot to cancel the free trial ) but I thought it was worth it.

As far as the test today, I skipped all the labs then came back to them with 30 mins left in the test. Helped with time management.

good luck!!