IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

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[JT-Money]

I wouldn’t look at that too much

For me I think about who I want to be when I eventually interview and when I eventually work. I realized later in my studying process that labbing is king, even if the tests don’t require it. Labbing syncs into you, it made me understand things a lot better than when I would try flash cards.

That’s why I’m focusing more on labs and non cert networking books when I eventually start studying for my CCNP exam.

IMO the person that can lab from memory and can get the work done that failed an exam is more valuable then the person that rushed to pass the exam but can’t lab for shyt

What's going to really turn the IT Certification market on its head is the use of simulations on exams. I knew so many people that are certified on technology they've never even touched. But that won't be possible in a few more years.

Companies are requiring you to configure equipment during the interview process live. I had an interview recently where they asked me to walk them through configuring a firewall. And nnother where they gave me a pcap file and told me to determine how a breached happened. You won't be able to fake it as easy as in the past by just memorizing a bunch of stuff.

 

[Rhyme n Tekniq]

Misread this post but agree with everything. The best decison you can make is investing in a homelab environment. It doesn't even have to be anything crazy. I spent 700 on something similar and it been going strong for 5+ years. Invest in yourself and you won't regret it.

yeah man,


I spent $1,200 on my set-up

I'm reaching a point where i'm bout to slow down on cert chasing

i'm only getting certs directly tied to my areas of interest (Red Hat / VMware) I'm going all the way to RHCA and VCDX respectively because I want to be architect level and both areas. Not in a rush tho.I got enough certs lol

This year will be mostly about labbing and chasing skills rather than certs

I want to get strong in networking, storage, and automation and that's gonna require intensive labbing

Originally planned for the Azure and AWS certs but TBH I just dont like the format of MS exams and cloud technologies are unavoidable at this point , so exposure will be almost inevitable working in the Sys Admin space.

I'm sure I'll have plenty of time to knock out other shyt too, but I'll cross that road when I get to it

 

[xXMASHERXx]

yeah man,


I spent $1,200 on my set-up

I'm reaching a point where i'm bout to slow down on cert chasing

i'm only getting certs directly tied to my areas of interest (Red Hat / VMware) I'm going all the way to RHCA and VCDX respectively because I want to be architect level and both areas. Not in a rush tho.I got enough certs lol

This year will be mostly about labbing and chasing skills rather than certs

I want to get strong in networking, storage, and automation and that's gonna require intensive labbing

Originally planned for the Azure and AWS certs but TBH I just dont like the format of MS exams and cloud technologies are avoidable at this point , so exposure will be almost inevitable working in the Sys Admin space.

I'm sure I'll have plenty of time to knock out other shyt too, but I'll cross that road when I get to it

Enterprise Architect is a great salary. And yes the cert chasing because pointless after a certain point. If you can design, build, configure and manage an environment, no one is going to care about your certs.

 

[xXMASHERXx]

What's going to really turn the IT Certification market on its head is the use of simulations on exams. I knew so many people that are certified on technology they've never even touched. But that won't be possible in a few more years.

Companies are requiring you to configure equipment during the interview process live. I had an interview recently where they asked me to walk them through configuring a firewall. And nnother where they gave me a pcap file and told me to determine how a breached happened. You won't be able to fake it as easy as in the past by just memorizing a bunch of stuff.

Cosign. People learn to pass a test but not the actually technology they are being tested on. So they pass and then fukk up whatever system they get put in charge of.

 

[TheDarkskinnedDrake]

How’s the CCNA 200-301 test?

 

[eufemism]

Cloud Engineer



Two AWS certs. Solutions Architect and Developer. Both Associate level. Might go for the Professional DevOps and Architect later this year and next spring.

Do you have to learn the usual devops stuff like Linux, Ansible, Python to get those AWS certs?

 

[KingTut]

Do you have to learn the usual devops stuff like Linux, Ansible, Python to get those AWS certs?

You'll want to know the basics of the Linux cmd line but no. The AWS exam is purely AWS questions.

The other applications are good to know once you start looking for a job.

 

[eufemism]

You'll want to know the basics of the Linux cmd line but no. The AWS exam is purely AWS questions.

The other applications are good to know once you start looking for a job.

Salute breh

 

[HoldThisL]

You'll want to know the basics of the Linux cmd line but no. The AWS exam is purely AWS questions.

The other applications are good to know once you start looking for a job.

Bro, I am going the same route as you currently, and trying tk become a Cloud Engineer as well and would really like to hear your path on how you became one. Would really appreciate it, if you don't mind.

I been constantly reading AWS documentation, taking courses, and doing some labs. Scheduled to take the Solutions Architect associate exam of 2/24.

 

[KingTut]

Bro, I am going the same route as you currently, and trying tk become a Cloud Engineer as well and would really like to hear your path on how you became one. Would really appreciate it, if you don't mind.

I been constantly reading AWS documentation, taking courses, and doing some labs. Scheduled to take the Solutions Architect associate exam of 2/24.

I studied for the AWS SA Associate exam and passed it. Did some python projects to put on gitbub, hosted my own personal website with AWS and went through Linux courses to get some decent sys admin experience.

That's pretty much it. The cert opens the door but knowing at least one scripting language and Linux is going to get you a job.

AWS certs are best paired with an RHCSA cert. I was working on that but got side tracked a bit.


Also, take the whiz labs practice tests as many times as possible. Review whatever you got wrong and go through the documentation on it. The AWS exams are pretty difficult especially the Architect ones. Once I finished my courses I would take a practice exam every night a few weeks before the exam and read through the docs for any service I was weak on. Do this at least 2-3 hours a day and you'll be good.

 

[DonDadda]

anyone use code academy, is it worth subscribing to for their python 3 course?

 

[aXiom]

Do you have to learn the usual devops stuff like Linux, Ansible, Python to get those AWS certs?

You don't learn these to pass the cert. You learn these because it's the now and it's the future. Knowing how to and proving that you can automate stuff gives you much more play in interviews. Not to mention with they way cloud is right now, you can do all that shyt for ~$20/Month if you don't feel like spending big money on a homelab. I mean shyt, google lets you run a 1GB/1CPU VPS for free for a whole year and all these cloud companies offer some type of free tier that's more than enough to learn the concepts.

There's a reason why devops is one of those fields where demand actually increased during the pandemic.

 

[HoldThisL]

I studied for the AWS SA Associate exam and passed it. Did some python projects to put on gitbub, hosted my own personal website with AWS and went through Linux courses to get some decent sys admin experience.

That's pretty much it. The cert opens the door but knowing at least one scripting language and Linux is going to get you a job.

AWS certs are best paired with an RHCSA cert. I was working on that but got side tracked a bit.


Also, take the whiz labs practice tests as many times as possible. Review whatever you got wrong and go through the documentation on it. The AWS exams are pretty difficult especially the Architect ones. Once I finished my courses I would take a practice exam every night a few weeks before the exam and read through the docs for any service I was weak on. Do this at least 2-3 hours a day and you'll be good.

Just bought the WhizLabs Practice Test course since it was on sale, pushed back my date to take the exam to soak up more knowledge, and gonna study for the RCHSA as well.

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

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