IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Artenche]

Linkedin - I get hit up heavily from recruiters and talent acquisition manager, Most of my feedback is coming from here
Indeed / Simply Hired -They dont update there database enough, almost never any new jobs and trying to go granular with refined search only yields more irrelevant and outdated postings. However I did find my current job on Indeed. I applied the same minute it was posted.
Career Builder- Utter trash of a website, they dont even try to have a competent search engine, but I keep my eyes peeled just in case some poor soul is actually posting somethng worthwhile on there.
Flex Jobs- Looking to work remote indefinitely, so this is a site i'm really active on, It's a paid service, but they have alot of exclusive postings
Dice- Mostly Quantity over quality in terms of the prospects I get but law of probability dictates that something will eventually stick. most of the bullshyt recruiters calling me come from Dice.

GlassDoor
Zip Recruiter
TheLadders- Another paid service with exclusive postings but their userb community seems dead, I get no feedback for my resume but the type of jobs and their salary is the majjor drawing point for me
Google Search
Linux Careers- Extremely fukking dead, pathetic actually

Most of these companies and agencies are mostly interested in my VMware/VDI experience
So, i'm trying to leverage that to get into a Cloud/DevOps type of role

linkedin is still the best imo, mainly because most recruiters and agencies just seem to always be browsing there, you barely have to put in effort outside of having a good profile and the experience to back it up.
I cant fukk with indeed anymore. like you said, I'm seeing the same jobs on there year-round and I get too much spam (all of the sites have their fair share of spam but it sucks here)
career builder is buns
flex jobs sounds nice
Dice got good job postings but i dont really get hit up much on there

zip recruiter has been terrible for me-- had to drop it
i do most of my direct applies on Google search and its worked well for me

i'd say stick with linkedin, flex jobs, Google search, and try out reddit. people sleep big on reddit. got devops and Linux communities that post jobs.

 

[Rhyme n Tekniq]

linkedin is still the best imo, mainly because most recruiters and agencies just seem to always be browsing there, you barely have to put in effort outside of having a good profile and the experience to back it up.
I cant fukk with indeed anymore. like you said, I'm seeing the same jobs on there year-round and I get too much spam (all of the sites have their fair share of spam but it sucks here)
career builder is buns
flex jobs sounds nice
Dice got good job postings but i dont really get hit up much on there

zip recruiter has been terrible for me-- had to drop it
i do most of my direct applies on Google search and its worked well for me

i'd say stick with linkedin, flex jobs, Google search, and try out reddit. people sleep big on reddit. got devops and Linux communities that post jobs.

I'll be on the lookout

but yeah...

Flex Jobs and Linkedin are my go to


I just had 6 people from the Dice from the same company call me about the same damn job posting today. I had to go off on the last person because I'd already told the 1st two that I was not interested, but they kept pushing the issue...yes they were indian recruiters


I dont know how many time I got to tell them I dont live in these locations

 

[Silkk]

Its always one dude in the office doing too damn much

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

Salivating at these Amazon roles.

• Salary: $150,000
  
  
• Starting Bonus: $100,000, paid over 2 years.
  
  
• Stock Based Compensation (RSU): $300,000, vesting over 4 years with 10% the first year, 20% the second, 30% the third, and 40% the fourth.
  
  • Note: There are some differences in vesting schedules but the “back weighted” nature of this schedule is an Amazon trademark. You have to stay to get paid.
    
• Total comp over 4 years: $1m (depending on stock value)
  

First quarter of march, I am going to aim to knock out four AWS certs(two of them will be renewals and shoot my shot ). If I can work there for 10-15 years, I can then move on to a smaller company and retire nicely.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

Salivating at these Amazon roles.

• Salary: $150,000
  
  
• Starting Bonus: $100,000, paid over 2 years.
  
  
• Stock Based Compensation (RSU): $300,000, vesting over 4 years with 10% the first year, 20% the second, 30% the third, and 40% the fourth.
  • Note: There are some differences in vesting schedules but the “back weighted” nature of this schedule is an Amazon trademark. You have to stay to get paid.
• Total comp over 4 years: $1m (depending on stock value)

First quarter of march, I am going to aim to knock out four AWS certs(two of them will be renewals and shoot my shot ). If I can work there for 10-15 years, I can then move on to a smaller company and retire nicely.

As much as I've wanted to work for Amazon, every time I've interviewed with them, nobody ever looked like they were happy... So do with that what you will. The money is enticing but no point in killing yourself trying to get it.

 

[slikkp]

Salivating at these Amazon roles.

• Salary: $150,000
  
  
• Starting Bonus: $100,000, paid over 2 years.
  
  
• Stock Based Compensation (RSU): $300,000, vesting over 4 years with 10% the first year, 20% the second, 30% the third, and 40% the fourth.
  • Note: There are some differences in vesting schedules but the “back weighted” nature of this schedule is an Amazon trademark. You have to stay to get paid.
• Total comp over 4 years: $1m (depending on stock value)

First quarter of march, I am going to aim to knock out four AWS certs(two of them will be renewals and shoot my shot ). If I can work there for 10-15 years, I can then move on to a smaller company and retire nicely.

That's my goal too. It's why I'm studying this network automation and cloud shyt.

