IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[JT-Money]

 

[Rhyme n Tekniq]

My new job flying me out to their HQ for 4 days hands-on training 1st week of April on their dime.

Never experienced this with a company before So It's admirable but slightly out of my comfort zone. But It's cool knowing this company is willing to invest in their employees this much and they're going through a growth boom right now too.

I'm anxious and giddy at the same time. Just the sheer amount of services this company offers that I will have to support; cloud (Azure/GCP) , network management, server management, VDI Support (VMware/Citrix), MDM and a bunch of other stuff.
The amount of skills I am going to pick up,

It's supposed to be Level 2 position but it's a LOADED level 2.

Gimme a couple of years, Brehs, when I hit the job market again............

 

[JT-Money]

The STEM Graduate System Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It.

 

[Artenche]

Yeah I’m about done with United Airline’s bs. By this summer I’m doing everything I can to be elsewhere. Not settling for anything else but remote. This shyt too good.

I’m pretty well rounded so recruiters are always hitting me up with some nonsense.

 

[Rhyme n Tekniq]

Yeah I’m about done with United Airline’s bs. By this summer I’m doing everything I can to be elsewhere. Not settling for anything else but remote. This shyt too good.

I’m pretty well rounded so recruiters are always hitting me up with some nonsense.

They making you go back to the office?

 

[Snoopy Loops]

 

[Rozay Oro]

I have Mike Meyers Udemy courses on A+ 202-1001 and 202-1002.
Would this also be helpful?

or is the Udemy courses and professor messer YouTube videos enough?

 

[se1f_made]

My new job flying me out to their HQ for 4 days hands-on training 1st week of April on their dime.

Never experienced this with a company before So It's admirable but slightly out of my comfort zone. But It's cool knowing this company is willing to invest in their employees this much and they're going through a growth boom right now too.

I'm anxious and giddy at the same time. Just the sheer amount of services this company offers that I will have to support; cloud (Azure/GCP) , network management, server management, VDI Support (VMware/Citrix), MDM and a bunch of other stuff.
The amount of skills I am going to pick up,

It's supposed to be Level 2 position but it's a LOADED level 2.

Gimme a couple of years, Brehs, when I hit the job market again............

You don’t even need a couple of years, sounds like you’re hungry and will be ready to level up by this time next year

 

[deeman]

I have Mike Meyers Udemy courses on A+ 202-1001 and 202-1002.
Would this also be helpful?

or is the Udemy courses and professor messer YouTube videos enough?

I'm working on the same cert Powercert animated videos got some good info too.

 

[DaRealness]

Jason Dion's course on Udemy on how to pass exams has been a major help so far.

 

[DaRealness]

My new job flying me out to their HQ for 4 days hands-on training 1st week of April on their dime.

Never experienced this with a company before So It's admirable but slightly out of my comfort zone. But It's cool knowing this company is willing to invest in their employees this much and they're going through a growth boom right now too.

I'm anxious and giddy at the same time. Just the sheer amount of services this company offers that I will have to support; cloud (Azure/GCP) , network management, server management, VDI Support (VMware/Citrix), MDM and a bunch of other stuff.
The amount of skills I am going to pick up,

It's supposed to be Level 2 position but it's a LOADED level 2.

Gimme a couple of years, Brehs, when I hit the job market again............

That's dope. I didn't know companies are still even doing that during the pandemic.

I haven't been flown out to a company's HQ in years. Stuff they used to train us with for hands on have all been online. I've always said I'd rather learn how to drive a car by getting behind the wheel and practicing instead of watching videos on how to do it.

 

[patscorpio]

so what's 6 certs gang official stance on wgu?
thinking about enrolling into their BS in information technology program. i work full time at a tech startup but i have no obligations outside of myself, so i feel pretty confident that i could bang it out in a year or so. the price and competency based learning concept is very appealing to me.

2 of my boys got their secondary degrees through them...they seem to check out

 

[Anbesa]

I have Mike Meyers Udemy courses on A+ 202-1001 and 202-1002.
Would this also be helpful?

or is the Udemy courses and professor messer YouTube videos enough?

I just took the 202-1001 2 days ago and passed it with an 802. I watched Mike Meyers Udemy course, then did Jason Dion's practice exams. Anything I was unfamiliar with or struggled with, I looked up on google. The powercert Videos were extremely helpful too.

 

[Rhyme n Tekniq]

That's dope. I didn't know companies are still even doing that during the pandemic.

I haven't been flown out to a company's HQ in years. Stuff they used to train us with for hands on have all been online. I've always said I'd rather learn how to drive a car by getting behind the wheel and practicing instead of watching videos on how to do it.

Well online remote learning was their initial plan but apparently it's been a disaster so they bushed it.

 

[Mook]

I'll pay you a quarter of the salary if you get me a job in LA @Mowgli