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Amazon officially announced a hiring freeze Thursday and rumor is most tech companies will follow suit if they haven’t already. The tech market is probably going to dry up soon over the next 12-18 months

Use this opportunity now to secure a decent job or study up for when it opens up and booms again so you will be ready.
 

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Worked out well for me thus far. Finished my Bachelors in Cyber Security and Information Assurance in Sep. Starting the Masters for the same in Dec. Two of the classes from my undergrad will count towards the Masters. From 9 classes to 7.

Brothers, we got this.
How were your job prospects after you graduated
 

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How were your job prospects after you graduated
They have been pretty good. I’m currently working for one of the larger Cybersecurity vendors, and currently on the 4th (and final) interview with a large telecom next week.

Honestly, I am mostly self taught. I only decided to pursue the degrees because I started a family, and knowing that the deck is stacked against me (being black in this field) I wanted to ensure success.

Glad I made the decision to do it though.
 

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They have been pretty good. I’m currently working for one of the larger Cybersecurity vendors, and currently on the 4th (and final) interview with a large telecom next week.

Honestly, I am mostly self taught. I only decided to pursue the degrees because I started a family, and knowing that the deck is stacked against me (being black in this field) I wanted to ensure success.

Glad I made the decision to do it though.
Dope shyt
 

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Meta layoffs start tomorrow, rumor is Q1 2023 is the start of tech winter. The job market is going to be ROUGHHH
 

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Does anyone have any knowledge on AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and AWS Solutions Architect certs? From my understanding, the CCP cert is entry level and the Solutions Architect is a step above.

Can anyone speak on the job responsibilities, salary, etc. The VA has a pilot program with different schools around the country, that offer a 16 week program in a few different tech areas, and the goal is to be able to get the cert(s) at the end of it. Some of these schools even assist with landing a job.
 

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Does anyone have any knowledge on AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and AWS Solutions Architect certs? From my understanding, the CCP cert is entry level and the Solutions Architect is a step above.

Can anyone speak on the job responsibilities, salary, etc. The VA has a pilot program with different schools around the country, that offer a 16 week program in a few different tech areas, and the goal is to be able to get the cert(s) at the end of it. Some of these schools even assist with landing a job.
Check this link. Bare in mind, acloudguru is a cloud training company and theyre tryna sell you their courses, so dont get caught up in their marketing.

Solution architect certs aim to give a broad view of the AWS ecosystem. It goes into some depth on each service, but it more so challenges your understanding of how each service fits together to accomplish a specific goal in the most clinical and cost effective way.

As far as job responsibilities, the solution architect role is actually an advanced role in earnest, because on an enterprise level, you need to have strong exposure/skills in different IT domains: coding/software design, databases, networking, data security.

Also the role differs per company. In some companies, it can be a devops centric role which entails working with developers in provisioning the AWS infrastructure(services). For some it can be IT-compliance focused, just making sure the developers aren't designing systems that can get flagged during an IT audit. It can also range from very hands-on work to high level design
 
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Check this link. Bare in mind, acloudguru is the cloud training company and theyre tryna sell you their courses, so dont get caught up in their marketing.

Solution architect certs aim to give a broad view of the AWS ecosystem. It goes into some depth on each service, but it more so challenges your understanding of how each service fits together to accomplish a specific goal in the most clinical and cost effective way.

As far as job responsibilities, the solution architect role is actually an advanced role in earnest, because on an enterprise level, you need to have strong exposure/skills in different IT domains: coding/software design, databases, networking, data security.

Also the role differs per company. In some companies, it can be a devops centric role which entails working with developers in provisioning the AWS infrastructure(services). For some it can be IT-compliance focused, just making sure the developers aren't designing systems that can get flagged during an IT audit. It can also range from very hands-on work to high level design
Thanks for the response. Im starting from square 1 with IT:flabbynsick:
To even be accepted in the program, they want you to pass a technical video interview, and they suggested to google some definitions/talking points as well as look over Professor Messer's youtube channel.

Aside from this link and professor messer's channel, do you have any other recommendations for how to study some basic concepts with IT?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eLe7uz-7CM
 

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Since it’s a cloud program, I wouldn’t bother with that vid. I peeped the video for a couple of secs and it’s too granular. You don’t need to know that level of detail. There’s shyt he was talking about that I don’t know but here I am impersonating a cloud architect

This series isnt on cloud computing per se but it’s a good primer on computers. To be fair it’s pretty granular like the one you posted, I think the presenters explanation is very ELI5 (explain like I’m five). I wouldn’t watch all of them

These are decent intros in cloud computing.
Vid 1
Vid 2
Vid 3

At some point, sign up for the acloudguru aws ccp course, then you should be good.
 

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Thanks for the response. Im starting from square 1 with IT:flabbynsick:
To even be accepted in the program, they want you to pass a technical video interview, and they suggested to google some definitions/talking points as well as look over Professor Messer's youtube channel.

Aside from this link and professor messer's channel, do you have any other recommendations for how to study some basic concepts with IT?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eLe7uz-7CM
My reply is above. Forgot to hit the reply button
 

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Say brehs, it's not really a career advice but I would like to know where to learn more about how to write efficient/optimized code.

I'm self taught and coding more as a hobby and last month I stumbled upon this video which I found very interesting :

I'm not necessarily looking for specific languages but more about concepts/theory. :lupe:
 
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Got my CAP-M for Project Management and couldn't find a job for shyt. Began studying for A+ with the hopes of eventually doing the other certifications and working my way to a cybersecurity job. Got a non-technical job offer at a reputable university soon after and they offer free schooling so I'll be going for a Masters in Cybersecurity beginning in January. Did I make the right decision or should I continue to self learn and pursue certifications?

FYI: I have ZERO tech background/experience
 
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