IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
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Got a job offer today as a Systems Technician.
Starting out at about 40k. Let's get it.
im applying for the center tech gig with statefarm. It would get my foot in the door instead of doing the over the phone help desk gigs. it starts at 34k but now they asking me to apply to the location out in phoenix. Only thing is I don't know anyone out tthere nor do I know anything about the place
Might be worth it to get your foot in the door, once you get enough experience it'll be easier to find another gig back home.
In any case good luck breh.
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Breh, contracting is the business. Outside of a full time position I took, I've been contracting for like 6 years.
I get about 40-50 emails per week for job opportunities in my inbox. It's gotten so bad that I'm thinking about getting a 2nd phone just for recruiters. If you plan it right you'll have better job security as a contractor than you will as a normal FT employee.
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Im in security breh, but my current contract is an AD architect.
Reid2Achieve
Superstar
So...I'm about halfway through a bachelors, and after some research I've decided to major in CIS. At Georgia State it's in the school of business, so I've narrowed down my career paths to the different types of Systems Analysts. I like the idea of being the middle man between IT and management/end users, working in groups to meet organizational objectives, etc...
Any of you brehs holding this position? Would I need to have technical experience with programming, help desk, etc (including all those certs) before I get a crack at it? Any realities I should prepare for? I read a lot of sugar coating...
Any of you brehs holding this position? Would I need to have technical experience with programming, help desk, etc (including all those certs) before I get a crack at it? Any realities I should prepare for? I read a lot of sugar coating...
You don't really need to be technical, but you'd be able to relate to the IT people much better, and you'd be able to have an idea of when a end user is making too many demands. Many of the middle men between IT and end users aren't really technical, and may not have the technical experience, so it would be of great value if you had it.
I think the position that you would probably be looking for for right now would be a Business Analyst, if your not super technical. That's more of the management of end user expectations, and a little bit of communication with the developers as to what is wanted.
I've been in the developer position, so I can't say for sure, I'm just speaking on what I have seen and experienced.
Contracting is where it's at. Some IT professionals like to dis recruiters or get annoyed. But they are only trying to offer jobs..
Get a g-voice number... post ur sh1t on CB, monster, and DICE and respond to the emails once ur contract is looking like it will end.
Some full time gigs are better though. As a contractor you get paid higher; but that high pay is at the expense of having to purchase benefits and less job security.
It helps if you know a little bit about programming if your a BA. It also helps if you know some QA functions.
I would take some project management classes as well. I would work on some web development projects in college. And make sure you do an internship.
AquaCityBoy
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I don't this is the relevant thread for this, but I was looking into going into software engineering, maybe getting my masters in it. The problem is, not a lot of schools offer that degree. I know you don't necessarily need a degree in software engineering to be one, so I was thinking that I would get my masters in applied and computational mathematics. So my question is, is that a sufficient degree for a software engineering job?
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Studying for the MSCE Active Directory exam right now
Going for the microsoft Certs then Cisco CCNA next
Start learning powershell breh. Part of my job is an AD redesign (Sites, subjects, OUs, schema extension, etc). They want the whole thing automated INCLUDING the rollback. If I ain't know powershell I woulda been in that bytch like
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architect...
I'm kinda used to it, previous job my title was security architect. I realized I was that nikka when I was in a room (me being 28 they being in their 40s/50s) full of cacs shutting down the convo telling em how wrong they are. They had the
look on they face lol.
I'm kinda used to it, previous job my title was security architect. I realized I was that nikka when I was in a room (me being 28 they being in their 4s/50s) full of cacs shutting down the convo telling em how wrong they are. They had the
man is it asking too much to get a certification blueprint so to speak? I know it can probably vary but Im just not trying to waste any time with this shyt getting certified in 
areas. Like if you guys already making money had to start fresh to get where you are at now, what would you have done differently? Last thing I want to do is think I'm out here winning and potential employers/clients looking at me like I'm a bonafide outlook express technician.