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AWS Advance Networking - 25 percent done with the a-cloud guru course. If you work with firewalls, IPS etc. the first 25 percent is fairly easy. It's all just routing and knowing what your infrastructure needs. Once I am done I am moving on to the AWS Security which should also be pretty easy since this one will be a renewal. I haven't touched cloud since I passed it in 2019. Since my domain is networking and security, these concepts are not too hard. Hopefully the exams are not too difficult.

Almost near my retirement from here :hubie:. I am running out of gas :beli:.
 
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HewittAve said:
Looks like Microsoft released some new Azure certifications, looks like the SC-200 course is the perfect one for me: has Defender, KQL, etc...basically what I was looking for in the AZ-500 court, which leads to "Security Operations Analyst Associate"

Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate - Learn docs.microsoft.com • 1 min read
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This is a good course for Defender:
Become a Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Ninja - Microsoft Tech Community
 
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Snoopy Loops said:
Did one Bonso practice test for aws sa pro. Got an 80, however it wasn’t under exam conditions. Did slightly over half of the questions, got tired and finished it some other day. Good to know that I’m learning shyt.

That being said, these job descriptions got me mad discouraged, I’m like damn I gotta learn all these damn technologies just get my foot in the door.

Starting to think I should abandon rhcsa and focus ckad. At this point, feels idk what I’m doing

The pressure is starting to get to me tbh
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Don't worry about the job descriptions. The people who write them couldn't even tell you what most of the stuff is. I just smh at the nonsense in mine:gucci:
 
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So many Linux roles are in the government sector, Which I suspected for a while but had confirmed yesterday...

Had an interview for a Remote Support Engineer position directly with Red Hat and the lady I spoke to mentioned how they work exclusively with a lot of defense contractors like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, or whoever you can think of in that space. Basically all of thesedefense companies are mostly running RHEL servers in their infrastructure.

This explains why a lot of Linux Admin roles I see require a clearance and a security cert. Fortunately, this job doesn't require it. still too early to know where I stand, but if this RHCSA aint good enough to get on with Red Hat themselves, I might bush this bullshyt. Got my cert back in September last year and had been trying to take the exam since a year earlier in 2019. I aint owed nothing but If I did all that chasing to get their cert for them to tell me I ant good enough then I'm not chasing anymore linux certs. My VMware certs get my resume most of the hits so I'll just continue on down that path and pick up some cloud skills/certs.

On the real though, There is this System Engineer position that's fully remote except for the times I'd have to go to the Data Center to do some maintenance or bring a server back up. That's the one I really want; Never worked in a Data Center, so adding that experience to my resume will be a damn good boost to my resume. Plus they pay for all the certs and skills training etc. I could care less about making a lateral move; shyt I'd take the lower end of the salary range just to get the experience. This snowstorm fukked up the flow of everything, so I still dont know my status with them yet.

They have strict cert requirements for the VCP, RHCSA, and CCA-V which I have all three.... actually four because I have two VCPs. I line up with about 80-85% of what they want so hopefully that's enough to get me on.
 
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xXMASHERXx said:
Don't worry about the job descriptions. The people who write them couldn't even tell you what most of the stuff is. I just smh at the nonsense in mine:gucci:
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This.

If I'd let these titan graph job descriptions deter me, I'd never apply to shyt. 90% of the time it's just a bunch of word salad; acronym filled wish-lists that are never practical and direct about what they truly want. In short, they are written by fukkin idiots.

Also, WTF is up with this new trend i'm seeing where companies are putting Sr/Senior in the front of job titles more and more; There is nothing wrong with being a regular ol' SysAdmin or Sys engineer; When I read through the JD, That's all these roles really are, when you break down the duties. Do they think doing this shyt will make a candidate more attracted to the position? It's not like the salary reflects the title either. In quite a few of these JDs, It will be a Sr. Engineer postion talmbout $20-$27 Hourly with no benefits, no remote work, and wanting you to have security, software developer, infrastructure Ops and Networking skills:gucci:
But when you read the actualy day to day duties: It's basically a Desktop position.

Speaking of Helpdesk, Last month had an interview for a role a Helpdesk Engineer role thinking it would possibly be something that lines up with my experience only to find out it was basic L1 call center bullshyt.:hhh:. I'm gettin sick of these MFs dressing up these shytty positions with fancy titles yo. You cant just tack 'engineer' or 'Sr.' to some basic ass role and think i'm gon fall for that dumb shyt. Those imply a certain level of experience and pay;

1st Qtr of the year is apparently when the hack companies are trying to snatch up A-list talent on a nickel and dime budget, usually for a position with shytty work conditions, and benefits.

