IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[King45]

Should have posted in here instead of making a thread

but I want to start learning how to code/program but I don’t know where to begin. How demand jobs are and and long it takes to learn

Go to the software Development and Programming Careers thread and ask

 

[Everything Zen]

I'm a few years into this shyt and I havent gotten a chance to touch every single thing a sysadmin is expected due to how silo'd the infrastucture at alot of companies still are.

I think it's time for me to start diving deep into cloud/ virtualization/ Linux everything instead of spreading my focus across 40 cotdamn skillsets. It's like I been trying to play catch up to this mystery Super Admin in my head who has like 20 years exp and I need to dial it down a few notches.

i feel you on this. im lucky in that I work at a startup with only about 100 employees so i have access to nearly all of our infrastructure (not that it's particularly robust or impressive) but it can feel overwhelming when learning one technology is a prerequisite for the next. i want to dive into cloud shyt and eventually devops type work but my networking and scripting skills aren't quite where they need to be.

 

[DaRealness]

Udemy has a sale on right now until the 25th.

 

[JT-Money]

My new gig has me enrolled in the Fortinet NSE Training Institute. Seems to be covering alot of material related to Fortigate NGFWs and they could possibly be pushing me for the NSE4 -Network Security Professional certification eventually.

any of you brehs know how valuable managing firewalls will be on my resume?

I'm happy to gain any new networking skill beyond the basic shyt I know now and I'm sure it can only add value, just wondering what some of you more senior brehs think . I intend to stay on the Sysadmin/Cloud/Virtualization path for the long term and not looking to do pure networking; not out of fear, just because I'm genuinely intrigued with the systems side of things.

My focus for this year

• Scripting ( getting better at Powershell, Bash, Python)
• Networking- Whatever is reasonable for a SysAdmin
• Cloud ( Just getting myself up to intermediate with administering Azure and AWS.)

Even though I've been progressing nicely, I think I've been spending too much time on trying to master alot of the old on-prem skillsets that was all the rage like 7-10 yrs ago, like Windows Server, SCCM, and on-prem AD (DS/CS/FS) and not focusing on where the industry's at and heading.

Why am I stressing to set up a WSUS lab when IRL, companies are using VEEAM, Big Fix etc? especially when I havent done DC work at any of my jobs thus far?

Why am I spending all this time on SCCM when I've seen 1st hand how companies are using so many other (possibly better and more efficient) configuration management tools.

I'm a few years into this shyt and I havent gotten a chance to touch every single thing a sysadmin is expected due to how silo'd the infrastucture at alot of companies still are.

I think it's time for me to start diving deep into cloud/ virtualization/ Linux everything instead of spreading my focus across 40 cotdamn skillsets. It's like I been trying to play catch up to this mystery Super Admin in my head who has like 20 years exp and I need to dial it down a few notches.

So there's my vent.

I always search multiple job boards for any technology I plan on learning. If it doesn't have thousands of hits I don't bother learning it. Not worth it unless it can guarantee some kind of return on investment.

 

[se1f_made]

Ended up accepting the role with a healthcare startup in which the director stayed in touch from a previous interview...old job is basically begging me to stay, swear I should try to work both jobs but I’m going to sit back and hopefully it’ll be smooth sailing at the new gig

 

[GollyImGully]

any of you brehs know how valuable managing firewalls will be on my resume?

Really depends on the rest of your resume and your goals. I think it's more important in the long run to learn how a firewall actually works and not to get caught in anything vendor specific. How does it process traffic? What happens when traffic is passed through an interface/zone? How does it handle NAT? How do security policies work? I manage Palo Alto firewalls at my current job but managed Sophos firewalls at my previous. At the end of the day a firewall is a firewall just different GUI's/CLI's.

If you are looking in the network/security space its a necessity. If not prob wont matter much. I think having the knowledge will always be invaluable as you'll know how these things work. But if you wont be touching them daily or plan on doing it in the future its really all just for personal gain at this point.

 

[FatherSimp]

Really depends on the rest of your resume and your goals. I think it's more important in the long run to learn how a firewall actually works and not to get caught in anything vendor specific. How does it process traffic? What happens when traffic is passed through an interface/zone? How does it handle NAT? How do security policies work? I manage Palo Alto firewalls at my current job but managed Sophos firewalls at my previous. At the end of the day a firewall is a firewall just different GUI's/CLI's.

If you are looking in the network/security space its a necessity. If not prob wont matter much. I think having the knowledge will always be invaluable as you'll know how these things work. But if you wont be touching them daily or plan on doing it in the future its really all just for personal gain at this point.

When you getting that CCIE bro?

I been pushing back my CCNP studying for a while now

 

[GollyImGully]

When you getting that CCIE bro?

I been pushing back my CCNP studying for a while now

I throw those CCIE dreams in the bushes I let my CCNP expire too. I havent touched a cisco device in like 2 yrs and plus when I was studying for the CCIE I was learning a lot of irrelevant shyt and said fukk this. I still got my network knowledge I just didnt think the CCIE was going to benefit me at this point in my career and for my goals.

I instead focused on python/aws and havent looked back

 

[FatherSimp]

I throw those CCIE dreams in the bushes I let my CCNP expire too. I havent touched a cisco device in like 2 yrs and plus when I was studying for the CCIE I was learning a lot of irrelevant shyt and said fukk this. I still got my network knowledge I just didnt think the CCIE was going to benefit me at this point in my career and for my goals.

I instead focused on python/aws and havent looked back

Word?

Could never get into AWS

 

[GollyImGully]

Word?

Could never get into AWS

I feel like at this point everyone whose serious about IT should have some knowledge dealing with these cloud vendors. More and more companies are seeing less of a need for managing their own DC's. I learned AWS because its been the most common in the companies I been at.


AWS/GCP/AZURE pick one and learn it well. You'll see that the they all have similar services just different ways of how they are configured so learning another will be easy.

 

[Snoopy Loops]

I feel like at this point everyone whose serious about IT should have some knowledge dealing with these cloud vendors. More and more companies are seeing less of a need for managing their own DC's. I learned AWS because its been the most common in the companies I been at.


AWS/GCP/AZURE pick one and learn it well. You'll see that the they all have similar services just different ways of how they are configured so learning another will be easy.

My recommendation is too learn at least 2. Seems like multi-cloud is the wave these days.

can we set up some kinda alert for when udemy has those sales? because I'll be GODDAMNED if i give them nikkas $140 of my hard earned black dollars

They're having one right now for the next 3 days.

 

[DaRealness]

I throw those CCIE dreams in the bushes I let my CCNP expire too. I havent touched a cisco device in like 2 yrs and plus when I was studying for the CCIE I was learning a lot of irrelevant shyt and said fukk this. I still got my network knowledge I just didnt think the CCIE was going to benefit me at this point in my career and for my goals.

I instead focused on python/aws and havent looked back

It's amazing how tech changes.

I remember a time when if you had the CCIE you were like a rockstar in the IT world. Now very few people if anyone even considers it.

 

[GollyImGully]

It's amazing how tech changes.

I remember a time when if you had the CCIE you were like a rockstar in the IT world. Now very few people if anyone even considers it.

Its crazy I still see a few roles specifically call for it. But nothing like before

 

[DaRealness]

 

[H@LLOW]

The IT guy at my job told me to forget about IT and go into programming instead or cloud for for that matter