Artificial Intelligence
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IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
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Artificial Intelligence
Not Allen Iverson
Passed the interview but the classes are full 
looks like I have to pay for my a+ unless someone drops out
looks like I have to pay for my a+ unless someone drops out
Artificial Intelligence
Not Allen Iverson
I got in brehs 
just have to adjust my work hours because it’s during my work shift
just have to adjust my work hours because it’s during my work shiftOver the past few weeks I've had a DRAMATIC uptick of people cc'ing my direct email on tickets. And I'd get it if I took forever to respond but I'm constantly checking my queue and respond wirthin an hour. Some are removing the ticketing email altogether and responding to my email only. Anybody else deal with that? The fukk is that shyt??? 
It's getting on my last nerve
It's getting on my last nerve
It might be that people have realized that you’re good at your job, so they’re trying to go to you directly.Over the past few weeks I've had a DRAMATIC uptick of people cc'ing my direct email on tickets. And I'd get it if I took forever to respond but I'm constantly checking my queue and respond wirthin an hour. Some are removing the ticketing email altogether and responding to my email only. Anybody else deal with that? The fukk is that shyt???
Literally waiting on the offer letter for this promotion
Its more annoying than anything, my inbox is cluttered enoughBrooklynBuckets
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Hey brehs. I’m a 23 year old breh born & based in NYC. I’m currently in my junior year of school for a bachelors in C.I.S (computer information systems). I don’t have any certs but currently studying for the CCNA. I have a couple years of experience helping out with tech for family business as a help desk technician. Where should a breh focus on next career moves? I got a help desk internship for summer. I’m hoping to make at least 60-65k after getting my bachelors to help chip in with parents on expenses and eventually save up for a house of my own. Im interested in anything that is within reach of my degree(not changing majors), highly employable, and has great salary increases with experience in NYC. I I have chosen the help desk support technician to system admin route in hopes to pivot deeper in cloud/security roles once I obtain the title with backing experience. I’m open to any, and all advice to help with my journey. Thanks brehs.
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Get an internship if it’s not too late.
Snoopy Loops
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Look into Devops. Check for AWS Certs. AWS Solution architect (associate) and/or developer.
Kubernetes Cert(CKA) to really cement your chances of getting a gig.
My previous response was dumb because I only skimmed your post. My bad.
Anyway, it’s possible that your internship might offer you a job at the end.
Do what Snoopy Loops said above, but pay attention to the engineers and security team during your internship. They might help you career-wise if they like you.
The job market is bad, so getting in through an internship might be easier.
DaRealness
I think very deeply
Billy Ray Valentine
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Well brehs, it finally happened for me. Billy Ray Valentine is officially a cloud engineer.
I started pursing this path back in 2021. This is going to be my fourth time changing jobs since 2021. I received 8 pay increases between the job hopping and merit raises. But I didn't get promotions with those merit raises. So I feel conflicted by the raises.
These last two jobs have been professional nightmares with the worst fukking managers I have ever had in my life. Just completely irredeemable bamas. At the core of every horrible manager is just grade A arrogance. I tried but failed to not stunt in his face when telling him I was leaving this week. fukk a two week notice and my last week is a short week too.
I'm not doing anything until I start in July except celebrating being an official member of the six certs six figures, 6 foot minus 2 inches, unrelenting hairline, handsome gang
I started pursing this path back in 2021. This is going to be my fourth time changing jobs since 2021. I received 8 pay increases between the job hopping and merit raises. But I didn't get promotions with those merit raises. So I feel conflicted by the raises.
These last two jobs have been professional nightmares with the worst fukking managers I have ever had in my life. Just completely irredeemable bamas. At the core of every horrible manager is just grade A arrogance. I tried but failed to not stunt in his face when telling him I was leaving this week. fukk a two week notice and my last week is a short week too.
