IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Wandissimo]

Just passed the Security+ 601

 

[se1f_made]

Accepted a sr role, leaving current role after 7 months. This is the shortest I’ve stayed at an IT job

My current job was kush for the most part with the exception of young business suit cacs catering to external clients. That and not enough work to do and jealous cac teammates

 

[Sonny Bonds]

When it comes to IT jobs, I'm starting to think that it's a red flag if the company HQ isn't in the US.

Accepted a sr role, leaving current role after 7 months. This is the shortest I’ve stayed at an IT job
My current job was kush for the most part with the exception of young business suit cacs catering to external clients. That and not enough work to do and jealous cac teammates

I'm about 7 months in to my current job and I'm ready to leave this place (been ready). There's no projects, so I'm not learning. Actually, this isn't entirely true. Besides tickets and new hire laptop prep, I've done exciting projects like: putting up signs with instructions for WiFi and taking pictures of the closed server cabinet and server room door and sent them to the security team. Job is garbage (but the pay isn't bad).

 

[DaRealness]

 

[se1f_made]

When it comes to IT jobs, I'm starting to think that it's a red flag if the company HQ isn't in the US.

I'm about 7 months in to my current job and I'm ready to leave this place (been ready). There's no projects, so I'm not learning. Actually, this isn't entirely true. Besides tickets and new hire laptop prep, I've done exciting projects like: putting up signs with instructions for WiFi and taking pictures of the closed server cabinet and server room door and sent them to the security team. Job is garbage (but the pay isn't bad).

Personally, I’m not staying around if I’m not learning anything new or increasing my value - that’s when I know that it’s time to find something else. I don’t care how long I’ve been there anymore, it’s irrelevant in this market. I can lie and say it’s a contract if pressed

 

[RealCrownHeights]

Studying for the Comp tia + Now, looking to take the test next month. What and if any jobs should I apply for when I get it or should I wait until I have that and N+?

 

[EnzoG]

Any of you guys got experience or know anything about Salesforce certs??

 

[Suicidedoorsonabuick]

Studying for the Comp tia + Now, looking to take the test next month. What and if any jobs should I apply for when I get it or should I wait until I have that and N+?

A+ will get a help desk job and only a help desk job since its a pretty much a general cert
Net+ can help you get certain cyber security Jobs or like some network specialist

 

[RealCrownHeights]

A+ will get a help desk job and only a help desk job since its a pretty much a general cert
Net+ can help you get certain cyber security Jobs or like some network specialist

So depending on how much the help desk is paying I might just stay at my job until I can get a network specialist. But then they'll probably hit me with "no experience"

 

[BOXINGGEMS]

Just passed the AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Associate exam Sunday after 6 months of studying with no previous experience. Was happy af

Should I go ahead and get the SysOps Administrator cert too? There’s a job within the company I work for that is always looking for ppl with AWS certs but I’m looking at all opportunities.

Also should I just be doing all the AWS hands on projects to continue to get experience on my own or are there other ways?

 

[Steel]

Just passed the AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Associate exam Sunday after 6 months of studying with no previous experience. Was happy af

Should I go ahead and get the SysOps Administrator cert too? There’s a job within the company I work for that is always looking for ppl with AWS certs but I’m looking at all opportunities.

Also should I just be doing all the AWS hands on projects to continue to get experience on my own or are there other ways?

What other certs/experience do you have?

 

[BOXINGGEMS]

What other certs/experience do you have?

Project Management - Six Sigma Yellow Belt; I've mostly been working in insurance the past 2-3 years as a insurance team manager. My only experience in IT has been learning AWS and a little bit of Cybersecurity because my older brother let me shadow him while he works. That's who put me onto this career path.

 

[Steel]

Project Management - Six Sigma Yellow Belt; I've mostly been working in insurance the past 2-3 years as a insurance team manager. My only experience in IT has been learning AWS and a little bit of Cybersecurity because my older brother let me shadow him while he works. That's who put me onto this career path.

Why not pivot to IT project management? It seems like the natural progression and the PMP would probably benefit you more than the AWS cert. But if you want to head into devops/ system admin roles i would definitely complete some hands on projects. Since your a relative newbie i wouldn't neglect the fundamentals of managing a OS and network infrastructure. Majority of enterprises still run on hybrid on-prem/cloud infrastructure.

 

[RealCrownHeights]

I finally just manned up and decided to focus, cut the bs, and study for the A+. I actually know a lot of stuff already, I can't believe I took so long, but I'm focused now and doing 2 hours on workdays 4hour weekend of studying, I think I can pass this by Christmas then study for Network+. My question is what Cyber Security fields pay well but has good work-life balance and not to stressful?

 

[Suicidedoorsonabuick]

bruh i swear to god I hate IT
some dumb ass brings their old ass laptop to work with WINDOWS XP on it with no patches whats so ever and infects the entire network

So guess who has to stay onsite for an additional 5-6hrs trying to debug this shyt
i don't even know how he even got cleared to bring that thing inside the building since we have a 100% no tolerance policy when bringing in laptops