IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Ice_MF_Mike]

Yeah the shytty ones are talking bout part time 20 hours a week and driving 400 miles a week smh...

Also this bytch can't even speak english.. can barely understand her.

You started there when you began?

Yes. I didnt mind. it was experience. And customer facing experience in "the field" is beneficial. The next job like that i had a company car and got to travel around the country. Today my job i still travel to meetings and such using my car. But the pay is enough(well over 6 figures) that i dont sweat it. shyt days like today when its like 65 degrees, i would much rather be driving around bumping music then sitting in an office.

 

[Scott Larock]

that's good money breh, you got degrees/certs? Where you live?

 

[JT-Money]

Would you say that it's going to out compete programming in terms of salary potential because the private sector is taking the security threats more seriously?

The guy (Eli) made the video in march after the Sony hacks and everything, so that and from his general demeanor, I got a sense that he didn't really care for security as opposed to programming and probably still doesn't.

He mentioned that going the civilian route would be more tedious and painful than the gov't route. But if the DoD and those with their clearance are gonna be chuckled at quietly by the private sector, would it even be worth it to pursue a career? Sounds like it would probably mean a much slower progression up the ranks.

He made it seem as if programming was much, much, less of a hassle and headache- more rewarding/ faster too.

Thanks for the response.

I don't know much about the guy in the video but I doubt he follows the cyber security industry that closely. You should always pursue a discipline you like doing versus one that pays the most money. If you get into programming and decide you don't like doing it you won't last long.

Going the private sector route is more difficult because you won't get much guidance.You'll be expected to hit the ground running on day one. Versus in the Federal sector where you do as your told and all guidance comes from above.

I wouldn't suggest anyone going directly into cybersecurity with no IT experience. You should instead work your way up by holding various IT positions before going into security. If not your just asking to get exposed by some hacker.

 

[Ice_MF_Mike]

that's good money breh, you got degrees/certs? Where you live?

CS degree and lots of certs. im in NYC area.

 

[Scott Larock]

CS degree and lots of certs. im in NYC area.

Okay you good .....

 

[Apollo Creed]

first semester of grad school ended with a 4.0

 

[havoc]

I failed the final exam miserably and finished the FALL semester with a C. Information Security final exam is the most difficult exam that I ever taken in college.

 

[TRFG]

first semester of grad school ended with a 4.0

Anything less than a B in grad school is failing breh

 

[Apollo Creed]

Anything less than a B in grad school is failing breh

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

@acri1 passed that Net+ breh


Thought I was fukked when i turned it in. They gave me 8 sims and gave me all the irrelevant seeming security and corporate policy shyt that i skimmed over

 

[patscorpio]

got my new salary letter after my year end review..a 4.5% salary increase

possible promotion too in the Q1 2016 if things go down like ive been hearing within the company

 

[Pyrexcup]

just fixed my inactive linkedin profile lets see if i can land summer internship

 

[duckbutta]

How do you guys get experience with Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange? Let's speak some real job shyt.
Do most people get it on the job experience? I was thinking I'm going to need to buy a few computers and make it pop.

I don't know how to use it at all but I need the skills to spice up my resume, so what I gotta do?

Get you a decently powerful pc...the more cpu cores the better...the more ram the better...the more storage space the better...

If you have windows 8.1 or windows 10 i believe you get hyper v for free so you don't have to shell out or go find vmware workstation...

If not...get your hand on vmware workstation and AD or whatever you need...install it and play around with it...

It's not hard to get an AD machine, exchange machine, two client machines, and a database machine, up and running on a quad core pc with 12 GB of ram in it...

 

[Ice_MF_Mike]

Get you a decently powerful pc...the more cpu cores the better...the more ram the better...the more storage space the better...

If you have windows 8.1 or windows 10 i believe you get hyper v for free so you don't have to shell out or go find vmware workstation...

If not...get your hand on vmware workstation and AD or whatever you need...install it and play around with it...

It's not hard to get an AD machine, exchange machine, two client machines, and a database machine, up and running on a quad core pc with 12 GB of ram in it...

VMWare ESXI is free FYI. Definitely work building an ESXI rig for the experience since its what most people use.

 

[BenevolentGaraad]

Just a young nikka (mid 20s), tryna join 6 certs 6 figures gang
How does my gameplan look
So far I have a two-year IT diploma and 8 months of rust since graduating.

My next step is to get CCENT and MCSA Windows Server 2012.
Then, build a home lab environment with as much of the bells and whistles as I can afford.
Then, get CCNA Wireless and MCSE Private Cloud.
Then pursue volunteering opportunities and self-employment possibilities.
Then apply entry-level work (but omit by CCNA Wireless and MCSE Private Cloud from my resume, fearing that it might make me look over-qualified).
Work ebtry-level, while I pursue better work (I have the certs and diploma).
Get that Tier 2, Junior Admin, or Management job and kill that hoe.

How does it sound brehs, any no-brainer mistakes I'm making. My cert selection looking good?