I'm not doing anything until I start in July except celebrating being an official member of the six certs six figures, 6 foot minus 2 inches, unrelenting hairline, handsome gang
BrooklynBuckets
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Congratz breh. I’m just starting out can you give a career path of titles, and certs of how you got to the cloud engineer path?Well brehs, it finally happened for me. Billy Ray Valentine is officially a cloud engineer.
I started pursing this path back in 2021. This is going to be my fourth time changing jobs since 2021. I received 8 pay increases between the job hopping and merit raises. But I didn't get promotions with those merit raises. So I feel conflicted by the raises.
These last two jobs have been professional nightmares with the worst fukking managers I have ever had in my life. Just completely irredeemable bamas. At the core of every horrible manager is just grade A arrogance. I tried but failed to not stunt in his face when telling him I was leaving this week. fukk a two week notice and my last week is a short week too.
I'm not doing anything until I start in July except celebrating being an official member of the six certs six figures, 6 foot minus 2 inches, unrelenting hairline, handsome gang
Billy Ray Valentine
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Titles don't mean anything in tech since they aren't standard in the industry. The responsibilities and experience associated with the role are more important. You can spend years with a title that sounds important and has decent pay. But you may never get the opportunity to do anything that advances your skills because the environment doesn't have the tech or opportunities to actually learn anything meaningful.
I feel like most people start in support roles, which is fine. But those roles are reactive in nature and only provide the opportunity to fix things when they break. My goal was to pivot towards roles that had a proactive aspect so I could start building and making big system-wide changes. I did that by reviewing the job description instead of just the titles.
Unless you have a job offer or promotion contingent on them, certifications aren't guaranteed to do as much as you'd like. These online learning platforms and Udemy/Youtube personalities overstate the value of certs since their business model depends on it. At best, the exam objectives can be helpful when trying to learn about the subject since they act as guidelines for your studies.
My A+ and Network+ certs are still active because my Security+ is still current. I got the CCNA after getting the Network+ because i wanted to learn how to configure network devices out of the box. I feel like the CCNA is better geared towards that than the Network+.
I have the AWS Solutions Architecture cert. I haven't done anything professionally with this yet but my new company is multi cloud. I don't know if my role will involve AWS opportunities since they spoke mainly about Azure.
I have an Azure Admin cert with a decent amount of Azure experience with Azure VMs, VNETS, conditional access, RBAC, Intune, etc. Hopefully I can diversify my Azure experience a little more.
My cloud engineer role is probably more aligned with the tech most people associated with cloud services (virtualization, networking, backups, security, scripting, microservices, etc.). I already had varying levels of experiences with these technologies before focusing on a cloud engineering path. I've spent the last few years trying to get more meaning experience to deepen my skills.
I've worked with a lot of different virtualization platforms. Most servers I've supported have been Windows. I have some professional experience with CentOS when I supported some web and application servers. And since I've been working in the Windows/Microsoft ecosystem, my PowerShell game is strong as far as automation.
I'm familiar with most networking devices except load balancers. I've only worked with gateway servers that were load balancing to a back end pool. But I have set up firewalls, switches, AP controllers, etc. And I've worked on setting up network monitoring applications and services.
My security experience is probably a mixed bag which is fine since I'm not a cybersecurity guy and have no interest in being one. Most of my jobs used managed security services to offload most of the security burden. But the services did support some customization so I've been able to create application control policies.
And honestly, luck has played a huge role. Thankfully I live in the DMV, where the tech job market is probably underrated. I've been able to touch a lot of different tech working in this area.
Billy Ray Valentine
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I also forgot to mention that building a network is huge. Most companies pay bonuses to employees for referring new hires. You can get your people put on while getting paid to do it, and strengthen your professional network at the same time. Or vice versa.
One of my great regrets is my professional network isn't as strong as I'd like. I've been trying to help my friends to break in the industry but these cats won't commit to during the work to learn and prepare.
One of my great regrets is my professional network isn't as strong as I'd like. I've been trying to help my friends to break in the industry but these cats won't commit to during the work to learn and prepare.