There's a Nigerian breh I follow on twitter who just started at Amazon and he gave an interview on the process and the stuff he had to study for the interview.

I just want to work there 5 years then go back to the government to get that guaranteed pension

 

[Artenche]

As much as I've wanted to work for Amazon, every time I've interviewed with them, nobody ever looked like they were happy... So do with that what you will. The money is enticing but no point in killing yourself trying to get it.

damn, I hear stories about how they treat their warehouse workers, but to have that energy in corporate?

i think I'm good. money looks tasty but I think that's how some of these places get you.

building wealth by leveling up in IT/Tech ain't hard if you accumulate the right resources and move for the long term.

and I think one thing that helps some guys get there is by not being miserable while getting there. not to say Amazon has ever even given me the time of day. lol.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

damn, I hear stories about how they treat their warehouse workers, but to have that energy in corporate?

i think I'm good. money looks tasty but I think that's how some of these places get you.

building wealth by leveling up in IT/Tech ain't hard if you accumulate the right resources and move for the long term.

I've heard it's hard, sometimes grueling work. Now, those might be horror stories by a vocal minority. I tend to ignore reviews (on companies, products, etc) because they're usually by people who are on both sides of the satisfaction scale. But like I said, just in interviews, the tech people just felt miserable. shyt, even a dude from Apple I interviewed with was the same. As much bytching and moaning as I do about my company, I was still able to tell people I was interviewing some things I legitimately thought were upsides. But these people... they struggled. Like if you can't even feign excitement then it must be really bad. But take everything I say with a grain of salt.

 

[JT-Money]

damn, I hear stories about how they treat their warehouse workers, but to have that energy in corporate?

i think I'm good. money looks tasty but I think that's how some of these places get you.

building wealth by leveling up in IT/Tech ain't hard if you accumulate the right resources and move for the long term.

I think it depends on how technical the job. The AWS Technical Account Managers I dealt with seemed happy in their jobs. But if you have a pure technical roll it's probably hell trying to keep everything running with no mistakes. The bigger the organization it seems the more things that can go wrong. I'm looking to leave a global organization for someplace much smaller myself. Because it's always so chaotic and feeling like nobody is actually steering the ship.

 

[Artenche]

I think it depends on how technical the job. The AWS Technical Account Managers I dealt with seemed happy in their jobs. But if you have a pure technical roll it's probably hell trying to keep everything running with no mistakes. The bigger the organization it seems the more things that can go wrong. I'm looking to leave a global organization for someplace much smaller myself. Because it's always so chaotic and feeling like nobody is actually steering the ship.

i can see this. i know some people that seem to like working for FAANG companies.

plus it kind of helps when you've worked many shyt gigs prior and suddenly getting paid $150k and above to deal with bullshyt ain't so bad.

I've heard it's hard, sometimes grueling work. Now, those might be horror stories by a vocal minority. I tend to ignore reviews (on companies, products, etc) because they're usually by people who are on both sides of the satisfaction scale. But like I said, just in interviews, the tech people just felt miserable. shyt, even a dude from Apple I interviewed with was the same. As much bytching and moaning as I do about my company, I was still able to tell people I was interviewing some things I legitimately thought were upsides. But these people... they struggled. Like if you can't even feign excitement then it must be really bad. But take everything I say with a grain of salt.

oh for sure, Im always open to listening and sort of comparing things to my own experience. haven't interviewed for Amazon yet but i know a couple of people that seem to like it. everyone is different though.

apple seems like it would be ideal lol. like in my head i picture them having a great work culture but that could just be their image constructing my assumptions.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

I think it depends on how technical the job. The AWS Technical Account Managers I dealt with seemed happy in their jobs. But if you have a pure technical roll it's probably hell trying to keep everything running with no mistakes. The bigger the organization it seems the more things that can go wrong. I'm looking to leave a global organization for someplace much smaller myself. Because it's always so chaotic and feeling like nobody is actually steering the ship.

Thoroughbred tech companies just demand a higher standard. I work at a large company that tries to masquerade as a tech company. The quality of our software product is below childish when compared to FAANG, and we've been on the map for decades longer than them.

 

[Rhyme n Tekniq]

damn, I hear stories about how they treat their warehouse workers, but to have that energy in corporate?

i think I'm good. money looks tasty but I think that's how some of these places get you.

building wealth by leveling up in IT/Tech ain't hard if you accumulate the right resources and move for the long term.

and I think one thing that helps some guys get there is by not being miserable while getting there. not to say Amazon has ever even given me the time of day. lol.

whole heartedly agree, I've passed on Amazon many a times, due to some people I know that use to work there in a IT Capacity

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

As much as I've wanted to work for Amazon, every time I've interviewed with them, nobody ever looked like they were happy... So do with that what you will. The money is enticing but no point in killing yourself trying to get it.

Current company will pay for them so I might as well.

overall I dont think I will ever find a job that makes me happy at this point. Lol im mentally over corporate America. The money is the only thing that's keeping me content and going.

If I got lucky n got a the role I want this would set me up for a bigger pay day n less work at a smaller company on the backend.

 

[JT-Money]

 

[calixprynce]

brehs, why do recruiters get a bad rap on here? besides the fact you can barely understand the mfs.. are they getting over on ppl?