IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

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Hey y'all. I sure it's been posted in this thread, but it's 170 pages, so...

Does anyone have any recommendations for sec+ study materials? I've got two weeks...:lupe:

So far I have the Gibson book, I watch the professor Messer vids on youtube, and I'm about to buy the pass4sure off of eBay. Any more tips? Are these materials helpful? I'm nervous :to:.

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Hey y'all. I sure it's been posted in this thread, but it's 170 pages, so...

Does anyone have any recommendations for sec+ study materials? I've got two weeks...:lupe:

So far I have the Gibson book, I watch the professor Messer vids on youtube, and I'm about to buy the pass4sure off of eBay. Any more tips? Are these materials helpful? I'm nervous :to:.

TIA
Gibson book and I bought his 30 day study guide and past the exam the first time Pass the Security+ Exam the First Time You Take It | Get Certified Get Ahead
 

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Hey y'all. I sure it's been posted in this thread, but it's 170 pages, so...

Does anyone have any recommendations for sec+ study materials? I've got two weeks...:lupe:

So far I have the Gibson book, I watch the professor Messer vids on youtube, and I'm about to buy the pass4sure off of eBay. Any more tips? Are these materials helpful? I'm nervous :to:.

TIA

Gibson book and I bought his 30 day study guide and past the exam the first time Pass the Security+ Exam the First Time You Take It | Get Certified Get Ahead

Glad to see brehs going into security :ehh:

Also make sure you get your CISSP.
 

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Don't some of you guys feel like getting a bachelors/masters in another Stem field/major just in case as a backup?
 

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I've dropped so many jewels in this thread I deserve a commendation :wow:

But I still got some gems that would make this cert money look like pocket change :whew:
You deserved it, breh. You and Chris B. helped us a lot. I wouldn't have an IT career if I didn't join the Coli and participate in thread. I'm going to visit Atlanta next week for Thanksgiving. I'll buy you lunch if want to meet up.
 

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You deserved it, breh. You and Chris B. helped us a lot. I wouldn't have an IT career if I didn't join the Coli and participate in thread. I'm going to visit Atlanta next week for Thanksgiving. I'll buy you lunch if want to meet up.

Pause :dame:
 

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What do you guys think about the Cisco Cloud path ? My goal is to be a cloud solutions specialist. I'm already heavily invested and Certified on Office 365, ITIL and some project Management tools. I'm really interested in going back to some Cisco stuff and get the the CCNP Cloud.

And once again, All praises to the Gods @bdizzle and all the brothers out here. I've read every single page of this thread & I appreciate the knowledge. Now time to make this money :smugbiden:
 

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What do you guys think about the Cisco Cloud path ? My goal is to be a cloud solutions specialist. I'm already heavily invested and Certified on Office 365, ITIL and some project Management tools. I'm really interested in going back to some Cisco stuff and get the the CCNP Cloud.

And once again, All praises to the Gods @bdizzle and all the brothers out here. I've read every single page of this thread & I appreciate the knowledge. Now time to make this money :smugbiden:

If cloud is the direction you wanna go, look into AWS. They eating breh

Are you on the right cloud computing career path?
 

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Don't some of you guys feel like getting a bachelors/masters in another Stem field/major just in case as a backup?

i might be one of the few IT cats that doesn't have a cert in here lol. My end goal in this IT journey is management so thats where my degrees come in handy. They tend to hire people in this positions more if you have a masters.
 

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The Company: Known as one of the Top Companies in utility companies in North America. A company that values diversity and greatness from employees as well as offering upward mobility to those who are passionate and committed to their tasks. Located just outside of New Orleans with a generous pay, passionate team, and appointed office.

The Role: This individual is responsible for providing both application and desktop support. You will support desktops, laptops, handhelds, networks, servers, phones, printers, and mobile devices. This person is the first point of contact for IT related problems with all of the above listed devices.

This position is a long term 12+ month contract position. This position is offering highly competitive pay up to $60 per hour.


@bdizzle I applied to this and was told the company was desperate for someone and was looking to fill it ASAP, dude trying to offer me $30 seeing as i was making $28 on my last contract(wasn't thinking and told the truth). I'm thinking about telling him i have a higher offer and seeing if he would top it, would that be the best play at this point? Another recruiter offering the same position at $40 per, should i play them against each other?:patrice:
 
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The Company: Known as one of the Top Companies in utility companies in North America. A company that values diversity and greatness from employees as well as offering upward mobility to those who are passionate and committed to their tasks. Located just outside of New Orleans with a generous pay, passionate team, and appointed office.

The Role: This individual is responsible for providing both application and desktop support. You will support desktops, laptops, handhelds, networks, servers, phones, printers, and mobile devices. This person is the first point of contact for IT related problems with all of the above listed devices.

This position is a long term 12+ month contract position. This position is offering highly competitive pay up to $60 per hour.


@bdizzle I applied to this and was told the company was desperate for someone and was looking to fill it ASAP, dude trying to offer me $30 seeing as i was making $28 on my last contract(wasn't thinking and told the truth). I'm thinking about telling him i have a higher offer and seeing if he would top it, would that be the best play at this point? Another recruiter offering the same position at $40 per, should i play them against each other?:patrice:

In the description it says up to $60 , they are desperate to fill and they're offering you $30? If they're desperate tell em you want that 60 theyre offering.

Something is off here..and that up to $60/hr for a desktop support role sounds kinda :patrice:
 
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The Company: Known as one of the Top Companies in utility companies in North America. A company that values diversity and greatness from employees as well as offering upward mobility to those who are passionate and committed to their tasks. Located just outside of New Orleans with a generous pay, passionate team, and appointed office.

The Role: This individual is responsible for providing both application and desktop support. You will support desktops, laptops, handhelds, networks, servers, phones, printers, and mobile devices. This person is the first point of contact for IT related problems with all of the above listed devices.

This position is a long term 12+ month contract position. This position is offering highly competitive pay up to $60 per hour.


@bdizzle I applied to this and was told the company was desperate for someone and was looking to fill it ASAP, dude trying to offer me $30 seeing as i was making $28 on my last contract(wasn't thinking and told the truth). I'm thinking about telling him i have a higher offer and seeing if he would top it, would that be the best play at this point? Another recruiter offering the same position at $40 per, should i play them against each other?:patrice:

Never tell them what you made at your last role, you tell them what your rate is. So if you want to make $40/hr tell them that's your rate. If you want to make $90/hr, tell them that.

If another recruiter hit you up for the same gig, then go with them. I treat these recruiters like shyt breh. These vultures is making wild paper off of us. You're making $40/hr but the contract is probably for $100/hr. So make em earn it :demonic:
 
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