You ever get rejected for a lower level job and question your abilities? It’s like a mix of:
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Use it as motivation to learn the stuff that you could’ve done better on. Ultimately, you’ll need production experience but learning how to speak on the tech will help you land the role that’ll give you experienceYou ever get rejected for a lower level job and question your abilities? It’s like a mix of:
Mirin4rmfar
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That's exactly my vision within the next 2 years : have multiple contracts on the go since I can cover various areas : IT governance, Compliance, Cloud Sec, Privacy...
Getting the contracts can be easy depending on what recruiter you know. One thing we don't talk about enough here is maintaining a good relationship with Real recruiters, dudes that have put their hours in and that can get you somewhere
. You just have to make sure that you keep in touch with 3 or 4 of them, 2 emails a year will do the job
. I've set a reminder in my calendar and I reach out to all of them at the same time same message and everything
The real issue is that everybody wants you full time (up to 1 year contracts). The way these devils are, believe me, they will work your ass like a dog if you're on a contract. It's almost like they are mad that you're making real money
At the same time, I'm in Canadabut I've also seen the same approach from NY recruiters
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Got an interview for my first contract. They contacted me within days
. It is a top company but I have ZERO experience doing what they asked but I have the certs requirements and tons of technical background, just not on that particular platform. It would be nice to add them and my current company to my resume. So I am hoping it is easy. part of me is hoping that they are overloaded and looking for someone to assist them with the work, its 3 to 5 months contract.Mirin4rmfar
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How to Build an End to End Production-Grade Architecture on AWS Part 1
How to Build an End to End Production Grade Architecture on AWS Part 2
How to Build an End to End Production Grade Architecture on AWS Part 3
How to deploy a production-grade Kubernetes cluster on AWS
They dont give you the whole sauce,,,but it goes into building a production account, production network n kubecluster in great details and in terraform.
I am going to see if I can build this both on AWS and GCP
.DaRealness
I think very deeply
Current predicament:
I got accepted to a new position as a Systems Engineer at this new place 12 miles away. Base salary is 92k, and it comes with an office. Benefits are around 6k a year for a family. They do not have a remote work policy as of yet.
The place I'm at now I'm a contractor as I denied coming in house after HR lowballed me due to not having my degree completed. That was 5 months ago. Fast forward to now, I have a new boss at the company and they put together a counter package to bring me fully on-board. Base salary 95k, $2500 signing bonus and 2 years of $3500 retention bonuses. It also has a remote work policy which allows us remote work 2 days a week. The cons are the place is almost 40 miles away one way and their insurance benefits will cost me 11k per year. I also do not get my own office.
At the surface it almost seems like a no brainer, but the commute and insurance pricing is really causing me to rethink staying.
What do the fellow brehs think
I got accepted to a new position as a Systems Engineer at this new place 12 miles away. Base salary is 92k, and it comes with an office. Benefits are around 6k a year for a family. They do not have a remote work policy as of yet.
The place I'm at now I'm a contractor as I denied coming in house after HR lowballed me due to not having my degree completed. That was 5 months ago. Fast forward to now, I have a new boss at the company and they put together a counter package to bring me fully on-board. Base salary 95k, $2500 signing bonus and 2 years of $3500 retention bonuses. It also has a remote work policy which allows us remote work 2 days a week. The cons are the place is almost 40 miles away one way and their insurance benefits will cost me 11k per year. I also do not get my own office.
At the surface it almost seems like a no brainer, but the commute and insurance pricing is really causing me to rethink staying.
What do the fellow brehs think
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GollyImGully
Too many wavy women, gotta log outta IG
Id personally take the closer role. If this spot has you learning a skillset thats going to boost the resume thats even better because you can bounce after like a yr (maybe even quicker) for more bread
Your going to be coming into the office either way. Is An 80mile in total daily commute worth it?
The pay is too close to where it doesnt seem like much of a difference to me
Having done 90+ mile commutes (one way) in the past, a short commute's benefit on your mental well being is underrated and worth the 3k less in salary. Plus you'll recoup that in saved wear and tear on your car if you're a driver. I'd be a little weary on a company needing to offer a retention bonus because that suggests high turnover.
Id personally take the closer role. If this spot has you learning a skillset thats going to boost the resume thats even better because you can bounce after like a yr (maybe even quicker) for more bread
Your going to be coming into the office either way. Is An 80mile in total daily commute worth it?
The pay is too close to where it doesnt seem like much of a difference to me
Makes sense. So the 2 guaranteed days of remote work wouldn't win it over for you all? That was really the only point holding me back..
Hard to say. Even when I was going into the office I was still a remote worker, so I haven't really had the traditional team experience. If I was able to go in during hours that worked for me, instead of the typical 8-5, the remote days wouldn't be a difference maker for me. You see any good longevity or career growth in either role?
Yeah, the current one. Was able to spread my wings and get a ton of Linux and scripting experience in the process.
In the end, their insurance is too damned expensive.
GollyImGully
Too many wavy women, gotta log outta IG
Normally it would but the fact that you have that long ass commute the others days has me like
..i live in ny and at one point I had an 1hr and 30 mins commute one way and that shyt done broke a nikka spirit towards any long commutes 
Does the new spot offer anything that will push your career forward? Or is this strictly a lateral move?
It's somewhat lateral..but I should have plenty of cert time so it ain't a lossNormally it would but the fact that you have that long ass commute the others days has me like
Does the new spot offer anything that will push your career forward? Or is this strictly a lateral move?
Take the closer role. Don’t forget to negotiate a lil extra on your salary too. Tell them you have another offer for 115k. That should get you an additional 5 - 10k at least. If they can’t do salary, ask for more vacation days & larger bonus.