On the positive , If you're trying to get into IT and dont mind being exploited starting out, this is the time, alot of companies are hiring , most notably MSP's who can give you alot of Exp in a short time so that you can bounce for a higher paying gig in 6 to 8 months.

I see no excusable reason for a breh not to land a $50k job in less than a year from the time he gets started in IT,
 
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Rhyme n Tekniq said:
This.

If I'd let these titan graph job descriptions deter me, I'd never apply to shyt. 90% of the time it's just a bunch of word salad; acronym filled wish-lists that are never practical and direct about what they truly want. In short, they are written by fukkin idiots.

Also, WTF is up with this new trend i'm seeing where companies are putting Sr/Senior in the front of job titles more and more; There is nothing wrong with being a regular ol' SysAdmin or Sys engineer; When I read through the JD, That's all these roles really are, when you break down the duties. Do they think doing this shyt will make a candidate more attracted to the position? It's not like the salary reflects the title either. In quite a few of these JDs, It will be a Sr. Engineer postion talmbout $20-$27 Hourly with no benefits, no remote work, and wanting you to have security, software developer, infrastructure Ops and Networking skills:gucci:
But when you read the actualy day to day duties: It's basically a Desktop position.

Speaking of Helpdesk, Last month had an interview for a role a Helpdesk Engineer role thinking it would possibly be something that lines up with my experience only to find out it was basic L1 call center bullshyt.:hhh:. I'm gettin sick of these MFs dressing up these shytty positions with fancy titles yo. You cant just tack 'engineer' or 'Sr.' to some basic ass role and think i'm gon fall for that dumb shyt. Those imply a certain level of experience and pay;

1st Qtr of the year is apparently when the hack companies are trying to snatch up A-list talent on a nickel and dime budget, usually for a position with shytty work conditions, and benefits.

On the positive , If you're trying to get into IT and dont mind being exploited starting out, this is the time, alot of companies are hiring , most notably MSP's who can give you alot of Exp in a short time so that you can bounce for a higher paying gig in 6 to 8 months.

I see no excusable reason for a breh not to land a $50k job in less than a year from the time he gets started in IT,
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They do that so that they can use the excuse to say that there is no talent available and that they need to outsource/offshore the position.

I wish the bolded was true. The average America doesn't even make that. I would say within 3 years would be more realistic.
 
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xXMASHERXx said:
They do that so that they can use the excuse to say that there is no talent available and that they need to outsource/offshore the position.

I wish the bolded was true. The average America doesn't even make that. I would say within 3 years would be more realistic.
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Keyword "average"

So assuming that yeah it probably would take that long

Average people with average hustle will get average results. I came out the gate grinding with a purpose, but since this is the norm for me maybe I do need to fall back and maybe I do expect too much from the typical person. I dont tend to think of my success in IT is due to me being special, but grinding and staying on my p's and q's for any and every opportunity to come up;

I say this because you just reminded me of a guy I knew at my last gig who had been in helpdesk for 10 years, and had just gotten to the point where he was making 25-30 an hour and was really pressed about getting an A+ thinking it was going to be his saving grace. I tried to steer him towards more suitable certs but hey, what can you do.

So yeah I agree,
with people like that, It probably will take them a lot longer.
 
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Rhyme n Tekniq said:
Keyword "average"

So assuming that yeah it probably would take that long

Average people with average hustle will get average results. I came out the gate grinding with a purpose, but since this is the norm for me maybe I do need to fall back and maybe I do expect too much from the typical person. I dont tend to think of my success in IT is due to me being special, but grinding and staying on my p's and q's for any and every opportunity to come up;

I say this because you just reminded me of a guy I knew at my last gig who had been in helpdesk for 10 years, and had just gotten to the point where he was making 25-30 an hour and was really pressed about getting an A+ thinking it was going to be his saving grace. I tried to steer him towards more suitable certs but hey, what can you do.

So yeah I agree,
with people like that, It probably will take them a lot longer.
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Trust me I know people grinding will reach that and more easily but the average will take some time. Heck I got people who started with me and haven't moved an inch since. Some people don't have the hunger or desire:yeshrug:
 
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xXMASHERXx said:
Trust me I know people grinding will reach that and more easily but the average will take some time. Heck I got people who started with me and haven't moved an inch since. Some people don't have the hunger or desire:yeshrug:
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Yeah I forget sometimes that some people treat this shyt simply as a means to pay their bills and could care less about advancing, upping their skillset and so forth. I dunno why I would forget though. I've been surrounded by it my whole career. I guess I just be so in my own world I cant really relate to the BS they be on.

I gotta have a purpose. I have to be progressing and gaining new experiences. fukk being stagnant. Comfort is the gateway to dysfunction if you linger there too long.
 
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